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Tagged: Banjo Paterson

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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...' Based on Banjo Paterson's poem of the same name, The Man from Snowy River was a...
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Who sang Waltzing Matilda?
Investigating the background of the man who first recorded Waltzing Matilda.
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The many versions of Waltzing Matilda
Just about every craze, fad and fashion in popular music has generated a recording of Waltzing Matilda.
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The Man From Snowy River rides again
We're celebrating The Man from Snowy River (1982), the hit film inspired by Banjo Paterson's poem, with a new curated collection.
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Last Week / Clancy of the Overflow - Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
This recording was made at a Radio Station (possibly in Sydney). Marshall Crosby (Australian Film Stage and radio Actor ) and a group of actors were with the Oliviers in a pub, during the time that...
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Waltzing Matilda songsheet
Most Australians know that Banjo Paterson wrote the lyrics to 'Waltzing Matilda' but who wrote the music? And what does it have to do with a rather oddly titled song called 'Go to the Devil and Shake...
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Jack Thompson reads 'The Man From Snowy River'
Jack Thompson, who played Clancy in the 1982 movie adaptation, reads Banjo Paterson's 'The Man from Snowy River' at the Hotel Gearin in Katoomba, NSW. His reading was recorded by Glenys Rowe for Fine...
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Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson (1864-1941) was a poet, solicitor, journalist, war correspondent and soldier. While practising as a solicitor he began writing poetry and had his work published in The...
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