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Discover Australia through the words of Captain James Cook in the Journal of the H.M.S. Endeavour, get to know Australia's first prime minister, Sir Edmund Barton, through his papers, or find out how Australia's most iconic song 'Waltzing Matilda' came into being.

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July Curator's Choice

This score was published in 1908. The score is for voice and piano, with chorus. The Library has digitised other patriotic music by W. R. Furlong, including Australians of Australia and Uphold the sports of our land.