Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson OBE (17 February 1864 – 5 February 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 "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".
Banjo Paterson was born at the property "Narrambla", near Orange, New South Wales, the eldest son of Andrew Bogle Paterson, a Scottish immigrant from Lanarkshire and Australian-born Rose Isabella Barton, related to the future first Prime Minister of Australia Edmund Barton. Paterson's family lived on the isolated Buckinbah Station in the Monaro until he was five when his father lost his wool clip in a flood and was forced to sell up. When Paterson's uncle died, his family took over the uncle's farm in Illalong, near Yass, close to the main route between Melbourne and Sydney. Bullock teams, Cobb and Co coaches and drovers were familiar sights to him. He also saw horsemen from the Murrumbidgee River area and Snowy Mountains country take part in picnic races and polo matches, which led to his fondness of horses and inspired his writings.
"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.
The earliest recorded use[citation needed] of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." [dubious – discuss] In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
Plot
When Jim Ryan arrives at the station (ranch) of John Conroy, looking for work as a station hand, he and Kate (the daughter of John Conroy) fall in love at first sight. Jim incurs the wrath of John Conroy, and when the colt from old 'Regret' jumps the fence and joins the wild bush horses, John Conroy mistakenly thinks that Jim is to blame for what happened and he orders Jim to leave the property. The colt is worth a thousand pounds and John Conroy offers a reward to anyone who can bring the valued colt home again. All the crack riders from the stations near and far arrive at the homestead to take part in the chase, but, it is Jim Ryan who is successful in bringing the wild bush horses back to the property. John Conroy is delighted to get the colt back again, and all of his objections to Jim are swept aside. All ends happily, with Jim Ryan's courageous and legendary ride being celebrated by a concert and dance, and by a superb equestrian pageant.
Keywords: 1890s, australia, australian-outback, based-on-poem, brumby, coach, country-and-western, country-music-singer, cowboy, dog
It's a Musical, a Rock Concert, a Rodeo and an Arena Spectacular like no other.
The ride of your life!
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Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the low lands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet. Kirk Douglas plays two roles as twin brothers who haven't spoken for years, one of whom was Jim's father's best friend and the other of whom is the father of the girl he wants to marry. A 20 year old feud re-erupts, catching Jim and Jessica in the middle of it as Jim is accused of letting a prize stallion loose.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th-century, american, aristocrat, australia, australian-outback, australian-western, based-on-poem, boy, brawl
The story of a boy suddenly alone in the world. The men who challenge him. And the girl who helps him become a man.
Rosemary Hume: Male company will be a pleasant relief in this hothouse of female emotions.
Jim Craig: I think they're trying to make a butler out of me.::Jessica Harrison: They're trying to make a lady out of me.::Jim Craig: Well, they won't have no luck.::Jessica Harrison: Thank you very much!::Jim Craig: Now hold on, I didn't mean...::Jessica Harrison: I don't suppose they'll have any luck making a gentleman out of you, either.
Jim Craig: There are a dozen good brood mares in that mob. I'll be back for them... and for whatever else is mine.
Jim Craig: United in death, the minister said.::Spur: Superstition.::Jim Craig: It's a nice thought, Spur.::Spur: It's a great comfort to widows and fools. There's more to life than death, Jim.
Harrison: You have a long way to go yet, lad.::Spur: He's not a lad, brother, he's man. He's a man!
[Harrison is threatening to send Jessica away to a ladies' college]::Jessica Harrison: No! I won't go!::Harrison: [slaps Jessica] You're as deceitful as your mother.
Curly: I'm studying to be supervisor::Jim Craig: [to Curly] Studying to be stupid.
Jessica Harrison: If I'd wanted your help, mate, I would've asked for it.
Frew: [rising in bed with his lever action rifle as Curly advances on Jim with a broken bottle] Curly - lose the bottle!::Frew: [cocks the lever action rifle as Curly stops and stares] I did it before... and so help me, I'll do it again.::[Curly drops the bottle]
Curly: [to Jim Craig] I heard you broke in more then the colt while we were away...Did you have to use your spurs boy!