waltzing matilda

[barbie gaze]

On this day in 1864 A.B. ("Banjo") Paterson, the Australian bush poet who
wrote "Waltzing Matilda," was born in New South Wales. The story of the
creation of Australia's unofficial national anthem is an engaging one, a
convergence of history, politics, biography, etymology and irony that
begins with the 1894 Sheep-Shearers' Strike and unravels in all directions.
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