Binalong , New South Wales
What was the residence of Banjo Paterson from 1869 to 1870?
Banjo Paterson Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson , ( 17 February 18645 February 1941 ) was an Australian bush poet , journalist and author . He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life , focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas , including the district around Binalong , New South Wales , where he spent much of his childhood . Patersons more notable poems include Clancy of the Overflow ( 1889 ) , The Man from Snowy River ( 1890 ) and Waltzing Matilda ( 1895 ) , regarded widely as Australias unofficial national anthem . Early life . Andrew Barton Paterson was born 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 , related to the future first Prime Minister of Australia Edmund Barton . Patersons family lived on the isolated Buckinbah Station near Yeoval NSW until he was five when his father lost his wool clip in a flood and was forced to sell up . When Patersons uncle John Paterson died , his family took over John Patersons farm in Illalong , near Yass , close to the main route between Melbourne and Sydney . Bullock teams , Cobb and Co coaches and drovers were familiar sights to him . He also saw horsemen from the Murrumbidgee River area and Snowy Mountains country take part in picnic races and polo matches , which led to his fondness of horses and inspired his writings . Patersons early education came from a governess , but when he was able to ride a pony , he was taught at the bush school at Binalong . In 1874 Paterson was sent to Sydney Grammar School , performing well both as a student and a sportsman . During this time , he lived in a cottage called Rockend , in the suburb of Gladesville . The cottage is now listed on the Register of the National Estate and New South Wales State Heritage Register . He left the prestigious school at 16 after failing an examination for a scholarship to the University of Sydney . Career . Paterson was a law clerk with a Sydney-based firm headed by Herbert Salwey , and was admitted as a solicitor in 1886 . In the years he practised as a solicitor , he also started writing . From 1885 , he began submitting and having poetry published in The Bulletin , a literary journal with a nationalist focus . His earliest work was a poem criticising the British war in the Sudan , which also had Australian participation . Over the next decade , the influential journal provided an important platform for Patersons work , which appeared under the pseudonym of The Banjo , the name of his favourite horse . As one of its most popular writers through the 1890s , he formed friendships with other significant writers in Australian literature , such as E.J . Brady , Harry Breaker Morant , Will H . Ogilvie , and Henry Lawson . In particular , Paterson became engaged in a friendly rivalry of verse with Lawson about the allure of bush life . Journalism . Paterson became a war correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age during the Second Boer War , sailing for South Africa in October 1899 . His graphic accounts of the relief of Kimberley , surrender of Bloemfontein ( the first correspondent to ride in ) and the capture of Pretoria attracted the attention of the press in Britain . An untouched box of chocolates , created by the British company Cadburys for Queen Victoria as a 1900 New Years gift for troops serving in South Africa , was discovered in Patersons papers at the National Library of Australia in 2020 . He also was a correspondent during the Boxer Rebellion , where he met George Chinese Morrison and later wrote about his meeting . He was editor of the Sydney Evening News ( 1904–06 ) and of the Town and Country Journal ( 1907–08 ) . Hiatus and military service . In 1908 after a trip to the United Kingdom he decided to abandon journalism and writing and moved with his family to a property near Yass . In World War I , Paterson failed to become a correspondent covering the fighting in Flanders , but did become an ambulance driver with the Australian Voluntary Hospital , Wimereux , France . He returned to Australia early in 1915 and , as an honorary vet , travelled on three voyages with horses to Africa , China and Egypt . He was commissioned in the 2nd Remount Unit , Australian Imperial Force on 18 October 1915 , serving initially in France where he was wounded and reported missing in July 1916 and latterly as commanding officer of the unit based in Cairo , Egypt . He was repatriated to Australia and discharged from the army having risen to the rank of major in April 1919 . His wife had joined the Red Cross and worked in an ambulance unit near her husband . Later life . Just as he returned to Australia , the third collection of his poetry , Saltbush Bill JP , was published and he continued to