Dan Morgan (bushranger) Under Arms", first published in serial form in 1882. Two biographies have been written about Morgan: Margaret Carnegie's "Morgan: The Bold Bushranger" (1974), and Edgar F. Penzig's "Morgan the Murderer" (1989). Banjo Paterson wrote the words of "Waltzing Matilda", Australia's most famous folk song, to a tune played on the zither by the grown Christina Macpherson (who was the infant in the 1865 incident above). Morgan is referenced in the song "Billabong Valley" by Australian psychedelic rock group King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, released on their 2017 album, "Flying Microtonal Banana". Dan Morgan (bushranger) Dan Morgan (30 April 1830
A Voice from the Town A Voice from the Town A Voice from the Town is a poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in "The Bulletin" magazine on 20 October 1894. In "Up The Country," Lawson had criticised "The City Bushman" such as Banjo Paterson who tended to romanticise bush life. Paterson, in turn, accused Lawson of representing bush life as nothing but doom and gloom, famously ending with the line ""For the bush will never suit you, and you'll never suit the bush."" This exchange sparked what is known as the Bulletin Debate, mainly between Paterson