• Source: Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs

Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs is a humorous poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in The Evening News on 19 December 1903.
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).




Plot summary


Saltbush Bill tells the story of a successful sheep farmer using the biblical story of Isaac and Jacob as a metaphor.




Further publications


Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses by Banjo Paterson (1917)
The Drovers edited by Keith Willey (1982)
Song of the Pen, A. B. (Banjo) Paterson : Complete Works 1901-1941 edited by Rosamund Campbell and Philippa Harvie (1983)
A Vision Splendid : The Complete Poetry of A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson (1990)
The Collected Verse of Banjo Paterson (1992)




See also


1903 in poetry
1903 in literature
1903 in Australian literature
Australian literature




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Saltbush Bill on the Patriarchs
• Saltbush Bill, J.P.
• Saltbush Bill's Gamecock
• Saltbush Bill
• Saltbush Bill's Second Fight
• Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses
• 1903 in Australian literature