2020 50c Treasured Australian Poetry Banjo Patterson Clancy of The Overflow Uncirculated Coin

Paterson’s 1889 poem Clancy of the Overflow was inspired by a letter the poet received which appeared to have been written ‘with a thumbnail dipped in tar’. From this evocative source material Paterson created the classic ode to the rugged bushman and the wild beauty of the Australian outback.