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BANJO PATERSON ON HENRY PARKES
In his book, Old
Books, Old Friends, Old Sydney: The Fascinating Reminiscences of a Sydney
Bookseller, James R. Tyrrell writes:
Banjo Paterson, who
practised as a solicitor at least sufficiently to have had legal dealings
with Sir Henry Parkes, Sir John Robertson, and others who had what Banjo
in his racy phrase called 'rough rides over the financial rocks', wrote
of Sir Henry:
The
old man never had any money, though goodness knows he had opportunities
enough of getting it 'on the side' had he been so minded. On various
occasions he came into the lawyer's offices where I was employed, always
full of dignity, in a frock coat and tall hat, to discuss his pecuniary
complications. But personal finance bored him. He despised money: he
was Sir Henry Parkes.
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