publish verse , short stories and essays while continuing to write for the weekly Truth . Paterson also wrote on rugby league football in the 1920s for the Sydney Sportsman . Personal life . On 8 April 1903 he married Alice Emily Walker , of Tenterfield Station , in St Stephens Presbyterian Church , in Tenterfield , New South Wales . Their first home was in Queen Street , Woollahra . The Patersons had two children , Grace ( born in 1904 ) and Hugh ( born in 1906 ) . Paterson had been previously engaged to Sarah Riley for eight years , but this was abruptly called off in 1895 following a visit to her at Dagworth Station in Queensland where she was visiting the Macpherson family . It was here that Paterson met his fiancées best friend from school days , Christina Macpherson , who composed the music for which he then wrote the lyrics of the famous Waltzing Matilda . However , following this collaboration Paterson was suddenly asked to leave the property , leading historians to conclude that he was a womanizer and had engaged in a scandalous romantic liaison with Macpherson . Paterson died of a heart attack in Sydney on 5 February 1941 aged 76 . Patersons grave , along with that of his wife , is in the Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium , Sydney . Works . The publication of The Man from Snowy River and five other ballads in The Bulletin made The Banjo a household name . In 1895 , Angus & Robertson published these poems as a collection of Australian verse . The book sold 5000 copies in the first four months of publication . In 1895 , Paterson headed north to Dagworth station near Winton , Queensland . Travelling with fiancée , Sarah Riley , they met with her old school friend , Christina Macpherson , who had recently attended a race at Warrnambool in Victoria . She had heard a band playing a tune there , which became stuck in her head and replayed it for Paterson on the autoharp . The melody also resonated with him and propelled him to write Waltzing Matilda While there has been much debate about what inspired the words , the song became one of his most widely known and sung ballads . In addition , he wrote the lyrics for songs with piano scores , such as The Daylight is Dying and Last Week . These were also published by Angus & Robertson between the years 1895 to 1899 . In 1905 , the same publishers released Old Bush Songs , a collection of bush ballads Paterson had been assembling since 1895 . Although for most of his adult life , Paterson lived and worked in Sydney , his poems mostly presented a highly romantic view of the bush and the iconic figure of the bushman . Influenced by the work of another Australian poet , John Farrell , his representation of the bushman as a tough , independent and heroic underdog became the ideal qualities underpinning the national character . His work is often compared to the prose of Henry Lawson , particularly the seminal work , The Drovers Wife , which presented a considerably less romantic view of the harshness of rural existence of the late 19th century . Paterson authored two novels ; An Outback Marriage ( 1906 ) and The Shearers Colt ( 1936 ) , wrote many short stories ; Three Elephant Power and Other Stories ( 1917 ) , and wrote a book based on his experiences as a war reporter , Happy Dispatches ( 1934 ) . He also wrote a book for children , The Animals Noah Forgot ( 1933 ) Contemporary recordings of many of Patersons well known poems have been released by Jack Thompson , who played Clancy in the 1982 film adaptation of The Man from Snowy River . While having no connection to the movie , an Australian television series of the same name was broadcast in the 1990s . Media reports in August 2008 stated that a previously unknown poem had been found in a war diary written during the Boer War . Legacy . Banjo Patersons image appears on the [ [ Australian ten-dollar note|$10 note ] ] , along with an illustration inspired by The Man From Snowy River and , as part of the copy-protection microprint , the text of the poem itself . In 1981 he was honoured on a postage stamp issued by [ [ Australia Post ] ] . A . B . Paterson College , at [ [ Arundel , Queensland|Arundel ] ] on the [ [ Gold Coast , Australia ] ] , is named after Paterson . The A . B . Banjo Paterson Library at [ [ Sydney Grammar School ] ] was named after Paterson . The Festival of Arts in [ [ Orange , New South Wales ] ] , presents a biennial Banjo Paterson Award for poetry and one-act plays and there is also an annual National Book Council Banjo Award . Orange also has an annual Banjo Paterson Poetry Festival . A privately owned 47-year-old Wooden Diesel vessel from Carrum , Victoria , was christened with the name Banjo Paterson and coincidentally , runs regularly up and down the Patterson River . In 1983 a rendition of Waltzing Matilda by country-and-western singer Slim Dusty was the first song broadcast by astronauts to Earth . He topped the list of [ [ The Greatest of All - Our 50 Top Australians ] ] published in [ [ The Australian ] ] on 27 June 2013 . Bibliography . [ [ File:Binalong Banjo Paterson Bust 001.