<P> The poem tells the story of a horseback pursuit to recapture the colt of a prizewinning racehorse that escaped from its paddock and is living with the brumbies (wild horses) of the mountain ranges . Eventually the brumbies descend a seemingly impassably steep slope, at which point the assembled riders give up the pursuit, except the young protagonist, who spurs his "pony" (horse) down the "terrible descent" and catches the mob . </P> <P> Two characters mentioned in the early part of the poem are featured in previous Paterson poems; "Clancy of the Overflow" and Harrison from "Old Pardon, Son of Reprieve". </P> <P> It is recorded in the selected works of "Banjo" Paterson that the location of the ride fictionalised in the poem was in the region of today's Burrinjuck Dam, north - west of Canberra in Australian Capital Territory . Paterson had helped round up brumbies as a child and later owned property in this region . </P> <P> The Snowy River, from where "the Man" comes, has its headwaters in the Snowy Mountains, the highest section of the Great Dividing Range near the easternmost part of the border between New South Wales and Victoria . The ride does not take place in the Snowy River because, within the poem, Clancy describes to the other men the country from where "the man from Snowy River" comes . </P>

Where did the man from snowy river take place