About the same time, in a talk prepared for ABC radio, Paterson wrote, that in 1894 the shearers staged a strike by way of expressing themselves, and Macpherson’s shearing shed was burnt down, and a man was picked up dead. .... while resting for lunch or changing horses on our four-in-hand-journeys, Miss Macpherson, afterwards the wife of financial magnate, J McCall McCowan, used to play a little Scottish tune on a zither, and I put words to the tune and called it “Waltzing Matilda”. These scanty details complement Christina’s account but do not suggest that the song meant a lot to him. Paterson also attributed the playing of the music to the wrong Macpherson sister. Christina's sister Jean, married McCall McCowan. Christina never married.Lindner, W Benjamin. Waltzing Matilda ─ Australia’s Accidental Anthem. Boolarong Press. Tingalpa, Queensland, Australia. 2019. ISBN 9781925877076 pages 241, 242 How well did Banjo remember Christina?
