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Banjo Paterson

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The Resume

    (February 17, 1864-February 5, 1941)
    Born in Narrambla, Australia
    Poet and national hero of Australia
    Author of poems Waltzing Matilda and The Man from Snowy River
    Also served as a lawyer, soldier and journalist/war correspondent
    Featured on the Australian ten dollar note
    Real name: Andrew Barton Paterson
    A. B. Paterson College on Australia's Gold Coast is named after him

Why he might be annoying:

    He took his nickname from his favorite horse.
    He really over-romanticized the Australian outback in his writings.
    He spent WWI training horses in the Mideast for the British Army.
    He was originally a lawyer.
    The much loved 'Waltzing Matilda' is impossible to understand without a translator and is about a hobo who steals a sheep and when caught drowns himself rather than go to jail.
    It almost became the Australian national anthem.
    If you are from Australia, he's huge! If not, not so much.

Why he might not be annoying:

    'The Man from Snowy River' was turned into a successful move and television series.
    'Waltzing Matilda' has been recorded hundreds of times in many different styles by a wide variety of artists.
    Paterson graduated from high school at sixteen and was admitted to the bar at age 22.
    He actually lived in the outback until he was ten.
    Being your country's favorite poet is a pretty good way to be remembered.

Credit: tom_jeffords


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 79 Votes: 44.30% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying