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Banjo Paterson

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, CBE (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author, widely considered one of the greatest writers of Australia's colonial period.

Banjo Paterson

CBE

Andrew Barton Paterson

(1864-02-17)17 February 1864
"Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales, Australia

5 February 1941(1941-02-05) (aged 76)

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Author, journalist, composer, clerk, poet

Alice Emily Walker
​
(m. 1903)​

2

John Paterson (uncle)

Born in rural New South Wales, Paterson worked as a lawyer before transitioning into literature, where he quickly gained recognition for capturing the life of the Australian bush. A representative of the Bulletin School of Australian literature, Paterson wrote many of his best known poems for the nationalist journal The Bulletin, including "Clancy of the Overflow" (1889) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890). His 1895 ballad "Waltzing Matilda" is regarded widely as Australia's unofficial national anthem and, according to the National Film and Sound Archive, has been recorded more than any other Australian song.[1]

(1895)

The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses

(1902)

Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses

(1917)

Three Elephant Power and Other Stories

(1917)

Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses

The Animals Noah Forgot (1933)

Happy Dispatches (1934)

The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses (1961)

The World of 'Banjo' Paterson: His Stories, Travels, War Reports and Advice to Racegoers, edited by (1967)

Clement Semmler

Banjo Paterson's Horses: The Man from Snowy River, Father Riley's Horse, Story of Mongrel Grey (1970)

Poems of Banjo Paterson (1974)

Poems of Banjo Paterson : Volume Two (1976)

The Best of Banjo Paterson compiled by Walter Stone (1977)

Happy Dispatches: Journalistic Pieces from Banjo Paterson's days as a War Correspondent (1980)

Banjo Paterson: Short Stories (1980)

Banjo Paterson's Old Bush Songs edited by Graham Seal (1983)

Banjo Paterson: A Children's Treasury (1984)

The Banjo's Best-Loved Poems: Chosen by his Grand-Daughters compiled Rosamund Campbell and Philippa Harvie (1985)

A. B. Paterson's Off Down the Track: racing and other yarns compiled Rosamund Campbell and Philippa Harvie (1986)

Banjo Paterson's Poems of the Bush (1987)

Banjo Paterson's People: selected poems and prose (1987)

A Literary Heritage: 'Banjo' Paterson (1988)

Banjo Paterson's Australians : Selected Poems and Prose (1989)

A Vision Splendid: The Complete Poetry of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson (1990)

A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson: A Book of Verse (1990)

Snowy River Riders: selected poems (1991)

Selected Poems: A. B. Paterson compiled by (1992)

Les Murray

A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson: Bush Ballads, Poems, Stories and Journalism edited by Clement Semmler (1992)

Banjo Paterson Favourites (1992)

Singer of the Bush: The Poems of A. B. Paterson (1992)

Selected Verse of 'Banjo' Paterson (1992)

Banjo Paterson: His Poetry and Prose compiled by Richard Hall (1993)

Favourite Poems of Banjo Paterson (1994)

In the Droving Days compiled by Margaret Olds (1994)

Under Sunny Skies (1994)

Banjo's Animal Tales (1994)

The Works of 'Banjo' Paterson (1996)

The Best of Banjo Paterson compiled by Bruce Elder (1996)

Banjo's Tall Tales (1998)

From the Front : Being the Observations of Mr. A.B. (Banjo) Paterson: Special War Correspondent in South Africa: November 1899 to July 1900, for the Argus, the Sydney Mail, the Sydney Morning Herald edited by R. W. F. Droogleever (2000)

Mulga Bill's Bicycle and Other Classics (2005)

The Bush Poems of A. B. (Banjo) Paterson compiled by Jack Thompson (2008)

The Battlefield Poems of A.B. (Banjo) Paterson compiled by Jack Thompson (2010)

Banjo Paterson Treasury illustrated by Olso Davis (2013)

Looking for Clancy: Ballads by A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson illustrated by Robert Ingpen (2013)

Banjo Paterson Treasury (2013)

Notes on Author: Andrew Barton Paterson

Australian Authors – A. B. ("Banjo") Paterson (1864–1941)

"Banjo" Paterson

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