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A colt runs wild in the mountains, and an unlikely rider joins a chase that tests nerve against rough country.
At Harrison’s cattle station, word spreads that a valuable colt has escaped and joined wild horses in the hills. Riders gather to bring him back, including the skilled stockman Clancy of the Overflow. But the horses have reached rough mountain country near Mount Kosciusko, where the hunt demands more than a willingness to follow.
Then a man from the Snowy River country arrives on a small horse, and the others doubt him. In The Man from Snowy River, A. B. Paterson turns this encounter into a ballad of speed, danger and nerve. Its strong beat and long, galloping lines carry you from the talk at the station toward the hard chase ahead.
What you’ll discover
- An unlikely mountain rider Meet a newcomer whose small horse gives the gathered riders reason to doubt him.
- The wild mountain chase Follow the hunt into rough country, where a runaway colt travels with wild horses.
- A story with rhythm Feel the strong beat pull you through a story that is easy to follow.
- Life around the station Enter a world of stockmen, horses and news that brings riders together.
- Verse that gallops Discover how Paterson’s long lines give speed and movement to a short bush ballad.
Who will love it
For readers who love a strong story told in rhythm, the Australian bush, and horse chases through mountain country. A welcoming choice for anyone new to poetry.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- News of a runaway stirs the station
- Riders gather for a hard chase
- A newcomer from the mountains joins in
- A ballad that made a bush legend
Who’s who
- The man from Snowy RiverA rider from the mountain country near the Snowy River, who joins the hunt on a small horse and is doubted by others.
- HarrisonThe owner of the station where the riders gather, who has lost a valuable colt to the wild horses.
- Clancy of the OverflowA skilled stockman who comes to lend a hand in the hunt for the runaway colt.
- The coltA young horse of racing stock who escapes and runs with the wild mob in the mountains.
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L’uomo del fiume Snowy
by A. B. Paterson · 1890
A runaway colt draws riders into the mountains, where an unlikely horseman joins a dangerous hunt.
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The Man from Snowy River is a ballad by the Australian poet A. B. Paterson. It first appeared in a Sydney weekly, the Bulletin, in 1890, and it later gave its name to his 1895 book of verse.
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News of a runaway stirs the station
The poem opens with movement at a cattle station. Word has gone around that a colt has escaped and joined a mob of wild horses in the hills. The wild horses are the bush horses Australians call brumbies. The colt is no ordinary animal, because he comes from racing stock, and that is why his loss matters so much.
So the station fills with riders. They come from all around the district, and Paterson makes a roll call of the men and their horses. The point is that this is a community job. Everyone who can sit a horse well and knows the country turns up, because a valuable colt running with the wild mob is a loss for a whole district.
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What is The Man from Snowy River about?
It is a ballad about a hunt for a runaway racing colt that has joined wild horses in the mountains. Riders gather from far and wide, and a rider from the Snowy River country joins them.
When was The Man from Snowy River written?
A. B. Paterson's poem first appeared in the Bulletin in 1890. It later gave its title to his 1895 collection of verse, The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses.
Is The Man from Snowy River a true story?
It is a work of fiction drawn from the bush life Paterson knew. People have suggested real riders as models, but the poem is a story, not a record of an actual event.
The author
A. B. Paterson
1864–1941 · Australian bush poet
Andrew Barton Paterson (1864–1941), known as Banjo Paterson, was an Australian poet, journalist and author. He was born near Orange, New South Wales, and later lived in Sydney. He wrote the poem The Man from Snowy River in 1890 and published a collection with that title in 1895. He died in Sydney.
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