# Jimmy Nowlett — While the Billy Boils character guide

> Jimmy Nowlett in While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jim, old Jimmy Nowlett, James, old Jim

**First appearance:** 0001-while-the-billy-boils

## Who they are

A bullock-driver and bush character.

## 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.

### [Drifted Back](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/drifted-back)

Bullock-driver the stranger asks about; the current grocer has never heard of him.

### [An Echo from the Old Bark School](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/an-echo-from-the-old-bark-school)

Called in the roll; chorus answers 'Absent.'

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