G'day
As Alison said Jim Low writes some lovely songs in Aussie settings, no CD but he has produced some cassettes of his songs. You can find him here.

You may also enjoy the CD "Pithead In The Fern" by Margaret Walters & John Warner. This CD features songs written by John (an excellent song writer) about a coal mining area set in ferny Gippsland, part of the Aussie state of Victoria. Margaret & John are backed up by some very talented musicians on this CD. You should be able to contact them at

Feathers and Wedge
PO Box 615
Glebe NSW
Australia 2037

John & Margaret have just released a new CD which I haven't got yet called "Who Was Here?". This is mostly John's songs again but with others written by people like Ewan MacColl, Fred Small and includes John Dengate's "Song of the Sheet Metal Worker" which as Alison mentioned above is in the Digitrad database.

Speaking of John Dengate If you are interested in his CD he can be contacted at dengate@ozemail.com.au.

Helen,
G'day from Sydney. No I'm not from the top end but I did mention that I'd been to Darwin recently. Darwin, Kakadu etc. in the dry season (winter for northern hemisphere people) is fantastic. Every day was about 32 degrees (celsius, 90 fahrenheit) and incredible scenery. That was my plug for Aussie tourism.

Cheers,
Alan