While the Billy Boils · Character
Jacob
An old bushman or station hand.
minor
First appearance: the bush undertaker
Jacob shows up with force in Settling on the Land. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A German cockie who advises Tom on cow eye treatment and later comforts him after a hailstorm.
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- Eccentric Bush Characters
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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