# Isley — While the Billy Boils character guide

> Isley in While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Isley!, Presently Isley

**First appearance:** 0027-an-echo-from-the-old-bark-school

## Who they are

A young boy in a bush school story.

## In the story

### [His Father's Mate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/his-father-s-mate)

Tom Mason's young son, nicknamed 'Isley' (real name Harry), who helps his father at the mine shaft, does his sums on a slate, and is proud of his strength. He falls down the shaft in a tragic accident.

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