G'day,
A longer answer coming after I get time to type it offline.

John Dengate, an old mate of mine, has a recently released CD called "The Follies of Pollies" which I have in front of me. It is a great CD of John's own songs, parodies and political satire, but not really poignant.

Chris Kempster, another old mate, (OK I'm a name dropper) is the one who wrote the tune for "Reedy River" on Priscilla Herdman's Water Lily album. The book mentioned by Helen has quite a few poignant poems by Henry Lawson set to music by many people including yours truly. (Modest too).

Barry,
If you want to email me the name & address of the bloke in West Geelong I might be able to call on him at Christmas time. Geelong is about 900km from here (Sydney) but I grew up there & get back sometimes. COME ON THE CATS!!! Sorry, Geelong's Aussie Rules football team is currently on top of the ladder. We like our games FAST in some parts of OZ.

Cheers,
Alan
alan.foster@tpgi.com.au