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Poetry Extra - Adventures in Poetry - Waltzing Matilda

"Poet Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive this time with an Australian theme: Adventures in Poetry - Waltzing Matilda.

Was "the alternative Australian national anthem" written as a political statement or a way of impressing a girl?

Peggy Reynolds examines Banjo Paterson's lyric Waltzing Matilda, with help from some contemporary Australian voices.

Producer Christine Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010."