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Saltbush Bill, J.P. By Major A. B. Paterson ("The Banjo")
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About the author:

Andrew Barton Paterson was born on 17 February 1864 at Narambla, New
South Wales. He lived at Illalong station until he was ten, when he
went to Sydney to attend school. He trained as a solicitor (a type of
lawyer) but also contributed some verse to the Sydney "Bulletin" under
the pseudonym of "The Banjo", taken from the name of a horse. His first
book, "The Man from Snowy River", was published in 1895, and has sold
more copies than any other book of Australian poetry. He later gave up
law to become a journalist, and went to South Africa to report on the
Boer War. When World War I broke out he sought work as a war
correspondent, but failed to get it. He then went to work driving an
ambulance in France, and later became a Remount Officer with the
Australian forces then in Egypt. After returning to Australia in 1919 he
continued as a writer, and died in Sydney on 5 February 1941.

Paterson's most famous work is "Waltzing Matilda", written in 1895, and
now an unofficial anthem of Australia. "The Man from Snowy River" has
since become the inspiration for a well-known movie of the same name,
and even a series on a cable television network. "Clancy of the
Overflow" is similarly well known.

An incomplete Glossary of Australasian and obscure terms:

Billabong: A waterhole that dries up during the dry season.

Billy: A kettle used for camp cooking, especially to boil water for
tea.

Box: When referring to plants, it can be any of a number of trees and
shrubs, especially those of genus Buxus or genus Eucalyptus.

Cocky/cockatoo: A small-time farmer.

Coolabah: (more often Coolibah) Eucalyptus microtheca. The leaves of
the Eucalyptus hang sideways, with the nar