The tale of the Banjo Patterson

Derek Barry
Updated May 2 2018 - 2:15pm, first published April 28 2018 - 11:30am
AB Paterson's portrait adorns the Australian $10 note.
AB Paterson's portrait adorns the Australian $10 note.

Apart from being the face of the $10 note, Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson is most renowned for three poems: "The Man from Snowy River", "Clancy of the Overflow" and "Waltzing Matilda". 

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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