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Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 By the Billabong
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Magoffin visits the Combo Hole, a billabong he asserts is associated with 'Waltzing Matilda'. He visualises the night the song was written during Paterson's visit to Dagworth in January, 1895 and presents some of Paterson's own recollections

Notes

  • Includes two photographs of the Combo waterhole.

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Last amended 1 Feb 2018 10:07:38
Subjects:
  • Winton area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
  • 1895
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