The City Bushman

"The City Bushman"
by Henry Lawson
Original title"In Answer to 'Banjo' and Otherwise"
Written1892
First published inThe Bulletin
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Bulletin Debate
Publication date6 August 1892
Full text
In Answer to Banjo, and Otherwise at Wikisource

The City Bushman is a poem by iconic Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 6 August 1892, under the title In Answer to "Banjo", and Otherwise. It was the fourth work in the Bulletin Debate, a series of poems by both Lawson and Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, and others, about the true nature of life in the Australian bush.[1]

In The City Bushman, Lawson responds to Paterson's poem, In Defence of the Bush, quoting a number of phrases, and criticising each in turn.[2][3]

Publication details

After its initial publication in The Bulletin on 9 July 1892, the poem was then included in the following collections and anthologies:

  • In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses, 1896
  • Humorous Verses by Henry Lawson, Angus and Robertson, 1941[4]
  • The World of Henry Lawson edited by Walter Stone, Hamlyn, 1974[5]
  • The Essential Henry Lawson : The Best Works of Australia's Greatest Writer edited Brian Kiernan, Currey O'Neil, 1982[6]
  • A Campfire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 edited by Leonard Cronin, Lansdowne, 1984[7]
  • The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse edited by Philip Neilson, Penguin, 1986[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Austlit — "The City Bushman" by Henry Lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. ^ Henry Lawson: Australian Writer Australian Government Culture and Recreation Portal
  3. ^ Wikisource article – In Defense of the Bush by Banjo Paterson
  4. ^ "Austlit - Humorous Verses by Henry Lawson". Austlit. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "The World of Henry Lawson (Hamlyn)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ "The Essential Henry Lawson (Currey O'Neil)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  7. ^ "A Campfire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 (Lansdowne)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  8. ^ "The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse (Penguin)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2023.