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The good thing about Banjo's poems is that there is a narrative to most of them. You're reading a story and not just a bunch of rhyming words.
He lifted up his hairy paw, with one tremendous clout
He landed on the barber's jaw, and knocked the barber out.
He set to work with nail and tooth, he made the place a wreck;
He grabbed the nearest gilded youth, and tried to break his neck.
And all the while his throat he held to save his vital spark,
And "Murder! Bloody murder!" yelled the man from Ironbark.
My personal favourite verse of poetry, you can see it in your minds eye as you read.
@@iainsmith2434 The Man from Ironbark. Great poem.
I can’t speak for other young people (as I was a strange history-obsessed child and still as someone in their early twenties) but I was reciting the Man from Snowy River by the time I was 11 and Clancy not too long after that, and transposed the sheet music from the movie so I could play it at my harp exam when I was in Year 9. My fascination with his works often led me to begging my parents to take me through the high country and many of the places where Banjo’s poems are set and dressing up in the fashions of the day (including bustled skirts…) He and Henry Lawson (and a couple of others) fed into the idea of the bush legend which in turn fed into the ANZAC legend of WW1. Banjo and his contemporaries’s works epitomise the ideas of what people thought Australia was and should be (they were writing largely before federation when the nationalist movements to break away from the UK were really picking up), but as idealistic as they are, their works are very white-male dominated and their ideas of ‘typical’ Australians don’t relate in the same way today as I imagine they did a century ago.
Henry Lawson is more sympathetic to the hardships endured by bush women, especially in his short stories. He would have been influenced by his mother, Louisa, a leading light in the Australian suffragette movement, who does not get the recognition she deserves.
We loved Banjo's poems in school. great stories well told, some very humourous. I remember Mulga Bill's Bicycle, The Man from Ironbark, The Bush Christening, The Geebung Polo Club to name a few.
Ah, the Bush Christening -- On the outer Barcoo/ where the churches are few/ and men of religion are scanty ...
@@jennifergawne3002 On a road never cross'd 'cept by folk that are lost,
One Michael Magee had a shanty.
@Rob Reacts can look up the rest 🙂
If you didn't know that's Aussie Country Music legend Slim Dusty playing Waltzing Matilda in the background. You should check him out if you don't know who he is.
Absolutely!! My favourite version
And...that's our Jack (Thommo) reciting the Man from Snowy. None better.
...shown over a picture of Jack Thomson himself, playing Clancy in the movie The Man From Snowy River 👍
A Grain of Desert Sand by 'Banjo' Patterson:
Beneath the blue Egyptian skies,
With ramp and roller, guide and stay,
I saw the Pyramids arise
And I shall see them pass away.
I watched when Alexander passed;
I saw Napoleon's flag unfurled --
The greatest and perhaps the last
Of men whose footsteps shook the world.
To each his hour of pride and place,
Arab and Persian, Greek and Jew;
Mahomet trod upon my face,
Darius spurned me with his shoe.
And yet I am not Priest or King,
Sultan or Chief in command.
I am the one unchanging thing,
A grain of desert sand.
I agree about over-analyzing poetry to the point where the enjoyment is squeezed out of it for school kids. I always felt that Banjo wrote his poems as a testament to the resilience and sense of humour in an evolving new nation trying to find its place in the world. Banjo was no shirker and was actually wounded in WWI in France as an ambulance driver. He was a born and bred country boy from sheep properties. For me a truly remarkable Australian.
My son had an obsession with Banjo Patterson poems when he was around 8 years old.
In particular, 'The Man from Ironbark'.
We had to drive 6 hours to the original Ironbark town, (and back again), just so that he could visit it. 😆
Banjo Patterson was a fantastic story teller, and his poems still delight today.
Thank you for doing this Rob. It has meaning to us, and we as Aussies learn from watching this as well. I have a huge very thick book called: "A Literary Heritage 'Banjo' Patterson". It has every poem he ever wrote I think and there are heaps. It is a great book that gives me Aussie pride. As do all our Aussie heroes and Great Aussies throughout history. So thank you for doing this. It is educational and meaningful. Cannot wait to see the next video on the people on the Australian Money. :)
A lot of Aussies seems to be learning a lot from these
My grandmother could recite all the old bush poems by heart, I loved the way she did Clancy of the Overflow. The old poems had such a beautiful lilt, made to be spoken aloud.
