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''Saltbush Bill's Second Fight'' is a humorous poem by
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n writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in ''The Antipodean'' in 1897.Austlit - "Saltbush Bill's Second Fight" 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 ...
" (1894), "Saltbush Bill's Second Fight" (1897), "
Saltbush Bill's Gamecock ''Saltbush Bill's Gamecock'' is a humorous poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in ''Brooks's Australian Xmas Annual'' Volume 1 1898. Saltbush Bill was one of Paterson's best known characters ...
" (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 droving his sheep towards Castlereagh and Stingy Smith, the owner of Hard Times Hill station is worried that Bill's sheep will ruin his run. He chances on a travelling tramp, and finding out the man is a fighter, arranges for him to get Bill into a fight and tells him it's "a five-pound job if you belt him well -- do anything short of kill". When Bill arrives at the station, the tramp kicks his dog, starts a fight and beats Bill senseless. Bill has to recuperate for a week from his injuries, after which he and his sheep move on. It is only later that Stingy Smith comes to realise that he has been duped, and that Bill had arranged it all.


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) * ''The Collected Verse of Banjo Paterson'' (1992)


See also

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1897 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events Works published in English Canadian poetry, Canada * Jean Blewett, ''Heart Songs''Gus ...
*
1897 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1897. Events *January–March – Oscar Wilde, imprisoned in Reading Gaol in England, writes a letter to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, '' De Profundis''. *Januar ...
* 1897 in Australian literature *
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 1897 poems Poetry by Banjo Paterson Works originally published in The Antipodean