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Banjo Paterson Episodes

Andrew Barton better known as Banjo Patterson is another great Australian bush poet, journalist and author.
Jan. 26, 2025

THE CAST-IRON CANVASSER by BANJO PATERSON

In this hilarious short story from Down Under a company which employs door-to-door book salesmen finds itself in serious trouble when , at the end of a long and successful sales push, the salesmen beging quitting dbecause the...

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May 19, 2024

3 BANJO PATERSON STORIES FROM DOWN UNDER: HIS MASTERPIECE, SITTING IN…

Australia owes a debt of gratitude to Banjo Paterson (and Henry Lawson) for their great short stories that chronicled the quirky and unique characters and places of Australia in its early days.  These three short stories- His Masterpeice, Sitting...

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March 22, 2024

#7 OF 439 LISTENER FAVS THE DOWNFALL OF MULLIGAN and THE AMATEUR GAR…

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Banjo Paterson

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March 17, 2024

THE MERINO SHEEP by BANJO PATERSON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Banjo Paterson

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Sept. 21, 2020

THE STEEPLECHASE RIDER & DAN FITZ EXPLAINS by BANJO PATTERSON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Banjo Patterson

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April 13, 2020

THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER and 3 ELEPHANT POWER by BANJO PATERSON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales Stories by Banjo Paterson

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Nov. 12, 2018

THE MERINO SHEEP by BANJO PATERSON

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May 19, 2018

THE CAT by BANJO PATTERSON

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