"The Bitter Creek"

Characters, Content Sources, Memories, Dreams

The general style of the narrative is cast in a slightly toffee-nosed air,  as I attempt to expose the misplaced colonial New South Wales ‘feeling’ among the ‘officer class’  – a habit  in 1834. Here its sound is a long way from assuming its now-familiar Australian swagger (that came along around 1918) . This is … Continue reading →