Why is banjo paterson on the australian 10 note

All the notes in this series each feature a different species of Australian bird and wattle. The cockatoo and the bramble wattle are splashed on this edition of the ten. The two can continue to be used at the same time. Banjo Paterson was a writer, poet, journalist and horseman. His most well-known work is the Man from Snowy River.

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This hallmark publication sold out its first edition within a week and went through four editions in six months, making Paterson second only to Kipling in popularity among living poets writing in English.

His poetry continues to sell well today and is available in many editions. Their first home was in Queen Street, Woollahra.