 Scots of the Riverina , a poem written by one of Australia 's most renowned writers , Henry Lawson , is set in Gundagai . The poem describes a father 's anger at his son 's desertion at harvest time and later his grief when the son dies in battle in World War I. Hay and Hell and <unk> , written by Banjo Paterson , is a humorous take on life on the flat western Riverina plan . 
