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''Saltbush Bill's Gamecock'' is a humorous poem by
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n writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in ''Brooks's Australian Xmas Annual'' Volume 1 1898.Austlit - "Saltbush Bill's Game Cock" by A. B. Paterson
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Saltbush Bill ''Saltbush Bill'' is a humorous poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in ''The Bulletin'' magazine on 15 December 1894, the Christmas issue of that publication. Saltbush Bill was one of Paterso ...
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Saltbush Bill's Second Fight ''Saltbush Bill's Second Fight'' is a humorous poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in ''The Antipodean'' in 1897. Saltbush Bill was one of Paterson's best known characters who appeared in 5 ...
" (1897), "Saltbush Bill's Gamecock" (1898), "
Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs ''Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs'' is a humorous poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in ''The Evening News'' on 19 December 1903. Saltbush Bill was one of Paterson's best known characters w ...
" (1903), and " Saltbush Bill, J.P." (1905).''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'', 2nd edition, p670


Plot summary

Saltbush Bill is again droving his sheep when he happens "on Take 'Em Down, the station of Rooster Hall." Rooster Hall is a follower of cockfighting and Bill challenges him to a contest: his Australian bird against Hall's, a "clipt and a shaven cock, the pride of his English Game". But Bill has a trick up his sleeve and wins the contest by forfeit.


Further publications

* ''
Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses ''Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses'' (1902) is the second collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1902, and features the poems " Rio Grande's Last Race", "Mulga Bill's B ...
'' by Banjo Paterson (1902) * ''Singer of the Bush, A. B. (Banjo) Paterson : Complete Works 1885-1900'' edited by Rosamund Campbell and Philippa Harvie (1983) * ''A Vision Splendid : The Complete Poetry of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson'' (1990)


See also

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1898 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events The "Generation of '98" in Spain The "Generation of '98" (also called "Generation of 1898", in Spanish, ''Generació ...
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1898 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1898. Events *January 13 – Émile Zola's open letter to Félix Faure, President of France, on the Dreyfus affair, ''J'Accuse…!'', is published on the front page ...
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1898 in Australian literature This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1898. Books * Louis Becke – ''The Mutineer: A Romance of Pitcairn Island'', with Walter James Jeffrey * Guy Boothby ** ''Across the World ...
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Australian literature Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, ...


References

{{Banjo Paterson 1898 poems Poetry by Banjo Paterson