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The Man from Snowy River, and Other Verses

A. B. "Banjo" Paterson (1864–1941)

Poetry · first published 1895 · Sydney: Angus & Robertson

The best-selling collection that made Paterson famous, with "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".

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About 24,043 words · roughly 1.7 hours of reading (short) · 8 sections online · In: Bush poetry

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In Australia

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.

In the United States

First published in 1895. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.

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Derived from the volunteer transcription published as Project Gutenberg eBook #213 (public domain in the US). We removed that project's header, footer, licence and trademark text, producer notes and all images, then re-packaged the text. This edition is not affiliated with or endorsed by that project. Our thanks to its volunteers.

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rights.json, checked 2026-10-19. Death dates: A. B. "Banjo" Paterson (Wikidata, catalogue). First publication: reference.

Contents

  1. THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER AND OTHER VERSES
  2. (Second edition)
  3. by Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson
  4. THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER AND OTHER VERSES
  5. by A. B. Paterson (“The Banjo”)
  6. with preface by Rolf Boldrewood
  7. Preface
  8. Prelude
  9. Contents with First Lines:
  10. THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER AND OTHER VERSES
  11. The Man from Snowy River
  12. Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve
  13. Clancy of the Overflow
  14. Conroy's Gap
  15. Our New Horse
  16. An Idyll of Dandaloo
  17. The Geebung Polo Club
  18. The Travelling Post Office
  19. Saltbush Bill
  20. A Mountain Station
  21. Been There Before
  22. The Man Who Was Away
  23. The Man from Ironbark
  24. The Open Steeplechase
  25. The Amateur Rider
  26. On Kiley's Run
  27. Frying Pan's Theology
  28. The Two Devines
  29. In the Droving Days
  30. Lost
  31. Over the Range
  32. Only a Jockey
  33. How M'Ginnis Went Missing
  34. A Voice from the Town
  35. A Bunch of Roses
  36. Black Swans
  37. The All Right 'Un
  38. The Boss of the 'Admiral Lynch'
  39. A Bushman's Song
  40. How Gilbert Died
  41. The Flying Gang
  42. Shearing at Castlereagh
  43. The Wind's Message
  44. Johnson's Antidote
  45. Ambition and Art
  46. The Daylight is Dying
  47. In Defence of the Bush
  48. Last Week
  49. Those Names
  50. A Bush Christening
  51. How the Favourite Beat Us
  52. The Great Calamity
  53. Come-by-Chance
  54. Under the Shadow of Kiley's Hill
  55. Jim Carew
  56. The Swagman's Rest

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