Johnathon is a 10 year old boy whose father receives a promotion, leading the family to live in the magnificent country of Australia near the outback. Johnathon meets Billy, an Aboriginal boy and the two become fast friends... life is wonderful for Johnathon filled with lots of adventures until................
• born at Tinonee, N.S.W., 23rd May, 1872; of Scottish parentage • unmarried • short stories published in The Bulletin • NOVELS: In a Man's Mind, London, 1896; An Earthly Fulfilment, London, 1899. • An Earthly Fulfilment by 'J. R. Watson' highlighted by Wigg & Son 'Newest and Best Fiction of the Month' in The West Australian through August 1899 • described in 1900 by A. W. Jose, Angus & Robertson's Reader, as too 'sexual' for a 'respectable English paper'