The guy reading the poem is a famous Aussie actor, Jack Thompson. The guy singing is Slim Dusty.
As well as having a quintessentially Australian voice, Jack Thompson also played Clancy in the 1982 film 'The Man from Snowy River.
My experience with poetry at school was frustrating because my interpretation of the poem's meaning was most often different to the teacher's, and of course the teacher thought she was always right. I do have a book of Australian poetry though which is lovely. Poems like Bellbirds, Daffodils, Clancy of the Overflow and so many more. They tell a story and they're not obscure with hidden meanings. Reading Bellbirds you can almost hear and smell the forest. Beautiful.
Firstly, understand that Banjo was just not a bush poet but also an accomplished journo. He went to the western front of WW1 where he compiled many articles for Aussie newspapers. He wrote WM around the time he was in Queensland compiling articles on the Shearer's Strike and the aftermath which saw many shearers struggle for work and roam the outback. There is a pioneer's song called 1891 that gives insight into what happened. The Man from Snowy River is a really interesting one and has led to traditions still seen in the Lower Snowys today. Banjo stated it is fiction but based it on a local named Jack Riley.
Didn’t Patterson write for The Bulletin?
In primary school we learnt Banjo's poems. I'm 67 now & still love them.
As a national anthem I personally think we should have "I Am Australian", it fits better than "Advance Australia Fair" and shows our multicultural welcoming spirit, while also paying homage to the original inhabitants.
For those that come across the seas. We’ve boundless plains to share.
Yes, it’s beautiful, but I think maybe just the fifth verse and chorus for general use, otherwise too long for most times a national anthem is sung.
I love Clancy of the Overflow. Play it every so often, even played it for my daughter.
One that gets everyone singing is The Road to Gundagai
There was a movie about The man from snowy river starring Tom Burlinson, who also starred in the movie about Australias greatest racehorse Phar Lap as Tommy Woodcock
I love Robert Frost - a girlfriend of mine named her son Banjo and her daughter Matilda; Banjo is a treasured Australian icon, particular;y the opening lines of the Man From Snowy River -
"There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around
That the colt from old Regret had got away,
And had joined the wild bush horses - he was worth a thousand pound,
So all the cracks had gathered to the fray."
When you are forced to read Rover Frost for College, it puts you off a little 🤣
@@RobReacts1 i get that totally - Uni took a lot of the fun out of some of my favourite authors/books - so I dropped English Lit and moved ahead with Politics and History.,
@@kathleenkildare8688 I did English Lang/lit combines!
@@RobReacts1 😂
When he tested his younger colleagues on the first line of The Man From Snowy River, I did not find that unusual. Previous generations know that more than they know the words to the national anthem, and I'm 44. 'There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around...' It's not just a poem Rob, it's a story. You should watch the movie, one of Australia's classics.
As a kid we loved reciting the Man from Ironbark. You got to scream "Murder, BLOODY Murder!" without getting into trouble. His work captures the imagination of young people because it is narrative, and often humorous, such as Ironbark or "Mulga Bill's Bicycle". Man from Snowy River is essentially an adventure story about a bold horseman, considered wortless by his compatriots, who comes out on top through his daring.
It's a style of poetry known in Australia as the bush ballad.
Dunno about young people today, but we did Mulga Bill's Bicycle, The Man From Ironbark and The Man From Snowy River at school. Also The Loaded Dog, a short story by Henry Lawson, another of our famous "bush" writers from the era. And everyone knows a few lines from Dorathea Mackellar's My Country.
