A poem titled for this country describes its cities as places where second-hand people “pullulate / Timidly on the edge of alien shores.” This “vast parasite robber-state” is clothed in “drab green and desolate grey” in that poem titled for this country. In a poem from this country, a man receives a reply to his letter written in tar, and imagines leaving his “dingy little office” life because “the drover’s life has pleasures that the (*) townsfolk never know.” This country is home to the fictional character Clancy of the Overflow. In a poem from this country, a policeman seeks a “jumbuck” which a “jolly swagman” has placed in his “tucker-bag” under a Coolabah tree. For 10 points, name this home country of Banjo Paterson, who wrote “Waltzing Matilda.” ■END■
ANSWER: Australia [or Commonwealth of Australia; accept Oz]
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