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y separately published work icon Song of the Women of the Menero Tribe single work   lyric/song  
Alternative title: Song of the Women of the Monaro Tribe
Note: Music arranged by Mr Pearson, Mr Josephson and Mr Sippe.
Issue Details: First known date: 1834... 1834 Song of the Women of the Menero Tribe
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Notes

  • Some version of the music score held by Mitchell Library. (Trove record)

Production Details

  • Original score published Sydney, [1835]. (Trove record)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: A Song of the Menero Tribe
Notes:
In Australian Aboriginal language with English and German translations. (Trove record)
Notes:
Published in late November 1834 at the cost of one shilling and sixpence. An advertisement for the printed song, under the title A Song of the Menero Tribe, was placed by Lhotsky in the Sydney Monitor of 3 December 1834. The advertisement is dated 27 November 1834.
      Sydney, New South Wales,: 1880-1900 .
      Link: U11950Web resource Sighted 19/10/2010
      Extent: 1 score ([2]p.)p.
      Note/s:
      • 'Most humbly inscribed as the first specimen of Australian music to Her Most Gracious Majesty Adelaide, Queen of Great Britain and Hanover.' (Title page, [1880-1900] version)
      • For medium voice and piano. Meant originally to be sung by women. (Trove record)
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Works about this Work

Standing on the Ground and Writing on the Sky : An Indigenous Exploration of Place, Time and Histories Jakelin Troy , 2023 single work essay autobiography
— Appears in: Everywhen : Australia and the Language of Deep History 2023; (p. 37-56)
Published at This Establishment John Lhotsky , 1834 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 3 December vol. 9 no. 747 1834; (p. 1) John Lhotsky advertises the publication of his A Journey from Sydney to the Australian Alps: Undertaken in the Months of January, February, and March, 1834 and A Song of the Menero Tribe. He includes his rationale for initially publishing the former in single sheets, rather than in its new format as a bound volume.
Published at This Establishment John Lhotsky , 1834 single work advertisement
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 3 December vol. 9 no. 747 1834; (p. 1) John Lhotsky advertises the publication of his A Journey from Sydney to the Australian Alps: Undertaken in the Months of January, February, and March, 1834 and A Song of the Menero Tribe. He includes his rationale for initially publishing the former in single sheets, rather than in its new format as a bound volume.
Standing on the Ground and Writing on the Sky : An Indigenous Exploration of Place, Time and Histories Jakelin Troy , 2023 single work essay autobiography
— Appears in: Everywhen : Australia and the Language of Deep History 2023; (p. 37-56)
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Subjects:
  • Monaro, Cooma area, Cooma - Snowy - Bombala area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
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