As Luck Would Have It

A sudden downpour rattles the tin roof of a bush shanty, while laughter and sharp wit ricochet among men hardened by the goldfields and softened by the camaraderie of the Australian outback. Here, in the dust and scrub of nineteenth-century Australia, fortunes are made and lost not only in the mines but in the unpredictable turns of daily life. With a keen ear for the rhythms of working class stories and an eye for the peculiarities of colonial Australia, this collection brings to life the ...