Banjo Paterson & August Nemo 
7 best short stories by Banjo Paterson 

Banjo Paterson lived in the city for most of his life, yet he became wildly famous in the colonies for the poems and stories he wrote about life in the Australian outback. The stories he created about the lives and struggles of bushmen, shearers and drovers in rural farm country struck a chord with Australians.In these seven specially selected short stories you will be able to know and appreciate the universe of this important Australian author.The Cat The Dog His Masterpiece The Merino Sheep Concerning a Steeplechase Rider Three Elephant Power The Amateur Gardener

About the author

Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson, (1864 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson’s more notable poems include ‘Clancy of the Overflow’ (1889), ‘The Man from Snowy River’ (1890) and ‘Waltzing Matilda’ (1895), regarded widely as Australia’s unofficial national anthem.