Battle of the pens

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A critical look at the demise of the art of language and debate through the famous public ``battle in verse'' of two of the most well known Australian bush poets, Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson.

IF latest Aussie pin-up boy actor Sam Worthington had hit back at NIDA teachers for doubting his ability with a carefully crafted poem rather than a few ``Up yours’’ comments in a weekend newspaper, he might have gone down in Australian folk annuls as a legend.
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