What about the other character-names in Kangaroo? Where did he get them?

Jack Callcott probably came from Jack Scott's first name and the surname of the estate agent in Thirroul, Mrs AF Callcott.

Harriett was possibly borrowed from the wife of Charles Rosenthal, Harriett Rosenthal.

"Victoria" Callcott may have come from Maudie Cohen's story about her surveyor father's antipathy to his home-state, NSW.

We shall see in a moment where the name "Willie" Struthers came from, also William James ("Jaz") Trewhella's name.

However, the name that Lawrence gave his secret-army leader - Benjamin Cooley - is a rather different kettle of fish, and its provenance will provide an unexpected twist to the conclusion of our Quest for Cooley.

So, going back to Western Australia, how - given such transpositions - might the name of Lawrence's "Leithdale" dinner-table companion, Maudie Cohen, have made its way into Kangaroo?

Lawrence was probably taken down to Thirroul and installed in "Wyewurk" by a member of the Friend clan, a person whose "family" nickname was "Dawdie" [ie, Dorothy] Friend [Dawdie=Maudie] - a rhyming-transposition.

As we shall see in a moment, it was "Dawdie" Friend who was to become the "Thirroul incarnation" of Victoria Callcott.