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Charles Rootsey was my great great great great grandfather, he became a drover in the NSW Snowy Mountains... and is arguably "The Man From Snowy River" The writer of the poem, Banjo Patterson, was a member of the Kiandra Snow Shoe Club (Ski Club) during Charles's years droving in the same area and Charles Rootsey became quite well known. Banjo Patterson said the "Man" was a composite of all the snowy river riders and as Charles was so well known and from the exact same area... we call him "The Man From Snowy River". I have also lived in the same area and seen an old historical sign, by a bridge, referring to Charles Rootseys loss of a Bullock heard in a flooding river.