2014 $1 AB 'Banjo' Paterson PNC

Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson is arguably Australia’s most renowned balladeer. In 2014, it will be 150 years since his birth, on 17 February 1864. Paterson began a career in law, but his passion lay in poetry and writing. As well as being an accomplished folk poet, he was a journalist and news editor. But Banjo Paterson is best remembered for his verse, which holds an enduring place in the popular historical imagination in Australia