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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Banjo : The Story of the Man Who Wrote Waltzing Matilda
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'In 1886, a nervous young lawyer and aspiring writer met the editor of a radical new paper to discuss the possibility of publishing some poetry. He thought his 'fractured verses' would not stand the test of time. The editor believed otherwise and in the years that followed, Banjo Paterson became Australia's most-loved and influential poet.

'In a life that took him from a bush boyhood to the battlefields of South Africa and the turmoil of the Great War, Banjo Paterson rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous. But the heroes of his tales were ordinary folk?bushmen, battlers, swaggies and soldiers. He told their stories of humour, tragedy and triumph set against a landscape that is both grindingly harsh and stunningly beautiful, and his words rolled off Australian tongues for generations.

'From the political upheaval captured in 'Waltzing Matilda' to the wistful longing for the bush in 'Clancy of the Overflow', Banjo follows the life and inspirations of AB Paterson. We meet the men and women who shaped the young Australian nation as it shook off its convict beginnings to embrace its own place on the world stage and who defined our national character today.' (Publication summary)

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2014 .
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      Extent: 304p.
      Note/s:
      • Published August 2014
      ISBN: 9781743317976

Works about this Work

The Man on the $10 Banknote Robert Wilson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 December 2014; (p. 21)

— Review of Banjo : The Story of the Man Who Wrote Waltzing Matilda P. Terry , 2014 single work biography
The Man on the $10 Banknote Robert Wilson , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 December 2014; (p. 21)

— Review of Banjo : The Story of the Man Who Wrote Waltzing Matilda P. Terry , 2014 single work biography
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