hard-worked-for

Updated: August 9, 2026

I knew she'd do that, if I was only once across the sea, ready and willing to lead a new life, and with something honest-earned and hard-worked-for to buy a farm with. Nobody need know. Nobody would even inquire in the far West where we'd come from or what we'd done.

Rolf Boldrewood - Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields