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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Banjo Paterson : His Poetry and Prose
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Leonards, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Allen and Unwin , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Saltbush Bill's Second Fighti"The news came down on the Castlereagh, and went to the world at large,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour

Saltbush Bill is droving his sheep towards Castlereagh and Stingy Smith, the owner of Hard Times Hill station is worried that Bill's sheep will ruin his run. He chances on a travelling tramp, and finding out the man is a fighter, arranges for him to get Bill into a fight and tells him it's "a five-pound job if you belt him well – do anything short of kill". When Bill arrives at the station, the tramp kicks his dog, starts a fight and beats Bill senseless. Bill has to recuperate for a week from his injuries, after which he and his sheep move on. It is only later that Stingy Smith comes to realise that he has been duped, and that Bill had arranged it all.

 (p. 89-94)
Saltbush Bill, J.P.i"Beyond the land where Leichhardt went,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry

After a long life of droving Saltbush Bill is appointed a J.P. But he is disappointed to find no mention of pay until he finds, in his contract, the line "A magistrate may charge a pound/For inquest on a fire." Bill and the local indigenous population collude to make good use of this provision.

 (p. 94-97)
Hay and Hell and Booligali""You come and see me, boys," he said;", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 98)
Brumby's Runi"It lies beyond the western pines", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 99-100)
Waltzing Matilda : Carrying a Swagi"Oh! there once was a swagman camped in the billabong,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 100-101)
When I Went to the Bar : A Racing Rhyme (with Apologies to W.S. Gilbert)i"When I went to the bar as a very young man,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 105-106)
A Dream of the Melbourne Cup : A Long Way after Gordoni"Bring me a quart of colonial beer", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour (p. 106-109)
Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve : A Racing Rhyme.i"You never heard tell of the story?", The Banjo , single work poetry humour (p. 109-116)
The Geebung Polo Clubi"It was somewhere up the country, in a land of rock and scrub,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour (p. 116-118)
The Amateur Rideri"Him going to ride for us! Him - with the pants and the eyeglass and all", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour (p. 118-122)
Only a Jockeyi"Out in the grey cheerless chill of the morning light,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 122-123)
Concerning a Steeplechase Rider, A. B. Paterson , single work short story (p. 124-129)
Tommy Corrigan : Died 13 August 1894i"You talk of riders on the flat, of nerve and dash and pace!", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 129-131)
Father Riley's Horsei"Twas the horse thief, Andy Regan, that was hunted like a dog", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry humour (p. 131-136)
The Oracle at the Races, A. B. Paterson , single work short story humour (p. 136-142)
Hints to Urgers - How to Tell the Tale : The Methods of Napoleon, A. B. Paterson , single work short story (p. 142-143)
Shakespeare on the Turf : An Unpublished Drama : A Winter's Turf Talei"FIRST PUNTER: Good Shortinbras, what thinkest thou of the Fav'rite?", A. B. Paterson , single work drama poetry (p. 144-147)
El Mahdi to the Australian Troopsi"And wherefore have they come, this warlike band,", El Mahdi , single work poetry war literature (p. 151)
The Boss of the "Admiral Lynch"i"Did you ever hear tell of Chile? I was readin' the other day", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 152-154)
The Pearl Diveri"Kanzo Makame, the diver, sturdy and small Japanee,", A. B. Paterson , single work poetry (p. 155-158)
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