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22 June 2008

The Tramp by Barbara Baynton

Her husband is fifteen miles away shearing, when a passing tramp threatens the safety of a woman and child.

Barbara Baynton was born in Scone in New South Wales in 1862. Her literary reputation rests on six short stories, which were published as Bush Stories in 1902.

Reader: Michelle Doake
Production: Anne Wynter