Andersons Coast HISTORY req pls

Subject: Andersons Coast HISTORY req pls
From: jojofolkagogo
Date: 17 Aug 09 - 02:07 PM

I know and sing this song, but what I want is the history, supposed to be a true event, so:

When did it happen ?
Who did it happen to?

and any other interesting facts you may know, many thanks to our vastly intelligent readers !!!

Jo

Subject: RE: Andersons Coast HISTORY req pls
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 17 Aug 09 - 02:17 PM

"Anderson's Coast" by John Warner.
Lyrics and discussion of the event in thread 28294.

Anderson's Coast

Subject: RE: Andersons Coast HISTORY req pls
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Aug 09 - 05:08 PM

Jo-

You might also visit John Warner's website and consult his CD notes. John always has a good sense of what he is composing and singing.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Andersons Coast HISTORY req pls
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Aug 09 - 05:10 PM

Oh, and here's a link to Warner's website: Click here for website!

Anderson's Coast is, indeed, a fine ballad.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Andersons Coast HISTORY req pls
From: Andrez
Date: 17 Aug 09 - 05:45 PM

Sad to say, there is a lot of development planned to happen in the area that is Anderson's coast so the reality might be a bit different from the images the ballad evokes. In the words of another well known bard:

"Dont it always seem to go
That you dont know what youve got
Till its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot"

Cheers,

Andrez

Subject: RE: Andersons Coast HISTORY req pls
From: Tangledwood
Date: 18 Aug 09 - 04:35 AM

Jo, more of the history is included in this thread
Note that Eileen Ann Moore has written an additional verse which completes the story, that is, the shipwrecked convicts rescued a lost explorer and were pardoned. The explorer was Pawe³ Edmund Strzelecki. Some of his history is on wikipedia which will give you a date, but sadly no mention of the Anderson's coast story.

Subject: RE: Andersons Coast HISTORY req pls
From: jojofolkagogo
Date: 22 Aug 09 - 10:43 AM

Many thanks to you all, I have flitted around to the other threads and web sites, and got much more info.

I knew you would come up trumps !