I just discovered this ancient thread on various aspects of 'Waltzing Matilda'. (It was the *sole* link that MetaCrawler turned up for 'The Gay Fusilier' - apart from gay sites, of course). Thanks to Alan from Australia for providing precisely the answers I needed, which naturally originated with Richard Magoffin.

One of the postings in this thread back in '98 raided my 'Waltzing Matilda' site - "the original and most authoritative site", trust me (:-)} - without giving the URL, which I thought was poor form.

Enhancements to my site are always very welcome!! http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/WM/