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''Banjo, of the Overflow'' is a poem by
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n poet Francis Kenna. It was first published in '' The Bulletin'' magazine on 27 August 1892 in reply to fellow poets
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 period ...
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Banjo Paterson Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, (17 February 18645 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author, widely considered one of the greatest writers of Australia's colonial period. Born in rural New South Wales, Paterson worke ...
and Edward Dyson. This poem formed part of the
Bulletin Debate The "''Bulletin'' Debate" was a well-publicised dispute in '' The Bulletin'' magazine between two of Australia's best known writers and poets, Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson. The debate took place via a series of poems about the merits of li ...
, a series of works by Lawson, Paterson, and others, about the true nature of life in the Australian bush. In ''
Up The Country "Up The Country" is a popular poem by iconic Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. It was first published in '' The Bulletin'' magazine on 9 July 1892, under the title "Borderland''."'' Its publication marked the start of the Bulletin Debat ...
,'' Lawson had criticised "City Bushmen" such as Banjo Paterson who tended to romanticise bush life. Paterson, in turn, accused Lawson of representing bush life as nothing but doom and gloom. Kenna's poem is a parody of Paterson's popular work, ''
Clancy of the Overflow "Clancy of the Overflow" is a famous Australian poem written by Banjo Paterson and 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, ...
'', playfully pointing out the irony of a city-dweller writing poems about life in the country. The author of the poem was initially credited only as "K."Banjo, of the Overflow
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Further publication

After the poem's initial publication in ''The Bulletin'' it was reprinted in ''The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads'' edited by Elizabeth Webby and Philip Butterss (1993).


See also

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Australian literature Australian literature is the literature, written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western culture, Western history, Australia was a ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Banjo, Of The Overflow 1892 poems Australian poems Bulletin Debate Works originally published in The Bulletin (Australian periodical)