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Banjo Paterson

1864 - 1941

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Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, (17 February 1864 – 5 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 worked as a lawyer before transitioning into literature, where he quickly gained recognition for capturing the life of the Australian bush. A representative of the Bulletin School of Australian literature, Paterson wrote many of his best known poems for the nationalist journal The Bulletin, including "Clancy of the Overflow" (1889) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Banjo Paterson has received more than 1,155,058 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Banjo Paterson is the 3,074th most popular writer (up from 5,644th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Australia (up from 301st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Australian Writer.

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  • 25

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Notable Works

The Man from Snowy River
1900
Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses
2002
Three Elephant Power And Other Stories
2002
Waltzing Matilda
Australian poetry, Ballads, English, English Ballads
Color illustrations of the Australian bush accompany the poem which, sung to the tune of an old English marching song, has become practically an Australian national anthem.
1971
The man from Snowy River
Frontier and pioneer life, Poetry
1912
The man from Snowy River and other verses
Frontier and pioneer life, Poetry, Accessible book
The bush poet, Australia's chronicler of lives past, folklore in written form. Pioneering days, bravery and foolishness, friends and foes are put into poems from an Australia from long ago but still alive. From the classics of Australian literacy, the man simply known as 'the Banjo' is the preeminent balladeer of all. Listen to the rhythm and be taken up in the spirit of the underdog, the man who has to prove his worth in the Man from Snowy River, the story of Mulga Bill and his bicyle being a tale of pride and falls. So many classic verses that every Australian should know by heart as it is the beating heart of Australia's history in rhyme.
1896
Waltzing Matilda
Australian poetry, Ballads, English, English Ballads
Color illustrations of the Australian bush accompany the poem which, sung to the tune of an old English marching song, has become practically an Australian national anthem.
1971
The man from Snowy River and other verses
Frontier and pioneer life, Poetry, Australiana
The bush poet, Australia's chronicler of lives past, folklore in written form. Pioneering days, bravery and foolishness, friends and foes are put into poems from an Australia from long ago but still alive. From the classics of Australian literacy, the man simply known as 'the Banjo' is the preeminent balladeer of all. Listen to the rhythm and be taken up in the spirit of the underdog, the man who has to prove his worth in the Man from Snowy River, the story of Mulga Bill and his bicyle being a tale of pride and falls. So many classic verses that every Australian should know by heart as it is the beating heart of Australia's history in rhyme.
1896
The collected verse of A.B. Paterson
Frontier and pioneer life, Poetry, Horses
255p. :
1921
Three Elephant Power And Other Stories
2002
The Man from Snowy River
Children's poetry, Poetry, Child and youth poetry
1900
Three elephant power, and other stories
Fiction, Social life and customs, Frontier and pioneer life
1917

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Banjo Paterson ranks 3,074 out of 7,302. Before him are Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Subh-i-Azal, Lois Lowry, Wang Bo, Abdulah Sidran, and Arno Schmidt. After him are Robert Fisk, Antonio Fogazzaro, Abbās al-Aqqād, William Ernest Henley, Yulian Semyonov, and Sylvain Maréchal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Banjo Paterson ranks 94. Before him are Toktogul Satylganov, Ricarda Huch, Tsuda Umeko, Alexander Dutov, Nathan Birnbaum, and George Washington Carver. After him are Maud Watson, Léon Gaumont, José Gregorio Hernández, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, Futabatei Shimei, and Marguerite Durand. Among people deceased in 1941, Banjo Paterson ranks 109. Before him are Huseyn Javid, Nicolae Titulescu, Olga Kameneva, Wilhelm Kienzl, Frank Bridge, and George Abraham Grierson. After him are Mario García Menocal, Alfred Pringsheim, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Louis Marcoussis, Kazimierz Bartel, and George Minne.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Banjo Paterson ranks 96 out of 1,143. Before him are Leo McKern (1920), Anthony Albanese (1963), Jason Clarke (1969), Travis Fimmel (1979), John Curtin (1885), and Christopher Doyle (1952). After him are Jacki Weaver (1947), Edmund Barton (1849), Miranda Otto (1967), Bob Hawke (1929), Vernon Wells (1945), and David Warren (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Banjo Paterson ranks 11. Before him are Thomas Keneally (1935), Annette Kellermann (1887), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Morris West (1916), James Aldridge (1918), and Germaine Greer (1939). After him are John Flanagan (1944), Joan Lindsay (1896), Gregory David Roberts (1952), Peter Carey (1943), Greg Egan (1961), and Trudi Canavan (1969).

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