Banjo Patterson poems are very rhythmical and narrative, so more appealing to the non-literary crowd than most modern poetry, which is part of their longevity. I would also encourage you to look up PJ Hartigan's Said Hanrahan for another good example. My family was into poetry anyway; my father used to recite Googe's Ouzlem Bird at gatherings 😉
Every year in the Rawson region in Gippsland they still have the man from snowy river festival
I spent some time at a school on the Gold Coast called A.B. Patterson College, we would have the principal come and read Patterson poetry to us on a weekly basis. I was 10yrs old at the time, and I loved it. My favourite was A Bush Christening. It's hilarious. It's about a young boy in remote western QLD who hadn't been christened. When a wandering priest happens upon their farm. The family decide it's a perfect chance to get him christened, and overhearing the conversation, and trying to understand what christening is, the young boy decides if God won't recognise him without it, christening must be something like branding cattle. So he runs off and hides in a hollowed out log, and as they flush him out of the log, the dad forgets his name, and he ends up being christened the name if an Irish whiskey.
I grew up in Gladesville in Sydney, and whilst he was attending Sydney Grammar School Banjo lived with his grandmother. The house (Rockend) is still there, converted to a restaurant (now closed, but we live in hope of a reopening).
His poems are great and, along with Henry Lawson, give us a glimpse of both city and bush life in the 1800s.
And Rob - please - stop referring to the swaggie as a squatter. Swaggies are nomadic, so not inclined to claim land as theirs. He was on an established squatter’s land, stealing sheep, something viewed as very criminal by, ironically, the criminal who claimed to ‘own’ the land.
I hope Banjo’s cottage restaurant can reopen, was lovely that everyone could enjoy the cottage that way.
Really enjoying this series looking forward for the next one
G'day Rob, I grew up Trout fishing in the Murray river at the base of Mt Kosiosko. It was (still is) quite a trek into the river in that area. Sometimes groups have "White Water" rafting trips through the same section of river. It is one area the man from Snowy River lived. The Snowy River is a Tributery of the Murray and joins close by. A large and complex Hydro power system is named after the Snowy River but that is another history lesson.
I now live in North West Queensland and part of the Darling River Catchment is very close by (50km). It eventually joins the Murray river in South Australia. That would ba another "Rabbit Hole" to go down.
I became a huge fan of the works of AB "Banjo' and Henry Lawson, when I was just a young lad in school.
I am now 69 and to this very day, I can still recite, from memory, a lot of their iconic poems.
For me, the pick of the poems is Patterson's "The Man from Snowy River". The meter and the rhyme of it are spot on. It takes a bit over seven minutes to fully recite it.
Fun fact: the original $10 poIymer note use to have The Man From Snowy River poem printed in fine print behind Banjo.
I love Banjo Patterson and there is a group called Wallace and Matilda that sing his poems. I think they do a great version of Clancy of the Overflow and The Man From Snowy River.
Really loved the series, thanks
I was absolutely obsessed with the man from snowy river as a child and a teenager. My 4 year old, Matilda, her favourite song at the moment is Waltzing Matilda.
When I graduated high school, those that achieved in each class were given a list of books to choose from as a gift for presentation. I chose Banjo Paterson. I’d been reading him for years. My life up until then consisted of living on the coast & visiting the family cattle & sheep property every chance I had. My friends, while knowing of Banjo & being taught some of his works, thought I was nuts. I loved his words so much & related to his stories. Still do. I had to have another book of his to add to my collection.
I love how they say "went to school in Sydney" - in fact Paterson went to Sydney Grammar School. For reference, think Eton in the UK (Grammar has an exchange program with Eton). Sydney Grammar has the Banjo Paterson Library, a gift from an Old Boy (Old Sydnean). No wonder he became a lawyer!
This has been such an interesting series and I’ve learnt a few things about some of these people that were never mentioned at high school. I had no idea about A. B. Patterson being involved in the Boer War and Breaker Morant. Thanks Rob!
I hated poetry at school but The Man From Snowy River and The Man From Ironbark held a totally different appeal from the average. CJDennis had some good verses as well.
I went to school in 70's and 80's. Poetry was a part, at times, of English class. I pay homage to my hard as nails grade 5 teacher, Mrs Jonas for introducing poetry to me. It was obviously one of her passions, as by God she could read poetry.
