# Mother Brock — While the Billy Boils character guide

> Mother Brock in While the Billy Boils by Henry Lawson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mother, Brock

**First appearance:** 0039-rats

## Who they are

An old bush woman who keeps a shanty.

## Relationships

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

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Mother Brock is a tough, hard-drinking bush publican who interacts with the narrator as a customer and local character.

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

_social_

Mother Brock is a tough, hard-drinking bush publican who interacts with the narrator as a customer and local character.

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

_social_

Mother Brock is a tough, hard-drinking bush publican who interacts with the narrator as a customer and local character.

## In the story

### [Jones's Alley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/while_the_billy_boils_se/chapters/jones-s-alley)

The 'broad-minded bad woman' who offers practical assistance after the ceiling accident, but is rebuffed by Mrs. Aspinall.

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