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9 unusual facts about Banjo Paterson


Andrew Barton

Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton Paterson, 1864–1941), Australian poet

Andrew Paterson

Banjo Paterson (Andrew Barton Paterson, 1864–1941), Australian bush poet

Bruce Rowland

Both films were based on Banjo Paterson's poem The Man from Snowy River.

Bush band

Among the most notable bush lyricists was the poet Banjo Paterson (1864–1941).

Diamantinasaurus

The type species is D. matildae, in reference to the folk song "Waltzing Matilda", which was written by Banjo Paterson in nearby Winton.

Elderslie Station

Banjo Paterson was thought to have worked at Elderslie as a jackeroo or storekeeper in 1895, at about the time he wrote "Waltzing Matilda".

Matthew Mullineux

Despite only playing in the first test, Mullineux was honoured when bush poet, Banjo Paterson wrote a poem about his playing prowess, entitled The Reverend Mullineux.

Michael Isaacs

He also appeared in Strange Fits of Passion (1994) and the television shows The Games (1998), Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River (1996), Wicked Science (2004) and BoyTown (2006)

Shelley Posen

Old Bush Songs: The Centenary Edition of Banjo Paterson's Classic Collection (review) Folk Music Journal, January 1, 2007.


Clement Semmler

His numerous literary works included The Banjo of the Bush — a study of the poet Banjo Paterson, who wrote Waltzing Matilda.

The bush

The bush was revered as a source of national ideals by the likes of poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, and contemporaneous painters in the Heidelberg School, namely Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin.


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