Verbatim

This week on Verbatim, the life story of one of our greatest bush balladeers. Andrew Barton (Banjo) Patterson, born in 1864, wrote his way into the national consciousness with such enduring poems as 'The Man from Snowy River', 'Clancy of the Overflow' and 'Waltzing Matilda', the unofficial national anthem. Patterson was also a lawyer, horseman, editor, bush man, polo player and journalist. As a war correspondent he covered the Boer War in South Africa and the Boxer Rebellion in China. Later he served in the first World War before coming home to pick up his career as a journalist and editor. He died in 1941.

In this program, recorded for the ABC in 1964, Patterson is recalled by fellow author Norman Lindsay, by his son and others. A number of his poems are recited by the wonderful Leonard Teale.

Presenter

Jane Connors

Producer

Jane Connors