page_title: Banjo Paterson
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Banjo Paterson / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Bridge name after Banjo Paterson crossing the Illalong Creek near where Banjo lived. Bridge is a curved concrete bridge on the Walter Griffin Way
context_page_description: Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, CBE 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. Paterson's more notable poems include "Clancy of the Overflow", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Waltzing Matilda", regarded widely as Australia's unofficial national anthem.
context_section_description: Banjo Paterson's image appears on the $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 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.
caption: Bridge named after Banjo Paterson near Illalong
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