Papers of Joan Macrae relating to Christina Macpherson, 1885-1990 (bulk 1885-1930) [manuscript]. [1885-1990]

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Papers of Joan Macrae relating to Christina Macpherson, 1885-1990 (bulk 1885-1930) [manuscript]. [1885-1990]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/668969971

MS Acc10.019 comprises papers of Christina Macpherson including a sketch portrait, dance cards, and family photographs; letters to, from, and about Macpherson; documents from Dagworth Station including an original Dagworth account page (1885); Macpherson, McIntosh and McArthur family history materials including photographs from ca. World War I and the 1920s; papers of Joan Macrae relating to the Waltzing Matilda manuscript including letters from Diana Baillieu and Richard Magoffin (3 boxes).

0.45 m. (3 boxes)

Libraries Australia

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SNAC Resource ID: 7962463

Libraries Australia

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McIntosh family.

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MacArthur family.

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Macrae, Joan, 1918-

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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 folk song. Joan Macrae is the great-niece of Christina Macpherson, who collaborated with Banjo Paterson in the writing of Waltzing Matilda. From the de...

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 ...

McPherson family.

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