A Letter From the Bush

Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 17 August 1922

dere frend

wots doin. i see that sum bloke
called bruce is bringin out a budget
wots a budget? mi wife wants to no
becos she rekins when she gets kin-
trol of the spendin department in our
ouse she thinks she will ave to get out
one i dont think shes got much ope
but its jus as wel to let er no wether
you sumstract wot she gets from the
egg muny from wot i get from the
milk an spuds an does the kids boots
go on the rite or lef side of the leger.
it dont seem to matter in these politishuns
budgets wot side they puts
anythink but mi wifes pertickler anyways
it dont matter becos i think im
runnin the farm a lot better than ther
runnin the country anyways i dont
get no defekit or what ever they call
it every year defekits seem to me to
be wot treasurers ames for.
i seen madum melbers lookin around
fer vices i wish she cud cum up ere
an ere our sekin dorter callin the cows
of a mornin shes got the magpies fair
beat an she makes a noise in er throte
that'd got the ole distrik torkin ab.
they says ther goin to ave a darnce in
the all to raze funs to send er to londen.

the wattil blossums just beginnin to
luk yeller.

hoppin you are the sam
yours truly Bill Bowyang.