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Thread #172936 Message #4208704
Posted By: Rain Dog
22-Sep-24 - 07:40 AM
Thread Name: BBC Radio This week 2024
Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2024
"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.