Collected Poetry by Andrew Barton Paterson sheds light on the 20th-century political situation in Australia with a lyrical tone and fitting homage to the country. Excerpt: «And wherefore have they come, this warlike band, That o'er the ocean many a weary day Have tossed; and now beside Suakim's Bay, With faces stern and resolute, do stand, Waking the desert's echoes with the drum— Men of Australia, wherefore have ye come?»
