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South Australia" (Roud 325) is a sea shanty and folk song, also known under such titles as "Rolling King" and "Bound for South Australia". As an original worksong it was sung in a variety of trades, including being used by the wool and later the wheat traders who worked the clipper ships between Australian ports and London .
Sydney Lyric is a theatre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of The Star complex. The theatre is used for large scale musicals, theatre productions, concerts, opera and ballet. Formerly the Lyric Theatre, the venue changed to its current name in late 2011.
Eric Bogle was born on 23 September 1944 in Peebles, Scotland.His father was a railway signalman who played the bagpipes. [1] [2] Bogle started writing poetry when he was eight years old. [2]
"I Wonder What They're Doing (in Sydney Today)" (Mick Thomas) Michael Thomas "I'll Be in Sydney Tonight" JR Williams "In the Valley" Midnight Oil "Khe Sanh" (Don Walker) Cold Chisel Atlantic records Single (April 1978) "Larrikin Town" *(Keith Glass) Keith Glass "Lights of Sydney Town" (Alistair Hulett) Roaring Jack "Liverpool Street" (Big Five ...
Douglas John Parkinson (30 October 1946 – 15 March 2021) [1] was an Australian pop and rock singer. He led the bands Strings and Things/A Sound (1965), the Questions (1966–1968), Doug Parkinson in Focus (1968–1970, 1971), Fanny Adams (1970–1971), the Life Organisation (1973), Southern Star Band (1978–1980) and Doug Parkinson Band (1981–1983).
"Waltzing Matilda", often regarded as Australia's unofficial national anthem, is a quintessential early Australian country song, influenced more by Celtic folk ballads than by US country and western music. The lyrics were composed by the poet Banjo Paterson in 1895.
The song sung today has the musical form AABA and is sung to the same tune as Marie Cowan's "Waltzing Matilda", published in Sydney, Australia, in 1903. The lyrics describe events as happening in Rochester, England, during the reign of Queen Anne, 1702 to 1714.
In 1992, Hey Hey It's Saturday broadcast an episode from Australia's latest theme park, Warner Brothers Movie World, situated in Gold Coast, Queensland. During their time there, the Hey Hey crew made a 45-minute feature film in just seven days. The film was titled "Silence of the Hams" and featured all the current cast members of the show.