Armidale Chronicle in Armidale, New South Wales

A Critic's Note on a Nineteenth Century Gowlp Tale

A fragment from a nineteenth century piece shows serious scholars debating its value as material for historians. Inaction for six weeks at Mother River ends with two men overboard as they discuss a post dinner memory and fear of blood. A boy is scolded for near edge walking as a parent crafts a vivid moral image of a girl who fell, while the boy drifts to counting pieces and loses interest.