Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, CBE[2] (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941)[3] was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
CBE
Banjo Patterson.jpg
Banjo Paterson
Born
17 February 1864
"Narrambla", near Orange,
New South Wales, Australia
Died
5 February 1941 (aged 76)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Author,
journalist,
composer,
Clerk,
poet
Spouse(s)
Alice Walker[1]
The Gladesville cottage Rockend, where Paterson lived in the 1870s and 1880s
