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y separately published work icon Australia the Wide and the Free : A National Song single work   lyric/song   "A song for Australia, the wide and the free will I sing while the cup passes round"
Issue Details: First known date: 1842... 1842 Australia the Wide and the Free : A National Song
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Notes

  • 'As sung at the great Civic Dinner December 21st, 1842.' (Cover)
  • Dedication: Composed and respectfully inscribed to the Right Worshipful John Hosking, Mayor of Sydney.
  • For voice and piano.

Production Details

  • First produced at the Royal Hotel, Sydney, New South Wales at a Dinner given by the Mayor, John Hosking, 21 December 1842.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1842

Works about this Work

The Mayor's Dinner 1842 single work column
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 22 December vol. 4 no. 488 1842; (p. 2)
The Mayor's Dinner 1842 single work column
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 22 December vol. 4 no. 488 1842; (p. 2)
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