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A swagman with a wonderful singing voice falls in love with a young woman who is suffering from paralysis when he helps her home from her mother's grave. They meet again when he is working in the city as a barrister, but the girl does not recognise him until she hears him sing at a concert.
Affiliation Notes
Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability
Paraplegia (the result of irregular, unspecified 'attacks').
Type of character
Primary.
Point of view
Third person.
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