No Australian circulation coin has an image of AB "Banjo" Paterson on it.
The 1995 One Dollar coin commemorates the centenary of "Waltzing Matilda" and depicts a swagman, the subject of the song, on the reverse. Some suggest that the image is that of the AB Paterson, but it impossible to tell and does not bear any resemblance to any other images of him, and would only be speculation.
Below the swagman is the name, A.B. "Banjo" Paterson, who is credited with writing the song.
The current Australian polymer Ten Dollar note issued since 1993 has an image of Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson on the front.
AB 'Banjo' Paterson was a famous Australian poet and writer (1864-1941). The initials AB stand for Andrew BartonPaterson .
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The words to Waltzing Matilda were written by AB 'Banjo' Paterson.
Certainly not. AB 'Banjo' Paterson was a famous Australian bush poet and author, known especially for his patriotism and the way his writing glorified the bush.
This is AB 'Banjo' Paterson's "The Man From Snowy River".
A squatter. No, it was a 'jolly swagman'.
The Jolly Swagman in Waltzing Matilda
AB 'Banjo' Paterson wrote Mulga Bill's bicycle in 1896. It was first published in The Sydney Mail on 25 July 1896.
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Click the button at the tool bar that says "ab" and its highlighted in yellow and it shows a picture of a pen.
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
The driving distance from Edmonton, AB, Canada to Picture Butte, AB T0K, Canada is about 496km