Penguin Books Australia

There was a movement at the station, for the word had passed around
That the colt from old Regret had got away
'The Man From Snowy River'

Banjo Paterson is widely acknowledged as Australia's greatest and most popular balladist. His poems, written with great gusto and humour, celebrate the romance, heartache and rough-and-tumble of bush life. This collection includes all of the old favourites, such...

A ROLLICKING YARN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN LEGEND

Banjo Paterson is our best known and most loved bush poet. Less well known, but no less captivating, are his warm and funny novels about Australian life. An Outback Marriage tells of a young Englishman on a tour of the colonies, who gets more than he bargained for when he sets out to find the heir to a fortune. This is the story not of one marriage but several...

The poet A B 'Banjo' Paterson, best known for his rousing folk classics "The Man from Snowy River" and "Waltzing Matilda," is widely acknowledged as Australia's greatest and most popular balladist. His poems, written with great gusto and humour, celebrate all the romance and rough-and-tumble of old Australia. In this collection, leading Paterson scholar Clement Semmler presents...