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== 29 August 1911 ==

'''THE BUSHMAN''' There is a species of gravity of aspect common to all who live lonely lives in the wilderness. It is a gravity induced by the lack of society, much though - much introspective communion, varied by little or no communication with one's fellow-man. It is the gravity that goes hand-in-hand with loneliness, reflecting grimly the dreadful silence of the wilderness, picturing in its outward expression the solemnity of the bush's vast solitudes. One sees that gravity deeply stamped upon the face of [[James Kelly|Jim Kelly]] as he comes forward to the fence where we await him. But there is more than the sombre influence of the bush life behind it. This man has been a bushman from his boyhood. His work - he is a drover now - takes him away from human habitations often for weeks at a time. His horse and his dogs are his only companions on these long excursions, and it would be idle to look for aught save gravity on the face of a man who lived a life like tat. But in Jim Kelly grave face there is, besides, the unmistakable mark of a whole life's sorrow.