Searching for the man from Snowy River
Refshauge, W. F.2012
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
Did Banjo Paterson have anyone in mind when he crafted the Australian classic? Refshauge investigates all candidates, looking at the evidence, the poem, location, and other criteria and yields only one possible figure. Who was The Man from Snowy River?
Main title:
Searching for the man from Snowy River / by W.F. Refshauge
Author:
Imprint:
North Melbourne Australian Scholarly Publishing 2012
Collation:
223 p. illustrations maps
Contents:
Part One: The question: The Poem: Paterson's poem -- The information in the poem -- What can we say about The Man? -- The Poet: Paterson's antecedents -- Paterson's early life -- Resume of his later life -- Paterson's movements, late 1880s Horses: Horses in Australia -- Wild horses -- The Man and his horses -- Part Two: The Man: Character of The Man: Paterson's early writing -- Was there a Man from Snowy River? -- Rules for finding The Man -- Jack Riley: Jack Riley's life -- The stories -- The stories unravel -- Could Riley be The Man? -- Some Other Candidates: 'Hellfire' Jack Clarke -- Owen Cummins -- Lachlan Cochran -- Paterson himself -- Was he an Aborigine? -- Jim Spencer -- George Hedger -- The Macnamaras and Jim Troy -- The Pendergasts -- Charles McKeahnie -- Part Three: The Chase: Charlie's Ride: Interpreting Boake's poems -- Boake's poem -- Tracing Charlie's route -- The poem and The Man -- Charlie Mac: The McKeahnie family -- Charlie's life -- His death -- Social links and the 'Mrs Jim Hassall' letter -- The final unravelling -- Afterward: Creating a legend -- The ""Man from Snowy River' industry -- The Snowy River marchers -- The poem as myth -- The Man as model -- Appendixes: Derivative Verse: The Man from Snowy River's Last Ride 'Clancy of the Overflow' - The Reply John Riley's Last Ride -- List of Paterson's Earliest Writings: Printed juvenilia Publications to August 1890 -- List of Illustrations: Mountain ponies were small but hardy -- Patterson (with daughter) at Edgecliff -- Southern New South Wales railway and coach routes -- Old and poor riding skills -- A brumby trap -- The brumby muster -- Jack Riley and friends -- Land held by Jack Riley -- Jack Riley and his hut -- 'Hellfire' Jack Clarke with shotgun -- Owen Cummins, early 1950s -- Group photo: people of 'Yaouk' -- Where-Dick-Got-Frightened -- Jim Spencer -- Spencer's family -- George Hedger -- Thomas Michael Macnamara -- Charlie McKeanhie -- Lem McKeahnie's note -- Barcroft Boake -- Location of Charlie's ride -- The Gulf -- McKeahnie landholdings near Nungar -- 'Rosedale' station -- Charles Lachlan McKeahnie as a youth -- Letter from Charlie Mac about going to India -- Bredbo, showing where Charlie Mac Died -- Lem McKeahnie -- The Snowy River marchers at Goulburn
ISBN:
9781921875571 (pbk)
Dewey class:
994.4 SEA
Local class:
994.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
32015
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 994.4 SEA | Available |