Poetry needs a great orator. Loving this aussie note series. Cheers
I absolutely love "The Man from Snowy River" my mum and my sisters used to watch the movie all the time, but I prefer the poem. It's got such great imagery and evokes such deep emotions, and it tells a story whilst delivering the lesson "Don't judge a book by it's cover." It's a beautiful piece of literature.
Poetry gives you a sense of pride when you can relate to what is being spoken or has been written.
The song "I am Australian" by The Seekers, is a much better choice for an Aussie national anthem. It's a true representation of who we are as a country and as people
“And he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended,
And at night the wondrous glory of the everlasting stars”
Clancy of the Overflow
My two favourite lines of poetry ever. The majesty, the clarity. He says so much, so profoundly with so few words.
Christina MacPherson was a baby when the bushranger "Mad" Dan Morgan held up her father's station of Peechelba, north of Wangaratta. The maid convinced Morgan that she needed to tend to the infant Christina and was able to find a worker to get word to the neighbouring station that they were captive. The next morning Morgan left the homestead, was shot in the back and killed. Few people lamented the death of Morgan as he was known to enjoy torturing his victims. His corpse was transported to the Woolshed, near Beechworth, where Ned Kelly's future lieutenant Joe Byrne lived at the time, and then on to Wangaratta. The coroner, Dr. Dobbyn, lost his job for a while because he was present for the mutilation of Morgan's corpse. Not much was left of Morgan to bury in the Wangaratta Cemetery. Morgan's head was stuck on a pike, put in a cart, then transported to Melbourne so it could pass through towns to teach people what would happen if they became bushrangers. There is a fair chance that a young Ned Kelly saw it pass through Avenel.
While the Siege of Glenrowan was on, Dr. Dobbyn was responsible for the examination of Aaron Sherritt's corpse at the Vine Hotel in Beechworth. Aaron had been murdered by his best mate, Joe Byrne, on the eve of the siege.
Recent research has revealed that the MacPhersons and troopers came across a swagman during the 1890s shearer's strike in Queensland. After the swagman's death his was head placed on a pike. This is what Banjo Patterson and Christina MacPherson were singing about in Waltzing Matilda.
the Movie Man From Snowy River (1982) a fantastic movie you should watch it
Two things missing from this story. First the other great Australian poet from this era Henry Lawson (who featured on our old 10 dollar paper bill) and the Bulletin which helps explain Patterson's initial popularity. The two had a poetry slam in the magazine where Patterson wrote poems glorifying the bush and Lawson countered showing its harsh realities and the public lapped it up. The second is Patterson's love of horse racing. He even wrote a book on how to beat the bookies at their own game by essentially spread betting.
It was somewhere in the country in a land of rock and scrub
That they formed an institution called the Geebung Polo Club....
They brought in beer, forgot the horses...and called the place their pub.
What makes Banjo's work so good was they were pomes but they told stories and were exciting like the famous 'The Man From Snowy River' and frankly some of them were as funny as hell Like 'The bush Christening' or 'The Geebung Polo Club'.
Banjo didn't write poetry he wrote word movies. This is how story tellers and bards of old told stories take this excerpt from Clancy of the overflow
And the bush hath friends to meet him, and their kindly voices greet him
In the murmur of the breezes and the river on its bars,
And he sees the vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended,
And at night the wondrous glory of the everlasting stars.
in four lines he's generated a movie of what a drover would see, hear and feel that was his skill and his art.
You're looking like Ned Kelly ya bush ranga
Spot on. I was going to say the same bloody thing. But it might help him fit in on his visit. Looking like Ned isn't a bad thing
If Rob comes aout to Australia with that beard, “the traps may set about him”.
I'm in too deep with the beard
@@RobReacts1 Apologies, I should have explained. My reference to "the traps" is in regard to what the locals called the police back in Ned Kelly's day. I'm not even sure about the original source of the word is - pehaps shortened from something.
@@RobReacts1 Nope. You’ll fit right in. How does the old Pommy joke go.
The immigration officer asks if you have a police record, and the (smart Arse) Pom says/asks. I didn’t realise that it was still an entry requirement.
