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Titles tagged with ‘ballads’

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Along the Road to Gundagai music – 1931

This is a famous recording of one of Australia’s most popular songs.

Jack O’Hagan: Vocalist Composer historical – 1931

Multi-talented artist Jack O’Hagan performs five songs for Frank Thring’s series of variety shorts, Efftee Entertainers, including 'The Road to Gundagai’.

Love Song short film – 1998

In this animated short film, a singing punk rat tries his luck in the game of love.

National Treasures – ‘Waltzing Matilda’ Song Sheet documentary – 2004

How did the music and lyrics come together to make our most iconic of national songs?

Waltzing Matilda music – 1926

This was the first recording of Australia’s national song.

Wrap Me Up With My Stockwhip and Blanket music – 1936

New Zealand-born Tex Morton created an awareness that country and western music could be an Australian form as much as it was an American form.