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He is featured on the Australian ten dollar note.
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Who was on the Australian 10 note?
Banjo Patterson is on the note because he gave Australia an identity to other countries. Dame Mary Gilmore is on the note because she fought for women to be able to vote.
What are some famous Australian poets?
Banjo Patterson Judith WrightJohn Grey
Why was banjo Patterson called banjo?
Andrew Barton Paterson is his real name, but at the end of anything he wrote he put "The Banjo" after the his favourite family race horse
Why is Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson on the Australian ten dollar note?
Australia puts famous or historically significant Australian identities on its banknotes. The current polymer Australian Ten Dollar note has Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson (balladist & journalist) on the front and Dame Mary Gilmore (poet & human rights campaigner) on the back. Banjo Paterson wrote some of Australia's best known poems including "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man From Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow". He was a war correspondent during the Boer War and others, an ambulance driver during WW1 and later served as an officer in the front lines in France where he was wounded.
Why is it that Andrew Barton Paterson and Queen Elizabeth II are on the Australian Five Dollar note?
Queen Elizabeth II is the nominal or the titular Head of State of Australia and is therefore guaranteed a position on Australian currency. Andrew (Banjo) Barton Patterson appears only on the new polymer Ten Dollar note.
When did banjo Patterson die?
Banjo Patterson had a heart attack and died aged 76 on February 5, 1941.
Who was born on the 17th Feb 1864 and featured on the Australian Ten Dollar note?
Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson.
Who wrote the poem in the droving days?
Banjo Patterson
What is Banjo Patterson's favorite food?
Chocolate icecream
Who wrote the poem called the Clancy of the overflow?
Banjo Patterson :)
Who is on the face of Australian 10 dollar note?
Front: Mary Reibey Back: Reverend John Flynn
Which Australian note has excerpts from Waltzing Matilda?
The current polymer Australian Ten Dollar note has Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson (balladist & journalist) on the front and Dame Mary Gilmore (poet & human rights campaigner) on the back. The $10 note only has the words "Waltzing Matilda" on it. The text along the bottom of the note are excerpts from "The Man From Snowy River". "Waltzing Matilda" and "The Man From Snowy River" are both the work of Banjo Paterson.
