Saltbush Bill's Second Fight
Saltbush Bill's Second Fight by Andrew Barton Paterson is a work about a man named Saltbush Bill who gets into various adventures and fights in the Australian outback.
By Andrew Barton Paterson · First published 1908 · Genre: Poetry, Adventure, Fiction · 1,848 words
First lines
The news came down on the Castlereagh, and went to the world at large, / That twenty thousand travelling sheep, with Saltbush Bill in charge, / Were drifting down from a dried-out run to ravage the Castlereagh; / And the squatters swore when they heard the news, / and wished they were well away: / For the name and the fame of Saltbush Bill were over the country side / For the wonderful way that he fed his sheep, / and the dodges and tricks he tried. / He would lose his way on a Main Stock Route, / and stray to the squatters' grass; / He would come to a run with the boss away, and swear he had leave to pass; / And back of all and behind it all, as well the squatters knew, / If he had to fight, he would fight all day, so long as his sheep got through: / But this is the story of Stingy Smith, the owner of Hard Times Hill, / And the way that he chanced on a fighting man to reckon with Saltbush Bill.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Andrew Barton Paterson
- Date: 1908 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Adventure, Fiction
- Length: 1,848 words
- Structure: 1 section, 10 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Difficult (College Level)
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Genres
- Poetry — Andrew Barton Paterson is well-known for his contributions to Australian literature as a poet. This work is written in verse, which falls under the realm of poetry.
- Adventure — The story revolves around the character Saltbush Bill who gets into fights and confrontations, which are key elements of adventure genre.
- Fiction — This work has made-up characters, settings and events, lies in the realm of fiction.
Tags
Australian literature · classic · fiction · adventure · frontier · settlement · colonialism · nature · wildlife · outback · western · horse riding