The Man from Ironbark

"The Man From Ironbark" is a famous poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. It was first published in The Bulletin on 1892-12-17. The poem relates the experiences of a naïve bushman from the Australian Outback, who reacts badly to a practical joke sprung on him by a mischievous barber in Sydney. While making his displeasure known,

"A peeler man who heard the din came in to see the show;
He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go."

The barber confessed that he was playing a joke, and the bushman, unconvinced, returned to Ironbark.

In 2004, a representative of The Wilderness Society posed as "The Ghost of the Man from Ironbark", a reference to the poem, to campaign for the protection of the remaining Ironbark woodlands in New South Wales and Queensland.