The City Bushman Explained

"The City Bushman"
Author:	Henry Lawson
Original Title:	"In Answer to 'Banjo' and Otherwise"
Written:	1892
First:	The Bulletin
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Series:	The Bulletin Debate
Publication Date:	6 August 1892
Wikisource:	In Answer to Banjo, and Otherwise

The City Bushman is a poem by iconic Australian writer and poet Henry Lawson. It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 6 August 1892, under the title In Answer to "Banjo", and Otherwise. It was the fourth work in the Bulletin Debate, a series of poems by both Lawson and Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, and others, about the true nature of life in the Australian bush.^[1]

In The City Bushman, Lawson responds to Paterson's poem, In Defence of the Bush, quoting a number of phrases, and criticising each in turn.^{[2] [3]}

Publication details

After its initial publication in The Bulletin on 9 July 1892, the poem was then included in the following collections and anthologies:

• In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses, 1896
• Humorous Verses by Henry Lawson, Angus and Robertson, 1941^[4]
• The World of Henry Lawson edited by Walter Stone, Hamlyn, 1974^[5]
• The Essential Henry Lawson : The Best Works of Australia's Greatest Writer edited Brian Kiernan, Currey O'Neil, 1982^[6]
• A Campfire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 edited by Leonard Cronin, Lansdowne, 1984^[7]
• The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse edited by Philip Neilson, Penguin, 1986^[8]

See also

• 1892 in poetry
• 1892 in literature
• 1892 in Australian literature
• Australian literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austlit — "The City Bushman" by Henry Lawson . Austlit. 10 October 2023.
2. http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/lawson/ Henry Lawson: Australian Writer
3. [s:In Defence of the Bush|Wikisource article – ''In Defense of the Bush'' by Banjo Paterson]
4. Web site: Austlit - Humorous Verses by Henry Lawson . Austlit. 10 October 2023.
5. Web site: The World of Henry Lawson (Hamlyn) . National Library of Australia. 10 October 2023.
6. Web site: The Essential Henry Lawson (Currey O'Neil) . National Library of Australia. 4 October 2023.
7. Web site: A Campfire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 (Lansdowne) . National Library of Australia. 10 October 2023.
8. Web site: The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse (Penguin) . National Library of Australia. 10 October 2023.