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Type - Song
Advance Australia Fair
Ahitereria
Australia
Australia the Wide and Free
Commemoration Ode
Creole Cradle Song
Friday on My Mind
Hail! Men of America, Hail!
Heart's Desire
Stockrider's Song
Sydney Flour Song
The Bush's Secret
Waiata Poi

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Song

Advance Australia Fair

Song composed by Peter Dodds McCormick, first performed in 1878 and made Australia's official national anthem in 1984.

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Ahitereria

Song written by Matiu Campbell.for the 1979 Māori Festival in Sydney.

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Australia

Music composed by Paolo Giorza for the Sydney International Exhibition 1879-80 with words by Henry Kendall.

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Australia the Wide and Free

Song composed by Nathan Isaac, with lyrics by WA Duncan, to celebrate the inaugural Sydney City Council in 1842.

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Commemoration Ode

Ode written by Hugo Alpen in 1899 for Fort Street School's jubilee.

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Creole Cradle Song

Musical composition written by G.H. Clutsam in 1801.

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Friday on My Mind

International hit song performed by Australian rock group The Easybeats, written in 1966 by band members George Young and Harry Vanda.

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Hail! Men of America, Hail!

Song written by Hugo Alpen to welcome the American Fleet in 1908 with words by Roderick Quinn.

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Heart's Desire

Song written by Haydn Wood with words by Anthony Mainwaring.

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Stockrider's Song

Composition by William G James

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Sydney Flour Song

Advertising song broadcast on radio

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The Bush's Secret

Poem by Mary Gilmore which was set to music in 1916 by George Clutsam and published in his Six Songs from the South.

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Waiata Poi

Māori poi song by Alfred Hill

 

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