Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs
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Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs is a humorous poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in The Evening News on 19 December 1903.[1]
Saltbush Bill was one of Paterson's best known characters who appeared in 5 poems: "Saltbush Bill" (1894), "Saltbush Bill's Second Fight" (1897), "Saltbush Bill's Gamecock" (1898), "Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs" (1903), and "Saltbush Bill, J.P." (1905).[2]
Plot summary
Saltbush Bill tells the story of a successful sheep farmer using the biblical story of Isaac and Jacob as a metaphor.[1]
Further publications
- Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses by Banjo Paterson (1917)
- The Drovers edited by Keith Willey (1982)
- Song of the Pen, A. B. (Banjo) Paterson : Complete Works 1901-1941 edited by Rosamund Campbell and Philippa Harvie (1983)
- A Vision Splendid : The Complete Poetry of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson (1990)
- The Collected Verse of Banjo Paterson (1992)
See also
References
- ^ a b Austlit - "Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs" by A. B. Paterson
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd edition, p670