Bobby Pickett is Lois Pickett’s eldest son and Nancy Pickett’s older brother. It is implied that Bobby has a learning disability—he was made fun of at school for being big and slow, and he still sucks his thumb as an adult. Bobby is a gentle and harmless man. He plays the guitar in Faith O’Brien’s band and drives the bus for the Dungatar Ladies theater group. Nancy is very protective of Bobby and defends him from gossip or teasing. She buys Bobby a pet to try and cheer him up, and this leads to Bobby’s fascination with animals—he starts to adopt all sorts of pets and injured animals that he nurses back to health.
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Bobby Pickett Character Timeline in The Dressmaker
The timeline below shows where the character Bobby Pickett appears in The Dressmaker. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 8
...waits with her. The steam train pulls up and a guard unloads a puppy for Bobby Pickett and a chest addressed to Tilly. As the train pulls out, Hamish looks after it...
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Chapter 32
The morning of the Eisteddfod arrives, and the cast prepares nervously to leave on Bobby Pickett ’s bus. They wait in the hall, and Tilly watches from the Hill as the...
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