 Over the next decade, the influential journal provided an important platform for Paterson's work, which appeared under the pseudonym of "The Banjo", the name of his favourite horse.As one of its most popular writers through the 1890s, he formed friendships with other significant writers in Australian literature, such as E.J.Brady, Harry 'Breaker' Morant, Will H. Ogilvie, and Henry Lawson.