# Harry Heathcote of Gangoil — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Harry Heathcote of Gangoil by Anthony Trollope.

- [Gangoil](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/i-gangoil.md): Harry Heathcote, a proud and industrious squatter, manages his sheep station Gangoil in Queensland with his wife and sister-in-law. He struggles against the heat, free-selectors, and the challenges of bush life, while re
- [II: A Night's Ride](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/ii-a-night-s-ride.md): Harry Heathcote, anxious about potential arson during the dry season, rides out late at night to inspect his boundary. He encounters his neighbor Giles Medlicot, a free-selector, and they exchange tense words about Bill 
- [Medlicot's Mill](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/iii-medlicot-s-mill.md): Medlicot, a sugar grower and free-selector, struggles with his isolated position in the bush, caught between squatters and small free-selectors. His mother visits with the Heathcote ladies, leading to a tense but polite 
- [Harry Heathcote's Appeal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/iv-harry-heathcote-s-appeal.md): Harry Heathcote, deeply troubled by the attempted arson at his wool-shed, appeals to his neighbor Medlicot to help watch the suspect Nokes. Medlicot refuses, citing lack of evidence and English principles, leading to a h
- [V: Boscobel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/v-boscobel.md): Harry Heathcote continues his relentless patrol against bushfires, grappling with the discovery that Boscobel has been fraudulently working for his own purposes instead of watching for fires. Despite his wife and sister'
- [VI: The Brownbies of Boolabong](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/vi-the-brownbies-of-boolabong.md): This chapter introduces the Brownbie family, squatters of a disreputable class, who live at Boolabong. Old Brownbie, a former convict, presides over a degraded household of sons who engage in cattle theft and other disho
- [VII: “I Wish You’d Like Me”](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/vii-i-wish-you-d-like-me.md): Harry Heathcote, exhausted from a night of riding, sleeps on the veranda while his wife and sister-in-law watch over him. He discusses his fears of fire and his suspicion of Bill Nokes, criticizing Medlicot for supportin
- [VIII: “I Do Wish He Would Come!”](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/viii-i-do-wish-he-would-come.md): Harry returns home exhausted from the heat and goes to bed, but is woken by Jacko with news that George Brownbie, Bos, Bill Nokes, and Jerry Brownbie are at Boolabong, suggesting a plot against Gangoil. Despite the inten
- [The Bush Fight](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/ix-the-bush-fight.md): Harry Heathcote and his men, aided by Giles Medlicot, fight a desperate battle against a deliberately set bushfire on the boundary between Gangoil and Boolabong. During the struggle, Harry confronts Georgie Brownbie, and
- [X: Harry Heathcote Returns in Triumph](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/x-harry-heathcote-returns-in-triumph.md): After the bushfire fight, Medlicot is injured with a broken collarbone and is brought to Gangoil for care. Harry rides to Maryborough for a doctor and to report to the police. The chapter explores Harry's reflections on 
- [Sergeant Forrest](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/xi-sergeant-forrest.md): Sergeant Forrest, a former Oxford graduate turned colonial policeman, investigates the bushfire fight at Boolabong. The Brownbie party, discomfited after their failed raid, try to deflect blame onto Harry Heathcote. Forr
- [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/harry_heathcote_of_gangoil_se/chapters/xii-conclusion.md): Harry Heathcote sleeps deeply after his heroic efforts against the bushfire, while the household prepares for Christmas dinner. Kate Daly anxiously reflects on Giles Medlicot's apparent romantic interest, and she and her

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