Bush Debate

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Poetry

Authors: Andrew Barton Paterson, Edward Dyson, Francis Kenna, Henry Lawson In Year : 1894

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Bush Debate

Borderland by Henry Lawson
In Defence of the Bush by Banjo Paterson
The Fact of the Matter by Edward Dyson
In Answer to "Banjo" and Otherwise by Henry Lawson
The Overflow of Clancy by H.H.C.C. (probably Henry Lawson)
Banjo of the Overflow by Francis Kenna
In Answer to Various Bards by Banjo Paterson
The Poets of the Tomb by Henry Lawson
Up the Country by Henry Lawson
In Defence of the Bush by Banjo Paterson
The Fact of the Matter by Edward Dyson
The City Bushman by Henry Lawson
The Overflow of Clancy by H.H.C.C. (probably Henry Lawson)
Banjo of the Overflow by Francis Kenna
An Answer to Various Bards by Banjo Paterson
The Poets of the Tomb by Henry Lawson

In 1892, two of Australia's best poets came up with a scheme to make some money. They arranged to have an argument in the Weekly Bulletin, and since they were being paid by the word, this let them fire back and forth, being sent beer money with each salvo. A couple of other poets also joined in, and their work is seminal to the development of the Bush ethos in Australia.

The first eight files are the original form of the poems, and the second eight are later republications by the authors, in their own collections. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)