A Bush Christening

"A Bush Christening"
by Banjo Paterson
First published inThe Bulletin
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date16 December 1893 (1893-12-16)
Preceded by"Behind the Scenes"
Followed by"The Geebung Polo Club"
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A Bush Christening is a humorous poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 16 December 1893, the Christmas issue of that publication.[1] It has been called "a rollicking account of how the traditional pre-occupations, whisky and religion, come together".[2]

  1. ^ Austlit - "A Bush Christening" by A. B. Paterson
  2. ^ The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd edition, p136