Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: 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 .
Simplified: He wrote about life in the country and outback areas of Australia . Much of his work was about the area around Binalong , New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood .