Bush Debate
Author: first_name: Edward
last_name: Dyson
first_name: Francis
last_name: Kenna
first_name: Henry
last_name: Lawson
first_name: Banjo
last_name: Paterson
Language: English
Year: 1894

In 1892, two of Australia's best poets came up with a scheme to make some money. They arranged to have an argument in the Weekly Bulletin, and since they were being paid by the word, this let them fire back and forth, being sent beer money with each salvo. A couple of other poets also joined in, and their work is seminal to the development of the Bush ethos in Australia.<br /><br />

The first eight files are the original form of the poems, and the second eight are later republications by the au