chequeman

Updated: May 13, 2025

Here's the shearers comin'." And if a chequeman wouldn't drink he'd try to get him into his bar and shout for him till he was too drunk to keep his hands out of his pockets. "But he won't get us," said another of the drovers. "I'm going to ride straight into Mulgatown and send my money home by the post as soon as I get it." "You've always said that, Jack," said the first drover.

Henry Lawson - Joe Wilson and His Mates