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Which of these is the opening line to the poem?

I had written him a letter.... "Clancy of the Overflow" was first published in the 'Bulletin' on December 21, 1889.

Where did the person telling the story of Clancy first meet him?

Down the Lachlan. The Lachlan River runs through central New South Wales, Australia.

Clancy was in Victoria droving.

f. He had gone to Queensland droving. His friends didn't know exactly where he was.

What word is used to describe the sunlit plains?

Splendid. Clancy of the Overflow is also mentioned in Banjo's famous poem, "The Man from Snowy River".

Where is the story teller sitting during all this?

Dingy office. "I am sitting in my dingy little office..."

Instead of lowing cattle, what can the story teller hear?

buses and trams. "The Overflow" is the name of the sheep station where the man telling the story first met Clancy.

What sort of eyes do the hurrying people have?

Eager. "With their eager eyes and greedy, and their stunted forms and weedy, for townsfolk have no time to grow, they have no time to waste."

Whose language uninviting comes fitfully and faintly through the ceaseless tramp of feet?

the gutter children. "And the language uninviting of the gutter children fighting, comes fitfully and faintly through the ceaseless tramp of feet."

Clancy would suit working in an office.

f. In the movie, "The Man from Snowy River", Jack Thompson played Clancy.

Is there a place named after Clancy's Overflow?

y. Yes, out at Clifton grove, near the town of Orange in central NSW, Australia. The local water supply is provided by a lake. When the lake is full, it overflows. This is near the property where Banjo Paterson grew up.