The Bush Debate

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Bush Debate by Henry Lawson; Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson; Edward Dyson; Francis Kenna. Read by Jason Mills; Timothy Ferguson; Algy Pug; Derrick Coetzee In 1892, two of Australia's best poets came up with a scheme to make some money. They arranged to have an argument in the Weekly Bulletin, and since they were being paid by the word, this let them fire back and forth, being sent beer money with each salvo. A couple of other poets also joined in, and their work is seminal to the development of the Bush ethos in Australia. The first eight files are the original form of the poems, and the second eight are later republications by the authors, in their own collections. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (33MB)

Directors & creators

Henry Lawson; Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson; Edward Dyson; Francis Kenna

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;australia; australian poetry; bush poetry; the bulletin

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