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Ironic bush station tale. The arrival of a new chum from Melbourne causes mirth and frustration to the manager and stockmen on an up-country station. Their various pranks and tiger-snake yarns are returned with interest when he vanishes the next day with their valuable and best horses - he is an absconding Melbourne forger and criminal. Includes Aboriginal characters, especially an 'uncouth' washerwoman, and attempts at Aboriginal pidgin. Patronising attitude. Very neat ironical inversion of the 'new chum' tale - 'The biter bit' etc. Well-written humour. (PB)
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