Generations of Australians have been cooed to sleep with a soft, cradle-side rendition of the ballad of a thieving bushman who drowns himself rather than being captured by the law, a song that ...
‘WALTZING Matilda’ is Australia’s unofficial national anthem but behind that iconic song lies a scandalous love triangle, as Matthew Benns and Terry Smyth reveal. ‘WALTZING Matilda’ is Australia’s ...
TONY EASTLEY: A couple of outback historians may be rewriting the story behind one of the Australia's most loved songs, "Waltzing Matilda". Peter and Sheila Forrest have written "Banjo and Christina: ...
Morwell Reverend and poet David Head’s Australia Day hymn sung to the tune of Waltzing Matilda has become a staple at his Australia Day weekend services over the years. “It is about what we did to the ...
A famous Australian song called Waltzing Matilda is a traditional Australian song. The words were written by a famous Australian poet called ‘Banjo Paterson’ and for a short time it was even Australia ...
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer's steadfastness is appreciated ("No Surrender, No Retreat," editorial page, Oct. 13). It is treasured by those still alive today, in recognition of ...
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