# Jim Brown — While the Billy Boils character guide

> Jim Brown in While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Brown, poor Brown, Jim

**First appearance:** 0005-stiffner-and-jim

## Who they are

A shearer and mate, often in trouble.

## Relationships

### [Steelman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/steelman)

_friendship_

Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks but remaining a companion.

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/the_narrator)

_friendship_

Jim Brown is a simple, good-natured bushman and a friend of the narrator, often involved in humorous misadventures.

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/the_narrator)

_friendship_

Jim Brown is a simple, good-natured bushman and a friend of the narrator, often involved in humorous misadventures.

### [Steelman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/steelman)

_friendship_

Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks but remaining a companion.

### [Steelman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/characters/steelman)

_friendship_

Jim Brown is Steelman's gullible but loyal mate, often the target of Steelman's tricks but remaining a companion.

## In the story

### [In a Dry Season](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/in-a-dry-season)

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.

### [Steelman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/steelman)

An old schoolmate of Steelman's who is married and settled; he tries but fails to get rid of Steelman.

### [Our Pipes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/our-pipes)

Mentioned as the owner of the pipe Mitchell first smoked.

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