Banjo Paterson

"All men are born free and equal; and each man is entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of horse racing."

"I saw bank booms ... land booms, silver booms, booms, and they all had one thing in common—they always burst."

"He always looked sartorially like a colonel of cavalry who had just left Tattersalls Sale Ring with a field-marshal after having bought a steeplechaser."

"He hails from Snowy River, up by Kosciuskos side, Where the hills are twice as steep, and twice as rough; Where the horses hoofs strike firelight from the flintstones every stride, The man that holds his own is good enough. And the Snowy River riders on the mountains make their home, Where the river runs those giant hills between; I have seen full many horsemen since I first commenced to roam, But nowhere yet such horsemen have I seen."

"The barber man was small and flash, as barbers mostly are, He wore a strike-your-fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar; He was a humorist of note and keen at repartee, He laid the odds and kept a "tote", whatever that may be, And when he saw our friend arrive, he whispered, "Heres a lark! Just watch me catch him all alive, this man from Ironbark."

"There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That the colt from old Regret had got away, And had joined the wild bush horses — he was worth a thousand pound, So all the cracks had gathered to the fray. All the tried and noted riders from the stations near and far Had mustered at the homestead overnight, For the bushmen love hard riding where the wild bush horses are, And the stockhorse snuffs the battle with delight."