Once a jolly swagman : the ballad of Waltzing Matilda / Matthew Richardson.
Publication details: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2006.Description: x, 230 p. : ill., map ; 19 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 3 1/8 in.)ISBN:- 9780522853087
- 0522853080
- Ballad of Waltzing Matilda
- Waltzing Matilda (Song)
- Waltzing Matilda
- Waltzing Matilda
- Waltzing Matilda
- Waltzing Matilda (Song)
- Geschichte 1895-1970
- National songs
- Songs, English
- Rezeption
- Folklore
- National characteristics, Australian
- Songs, English -- Australia
- National songs -- Australia -- History and criticism
- Folklore -- Australia
- National characteristics, Australian
- Australia
- Folk, Ethnic & World music (Australia)
- 782.4215990269 22
- ML2851.A8 R53 2006
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 782.421 RIC | Available | 065714 |
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 225-227.
Machine derived contents note: Preface vii -- Waltzing Matilda Country -- Up Came the Squatters 14 -- The Composer and the Poet 13 -- Swagmen 44 -- The Long Long Arm of the Law 5-6 -- Making a Song 64 -- What Does it Mean? 86 -- Centuries in the Making? io6 -- From the Billabong to the World 130 -- Up Jumped the Experts 148 -- Anthems and Nationalism 168 -- Dangers of Drowning I77 -- See For Yourself 196 -- His Ghost May Be Heard 107.
Waltzing Matilda is the one song that belongs to all Australians. It has been bringing people together since 1895, when Banjo Patterson wrote the words to it. This book asks what the song means to the nation.
Includes sound disc of: Once a jolly swagman : the ballad of Waltzing Matilda.