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Bust of Paterson in [ [ Binalong ] ] ] ] Collections . - [ [ The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses ] ] ( 1895 ) - [ [ Rio Grandes Last Race and Other Verses ] ] ( 1902 ) - Three Elephant Power and Other Stories ( 1917 ) - [ [ Saltbush Bill , J.P. , and Other Verses ] ] ( 1917 ) - The Animals Noah Forgot ( 1933 ) - Happy Dispatches ( 1934 ) - The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses ( 1961 ) - The World of Banjo Paterson : His Stories , Travels , War Reports and Advice to Racegoers , edited by [ [ Clement Semmler ] ] ( 1967 ) - Banjo Patersons Horses : The Man from Snowy River , Father Rileys Horse , Story of Mongrel Grey ( 1970 ) - Poems of Banjo Paterson ( 1974 ) - Poems of Banjo Paterson : Volume Two ( 1976 ) - The Best of Banjo Paterson compiled by Walter Stone ( 1977 ) - Happy Dispatches : Journalistic Pieces from Banjo Patersons days as a War Correspondent ( 1980 ) - Banjo Paterson : Short Stories ( 1980 ) - Banjo Patersons Old Bush Songs edited by Graham Seal ( 1983 ) - Banjo Paterson : A Childrens Treasury ( 1984 ) - The Banjos Best-Loved Poems : Chosen by his Grand-Daughters compiled Rosamund Campbell and Philippa Harvie ( 1985 ) - A . B . Patersons Off Down the Track : racing and other yarns compiled Rosamund Campbell and Philippa Harvie ( 1986 ) - Banjo Patersons Poems of the Bush ( 1987 ) - Banjo Patersons People : selected poems and prose ( 1987 ) - A Literary Heritage : Banjo Paterson ( 1988 ) - Banjo Patersons Australians : Selected Poems and Prose ( 1989 ) - A Vision Splendid : The Complete Poetry of A . B . Banjo Paterson ( 1990 ) - A . B . Banjo Paterson : A Book of Verse ( 1990 ) - Snowy River Riders : selected poems ( 1991 ) - Selected Poems : A . B . Paterson compiled by [ [ Les Murray ( poet ) |Les Murray ] ] ( 1992 ) - A . B . Banjo Paterson : Bush Ballads , Poems , Stories and Journalism edited by Clement Semmler ( 1992 ) - Banjo Paterson Favourites ( 1992 ) - Singer of the Bush : The Poems of A . B . Paterson ( 1992 ) - Selected Verse of Banjo Paterson ( 1992 ) - Banjo Paterson : His Poetry and Prose compiled by Richard Hall ( 1993 ) - Favourite Poems of Banjo Paterson ( 1994 ) - In the Droving Days compiled by Margaret Olds ( 1994 ) - Under Sunny Skies ( 1994 ) - Banjos Animal Tales ( 1994 ) - The Works of Banjo Paterson ( 1996 ) - The Best of Banjo Paterson compiled by Bruce Elder ( 1996 ) - Banjos Tall Tales ( 1998 ) - From the Front : Being the Observations of Mr . A.B . ( Banjo ) Paterson : Special War Correspondent in South Africa : November 1899 to July 1900 , for the Argus , the Sydney Mail , the Sydney Morning Herald edited by R . W . F . Droogleever ( 2000 ) - Mulga Bills Bicycle and Other Classics ( 2005 ) - The Bush Poems of A . B . ( Banjo ) Paterson compiled by Jack Thompson ( 2008 ) - The Battlefield Poems of A.B . ( Banjo ) Paterson compiled by Jack Thompson ( 2010 ) - Banjo Paterson Treasury illustrated by Olso Davis ( 2013 ) - Looking for Clancy : Ballads by A . B . Banjo Paterson illustrated by Robert Ingpen ( 2013 ) - Banjo Paterson Treasury ( 2013 ) Selected individual works . - [ [ Clancy of the Overflow ] ] ( 1889 ) - [ [ The Man from Snowy River ( poem ) |The Man from Snowy River ] ] ( 1890 ) - [ [ In Defence of the Bush ] ] ( 1892 ) - [ [ The Man from Ironbark ] ] ( 1892 ) - [ [ Saltbush Bill ] ] ( 1894 ) - [ [ Waltzing Matilda ] ] ( 1895 ) - [ [ Hay and Hell and Booligal ] ] ( 1896 ) - [ [ Mulga Bills Bicycle ] ] ( 1896 ) - [ [ T.Y.S.O.N. ] ] ( 1898 ) - Were All Australians Now ( 1915 ) - A Bush Lawyer ( 1933 ) References . - Notes on Author : Andrew Barton Paterson - Australian Authors – A . B . ( Banjo ) Paterson ( 1864–1941 ) - Banjo Paterson External links . - AB Banjo Paterson Biographical Summary – Reserve Bank of Australia website - Photos of Banjo Paterson memorial outside Orange NSW - Works by A B Paterson at [ [ Project Gutenberg Australia ] ] - The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses on Freeread.co.au - [ [ National Geographic Society ] ] magazine August 2004 article on Banjo Paterson - Banjo Paterson Biography at www.wallisandmatilda.com.au - Paterson , Andrew Barton ( Banjo ) ( 1864–1941 ) The National Library of Australias Federation Gateway ( Retrieved 5 August 2007 ) - Listen to the first recording of the song Waltzing Matilda on australianscreen online - Waltzing Matilda was added to the [ [ National Film and Sound Archive ] ] s [ [ Sounds of Australia ] ] registry in 2008 . 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