Was Jack Riley really "The Man From Snowy River"?

Was Jack Riley really "The Man From Snowy River"? Probing doco maker Richard Snashall travels to the Australian town of Corryong to find out the truth from the locals. This is epic tale is one episode from the Alpine Stories series, produced in collaboration with the Australian Alps National Parks program.

[@vincentgauci4865]

iam not an ausie but i lived there for 17 years, and when i watchd the film THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER, I FELL IN LOVE WITH AUSTRALIA, i am 81 years YOUNG from malta and hope to go to AUSSIE AGAIN

[@dawneabdulal-bari9313]

Great! Do it!

[@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army]

Happy to have you back.💙💚💜

[@classicsgrl]

I love both movies and TV series of the man snowy river.

[@edjacobs6897]

Here is one from left field , Harry Breaker Morant, friends with AB Paterson, both wrote for Sydney papers

[@ListenWell]

Excellent sir

[@dawneabdulal-bari9313]

Love this Film! This place is on my list ;->

[@BarryJTaylor]

Ummmm ..... How can a man from Snowy River be on the Murray!? I always assumed he was from a fair way east of Corryong .... in the Snowy River region.

[@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army]

Interesting history lesson.

[@charleysaffron9082]

no ok so the man from snowy river was just based on banjo Patersons friend and he got all of his inspiration from bringenbrong station because Elane Mitchell use to live there and Elane Mitchell was a writer and helped banjo paterson write it and yes!

[@AussieOffRoaders]

What about clancy of the overflow?

[@saffronsaffi8499]

ha I use to live in the bringenbrong station lol

[@skulptor]

Real Australia.

[@barrynugent6950]

😎

[@barrynugent6950]

Old Adimidity ,to Corryong .greg Greg, lighthouse ,thougla 😎

[@BarryJTaylor]

Hahaha ... Mulga Bill kinda sums it up about Victorians claiming this ... lol.

[@AbiNomac]

😂 agreed

[@westaussie965]

Would have been better in colour😉

[@barrynugent6950]

Silver brumby.

[@wadewade9422]

No he wasnt

[@michellefrancis4394]

Jack Riley was Indigenous man?

[@vestty5802]

No he was Irish

[@Lex-Hawthorn]

Banjo Patterson wrote a lot of his poetry at Kylies Run. One of his poems is titled 'On Kylies Run' ffs. There has to be more detail somewhere, but where to find the Truth, and put it together is the hard part in Australia. Anyone here with any idea of making a bob ($), will say anything, the place is full of bullshit artists, it's a national sport. ;)

[@westaussie965]

Every country has their legends and “bullshit” stories😉

[@merungafoundation8432]

Bloody amateur media hacks.

[@raywhite443]

Johnny Reilly was the man from snowy river (maybe some call him jack).. I happen to have the evidence if you need it

[@edjacobs6897]

Please, I put forward Breaker Morant, both wrote poetry for Sydney papers

[@AbiNomac]

@@edjacobs6897- would like to see the evidence because so far it looks like a bunch of Victorians wanting to lay claim of something that isn’t theirs.

[@alfiesart3801]

Jack is not the man

[@kenlyneham4105]

Banjo Patterson was a poet and as such, he was full of shit. Poets make up their poetic stories but often they are inspired by real events. But you can't always tell all of the real event and make it rhyme. The truth must be adjusted so that it fits the rhyme. It doesn't really matter that Patterson took advantage with his 'literary licence', his story was about a real man and that man, was Jack Riley.

[@TheTimeDetective42]

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