A Letter From the Bush

Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 19 July 1922

dere frend.

Wots this truble in ingland about
oners i mean them peers an
dooks an baronites an things we
aint much gorn on titles up ere we
aint got any nites in the distrik yet
but we reckin there a few blokes
round ere that deserves nittin.

anyways if they makes a baronite
of a bloke becos e broos beer wot’s
the matter with givin a bit of a nite-
hod to Andy Askill oo brok is coler
bone ridin thru the bush in the dark
to bring the dokter to Sam Smeditt
oo thort e was bit be a snak tho e
wasent avin found later that e sat
down on is wife nittin needle i rekin
Andys intenchuns was al—al—al-I
seen the wurd in a dikshunary some-
wheres an its a bonzer the deesert i
kin git to it is alltrooistick wel aint
that better than givin nitehoods jist
fer gittin blokes shik me an bil smith
was torkin it over lars nite an we
reckin ther must be somethin crook
about the ole bizness we aint askin
after no titles but sir bill bowyang
wudnt look to bad on me front gate
after I fix up that piket that the ole
cow tore orf.

Hoppin you are the same,
Yours truly,
Bill Bowyang.