He’d bought the Akubra and the elastic-sided boots but anyone could see he was a city bugger. Boolowa knew all about Will Bashford, the city bloke who’d bought the Phipps place as a hobby farm.


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‘He’d bought the Akubra and the elastic-sided boots but anyone could see he was a city bugger.’
He’d bought the Akubra and the elastic-sided boots but anyone could see he was a city bugger. Boolowa knew all about Will Bashford, the city bloke who’d bought the Phipps place as a hobby farm.
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