Saltbush Bill, J.P., And Other Verses
''Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses'' (1917) is the third collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1917, and features the poems "Waltzing Matilda", "Saltbush Bill, J.P.", "In Answer to Various Bards, An Answer to Various Bards" and "T.Y.S.O.N.". The original collection includes 43 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources. The book formed part of the publisher's series of "Pocket Editions for the Trenches", designed to fit a serviceman's coat pocket. Contents * "wikisource: Song of the Pen, Song of the Pen" * "wikisource: Song of the Wheat, Song of the Wheat" * "wikisource: Brumby's Run, Brumby's Run" * "Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs" * "wikisource: The Reverend Mullineux, The Reverend Mullineux" * "wikisource: Wisdom of Hafiz, The Wisdom of Hafiz" * "Saltbush Bill, J.P." * "wikisource: Riders in the Stand, The Riders in the Stand" * "Waltzing Matilda" * "In Answer to Various Bards, An An ...
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Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, (17 February 18645 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include " Clancy of the Overflow" (1889), "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) and "Waltzing Matilda" (1895), regarded widely as Australia's unofficial national anthem. Early life Andrew Barton Paterson was born at the property "Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales, the eldest son of Andrew Bogle Paterson, a Scottish immigrant from Lanarkshire, and Australian-born Rose Isabella Barton, related to the future first Prime Minister of Australia Edmund Barton. Paterson's family lived on the isolated Buckinbah Station near Yeoval NSW until he was five when his father lost his wool clip in a flood and was forced to sell up. When P ...
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