The point is, they will instantly recognise you as Ned’s distant kin, and simply wave you right through.
Seriously though, don’t say that joke, they are sick to death of it. It’s almost an instant deportation on the next plane if you do.
And since we want you to try and see if you like REAL coffee. We don’t want to see you kicked out, (Although that might still happen if you bad mouth our coffee in public, especially in Melbourne, but they are Victorians after all).
You’ve been warned😜. So enjoy your trip.
My favourite poem is “in the Droving Days” makes me cry every time
I very much doubt that any of the younger generations could quote Banjo Paterson, or even have heard of The Man from Snowy River or Clancy of the Overflow (unless they watched the motion pictures that he inspired). I remember fondly when, as a child, my grandfather would recite poetry to me. It would often be Banjo Paterson and, while I never memorized his work personally, I grew to appreciate it very much.
Great work, Rob. And a fantastic idea to make videos about the historically famous faces we all see, in Australia at least, but who many don't know anything about.
Interesting I'm learning with this series of yours thanks Rob 😊 👏
One of my memories of attending English class at school, learning Banjo and Herny Lawson were some of the more enjoyable moments.
I like "Mulga Bill's Bicycle" .
There's mention in this of someone you should research , Rob . Harry "Breaker" Morant . There's a huge statue of him on the main st. of Adelaide . A soldier in the Boer War , branded a war criminal and shot by the British high Command in order to appease the Boer and bring about a peace conference. A tragic story of a great soldier becoming a political pawn . Breaker Morant was also a bush poet . When news of his execution reached Australia it really gave the independence movement a shot in the arm , Australia had just become a Federation and people were up in arms about self determination .
In these 67 years of mine, my parents wed after WW2, migrated to Australia when I was 2. Me Da was from Country Clare and an Irish Republican Catholic. My Mum was a Jordie from South Shields, and a Royalist Protestant. Australia was the perfect place for them to be. None of that baggage came from there to here, and that is what makes me love this land. Australia is the most multi-cultural nation on Earth with people from everywhere. Come visit us. You will be welcomed.
A couple of things: the match the Swans lost was a grand final 😢 and Andrew Barton was our first PM in 1901 so Banjo wasn’t named after him. That story on Sunrise made it sound like he was.
This 64 year young Aussie was under the missd impression Waltzing Matilda was a poem & then a song, had no idea Banjo co wrote it as a song.. 😯
Glad I've taught you something 🙂
There are two tunes, the more popular one and the 'Queensland version'. I love hearing the Queensland version, although rarely it is rarely played.
I've known and loved the poetry of Banjo Paterson all my life, but I have never thought about how he got his name.
As a rap fan i have respect for the bars, this is a form of poetry designed to be remembered and retold. You can trace a line from this to the ancient story telling cultures of the Irish and other celts who came to this country.
The ‘marching tune’ is a Scottish tune called ‘Craigielee’.
Banjo came across a horse in the Army called ‘Bill the Bastard’. You should look up Bill - he was a character and a half.
for a slightly different version of Clancy of the Overflow check out Adam Hills and his wife Ali Macgregor's performance of a mash up of Clancy and Under the Milky Way Tonight
6:15 Crikey Queensland!!! All go. Even the old days.
Rob, you'd probably enjoy listening to the Aussie Bush Ballads, that we used to sing in primary school.
I don't think it's well known with young people now, but everyone knew of The Man From Snowy River when I was growing up. I found a book of Banjo's poems when I was about eight and was obsessed with it, they're more like short stories. To this day, I can still recite 'The Man..' and 'Clancy of the Overflow' . You should really give 'The Man..' a read, it's marvellous, they even made a movie.
Barton was a lawyer journalist raconteur of elite background like his poems and Lawson was his most fierce competitor in poetry and journalism. Lawson's poems were about the little man ,the outback Aussie battler, the pub drunk as Lawson himself had problems in that
Never knew where the Banjo came from. I’ve got a book of Banjo’s poems somewhere, I should dig it out one day. 😊
10:45 It was a thing the bush poetry. People used to just crack into it on the street. I have not seen it in at least the last 20 years. You do run into a bush poet at the rural shows but it isn't like it used to be.
