Now some of you may laugh at this, BUT!!

ROLF HARRIS and his "Sun Arise" was much beloved of both myself and my Mother - it played on ABC radio back in the very early 60's. I believe it was written by both Rolf and naturalist, Harry Butler and used authentic corroboree chant. It got to No. 1 on the charts in England!! This piece of music also drew other later acts to the aboriginal influence - such as Kate Bush and (hard as it is to believe) Alice Cooper. Rolf has also contributed to a Sanskrit version of it ...

Ah, just found a net reference : http://users.durge.org/~rich/rolf/sun.html but there are other sites of relevance too ...

Cheers! R-J

PS I am also in the process of obtaining the Creole version of Waltzing Matilda, as sung by the Mills Sisters of Darwin and written by their late Uncle, Val McGuinness.
The BEST version !!!

PPS Ted Egan's "Gurindji Blues" was also a VERY important song - (Mum and I also loved this one from the ABC radio playings too) - deals with the Wattie Creek strikes and Lord Vestey stuff.