Banjo Paterson

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Banjo Paterson: Media

Australian poet

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Find out how “Advance Australia Fair” and not “Waltzing Matilda” became Australia's national anthem

Find out how “Advance Australia Fair” and not “Waltzing Matilda” became Australia's national anthem

Learn how “Advance Australia Fair,” and not Banjo Paterson's “Waltzing Matilda,”...

Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Paterson, A.B.

Paterson, A.B.

A.B. Paterson, c. 1890.

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