Banjo Paterson

Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson is the most famous - certainly the most publicly performed - Australian writer who has ever lived - The Guardian When a young man submitted a set of verses to the Bulletin in 1889 under the pseudonym 'the Banjo', it was the beginning of an enduring tradition. Today, Banjo Paterson is still one of Australia's best-loved...

A wonderful way to introduce young children to this favourite Australian classic. It is also a gorgeous concept book about colours and counting. There was movement at the station, for the word had got around, That the colt from old Regret had got away . . . Read along with one of the most-loved and best-known Australian poems and learn...

A wonderful way to introduce young children to this favourite Australian classic. And a gorgeous concept book about colours and counting. Waltzing Matilda: Australian Classics for Little Ones begins with: Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong under the shade of a coolibah tree... and he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, 'Who'll come a-waltzing...

The poet A B 'Banjo' Paterson, best known for his rousing folk classics The Man from Snowy River and Waltzing Matilda, is widely acknowledged as Australia's greatest and most popular balladist. His poems, written with great gusto and humour, celebrate all the romance and rough-and-tumble of old Australia. In this collection, leading Paterson scholar Clement Semmler presents more than 100...

There is a warmth, richness and humour about the poems of Banjo Paterson that has endeared them to generations of Australians. The Man from Snowy River, Mulga Bill's Bicycle and The Geebung Polo Club are as well known to today's school children as they are to their parents and grandparents. The words Waltzing Matilda have, of course, become recognised in...