While the Billy Boils · Character

Jim Brown

A shearer and mate, often in trouble.

minor

Also known as Brown, poor Brown, Jim

Jim Brown's tie to Steelman is one of the pressures that moves While the Billy Boils—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

A bush liar encountered near Byrock, who boasts about losing a coat with a ten-pound cheque, telegrams from squatters, and a fight with a super.

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With Steelman (friendship): Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks but remaining a companion. With The Narrator (friendship): Jim Brown is a simple, good-natured bushman and a friend of the narrator, often involved in humorous misadventures. With The Narrator (friendship): Jim Brown is a simple, good-natured bushman and a friend of the narrator, often involved in humorous misadventures.

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Relationship types

Friendship
Other

Character groups

Recurring Bush Archetypes
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Steelman
friendship · ambivalent
Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks… How this plays out →
The Narrator
friendship · positive
The Narrator
friendship · positive
Steelman
friendship · ambivalent
Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks… How this plays out →
Steelman
friendship · ambivalent
Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks… How this plays out →

Steelman
Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks but remaining a companion.
The Narrator
Jim Brown is a simple, good-natured bushman and a friend of the narrator, often involved in humorous misadventures.
The Narrator
Jim Brown is a simple, good-natured bushman and a friend of the narrator, often involved in humorous misadventures.
Steelman
Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks but remaining a companion.
Steelman
Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks but remaining a companion.

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