A. B. Paterson
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The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival
http://www.manfromsnowyriverbushfestival.com.au/ [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf-oCHyC-y0] The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival is held annually in Corryong, Victoria in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains halfway between Melbourne and Sydney. The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival was established in its current format in 1995, when promoter Jonathon King celebrated the centenary year of Banjo Paterson’s poem…
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Waltzing Matilda …
Not sure if this is Western or not … I just found it darn interesting: Paterson’s “Waltzing Matilda” by Steve King From Today in Literature: http://www.todayinliterature.com/stories.asp?Event_Date=2/17/1864 On this day (Feb 17) in 1864 A. B. (“Banjo”) Paterson, the Australian bush poet who wrote “Waltzing Matilda,” was born in New South Wales. The story of the…