Thanks, Sandra.
A key point about printed sources during the 19th century in relation to Australia is that -- the American fast clippers could get the sheet music here faster than the British ships could.
However even with this in mind, my studies of popular songs(early 1800s to 1870ish)show a much larger proportion of sheet-music written by Americans like Henry Clay Work, Stephen Foster, William Shakespeare Hays etc. in Australia than songs by English composers. Not that I actually count them but I've always had the inclination to seek out sources and piece together old puzzles.
Cheers, Joy from near one of the Valleys-of-Plenty.