Waltzing Matilda
Australia's Accidental Anthem
$34.79
- Paperback
380 pages
- Release Date
12 February 2019
Summary
This song that started as an accidental collaboration in outback Queensland in 1895 caused the death of a seven-year relationship and went on to inspire a nation during World War II, following Banjo Paterson’s death in 1941.Waltzing Matilda Australia’s Accidental Anthem written by a criminal barrister, is a forensic history of the events, the people and the places that led to the writing of Australia’s internationally famous song. This evidence-based approach dispels many of the myths and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925877076 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925877078 |
| Author: | W. Benjamin Lindner, Geoffrey Blainey |
| Publisher: | Boolarong Press |
| Imprint: | Boolarong Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 380 |
| Release Date: | 12 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 523g |
| Dimensions: | 230mm x 150mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
A significant history of the origins of the song, it will probably become a new bible for those who love to argue about facets of Australian nationalism, poetry, and folklore. …Without her (Christina Macpherson) there would have been no waltzing and no Matilda. Lindner’s book virtually clinches this argument.:Geoffrey Blainey AC
About The Author
W. Benjamin Lindner
W. Benjamin Lindner is a criminal barrister who has appeared for the defence of those charged with terrorism offences, murder,drugs, sex and those who play rock & roll. He has appeared on behalf of asylum seekers on Nauru. His practice has extendedfrom working in Alice Springs for the Aboriginal Legal Service to teaching advocacy to lawyers in Samoa, New Guinea, Bangladesh and at the Victorian Bar Reader’s Course.
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