Finally, Monday morning. The town yawned itself awake, and Ross was already standing at the brass-handled doors of Goldsborough Mort & Co., looking as if he’d been waiting there since Federation. The clock struck nine with a sense of ceremony that the rest of Echuca didn’t share. He stepped inside to find that the world of commerce smelled faintly of tobacco, ink, and smugness.

Finally, Monday morning. The town yawned itself awake, and Ross was already standing at the brass-handled doors of Goldsborough Mort & Co., looking as if he’d been waiting there since Federation. The clock struck nine with a sense of ceremony that the rest of Echuca didn’t share. He stepped inside to find that the world of commerce smelled faintly of tobacco, ink, and smugness.

Finally, Monday morning. The town yawned itself awake, and Ross was already standing at the brass-handled doors of Goldsborough Mort &amp; Co., looking as if he’d been waiting there since Federation. The clock struck nine with a sense of ceremony that the rest of Echuca didn’t share. He stepped inside to find that the world of commerce smelled faintly of tobacco, ink, and smugness.

Chapter Ten - He was shearing when I knew him

From the cold stone walls of the Sisters of Mercy orphanage to the red dust of the shearing sheds and finally the chalk dust of the classroom.Ross Cooper’s journey is one of faith lost, wisdom found, and the raw poetry of the Australian outback.A story where Banjo Paterson’s verses meet the grit of real men and one man’s search for purpose comes full circle beneath the wide southern sky.

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From the cold stone walls of the Sisters of Mercy orphanage to the red dust of the shearing sheds and finally the chalk dust of the classroom. Ross Cooper’s journey is one of faith lost, wisdom found, and the raw poetry of the Australian outback. A story where Banjo Paterson’s verses meet the grit of real men and one man’s search for purpose comes full circle beneath the wide southern sky.

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