Waltzing Matilda: Australia's Accidental Anthem - Royal Historical Society of Victoria

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Waltzing Matilda: Australia’s Accidental Anthem

May 18, 2021 @ 6:30 pm

Free

The song that started as an accidental collaboration in outback Queensland in 1895 caused the death of a seven-year relationship and went on to inspire a nation during WWII.

Author and criminal barrister Benjamin Lindner presents a forensic history of the events, the people and the places that led to the writing of Australia’s most famous song.

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