G'day Bruce,

Yes, there does seem to be a recent willingness in Australia to look at the early 20th century material, the sort of thing the surviving old players like to play ... rather than the clearly 'folky' 19th century bushranger, convict, goldminer, shearer & drover songs.

He Played His Ukelele as the Ship Went Down is popular with old players like Dave Matthias of Forbes - who taught it to Rob Willis - whose "Carrawobitty Tapes" circulated a lot of popular old music to ear players in the last decade or so.

Good tunes a good tune ...

Regards,

Bob Bolton