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"The Cast-Iron Canvasser" is a humorous short story by Banjo Paterson.It was first published in the 19 December 1891 issue of The Bulletin, and later included in the author's short story collection, Three Elephant Power and Other Stories, and in many short story anthologies.
Paterson as a baby with his nanny, Wiradjuri girl Fanny Hopkins, mid-1860s Andrew Barton Paterson was born on 17 February 1864 at the property "Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales, the eldest son of Andrew Bogle Paterson, a Scottish immigrant from Lanarkshire, and Australian-born Rose Isabella Barton, [1] related to the future first prime minister of Australia, Edmund Barton. [3]
Paterson instinctively sees the underlying humour of common happenings, and brings it to the surface with the skill of one who understands and can discriminate." [ 3 ] The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature states that the stories "reveal Paterson's capacity for capturing an authentic Australian tone."
Scottish-Australian bush poet, and acquaintance of Paterson, Will H. Ogilvie penned For the honor of Old England and the glory of the game in 1897. Although similar in nature to Paterson's earlier-written The Geebung Polo Club , Ogilvie's work was written after an actual polo competition in Parkes, New South Wales , involving Harry 'Breaker ...
Rio Grande's Last Race is a racing poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in the London Sketch magazine on 16 December 1896. [ 1 ] It was later published as the title poem for Paterson's second poetry collection, Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses , in 1902.
Saltbush Bill is again droving his sheep when he happens "on Take 'Em Down, the station of Rooster Hall." Rooster Hall is a follower of cockfighting and Bill challenges him to a contest: his Australian bird against Hall's, a "clipt and a shaven cock, the pride of his English Game".
Three Elephant Power and Other Stories Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses (1902) is the second collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson . [ 1 ] It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1902, and features the poems " Rio Grande's Last Race ", " Mulga Bill's Bicycle ", " Saltbush Bill's Game Cock " and " Saltbush ...
A Voice from the Town is a poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson.It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 20 October 1894.. In Up The Country, Lawson had criticised "The City Bushman" such as Banjo Paterson who tended to romanticise bush life.