There was a seen from The man from Snowy River (the movie) a very good Movie worth watching 1 and 2
Did not know the origin of "Banjo"... thanks for that!
The Man from Snowy River.
There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around
That the colt from old Regret had got away,
And had joined the wild bush horses - he was worth a thousand pound,
So all the cracks had gathered to the fray.
All the tried and noted riders from the stations near and far
Had mustered at the homestead overnight,
For the bushmen love hard riding where the wild bush horses are,
And the stockhorse snuffs the battle with delight.
There was Harrison, who made his pile when Pardon won the cup,
The old man with his hair as white as snow;
But few could ride beside him when his blood was fairly up -
He would go wherever horse and man could go.
And Clancy of the Overflow came down to lend a hand,
No better horseman ever held the reins;
For never horse could throw him while the saddle girths would stand,
He learnt to ride while droving on the plains.
And one was there, a stripling on a small and weedy beast,
He was something like a racehorse undersized,
With a touch of Timor pony - three parts thoroughbred at least -
And such as are by mountain horsemen prized.
He was hard and tough and wiry - just the sort that won't say die -
There was courage in his quick impatient tread;
And he bore the badge of gameness in his bright and fiery eye,
And the proud and lofty carriage of his head.
But still so slight and weedy, one would doubt his power to stay,
And the old man said, "That horse will never do
For a long a tiring gallop - lad, you'd better stop away,
Those hills are far too rough for such as you."
So he waited sad and wistful - only Clancy stood his friend -
"I think we ought to let him come," he said;
"I warrant he'll be with us when he's wanted at the end,
For both his horse and he are mountain bred.
"He hails from Snowy River, up by Kosciusko's side,
Where the hills are twice as steep and twice as rough,
Where a horse's hoofs strike firelight from the flint stones every stride,
The man that holds his own is good enough.
And the Snowy River riders on the mountains make their home,
Where the river runs those giant hills between;
I have seen full many horsemen since I first commenced to roam,
But nowhere yet such horsemen have I seen."
So he went - they found the horses by the big mimosa clump -
They raced away towards the mountain's brow,
And the old man gave his orders, "Boys, go at them from the jump,
No use to try for fancy riding now.
And, Clancy, you must wheel them, try and wheel them to the right.
Ride boldly, lad, and never fear the spills,
For never yet was rider that could keep the mob in sight,
If once they gain the shelter of those hills."
So Clancy rode to wheel them - he was racing on the wing
Where the best and boldest riders take their place,
And he raced his stockhorse past them, and he made the ranges ring
With the stockwhip, as he met them face to face.
Then they halted for a moment, while he swung the dreaded lash,
But they saw their well-loved mountain full in view,
And they charged beneath the stockwhip with a sharp and sudden dash,
And off into the mountain scrub they flew.
Then fast the horsemen followed, where the gorges deep and black
Resounded to the thunder of their tread,
And the stockwhips woke the echoes, and they fiercely answered back
From cliffs and crags that beetled overhead.
And upward, ever upward, the wild horses held their way,
Where mountain ash and kurrajong grew wide;
And the old man muttered fiercely, "We may bid the mob good day,
No man can hold them down the other side."
When they reached the mountain's summit, even Clancy took a pull,
It well might make the boldest hold their breath,
The wild hop scrub grew thickly, and the hidden ground was full
Of wombat holes, and any slip was death.
But the man from Snowy River let the pony have his head,
And he swung his stockwhip round and gave a cheer,
And he raced him down the mountain like a torrent down its bed,
While the others stood and watched in very fear.
He sent the flint stones flying, but the pony kept his feet,
He cleared the fallen timber in his stride,
And the man from Snowy River never shifted in his seat -
It was grand to see that mountain horseman ride.
Through the stringybarks and saplings, on the rough and broken ground,
Down the hillside at a racing pace he went;
And he never drew the bridle till he landed safe and sound,
At the bottom of that terrible descent.
