Banjo Paterson

Banjo Paterson CBE
Banjo Paterson, circa 1890
Born	Andrew Barton Paterson (1864-02-17)17 February 1864 "Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Died	5 February 1941(1941-02-05) (aged 76) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Resting place	Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)	Author, journalist, composer, clerk, poet
Spouse	Alice Emily Walker ​ (m. 1903)​
Children	2
Relatives	John Paterson (uncle)
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Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, CBE (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author, widely considered one of the greatest writers of Australia's colonial period.

Born in rural New South Wales, Paterson worked as a lawyer before transitioning into literature, where he quickly gained recognition for capturing the life of the Australian bush. A representative of the Bulletin School of Australian literature, Paterson wrote many of his best known poems for the nationalist journal The Bulletin, including "Clancy of the Overflow" (1889) and "The Man from Snowy River" (1890). His 1895 ballad "Waltzing Matilda" is regarded widely as Australia's unofficial national anthem and, according to the National Film and Sound Archive, has been recorded more than any other Australian song.^[1]