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Snowy River

Snowy River
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About Snowy River

The Snowy River is a major river in south-eastern Australia. It originates on the slopes of Mount Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mainland peak, draining the eastern slopes of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, before flowing through the Alpine National Park and the Snowy River National Park in Victoria and emptying into Bass Strait.

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Craig's Hut, most famously used in the Man from Snowy River, was rebuilt in 2006 by a man called Craig.

from Club Fish - Drop Us A Line - March 2025, 2025-03-25 at 00:07:46 ยท read transcript

Other times Snowy River came up

  1. Then you had the Premier of Western Australia who was called John Forrest. It's all sort of, you know, greenery based. Then there's Philip Fish, Premier of Tasmania. He was very cool. The most exciting thing was Banjo Patterson, who was our sort of greatest poet really, songwriter Banjo Patterson. He wrote Waltzing Matilda and he wrote Man from Snowy River. He wrote in 1891 his masterpiece. Which was? No, it's called his masterpiece. It was a poem.

    232: No Such Thing As A Seven Foot Bond, 2018-08-31 ยท listen

  2. It turns out that it's, I think that's leading the females out to be seen to. Right. You don't have to get involved with any of it. Man from Snowy River, just to say, I'm embarrassed that I didn't clock it straight away, but it is an epic poem. It's by Banjo Paterson, who also wrote Clancy of the Overflow, but also Waltzing Matilda. He's a very famous audience.

    Club Fish - Drop Us A Line - March 2025, 2025-03-25 ยท listen

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Coordinates: -37.7833, 148.5167

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