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Thread #117979 Message #2547646
Posted By: wyrdolafr
24-Jan-09 - 03:52 AM
Thread Name: transportation escapee songs?
Subject: RE: transportation escapee songs?
Jim Carroll wrote: "They may be Australian songs to you, but not to us on this side of the ball."
I think you're misunderstanding me and there's some wires crossed somewhere. I'm speaking of how these songs might fit in with Australia's identity, which is very different than my saying that these are specifically 'Australian songs'.
Yes, of course there's some tradition of transportation songs in the countries where people were transported from, but surely that takes a different meaning from an Australian perspective. Australians I'd assume are (rightly) proud and fond of their country, rather than seeing it as the God-forsaken destination in prison-related songs.