He was right among the horses as they climbed the further hill,
And the watchers on the mountain standing mute,
Saw him ply the stockwhip fiercely, he was right among them still,
As he raced across the clearing in pursuit.
Then they lost him for a moment, where two mountain gullies met
In the ranges, but a final glimpse reveals
On a dim and distant hillside the wild horses racing yet,
With the man from Snowy River at their heels.
And he ran them single-handed till their sides were white with foam.
He followed like a bloodhound on their track,
Till they halted cowed and beaten, then he turned their heads for home,
And alone and unassisted brought them back.
But his hardy mountain pony he could scarcely raise a trot,
He was blood from hip to shoulder from the spur;
But his pluck was still undaunted, and his courage fiery hot,
For never yet was mountain horse a cur.
And down by Kosciusko, where the pine-clad ridges raise
Their torn and rugged battlements on high,
Where the air is clear as crystal, and the white stars fairly blaze
At midnight in the cold and frosty sky,
And where around The Overflow the reed beds sweep and sway
To the breezes, and the rolling plains are wide,
The man from Snowy River is a household word today,
And the stockmen tell the story of his ride.
A. B. "Banjo" Paterson -- The Bulletin, 26 April 1890.
Do yourself a favour. Watch the movie made of his poem "The Man From Snowy River". It is an epic movie with fantastic scenery and unbelievable horsemanship. I have watched it many times.. But not recently. I have the urge to watch it again.
Don't forget there was a sequel about five years later (1988)
They are on Netflix, I just watched them last weekend.
Funny you mention Robert Frost, when I was in High school (Sydney Australia) I hated poetry generally, but I did enjoy the poems from Robert Frost, they made my worst subject slightly better.
To be fair, Frosts stuff wasn't awful
As great as Waltzing Matilda is, I think The Seekers gave us a much better option for an alternate anthem in “We are Australian” if we wanted to change ours. I’m kind of keen on “Great Southern Land” by Icehouse, too!
I agree spoken poetry is a difficult artistic genre in today's arts market. It was widely accepted back years gone by. Today poets still exist but all is put to music. Sung not spoken. But if you search some of Banjo's poetry has also been put with music and it enlivens the poem.
I never heard why he was "Banjo", he just was Banjo! Thanks! 👍
4:00 I remember the day Slim Dusty died. The bloke I was working with was a fan and even had the belt buckle. He was on the job but away that day. He lost it.
He's credited as Australias poet and my home town is his birthplace lol
" And my dreams are strange dreams , are day dreams and grey dreams , and my dreams are wild dreams and old dreams and new , they haunt me and daunt me with fears of the morrow , my brothers they doubt me but dreams come true " . Henry lawson . He was a favourite of Slim Dusty , the songwriter and country music legend singing Waltzing Matilda in the video. But wrote a lot of short stories .
Hi Rob you may want to read "Australian History1901-2001: As seen Through Banknotes" if you want to know more about Australia's historical banknotes. Here is a link to the 1977 Plebiscite for our National Anthem: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Australian_plebiscite_(National_Song)
If Australia has a second national anthem that's worthwhile The Seekers I am Australian, also they glossed over the fact that while as a war correspondent he met Winston Churchill and Rudyard Kipling
Great and well done have you seen the film man from snowy River based on the poem old but good
Love that you bother to research Aussie history Rob good onya 👍
Really enjoyed this series. I learnt a lot and so did aussies!
The male morning show host at the beginning and end of that video is Andrew O'Keefe [currently on the outer because of some assault charges and rehab issues]. He's a lawyer by trade, his dad was a Supreme Court judge and his uncle was legendary Australian rocker of the 1950s, Johhny O'Keefe.
Nothing at all to do with Banjo Patterson!
See if you can read the poem "The Man from Snowy River", then watch the movie based on the poem.
Definitely agree with you...I'd love to leave my job & just write, but it won't pay the bills, not in this day & age, not unless you are an already established writer like James Patterson etc.. JK Rowling was knocked back many times before she was successful...what chance do the rest of us have? Love singing Waltzing Matilda, but not for our national anthem. Very interesting video. I'd like to know why they swapped Henry Lawson (who died not far from me, in a house at Abbotsford) for Banjo Patterson on the $10. Henry Lawson was the only other Aussie to be granted a state funeral (normally reserved for the big wigs). Even the NSW Premier at the time attended his funeral. Cheers ✌
They swap the characters every so often.
