Today's poem:

The Geebung Polo Club
- by AB Banjo Paterson

https://allpoetry.com/The-Geebung-Polo-Club

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Waltzing Matilda is a tune that often accompanies Australia's national days of celebration or commemoration, but do you know its origins?

In this episode we look at the background to Banjo Patterson’s little ditty, so who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me?

🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/69-waltzing-matilda/ 🎧

#WaltzingMatilda #AustralianStories #AustralianHistory #OzHist #HistoryPodcast #BanjoPaterson #Swagman

I had written him a letter which I had, for want of better

Knowledge, sent to where I met him down the Lachlan, years ago,

He was shearing when I knew him, so I sent the letter to him,

Just "on spec", addressed as follows: "Clancy, of The Overflow"

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