Winton, Queensland folk song, "Waltzing Matilda", which had its first performance in the North Gregory Hotel in the town. The Waltzing Matilda Centre opened in 1998 and is the first museum dedicated to a song. The song was written by 'Banjo' Paterson whilst holidaying at a local property, Dagworth Station. The music for the song was arranged by Christina Macpherson, the sister of the station manager who was visiting at the same time. In 2012, to remind Australians of the song's significance, Winton organised the inaugural Waltzing Matilda Day to be held on 6 April, the anniversary of its first performance. The
Banjo, of the Overflow gloom. Kenna's poem is a parody of Paterson's popular work, "Clancy of the Overflow", playfully pointing out the irony of a city-dweller writing poems about life in the country. The author of the poem was initially credited only as "K." Banjo, of the Overflow Banjo, of the Overflow is a poem by Australian poet Francis Kenna. It was first published in "The Bulletin" magazine on 27 August 1892 in reply to fellow poets Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson and Edward Dyson. This poem formed part of the Bulletin Debate, a series of works by Lawson, Paterson, and others, about the true