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'Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport was a hit song in the 1960s for Rolf Harris in Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States, and remains strong in the memories of all who have heard it then and since. Now, with this self-illustrated hardback book, Rolf brings the story to a new generation. Featuring Rolf's distinctive painting style, the book will appeal to readers old and young. Those familiar with the song will sing along as they read, while readers new to the story will delight in the story detailing the exploits of the 'old Australian stockman lying, dying' and his menagerie of iconic Aussie animals.' (Publication summary)
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'A picture book based on the classic Rolf Harris song, Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport. Featuring illustrations and an audio recording on CD by Rolf Harris.' (Provided by publisher)
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Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
Sydney
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Castle Music
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1960
6386771
1960
single work
lyric/song
'There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying,
and he gets himself up on one elbow,
and he turns to his mates,
who are gathered 'round him and he says...' (Introductory lyrics)
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Cultural Creep
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Winter no. 36 2012; (p. 118-131) 'TODAY it would be called a reality show, but in the early 1950s the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Incognito was billed as light entertainment. Alas, no recording of the radio program survives in the corporation's vast audio archive. Nor does it earn a mention in Ken Inglis's two-volume authorised history of the ABC. Yet Incognito is one of the most influential programs the national broadcaster has ever put to air, if only because it caught the ear of the Melbourne-based critic AA Phillips. The idea, thought Phillips, was quaint enough: to pit a local artist against a foreign guest, with the audience asked to adjudicate. Occasionally, listeners would favour the home-grown performer, thus producing 'a nice glow of patriotic satisfaction'. The program, however, was founded on the belittling premise that 'the domestic product will be worse than the imported article.' Phillips coined a neat description for this 'disease of the Australian mind' and immediately his aphorism, described in a 1950 Meanjin essay of the same name, took hold: 'the cultural cringe'.' (Author's introduction)
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport 2008 single work picture book -
[Untitled]
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 32)
— Review of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport 2008 single work picture book -
Tie That Funny Man Down, Sport
2008
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column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 November 2008; (p. 24-25) -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 88 no. 3 2008; (p. 38)
— Review of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport 2008 single work picture book
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 88 no. 3 2008; (p. 38)
— Review of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport 2008 single work picture book -
[Untitled]
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 23 no. 5 2008; (p. 32)
— Review of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport 2008 single work picture book -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 22)
— Review of Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport 2008 single work picture book -
Tie That Funny Man Down, Sport
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 22 November 2008; (p. 24-25) -
Who Am I? How Is My Soul Stirred?
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Social Semiotics , vol. 16 no. 4 2006; (p. 553-571) -
Cultural Creep
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Winter no. 36 2012; (p. 118-131) 'TODAY it would be called a reality show, but in the early 1950s the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Incognito was billed as light entertainment. Alas, no recording of the radio program survives in the corporation's vast audio archive. Nor does it earn a mention in Ken Inglis's two-volume authorised history of the ABC. Yet Incognito is one of the most influential programs the national broadcaster has ever put to air, if only because it caught the ear of the Melbourne-based critic AA Phillips. The idea, thought Phillips, was quaint enough: to pit a local artist against a foreign guest, with the audience asked to adjudicate. Occasionally, listeners would favour the home-grown performer, thus producing 'a nice glow of patriotic satisfaction'. The program, however, was founded on the belittling premise that 'the domestic product will be worse than the imported article.' Phillips coined a neat description for this 'disease of the Australian mind' and immediately his aphorism, described in a 1950 Meanjin essay of the same name, took hold: 'the cultural cringe'.' (Author's introduction)
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