Question

This author wrote a poem about a “swagman” who grabs a “jumbuck” with glee. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author who described a “a billabong / Under the shade of a coolibah tree” in “Waltzin’ Matilda.”
ANSWER: Banjo Paterson [or Andrew Barton Paterson]
[10e] Banjo Paterson’s poem “Waltzin’ Matilda” is set in this present-day country, where authors wrote about this country’s Outback in bush ballads.
ANSWER: Australia [or Commonwealth of Australia]
[10h] Paterson wrote about a character with this name riding a horse in “The Man From Snowy River.” Paterson was inspired by his failure to send a letter to a man with this surname to write a poem titled for this surname “of the Overflow.”
ANSWER: Clancy [accept “Clancy of the Overflow” or Thomas Gerald Clancy]
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NYU AColumbia A1010020
Columbia BYale A1010020
Cornell CRutgers A10101030
Yale BHaverford010010
Princeton APenn A010010
Princeton BNYU B010010