Steve Brown's Bunyip, and Other Stories

A collection of short stories and sketches set in the Australian bush and on the sea, portraying episodic incidents among drovers, jackaroos, sailors and itinerant workers. The pieces blend rough humor and earthy realism, recounting stock disputes, seafaring hardships, camp life, local superstitions and sporting gatherings, with vivid scene-setting and colorful character types. Narratives are concise and anecdotal, alternating between comic observation and sober reflection, and emphasize camaraderie, survival, and the everyday measures of luck and reputation in frontier communities.