Waltzing Matilda tells the story of a man who steals a sheep and is pursued by police. As he escapes, he decides to end his ...

A controversial new play challenging the origins of Australia's favourite song, Waltzing Matilda, contends that the lyrics were written about a love affair and are a coded manifesto of workers ...

National This was published 22 years ago Waltzing Matilda, courtesy of a tea-leaf near you December 20, 2002 — 11.00am Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size ...

I thought they were 10 feet tall. Capt. Preston informed me that the song was called “Waltzing Matilda,” and that it had nothing to do with dancing with a girl named Matilda.

London/Melbourne folk duo April Maze are racking up thousands of views with their rendition of iconic Aussie song ‘Waltzing Matilda’, with lyrics they’ve penned about the toll of Australia ...

"Waltzing Matilda" was sung by soldiers in the First World War trenches. John Williamson, a country singer who often leads sporting crowds in a rousing singalong, said: "That song is our number ...

Christina Macpherson, of Dagworth Station, wrote a tune for Waltzing Matilda. So, Paterson's sale of the book's copyright to his publisher was registered in NSW on January 12, 1903 as No. 03/1725.

John Collinson was the first person to record the famous ballad Waltzing Matilda in 1926, but his voice was only discovered by chance. He grew up in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, but moved to Australia ...

A couple of outback historians, Peter and Sheila Forrest, say the famous poet, Banjo Paterson, wasn't trying to encapsulate the struggle of shearers or pen an allegory for socialism with his ...

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