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Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses

A. B. "Banjo" Paterson (1864–1941)

Poetry · first published 1917 · Sydney: Angus & Robertson

Paterson's third collection, bringing back the cunning drover Saltbush Bill.

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About 18,177 words · roughly 1.3 hours of reading (short) · 6 sections online · In: Bush poetry

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A. B. "Banjo" Paterson (author) died in 1941. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1991. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.

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First published in 1917. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.

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Contents

  1. SALTBUSH BILL, J.P., AND OTHER VERSES
  2. By A. B. Paterson
  3. SALTBUSH BILL, J.P., AND OTHER VERSES
  4. Song of the Pen
  5. Song of the Wheat
  6. Brumby's Run
  7. Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs
  8. The Reverend Mullineux
  9. The Wisdom of Hafiz
  10. Saltbush Bill, J.P.
  11. The Riders in the Stand
  12. Waltzing Matilda
  13. An Answer to Various Bards
  14. T.Y.S.O.N.
  15. As Long as your Eyes are Blue
  16. Bottle-O!
  17. The Story of Mongrel Grey
  18. Gilhooley's Estate
  19. The Road to Hogan's Gap
  20. A Singer of the Bush
  21. “Shouting” for a Camel
  22. The Lost Drink
  23. Mulligan's Mare
  24. The Matrimonial Stakes
  25. The Mountain Squatter
  26. Pioneers
  27. Santa Claus in the Bush
  28. “In Re a Gentleman, One”
  29. The Melting of the Snow
  30. A Dream of the Melbourne Cup
  31. The Gundaroo Bullock
  32. Lay of the Motor-Car
  33. The Corner Man
  34. When Dacey Rode the Mule
  35. The Mylora Elopement
  36. The Pannikin Poet
  37. Not on It
  38. The Protest
  39. The Scapegoat
  40. An Evening in Dandaloo
  41. A Ballad of Ducks
  42. Tommy Corrigan
  43. The Maori's Wool
  44. The Angel's Kiss
  45. Sunrise on the Coast
  46. The Reveille
  47. [Original Advertisement]
  48. Pocket Editions for the Trenches
  49. About the author:
  50. An incomplete Glossary of Australasian and obscure terms:
  51. Notes on the text:

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