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: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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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