@@Merrid67play Cheers! (except for HRH of course)...
Sadly mortgages have to be paid!
Banjo was a war correspondent in the Boer War then enlisted during the First World War.
Banjo has a few poems based on horse racing.
Clancy of the overflow song - czcams.com/video/qghnx1o5gJ4/video.html
8:12 Might be the importance of the banjo. I can't find my Father's banjo. My little sister is happy she got one for her birthday. I am left with the Lute. At least I can sing songs of my tails.
I don't think most Australians know that Banjo Paterson commanded a group to train and prepare the Light Horse of WW1. Maybe it is because, strangely, he never wrote about it. Even though he wrote about all these other experiences with horses and the work and culture.
Man from Snowy river I knew a Barton
Rob it's called single-mindedness or "obsession"!! Yes, it's difficult to sit and study poetry, there is so many distractions, unless it's part of a history course! 😵 Jack Thompson's voice and the horses! 👍 "The Man from Snowy River" is an interesting movie about Australia - Kirk Douglas is quite good in it! 🧐
Yes some poetry can be a bit on the boring side in general. Banjo's isn't it's definitely engaging with interesting stories with humour to it. I dare you not to laugh Rob, if you read or listen to "The Bush Christening". Personally I was hooked after My Big Sister gave me a tape of his poetry recited to appeal to kids as a Little Girl. Watching James Bond movies always brings to mind a couple of lines of Banjo's poetry. "The more you shoot him, the less he dies. Unless you shoot him between the eyes." even though the poem's about Wild Boar.
Some many years ago the poems of Banjo Patterson was put to music. I am lucky enough to have the album
I think Henry Lawson has more appeal to the young ones. He is more given to humour, and he captures the minds of children better. Banjo was more adept at capturing great moment, or great characters, or the essence of an ideal, and so therefor appeals to a more mature audience who have the life experiences to look back on and reflect on what Banjo is trying to impart. Cheers Rob, as always, you are taking the time to do something properly.
The Loaded Dog certainly got my attention as a child. Hilarious.
2:34 My middle name is James because of my old ancestors. It carries through my family it must have been before the hyphen names of today.
I always preferred Henry Lawson over Banjo.
3:24 nothing has changed with Law.
the swagman was killed *by* squatters, the aristocracy.
' on the outer Barkoo, where churches are few and men of religeon are scanty '. Robbo old mate, at your finger tips, you have the sum of all knowlege, Check a couple of ' Banjo's poems before you and Charlie take your trip dow nunda. ' The Man from Iron Bark ' springs to mind. These are not ' poems ' as you know it mate. Hahaha.
I really interesting one this video, I was only very recently aware of Banjo being the name of a race horse, but it was also interesting learning a bit about his life too.
Rob, you might enjoy the song inspired by a Banjo Paterson's poem called 'Clancy Of The Overflow' by 'Wallis And Matilda'.
czcams.com/video/ZB6K85PuQ_M/video.html
Walis and Matilda released two vinyl albums of Banjo's poems set to music back in the mid 80's You will find some tracks on YT.
As for the history of Aussie set to music there's none better than the numerous recordings by the Bushwackers.
Don’t worry mate I have lived here for nearly 70 years and didn’t know that his second name was barton
Oh how Andrew O'keefe has fallen.
My favourite Banjo poems put to music were done but Wallis and Matilda an Australian group that put several famous Australian Poems to music not just Banjo's but here are 2 videos, the quality isn't great but the sounds ok, of
Clancy of the Overflow
czcams.com/video/ZB6K85PuQ_M/video.html
The Bush Christening
czcams.com/video/G-CoD452CFs/video.html
Check them out
@8:55 Yup, they're almost as bad as those Thermomix cultists.
Haha!!
Yep Waltzing Matilda really isn't suitable to be a national anthem.