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ANZAC Day - Australia's Culture Portal

On 25 April every year, Australians commemorate ANZAC Day. During the Second World War, ANZAC Day became a day on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time were remembered. Commemorative services are held at dawn on 25 April, the time of the o...

The Australian Bush - Australia's Culture Portal

The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting, popular music, films and foods. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals b...

Australian children's books - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian children's literature rests on the enthusiasm and talents of many individuals, including a great many more Australian writers, illustrators and books than can be listed in this article. The earliest books published for children were mostly ins...

Australian folklore - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian folklore, its traditions, customs and beliefs are based on both Indigenous and also non-Indigenous people's knowledge and experience of history in Australia. Some of Australia's folklore remembers the relationship between Europeans and Aborigi...

Australian language, letters and literature - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian language, letters and literature in Australia has been influenced by Aboriginal storytelling, convict tales and the desire by colonists to relate their experiences in a new country. Similarly, the bush ballads of Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo...

Bush songs and music - Australia's Culture Portal

The songs and music that has come from people's experiences of living and surviving in the Australian bush has become known in Australia as 'bush music'. The convict songs of the early days of the Australian colonies became the foundation of Australia's ...

The Australian National Anthem - Australia's Culture Portal

Peter Dodds McCormick's Advance Australia Fair was officially declared Australia's national anthem by the Governor-General on 19 April 1984, close to 160 years after the first alternative anthems were put forward. South Australian Carl Linger wrote Song ...

Australian slang - Australia's Culture Portal

Section of a glossary of Australian terms, 1936, Allan & Co. Image courtesy of National Library of Australia. Linguists and other cultural theorists value the study of Australian colloquialisms as a way of observing how the Australian character has develo...

The Man from Snowy River - Australia's Culture Portal

But Australia has a significant and untameable high country where another set of Australian myths and traditions of Australian identity were born - the high country of the Snowy Mountains. The Man from Snowy River is one of Australia's most famous poems ...

Songs of war and peace: From the call to the trenches - Australia's Culture Portal

Patriotic music written in wartime has been used to express national pride, spread propaganda, encourage enlistment and motivate troops serving in Australia and on overseas duty. Until the First World War, patriotic music written for wars tended to dwell...

Songs of war and peace: From heroes to loss and protest - Australia's Culture Portal

Songs in wartime reflect attitudes about Australia's participation in conflict and war—from the Sudan War in 1885 to the First Gulf War (1990–1991). Some of the most well-known and colourful examples of wartime songs lauding heroes come from ...

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Who'll Come A Waltzing Matilda With Me   (more info)

This site aims to reveal some of the important primary and secondary sources that have informed the stories, myths and interpretations behind the song 'Waltzing Matilda', AustraliaÆs best known and much loved national song.

Eric Bogle   (more info)

The Home Page of Australian Folk Singer, Eric Bogle, includes info about his music and discography, songbooks and videos, tour dates and concerts, awards and other info about Eric and his band. One of his best known songs is 'And the Band played Waltzing

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Waltzing Matilda, Cultural Shows, Community Television   (website Channel 31 (C31) )

> > Home > Our Shows > TV Guide > About Us > Tuning In > Shop > Sponsorship > Make TV > Contact Us > > keyword / category > > genre -- ArtsBlokesChildren\'sClassic SeriesComedyCommunity IssuesCulturalLiving & LearningMusicNewsPersonal DevelopmentSportYou...

Waltzing Matilda, Cultural Shows, Community Television   (website Channel 31 (C31) )

> > Home > Our Shows > TV Guide > About Us > Tuning In > Shop > Sponsorship > Make TV > Contact Us > > keyword / category > > genre -- ArtsBlokesChildren\'sClassic SeriesComedyCommunity IssuesCulturalLiving & LearningMusicNewsPersonal DevelopmentSportYou...

Waltzing Matilda, Cultural Shows, Community Television   (website Channel 31 (C31) )

> > Home > Our Shows > TV Guide > About Us > Tuning In > Shop > Sponsorship > Make TV > Contact Us > > keyword / category > > genre -- ArtsBlokesChildren\'sClassic SeriesComedyCommunity IssuesCulturalLiving & LearningMusicNewsPersonal DevelopmentSportYou...

Waltzing Matilda, Cultural Shows, Community Television   (website Channel 31 (C31) )

> > Home > Our Shows > TV Guide > About Us > Tuning In > Shop > Sponsorship > Make TV > Contact Us > > keyword / category > > genre -- ArtsBlokesChildren\'sClassic SeriesComedyCommunity IssuesCulturalLiving & LearningMusicNewsPersonal DevelopmentSportYou...

Waltzing Our Matilda   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

In town for tonight's Longreach performance, Jason Barry-Smith (Banjo Paterson and co-creator) and Emily Burke (Dame Nellie Melba) popped into our ABC studios for a chat. The regional tour is co-presented by Opera Queensland and Queensland Arts Council a...

WALTZING MATILDA - Newcastle Music Directory - Videos   (website Newcastle Music Directory )

Links>A directory of musical links from Newcastle and the Hunter Valley >> Reposted by request from many people, thanks! >> Artist: Indiana Pheonix> Duration: 6:56> Uploaded: 29/4/2009> Uploaded By: OZHARP (YouTube Username)> >More Videos of Indiana Pheon...

CAN - Collections Australia Network - Waltzing Matilda Centre , Outback Regional Gallery   (website Collections Australia Network (CAN) )

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