A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson is one of the first, foremost and most influential figures in Australian literary history. He was a member of the group of writers and artists gathered around the "Sydney Bulletin" in the 1890s; went to the South African War as a newspaper correspondent; he visited China at the time of the Boxer Rebellion; was an ambulance driver in France in WW1; a noted horseman and an authority on racehorses and horse breeding and much more. Illustrated with black and white photographs.