| Bib ID |
3704175 |
| Format |
Book, Online - Google Books |
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| Online Versions |
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| Description |
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2006
x, 230 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 3 1/8 in.)
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| ISBN |
9780522853087 0522853080
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| Summary |
Waltzing Matilda is the one song that belongs to all Australians. It has been bringing people together since 1895, when Banjo Patterson wrote the words to it. This book asks what the song means to the nation.
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| Full contents |
- Machine derived contents note: Preface vii
- Waltzing Matilda Country
- Up Came the Squatters 14
- The Composer and the Poet 13
- Swagmen 44
- The Long Long Arm of the Law 5-6
- Making a Song 64
- What Does it Mean? 86
- Centuries in the Making? io6
- From the Billabong to the World 130
- Machine derived contents note: Preface vii
- Waltzing Matilda Country
- Up Came the Squatters 14
- The Composer and the Poet 13
- Swagmen 44
- The Long Long Arm of the Law 5-6
- Making a Song 64
- What Does it Mean? 86
- Centuries in the Making? io6
- From the Billabong to the World 130
- Up Jumped the Experts 148
- Anthems and Nationalism 168
- Dangers of Drowning I77
- See For Yourself 196
- His Ghost May Be Heard 107.
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| Notes |
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 225-227.
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| Subjects |
Waltzing Matilda (Song) | Songs, English - Australia. | National songs - Australia - History and criticism. | Folklore - Australia. | National characteristics, Australian. | Folk, Ethnic & World music (Australia)
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