The fashionable city man's clothes of his time. He was often photographed wearing a high collar, bow tie, frock coat, stovepipe trousers and often a homburg hat. Don't forget, he was a lawyer then a journalist and was quite wealthy. He would have dressed in clothes to suit the occasion.
AB 'Banjo' Paterson was a famous Australian poet and writer (1864-1941). The initials AB stand for Andrew BartonPaterson .
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
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.
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AB 'Banjo' Paterson wrote Mulga Bill's bicycle in 1896. It was first published in The Sydney Mail on 25 July 1896.
The words to Waltzing Matilda were written by AB 'Banjo' Paterson.
This is AB 'Banjo' Paterson's "The Man From Snowy River".
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.
Yes..He had 6 brothers and sisters.Their names were:Paterson, Rose FlorencePaterson, Emily JessiePaterson, Mary EdithPaterson, Hamilton HowisonPaterson, Grace SterlingPaterson, Gwendolen Alexa
AB 'Banjo' Paterson was an Australian writer and poet who wrote numerous ballads based on life in the Bush. He was a passionate horseman, so his favourite subject was, arguably, anything to do with horses and brumbies in the Australian Bush, whether it was to do with riding them, or stories of bushmen and stockmen.
Both AB 'Banjo' Paterson and Henry Lawson had significant roles in raising awareness of life in the Bush.
* AB 'Banjo' Paterson was a war correspondent during the Boer war. * His distinctive name came when, in 1885, he began publishing his poetry in the Sydney edition of The Bulletin under the pseudonym of "The Banjo", the name of a favourite horse. * In 1890 he wrote "The Man From Snowy River", a poem which caught the heart of the nation.