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back View full article Noteworthy People: A man called The Banjo Issue: Spring 2006 Lawyer, poet, essayist, war correspondent, crack horseman, Andrew Barton Paterson was a man of many parts. He is best known today as the author of bush ballads such as Waltzing Matilda, The Man from Snowy River and Clancy of the Overflow, all written during a productive decade when he wrote under his pseudonym, The Banjo, for the Bulletin. But there was a great deal more to Banjo Paterson’s life, much of which is surprising and little known. …back to table of contents Index of all Australian Heritage articles	Heritage News 16th May 2013 Aboriginals in Excellent Health Prior to Contact 27th March 2013 National Museum of Australia Director to retire 16th March 2013 Plan to protect historic Great Barrier Reef lightstation 16th March 2013 New chair in Australian History for WA 7th March 2013 Shaping Tasmania 100th object revealed 23rd January 2013 Research tracks little known Australian-US divide on war criminals Articles Index of all Australian Heritage articles Upcoming events Until June 27 Shadow Play Until June 30 A Passion for Nature: The work of William Charles Piguenit July 5 - 7 The Airing of the Quilts Until July 14 A CONVICT IN THE FAMILY? July 20 - 21 Burrum Coal Discovery Festival Until July 21 Colonial Women June 21 - Jul 27 Shelter Until July 28 The Enemy Within: Internees and Prisoners of War, Victoria 1939-47 Click here to view more events Links & Resources Springwood Historians Stawell & Grampians Information Centre Cooloola Regional Development Bureau Inc Blue Mountains Heritage Centre Foster & District Historical Society Inc Port Douglas Court House Museum Click here to view more links & resources Heritage Books 1st April 2013 Collecting Ladies 1st April 2013 A Botanical Life: Robert David Fitzgerald 1st March 2013 Canberra: Then and Now 3rd December 2012 Tiwi: Art/History/Culture 24th November 2012 Playing in the bush: recreation and national parks in New South Wales 11th November 2012 Sydney: the making of a public university
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