| 词条 | The Man from Snowy River (poem) |
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"The Man from Snowy River" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. It was first published in The Bulletin, an Australian news magazine, on 26 April 1890, and was published by Angus & Robertson in October 1895, with other poems by Paterson, in The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses.[1][2] The poem tells the story of a horseback pursuit to recapture the colt of a prizewinning racehorse that escaped from its paddock and is living with the brumbies (wild horses) of the mountain ranges. Eventually the brumbies descend a seemingly impassably steep slope, at which point the assembled riders give up the pursuit, except the young protagonist, who spurs his "pony" (small horse) down the "terrible descent" and catches the mob. Two characters mentioned in the early part of the poem are featured in previous Paterson poems; "Clancy of the Overflow" and Harrison from "Old Pardon, Son of Reprieve". Setting of the poemIt is recorded in the selected works of "Banjo" Paterson that the location of the ride fictionalised in the poem was in the region of today's Burrinjuck Dam, north-west of Canberra in Australian Capital Territory. Paterson had helped round up brumbies as a child and later owned property in this region. The Snowy River, from where "the Man" comes, has its headwaters in the Snowy Mountains, the highest section of the Great Dividing Range near the easternmost part of the border between New South Wales and Victoria. The ride does not take place in the Snowy River region because, within the poem, Clancy describes to the other men the country from where "the man from Snowy River" comes. "The Man"Corryong, a small town on the western side of the range, claims stockman Jack Riley (1841–1914) as the inspiration for the character, and like many other towns in the region uses the image of the character as part of the marketing to tourists. Riley was a hermit stockman employed by John Pearce of Greg Station at Corryong to run cattle at "Tom Groggin" 60 km upriver from Khancoban, New South Wales. Paterson is said (by Corryong legend) to have met Riley on at least two occasions. The inspiration for "The Man" was claimed by Banjo himself to be not one person but a number of people, one of which was Owen Cummins. Cummins was born in Dargo and was well known for being a great horseman. He worked around the area before making his way up to Wave Hill, Northern Territory, where a monument has been erected to reflect his role in inspiring the poem. There is a possibility that another exceptional and fearless rider, Charlie McKeahnie, might have been the inspiration for the poem. In 1885, when McKeahnie was only 17 years of age, he performed a dangerous riding feat in the Snowy River region.[3][4] Historian Neville Locker supports this theory, adding that a prior poem had been written about McKeahnie by bush poet Barcroft Boake and that the story had been recounted by a Mrs Hassle to a crowd that included Paterson.[5] Locker also offers as evidence a letter by McKeahnie's sister that discusses the ride and Paterson's hearing of the ride. McKeahnie was killed in a riding accident near Bredbo in 1895 and is buried in the Old Adaminaby cemetery, on the shores of Lake Eucumbene. Other historians point to the claims of Jim Troy, who died aged 33. Troy was related by marriage to Thomas McNamara, said to be “Clancy”, subject of another famous Paterson poem, Clancy of the Overflow. “Clancy” also had a second claim to absolute knowledge of the “man” having been included in the Snowy River poem as “no better horseman ever held the reins”. McNamara gave an interview to the Brisbane Courier-Mail newspaper in 1938 in which he recalled the actual details of that terrific chase in the hills beside Wagga Wagga.[6] Another possibility is J.R. Battye from Walgett. In a report,[7] in the papers in 1877 and likely seen by Paterson, Battye while Brumby shooting spurs his horse on when it slips its bridle and, powerless over the animal's actions trusts it to follow the wild ones, which it does, catching them after several miles through country thickly timbered and full of holes. Historical context of the poemThe poem was written at a time in the 1880s and 1890s when Australia was developing a distinct identity as a nation. Though Australia was still a set of independent colonies under the final authority of Britain, and had not yet trod the path of nationhood, there was a distinct feeling that Australians needed to be united and become as one. Australians from all walks of life, be they from the country or the city (Clancy of the Overflow), looked to the bush for their mythology and heroic characters. They saw in the Man from Snowy River a hero whose bravery, adaptability and risk-taking could epitomise a new nation in the south. This new nation emerged as the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. Currency commemoration and tributeA. B. "Banjo" Paterson and "The Man From Snowy River" poem are commemorated on the Australian 10 dollar note [https://web.archive.org/web/20120831214808/http://banknotes.rba.gov.au/ausbanknotes.html#!note/10]. The full text of the poem is printed several times in microprint as one of the note's security devices.[8] Recordings of the poem
Adaptations of the poemThree films, a television series and an arena spectacular musical have been based on the poem. Films:
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Stage musical:
Graphic novel:
See also
References1. ^{{cite web|last=Semmler|first=Clement|title=Paterson, Andrew Barton (Banjo) (1864–1941)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/paterson-andrew-barton-banjo-7972|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Australian National University|accessdate=3 April 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=The Man from Snowy River, 1895|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/exhibitions/2010/onehundred/100-objects/Exhibit-053.htm|publisher=State Library of NSW|accessdate=3 April 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.boake.net/display.html |title=Charlie McKeahnie |publisher=Boake |date= |accessdate=2013-01-07}} 4. ^Charlie McKeahnie (history pages — Hsnowyman) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721205136/http://www.historypages.net/Hsnowyman.html |date=2006-07-21 }} 5. ^Tim Holt. "The Man from Snowy River revealed," ABC Southeast New South Wales, 23 March 2004 6. ^"Stockman of whom Poet Sang"- Brisbane Courier-Mail 21/12/1938 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70608770 |title=Walgett. |newspaper=Australian Town And Country Journal |volume=XVI, |issue=401 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=8 September 1877 |accessdate=9 November 2018 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Roff|title=Australia's Bard|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0408/feature1/index.html|publisher=National Geographic|accessdate=2 September 2012|date=April 2008}} 9. ^"The Bush Poems of A.B. (Banjo) Paterson at Fine Poets" External links
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