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''A Voice from the Town'' is a poem by
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n writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in '' The Bulletin'' magazine on 20 October 1894. In ''
Up The Country "Up The Country" is a popular poem by iconic Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. It was first published in '' The Bulletin'' magazine on 9 July 1892, under the title "Borderland''."'' Its publication marked the start of the Bulletin Debat ...
,'' Lawson had criticised " The City Bushman" such as Banjo Paterson who tended to romanticise bush life. Paterson, in turn, accused Lawson of representing bush life as nothing but doom and gloom, famously ending with the line ''"For the bush will never suit you, and you'll never suit the bush."'' Wikisource article - ''In Defence of the Bush'' by Banjo Paterson This exchange sparked what is known as the
Bulletin Debate The "''Bulletin'' Debate" was a well-publicised dispute in '' The Bulletin'' magazine between two of Australia's best known writers and poets, Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson. The debate took place via a series of poems about the merits of li ...
, mainly between Paterson and Lawson, but also including Edward Dyson and Francis Kenna. This poem appeared two years after " The Poets of the Tomb" by Henry Lawson, the previous poem in the debate, and brought the exercise to an end. An author's note stated that it had been written in response to the 1871 poem "A Voice from the Bush", written by Mowbray Morris.


Further publications

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The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses ''The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses'' (1895) is the first collection of poems by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1895, and features the poet's widely anthologised poems " The Man from ...
'' by Banjo Paterson (1895) * ''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'' (1990)


See also

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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

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