FIRST Thursday Conversations return to Euroa Library on Thursday, 1 May with a visit to town of folk writer Gordon 'Geordie' Dowell.

Mr Dowell has written Mulga Mick from Miepoll, a reflective book which reveals the life and times of Michael Brendan Carey.

Through the persona of Carey, Dowell has used his writing style which he has developed from the 'confidence gained through the passing of the decades' to bring to life the history of a local legend.

Mick Carey is a familiar name to many in and around Euroa.

When he died in 2013 his funeral was attended by over 500 mourners.

Although he performed no great feats of public service or held any public office, he simply knew how to understand people.

"Mick was a man of generous personality who cultivated friendships through his work as a shearer, farmer, and stock agent and through his social life as a punter and drinker," Mr Dowell said.

Mick's spiritual home was Miepoll, where his Irish forebears settled when the land was opened up for farming in the 1870s and was where Mick regularly visited from his home in Arcadia for church and family occasions when he was growing-up.

Mick was also known as a raconteur and bush poet, and his football encounter with the great John Landy dominates family folklore.

Mulga Mick from Miepoll is a time capsule encompassing life in regional Australia from the 1930s to 2013.

First Thursday Conversations

Euroa Library on Thursday, 1 May at 2pm

Afternoon tea provided by the Friends of the Euroa Library

Bookings preferred: call 1300 374 765 or email euroa@gvlibraries.com.a