# Adelaide Adolphus — While the Billy Boils character guide

> Adelaide Adolphus in While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Corney George, Corney, Geordie

**First appearance:** 0044-the-story-of-malachi

## Who they are

A miner mentioned in a yarn about lost mates.

## In the story

### [An Old Mate of Your Father's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/an-old-mate-of-your-father-s)

Referenced as 'Adelaide Adolphus' and 'Corney George,' a figure from the goldfields.

### [A Day on a Selection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/a-day-on-a-selection)

Nicknamed 'Corney George' and 'Henry George', he participates in the dinner-table debate about social and political theories.

### [The Shearing of the Cook’s Dog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/the-shearing-of-the-cook-s-dog)

The shearer who initiates the prank of shearing the cook's dog, then later feigns indignation at the act.

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