Saltbush Bill, J.P.

Saltbush Bill, J.P. is a humorous poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson.

It was first published in The Evening News on 16 December 1905.

[2] After a long life of droving Saltbush Bill is appointed a J.P. (Justice of the Peace).

But he is disappointed to find no mention of pay until he discovers, in his contract, the line "A magistrate may charge a pound/For inquest on a fire."

Bill and the local indigenous population collude to make good use of this provision.