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"Under the Milky Way" is a single by Australian alternative rock band the church, and appears on their fifth studio album Starfish. The song won 'single of the Year' at the ARIA music awards of 1989.
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Friday Essay: Under the Milky Way – How a ‘beautiful Accident’ of a Song Was Born and Became an Anthem
2022
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 11 November 2022;'Smiths Lake is a languid tidal inlet on the Australian east coast, flanked by gentle slopes of thick, eucalypt rainforest. Since time immemorial, this has been Worimi Aboriginal Country. Across a mile of shallow sandbars, warm seawater flows, twice a day. An eternal planetary rhythm fills and empties the lake.' (Introduction)
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Steve Kilbey Joins Gina Williams to Sing Under The Milky Way in Noongar Language
2016
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2016; 'Perth singer Gina Williams is committed to preserving the Noongar language through music, and a chance meeting with The Church's Steve Kilbey led to them unexpectedly performing an Australian classic together. ...'
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Steve Kilbey Joins Gina Williams to Sing Under The Milky Way in Noongar Language
2016
single work
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2016; 'Perth singer Gina Williams is committed to preserving the Noongar language through music, and a chance meeting with The Church's Steve Kilbey led to them unexpectedly performing an Australian classic together. ...' -
Friday Essay: Under the Milky Way – How a ‘beautiful Accident’ of a Song Was Born and Became an Anthem
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 11 November 2022;'Smiths Lake is a languid tidal inlet on the Australian east coast, flanked by gentle slopes of thick, eucalypt rainforest. Since time immemorial, this has been Worimi Aboriginal Country. Across a mile of shallow sandbars, warm seawater flows, twice a day. An eternal planetary rhythm fills and empties the lake.' (Introduction)