''The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses'' (1895) is the first collection of
poems
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by Australian poet
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 ...
. It was released in
hardback
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by
Angus and Robertson
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in 1895, and features the poet's widely anthologised poems "
The Man from Snowy River The Man from Snowy River may refer to:
* "The Man from Snowy River" (poem), an 1890 Australian poem by Banjo Paterson.
* '' The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses'' an 1895 poetry collection by Banjo Paterson (including the above)
* ''The Man ...
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Clancy of the Overflow
"Clancy of the Overflow" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in '' The Bulletin'', an Australian news magazine, on 21 December 1889. The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known w ...
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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 Pater ...
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The Man from Ironbark
"The Man From Ironbark" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson, Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton Paterson). It is written in the iambic heptameter.
It was first published in ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' on 17 Decem ...
". It also contains the poet's first two poems that featured in
The Bulletin Debate, a famous dispute in ''
The Bulletin'' magazine from 1892-93 between Paterson and
Henry Lawson
Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial perio ...
.
The collection includes 48 poems by the author that are reprinted from various sources, along with a preface by
Rolf Boldrewood
Thomas Alexander Browne (born Brown, 6 August 1826 – 11 March 1915) was an Australian author who published many of his works under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood. He is best known for his 1882 bushranging novel ''Robbery Under Arms''.
Biogra ...
, who defined the collection as "the best bush ballads written since the death of Lindsay Gordon".
["Current Literature", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 19 October 1895, p4]
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Contents
* "The Man from Snowy River The Man from Snowy River may refer to:
* "The Man from Snowy River" (poem), an 1890 Australian poem by Banjo Paterson.
* '' The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses'' an 1895 poetry collection by Banjo Paterson (including the above)
* ''The Man ...
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* " Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve : A Racing Rhyme"
* "Clancy of the Overflow
"Clancy of the Overflow" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in '' The Bulletin'', an Australian news magazine, on 21 December 1889. The poem is typical of Paterson, offering a romantic view of rural life, and is one of his best-known w ...
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* " Conroy's Gap"
* " Our New Horse : A Racing Rhyme"
* " An Idyll of Dandaloo"
* "The Geebung Polo Club
"The Geebung Polo Club" is a poem by Banjo Paterson, first published in '' The Antipodean'' in 1893. It was also included in his first anthology of bush poetry ''The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses'' in 1895.
It is one of Paterson's best-kn ...
"
* " The Travelling Post Office"
* "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 Pater ...
"
* " A Mountain Station"
* " Been There Before"
* " The Man Who Was Away"
* "The Man from Ironbark
"The Man From Ironbark" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson, Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton Paterson). It is written in the iambic heptameter.
It was first published in ''The Bulletin (Australian periodical), The Bulletin'' on 17 Decem ...
"
* " The Open Steeplechase"
* " The Amateur Rider"
* " On Kiley's Run"
* " Frying Pan's Theology"
* " The Two Devines"
* " In the Droving Days"
* "Lost
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* Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
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"
* " Over the Range"
* " Only a Jockey"
* " How McGinness Went Missing"
* "A Voice from the Town
''A Voice from the Town'' is a poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in '' The Bulletin'' magazine on 20 October 1894.
In '' Up The Country,'' Lawson had criticised " The City Bushman" such a ...
"
* " A Bunch of Roses"
* "Black Swans Black swan is the common name for ''Cygnus atratus'', an Australasian waterfowl.
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* ''The Black Swan'' (film), a 1942 swashbuckler film
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* ' ...
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* " The All Right 'Un"
* " The Boss of the 'Admiral Lynch'"
* " A Bushman's Song"
* " How Gilbert Died"
* " The Flying Gang : A Railroad Song"
* " Shearing at Castlereagh"
* " The Wind's Message"
* " Johnson's Antidote"
* " Ambition and Art : Art"
* " Ambition and Art : Ambition"
* " The Daylight Is Dying"
* " In Defence of the Bush"
* " Last Week"
* " Those Names"
* " A Bush Christening"
* " How the Favourite Beat Us"
* " The Great Calamity"
* " Come-By-Chance"
* " Under the Shadow of Kiley's Hill"
* " Jim Carew"
* " The Swagman's Rest"
* " Prelude"
Critical reception
On its original publication in Australia ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' saw semblances of Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
...
's collection ''Barrack-Room Ballads
The Barrack-Room Ballads are a series of songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling, dealing with the late-Victorian British Army and mostly written in a vernacular dialect. The series contains some of Kipling's best-known works, including the poems " Gu ...
'', but agreed with Boldrewood that the major influence on the poems was the work of Adam Lindsay Gordon
Adam Lindsay Gordon (19 October 1833 – 24 June 1870) was a British-Australian poet, horseman, police officer and politician. He was the first Australian poet to gain considerable recognition overseas, and according to his contemporary, writer ...
.[''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'', Second Edition, 1994, p507]
See also
* 1890 in Australian literature
* 1895 in Australian literature
* 1890 in poetry
* 1895 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Oscar Wilde's arrest and conviction
* February 18 – John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (father of Lo ...
External links
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References
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