Aussie+Music

__Midnight Oil__
Midnight Oil is a very famous Aussie band from the 80's. The lead singer was Peter Garrett, who was recently the Minister for the Environment in the Federal Government. Listen to their famous song **"****Beds are Burning** **"** - click on "more info" to read the lyrics (words). To see Peter Garrett and the band "Midnight Oil" singing the song live click HERE And here is the original [|VIDEO CLIP]

__John Williamson__
Hear some of his famous songs on YouTube: [|True Blue] [|Home Among the Gum Trees] (with pictures)

Song about __Uluru__:
"It's Raining on the Rock" (Article about Uluru - should you climb it or not?????) Article and video about 25th anniversary of handing back the rock to the traditional owners.

__Famous Songs about Australia__
[|The Land Down Under] by Men at Work (click on "more info" on the right to see all the lyrics) and click HERE to read about the legal battle over the music of that song. Another story on [|ABC Online] about the copyright issue - with a video from the ABC news and video/audio files of the 2 songs: "The Land Down Under" and "Kookaburra sits in the Old Gumtree". [|Solid Rock] by Goanna Band [|I am / You are / We are Australian] (with lyrics) [|Great Southern Land] by Icehouse (1989) The Sounds of Then / This is Australia by GANGgajang - "This is Australia" [|ANOTHER VERSION] with lyrics and a slideshow of Australian images.

Our National Songs (official and unofficial)
[|**Advance Australia Fair**] : The National Anthem sung by Julie Anthony and Human Nature at the opening of the Sydney 2000 Olymipics, with slideshow of Australian images Here is a story from ABC 7.30 Report about a [|NEW version of Advance Australia Fair] that was written by Judith Durham (from the famous folk band "The Seekers"). This link will take you to the [|new lyrics]. **Waltzing Matilda** : [|YouTube Video] - with Rolf Harris singing and explanation and pictures. ([|Banjo Patterson] wrote this song) and here is [|another version] by the famous country and western singer, Slim Dusty. Here is a very interesting site on the ABC website which explores the whole background story to the song "Waltzing Matilda" [|THE MATILDA MYTH]

Songs about Australia's Birds and Animals
John Williamson "[|Old Man Emu] " Children's song: "[|Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gumtree]" and here are the [|words] of this song Rolf Harris "[|Tie me Kangaroo Down] " and go to the [|Wikipedia entry] on this song to find out why the contoversial 4th verse is not included in the "official version" This is a great site to find out about Aussie animals: [|www.australianfauna.com] and you can try this [|online quiz]

Slim Dusty
Slim Dusty, one of the most famous Australian Country Music singers, was born in Kempsey (just south of Coffs Harbour) in 1927. He died in 2003. Video clip of Slim singing The Pub With No Beer with Gordon Parsons, who lived in this area and wrote the song about a pub in the Nambucca area (Taylors Arm) However, this website [] claims it was written about a Queensland pub.

__ Missy Higgins __
Interview from 2008: [] Songs: "The Special Two" http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Ld5j8vSWz7w