Saltbush Bill J.P. and Other Verses was published in 1917 and contains the national song "Waltzing Matilda", as well as "Saltbush Bill, J.P." and "A Dream of the Melbourne Cup".
A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson (1864-1941) was born near Orange in New South Wales and achieved fame as a short story, ballad and legend writer, drawing on his experiences growing up near Yass. He is the major folk poet of Australian literature, publishing many books of verse, short stories and two novels.
Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson (1864-1941) was a solicitor, journalist, war correspondent and soldier as being widely recognised as a poet.
- Song of the pen
- Song of the wheat
- Brumby’s run
- Saltbush Bill on the patriarchs
- The Reverend Mullineux
- The wisdom of Hafiz
- Saltbush Bill, J.P.
- The riders in the stand
- Waltzing Matilda
- An answer to various bards
- T.Y.S.O.N.
- As long as your eyes are blue
- Bottle-O!
- The story of Mongrel Grey
- Gilhooley’s estate
- The road to Hogan’s Gap
- A singer of the bush
- ‘Shouting’ for a camel
- The lost drink
- Mulligan’s mare
- The matrimonial stakes
- The mountain squatter
- Pioneers
- Santa Claus in the bush
- In re a gentleman, one
- The melting of the snow
- A dream of the Melbourne Cup
- The Gundaroo bullock
- Lay of the motor-car
- The corner man
- When Dacey rode the mule
- The Mylora elopement
- The pannikin poet
- Not on it
- The protest
- The scapegoat
- An evening in Dandaloo
- A ballad of ducks
- Tommy Corrigan
- The Maori’s wool
- The angel’s kiss
- Sunrise on the coast
- The reveille
Format:
paperback
Size: 210 × 148 × 5 mm
80 pages
ISBN: 9781920897642
Publication: 01 Jan 2004
Series: SUP Classics
Size: 210 × 148 × 5 mm
80 pages
ISBN: 9781920897642
Publication: 01 Jan 2004
Series: SUP Classics