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Dedication: Waltzing Matilda and Other Nursery Rhymes is dedicated to my supportive family: Bill, Karen, Rick and Ashleigh, Sydney. John, Belinda and Tallulah, Cairns. Tim and Sandra, Charters Towers.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Kynuna,
Winton area,
Far North Queensland,
Queensland,:Matilda Expo
, 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Waltzing Matilda "Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong," Waltzing Matilda : Carrying a Swagi"Oh! there once was a swagman camped in the billabong,", single work poetry (p. 70)
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Freedom on the Wallabyi"Australia's a big country",
single work
poetry
(p. 71)According to Colin Roderick, the poem was inspired by shearing disputes in Western Queensland and written for William Lane, at this time editor of the Brisbane Worker. Several versions of the poem exist.
- Allegorical Transumption of Waltzing Matilda, single work criticism (p. 75-77)
- Banjo's Testimoniali"The swagman's called a muster", single work poetry (p. 80)
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