# Joe Swallow — While the Billy Boils character guide

> Joe Swallow in While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Joe, young Joe Swallow

**First appearance:** 0028-the-shearing-of-the-cook-s-dog

## Who they are

A young shearer or bushman.

## In the story

### [Going Blind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/going-blind)

Joe Scott is Jack Gunther's half-brother, a sandy-complexioned drover who eventually arrives to care for Jack.

### [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 and responds 'Yesser.'

### [Brummy Usen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/brummy-usen)

A young man found dead and buried, but later turns up alive, causing confusion about a ghost.

### [For Auld Lang Syne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/for-auld-lang-syne)

The narrator addresses Jack as 'Joe' during the farewell, indicating Joe Swallow is present as a mate in the push.

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