Waltzing Matilda manuscript notated by Christina Macpherson [manuscript]. [ca. 1895]

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Waltzing Matilda manuscript notated by Christina Macpherson [manuscript]. [ca. 1895]

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Manuscript of the melody and verses of the song Waltzing Matilda, notated by Christina Macpherson, ca.1895. The manuscript was loaned by the Bartlam-Roulston Families to Richard Magoffin for display in his Waltzing Matilda Expo in Kynuna, Queensland, from 1994-2006. Material relating to Magoffin's research on the origins of the song is held in the Magoffin Papers (MS 9753). A subsequent draft by Macpherson of the Waltzing Matilda music and lyrics is held in the Christina Macpherson Papers (MS 9065), together with related papers.

0.03 metres (1 folio bag)

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Paterson, A.B. (Andrew Barton), 1864-1941

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Poet, journalist, solicitor. "Banjo" Paterson served in World War I as an ambulance driver in the Australian Hospital, Bourlogne, 1914-15. In 1915 he joined the Australian Remount Service in Egypt and Palestine. By the end of the War he had risen to the rank of Major. From the description of Letters [manuscript]. 1915-1920. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225827724 This poem by Banjo Paterson was first published in the Bulletin of 1900 May 19. It is reprinted in V...

Macpherson, Christina Rutherford, 1864-1936

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In 1895, whilst staying with her brother near Winton, Queensland, Christina Macpherson played a tune she had heard the previous year at the Warrnambool races. Banjo Paterson, who was listening, decided to make up some words to the music. In its various forms Waltzing Matilda has become Australia's best known folksong. From the description of Waltzing Matilda manuscript notated by Christina Macpherson [manuscript]. [ca. 1895] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 271914622 ...