A drover is a person who moves livestock long distances across land—essentially the Australian equivalent of the American cowboy. Drovers are paid for the number of cattle or sheep that they deliver to a new location at the end of each journey, and because they cover such long distances with the livestock in question, they can sometimes be on the road for years.
Drover Quotes in The Drover’s Wife
The The Drover’s Wife quotes below are all either spoken by Drover or refer to Drover. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Drover’s Wife
Quotes
Presently he looks up at her, sees the tears in her eyes, and, throwing his arms around her neck exclaims:
“Mother, I won’t never go drovin’; blarst me if I do!”
Related Characters:Tommy (speaker), The Bushwoman
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Page Number and Citation:
57
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