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The bush ballad, bush song, or bush poem is a style of poetry and folk music that depicts the life, character and scenery of the Australian bush. The typical bush ballad employs a straightforward rhyme structure to narrate a story, often one of action and adventure, and uses language that is colourful, colloquial, and idiomatically Australian.
It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 9 July 1892, under the title "Borderland." [2] Its publication marked the start of the Bulletin Debate, a series of poems by both Lawson and Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson asserting contrasting views of the true nature of life in the Australian bush.
The City Bushman is a poem by iconic Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 6 August 1892, under the title In Answer to "Banjo", and Otherwise . It was the fourth work in the Bulletin Debate , a series of poems by both Lawson and Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson , and others, about the true ...
A. B. (Banjo) Paterson : Bush Ballads, Poems, Stories and Journalism edited by Clement Semmler, 1992 [21] Banjo Paterson : His Poetry and Prose edited by Richard Hall, 1993 [22] The Bush Poems of A. B. (Banjo) Paterson edited by Jack Thompson, FinePoets, 2008 [23] 60 Classic Australian Poems edited by Geoff Page, University of NSW Press, 2009 [24]
Thomas Henry Kendall (18 April 1839 [a] – 1 August 1882), was an Australian author and bush poet, who was particularly known for his poems and tales set in a natural environment. He appears never to have used his first name — his three volumes of verse were all published under the name of "Henry Kendall".
Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake (26 March 1866 – 2 May 1892) was an Australian stockman and poet who wrote primarily within the bush poetry tradition. He was active for only a few years before his suicide at the age of 26.
"The Fire at Ross's Farm" (1890) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Lawson. [1] It was originally published in The Bulletin on 6 December 1890 and subsequently reprinted in several of the author's other collections, other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies. [1]
"The Old Bush Road" (1892) (aka ("An Old Bush Road") is a poem by Australian poet Jennings Carmichael. [ 1 ] It was originally published in The Australasian on 23 April 1892 and subsequently reprinted in Poems , the author's sole poetry collection, other newspapers and periodicals and a number of Australian poetry anthologies.