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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, Peterson 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 1,087,262 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Banjo Paterson is the 5,665th most popular writer (down from 5,038th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Australia (down from 277th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Australian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Banjo Paterson ranks 5,665 out of 5,755Before him are George MacDonald Fraser, Stig Claesson, Frances Power Cobbe, Kåre Holt, Leïla Slimani, and Göran Sonnevi. After him are Arthur Laurents, Greg Daniels, George B. Seitz, Olivier Weber, Satya Vrat Shastri, and Theodore Roethke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Banjo Paterson ranks 158Before him are Charles Marion Russell, Emil Kellenberger, Frank Chapman, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Anna Haava, and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet. After him are Jakob Jakobsen and Jessie Ralph. Among people deceased in 1941, Banjo Paterson ranks 176Before him are Victor Schertzinger, Frank Waller, Kalle Jalkanen, Noël Liétaer, Diederik Korteweg, and Bob Crompton. After him are Franz Bartl, Blind Boy Fuller, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, James Stephenson, Herbert Adamski, and William Gibbs McAdoo.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Banjo Paterson ranks 301 out of 925Before him are Frank Gambale (1958), Josip Šimunić (1978), Arthur Fadden (1894), Paul England (1929), Robert Helpmann (1909), and Gail Chanfreau (1945). After him are Pat Rafter (1972), John Broughton (1952), Rolf Harris (1930), Thomas Blamey (1884), Sullivan Stapleton (1977), and Paul Hawkins (1937).

Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, Banjo Paterson ranks 20Before him are Greg Egan (1961), Trudi Canavan (1969), Markus Zusak (1975), Patricia Wrightson (1921), Henry Lawson (1867), and Robert Hughes (1938). After him are Kate Morton (1976), Richard Flanagan (1961), Les Murray (1938), David Malouf (1934), Donna Williams (1963), and Liane Moriarty (1966).