Poet Ross ‘‘Blue Jeans’’ McMillan at his Naseby home. Photo: Jono Edwards.
Mr McMillan was a musterer and farmer who used poetry to capture tales of the high country, and was a fixture at the Bards, Ballads and Bulldust festival.
He made his name as a "bush poet", performing his rhyming verse in ballads and songs.
All are about country life, whether it be about the "Publican’s Wife", or one of his many odes to dogs.
