Andrew Barton Paterson biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Andrew Barton Paterson

Author Name:

Andrew Barton Paterson

Born As:

Andrew Barton Paterson

Other Names:

Banjo Paterson, OBE

Born:

17 Feb 1864

Died:

05 Feb 1941




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Journalist, Poet and Author                          
Selected Works:

Clancy of the Overflow - 1889
The Man from Snowy River - 1890
In Defence of the Bush - 1892
The Man from Ironbark - 1892
Waltzing Matilda - 1895
Hay and Hell and Booligal - 1896
Mulga Bill's Bicycle - 1896
T.Y.S.O.N. - 1898
We're All Australians Now - 1915.                          
Mother Rose Isabella Barton
Father Andrew Bogle Paterson 
Wife Alice Emily Walker, two children.                          
Banjo Paterson's image appears on the $10 note, with an illustration inspired by "The Man From Snowy River" and, as part of the copy-protection microprint, the text of the poem itself.

Honoured on a postage stamp issued by Australia Post - 1968.