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- The Man from Snowy Riveri"There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around", single work poetry (p. 3-9)
- Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve : A Racing Rhyme.i"You never heard tell of the story?", single work poetry humour (p. 10-19)
- Clancy of the Overflowi"I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better", single work poetry (p. 20-22)
- Conroy's Gapi"This was the way of it, don't you know-", single work poetry (p. 23-30)
- Our New Horse : A Racing Rhymei"The boys had come back from the races", single work poetry humour (p. 31-37)
- An Idyll of Dandalooi"On Western plains, where shade is not,", single work poetry humour (p. 38-42)
- The Geebung Polo Clubi"It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub,", single work poetry humour (p. 43-46)
- The Travelling Post Officei"The roving breezes come and go, the reed beds sweep and sway", single work poetry humour (p. 47-49)
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Saltbush Billi"Now this is the law of the Overland that all in the West obey,",
single work
poetry
The character of "Saltbush Bill" is introduced in this poem as a drover of sheep along "the track of the Overland", who stretches the "the law of the Great Stock Routes" by allowing his sheep to make use of all the good grass they find. On the occasion described in the poem, Bill's sheep have spread across a squatter's property. A Jackaroo arrives and attempts to drive the sheep back into the accepted "space of the half-mile track". An argument and then fight ensues between Bill and the Jackaroo, and, while Bill concedes after a marathon fight, in the end he achieves his aim of finding his sheep a good feed.
- A Mountain Stationi"I bought a run a while ago,", single work poetry humour (p. 56-58)
- Been There Beforei"There came a stranger to Walgett town,", single work poetry (p. 59-60)
- The Man Who Was Awayi"The widow sought the lawyer's room with children three in tow,", single work poetry (p. 61-63)
- The Man from Ironbarki"It was the man from Ironbark who struck the Sydney town,", single work poetry humour (p. 64-68)
- The Ace, from Snowy River The Open Steeplechasei"I had ridden over hurdles up the country once or twice,", single work poetry (p. 69-74)
- The Amateur Rideri"Him going to ride for us! Him - with the pants and the eyeglass and all", single work poetry humour (p. 75-79)
- On Kiley's Runi"The roving breezes come and go", single work poetry (p. 80-85)
- Frying Pan's Theologyi"SCENE: On Monaro.", single work poetry humour (p. 86-87)
- The Two Devinesi"It was shearing time at the Myall Lake,", single work poetry (p. 88-90)
- In the Droving Daysi""Only a pound," said the auctioneer,", single work poetry (p. 91-95)
- Losti"'He ought to be home,' said the old man, 'without there's something amiss.'", single work poetry (p. 96-99)
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Banjo Paterson and the Case of a Confused Edition
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , March no. 401 2019; (p. 35-38)'The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses by Andrew (Banjo) Barton Paterson, dated 1896, was purchased from a charity ship. This was the first of his three volumes of verse. The second was Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses, which was followed by Saltbush Bill, J.P.., and Other Verses.' (Introduction)
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Second Look
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 22 July 2001; (p. 10)
— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses 1895 selected work poetry -
Paperbacks
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 January 1997; (p. 8)
— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses 1895 selected work poetry ; Henry Lawson : A Stranger on the Darling 1996 single work criticism biography ; Henry Handel Richardson : The Getting of Wisdom, Stories, Selected Prose and Correspondence 1997 selected work novel short story extract biography criticism correspondence -
Escapist Lines for Fast-Moving Times
1995
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 17 October 1995; (p. 15) -
And Still They Tell the Story of His Ride
1995
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 October 1995; (p. 12)
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'The Banjo's' Poems
1895
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 26 October 1895; (p. 789)
— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses 1895 selected work poetry -
Literature. A Book of Australian Poems
1895
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 26 October vol. 60 no. 1842 1895; (p. 857)
— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses 1895 selected work poetry -
New Publications
1895
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 7 December vol. 60 no. 1848 1895; (p. 1148)
— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses 1895 selected work poetry Brief notes on the popularity of Patterson's The Man from Snowy River. -
Literature. Literary Notes
1896
single work
review
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 7 November vol. 62 no. 1896 1896; (p. 982)
— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses 1895 selected work poetry ; While the Billy Boils 1896 selected work short story ; In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses 1896 selected work poetry -
Three New Poets
1896
single work
review
— Appears in: Cosmos Magazine , 31 March vol. 2 no. 7 1896; (p. 306-307)
— Review of The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses 1895 selected work poetry ; In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses 1896 selected work poetry ; Songs 'neath the Southern Cross 1896 selected work poetry -
Australian Bards and an English Reviewer
1906
single work
essay
— Appears in: The British Australasian , 27 September 1906; (p. 18) -
Scribblers and Screed
1896
single work
column
— Appears in: The Free-Lance , 21 May vol. 1 no. 5 1896; (p. 13)A column canvassing current literary news including early sales figures for Henry Lawson's In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses and A. B. Paterson's The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses.
Free-Lance also notes the up-coming publication of Edward Dyson's Rhymes from the Mines and Other Lines, comments on the publishing activity of Guy Boothby in London and commends Ethel Turner and Louise Mack on 'the honour of opening a new series of novels by leading English publishing houses'.
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Some Reminiscences of George Robertson, Australian Publisher
1933
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 20 September 1933; (p. 8) A. B. Paterson writes of George Robertson's career in publishing, particularly the publication and promotion of Paterson's The Man from Snowy River and Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils. -
`Mere Twaddle' : A Secret View of Banjo's Verse
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 April 1994; (p. 1,6) -
And Still They Tell the Story of His Ride
1995
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 October 1995; (p. 12)