hi beer to broomers.
dad wrote the song when he was a uni student at melbourne uni in the late 60s. he was a big fan of folk,ppm etc. he entered it in a melbourne writing comp against a field of anti war protest songs. i think it got second place. later, Peter lived and worked in NE Victoria, and had a successful bluegrass band, called buffalo grass. out side his regular career. there was one try hard who attempted to copyright dads song once, dad defended and blocked him in court. and of course it refers to broome NT. it did appear on a record in the early 80s. i will repost if i can find out the name.