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''Saltbush Bill'' is a humorous poem by
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
n writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in '' The Bulletin'' magazine on 15 December 1894, the Christmas issue of that publication.Austlit - "Saltbush Bill" by A. B. Paterson
/ref> 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).''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'', 2nd edition, p670


Plot summary

The character is introduced in this poem as a drover of sheep along "the track of the Overland", who stretches "the law of the Great Stock Routes" by allowing his sheep to make use of all the good grass they find. On the occasion described in the poem, Bill's sheep have spread across a squatter's property. A Jackaroo arrives and attempts to drive the sheep back into the accepted "space of the half-mile track". An argument and then fight ensues between Bill and the Jackaroo, and, while Bill concedes after a marathon fight, in the end he achieves his aim of finding his sheep a good feed.


Further publications

* '' The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses'' by Banjo Paterson (1895) * ''Favourite Australian Poems'' edited by Ian Mudie, Rigby, 1963 * ''The Penguin Book of Australian Verse'' edited by Harry Heseltine, Penguin Books, 1972 * ''A Treasury of Colonial Poetry'', Currawong, 1982 * ''Singer of the Bush, A. B. (Banjo) Paterson : Complete Works 1885-1900'' edited by Rosamund Campbell and Philippa Harvie, 1983 * ''A Vision Splendid: The Complete Poetry of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson'', Angus and Robertson, 1990 * ''A Treasury of Bush Verse'' edited by G. A. Wilkes, 1991 * ''The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads'' edited by Elizabeth Webby and Philip Butterss, Penguin, 1993


See also

*
1894 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April — The Yellow Book first published (continues to 1897). * June 22 — Nina Davis' first publishe ...
*
1894 in literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1894. Events *February – Oscar Wilde's play ''Salome'' is first published in English, with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. *February 15 – French anarchist Ma ...
* 1894 in Australian literature *
Australian literature Australian literature is the literature, written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western culture, Western history, Australia was a ...


References

{{Banjo Paterson 1894 poems Poetry by Banjo Paterson Works originally published in The Bulletin (Australian periodical)