Aussie Map
OZ-traliana

Links to pages containing real true-blue content for all of us to be proud of. Here we can admire our Heritage, Folklore and Language - on-line in Cyberspace hopefully soon from all corner of our Island continent - from the "Dingy little office" in the 'Big Smoke' to the old Humpy somewhere in the great Australian bush. Check 'em out - these pages are built by Australians for all Aussies and the world top see .........

The Poems of "Banjo" Paterson
at
www.uq.edu.au/~mlwham/banjo/

An excellent Personal site at the University of Queensland.
Click to proceed past the Hosts security (?) :-) It's worth it !

Originally I had a lot more here - but most of it ended up as dead links - Is nobody interested in keeping these sites up for our Grandkids (?)
Anyway for now this is all I have - let me have new links if you know 'em

:-) Hans
Other Australiana Links and Resources:
Australia Day Australia Day Celebrations & Information
Official Gov site
Indigenous Australia Storytelling is an integral part of life for Indigenous Australians. From an early age, storytelling plays a vital role in educating children.
The stories at the Australian Museum website help to explain how the land came to be shaped and inhabited, how to behave and why, where to find certain foods, etc.
AUS Flag by John WilliamsonJohn Williamson's Website

includes his AUS Flag ideas
photograhy copyright Alex BondWestern Australia

Photography by Alex Bond

perfection with an old wooden Plate Camera in Country Western Australia by a master of his craft
LetterBox by Helen Windussimages of Australia

by Helen Winduss
I would love to see more here -
should you know any other resources that are suitable - any such links for consideration. Should you need hosting space or need help with putting a site together - same applies :-)

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Waltzing Matilda
To see the words, music score(s) and listen to the music CLICK HERE
  • Humpin' the Bluey Pty Ltd - The International home of Waltzing Matilda
    Although a commercial site, has good background material on the song. Has an image of Paterson's manuscript of the poem as well as one of Christina Macpherson's manuscript of the original music.
  • Roger Clarke's Waltzing Matilda
    Includes an annotated transcript of the original manuscript of Waltzing Matida, and a lot of information about the poem and song, including a Quicktime audio file of the Queensland version - reproduced here [2kB]: listen here
    a union song !? (yes, Waltzing Matilda was a union protest song!). Gives a little history, the original words, the tune (Queensland version), and a Quicktime audio file - reproduced here [2kB - same as above]: listen here
  • Waltzing Matilda
    Annotated copy of the popular (Cowan) version.
  • Waltzing Matilda
    Quicktime sound file, arr. Philip Heggie (heggie@rmit.edu.au) - Great little production with the words moving along in "bouncing ball" fashion - reproduced here [11kB]: listen here

Text resources


The Endeavour Replica - Her history, her crew, her journeys
The Endeavour Replica
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