The cast of The Rouseabout - 2003 includes: Tom Budge as Tom Max Fairchild as Oscar Tamara Harris as Pub Patron Cassandra Magrath as Chloe

Henry Lawson was inspired to write by his experiences growing up in the Australian Outback, witnessing the harsh realities of rural life and the struggles of the people living there. He was also influenced by his deep empathy for the underprivileged and a desire to shed light on social injustices. Additionally, Lawson's personal struggles with mental health and a sense of alienation fueled his creativity and passion for storytelling.

Summary of IN A DRY SEASON

· In the heat of summer, the narrator in this story takes a train ride to Bourke and introduces the reader to the Australian Railway town and its visitors: The bush larrikin, The shearer, The sundowner, The unemployed rouseabout, The jolly bushman and township itself.

· Railway town has been described as having little variations. The sense of predictability is also seen from the sentence "Death is about the only cheerful thing in the bush".

· The narrator states later that he doesn't want to get away from the railway line to see the country.

· Narrator describes a sundowner as mad and about to attack the train. In fact, he is going to kill a snake. The tone suggest that the narrator considers anyone who would have to kill a snake and choose to live in the bush as "mad".

· The story also describes about unemployed people in the town who starts cheerfully out and eventually find themselves stuck as on Arrival, they find the workplaces too far from the train station.

· Finally, the bush liar, who entertains the carriage of passengers with tales of boxing, is taken down "in about three minutes" by a "quiet looking bushman".

Tom Budge has: Played Tim Harrison in "Neighbours" in 1985. Played Tiger Gleeson in "Round the Twist" in 1989. Played Tiger in "Round the Twist" in 1989. Played Euan Roberts in "Blue Heelers" in 1994. Played Michael in "The Games" in 1998. Played Clive Rank in "Shock Jock" in 2001. Played Pickles in "Australian Rules" in 2002. Played Tarquin in "Take Away" in 2003. Played Geeky Kid in "The Night We Called It a Day" in 2003. Played Normie Norman in "The Honourable Wally Norman" in 2003. Played Tom in "The Rouseabout" in 2003. Performed in "Pity 24" in 2004. Played Samuel Stoat in "The Proposition" in 2005. Played Chicken Shop Assistant in "Three Dollars" in 2005. Played Trevor in "The Opposite of Velocity" in 2005. Played Tom in "Apprentice" in 2005. Played Peter in "The Glenmoore Job" in 2005. Played Robert in "The Cow Thief" in 2006. Played Trev in "Last Train to Freo" in 2006. Played Schumann in "Candy" in 2006. Played Johnno in "Kokoda" in 2006. Played Dale in "East of Everything" in 2008. Played Brett in "Ten Empty" in 2008. Played Abraham in "Damned" in 2008. Played Slippery in "Bran Nue Dae" in 2009. Played PFC Ronnie Gibson in "The Pacific" in 2010. Played Stan in "Larry Crowne" in 2011. Played Greg McIntyre in "Mabo" in 2012. Played Josh in "Son of a Gun" in 2014. Performed in "Gallipoli" in 2015.