Does anyone know any song from Australia that describes the land and/or the people?

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tuppenybitz

Raining on the rock by John Williamson

for that matter all of Johns songs are about the Australia and its people
great music!

â€¢ Koala â€¢ uÊop É¹Çpun

Anything by Slim Dusty - a true Aussie and great singer.

go to http://www.slimdusty.com.au/releases.html and see his song titles, you can tell from that how 'Aussie' his songs are

Examples:::
Track listing... The Road To Gundagai / I'm Going Back Again To Yarrawonga / The Man From The Never Never / That Old Bush Shanty Of Mine, Click Go The Shears / The Overlander Trail / Waltzing Matilda, A Pub With No Beer, Goodbye Melbourne Town / Botany Bay, Rover No More / Oh, Sydney I Love You / Back To Croajingalong / Beer Barrel Polka, The Bells Of St Mary's, Boomerang / Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport / Where The Dog Sits On The Tucker Box, Keep The Homefires Burning / Pack Up Your Troubles / A Brown Slouch Hat / It's A Long Way To Tipperary, The Answer To A Pub With No Beer, The Whispering Bush / Little Boy Lost / Suvla Bay, Bless This House, The Old Sundowner / The Silver In My Mother's Hair / Now Is The Hour

Unfortunately Slim passed away in 2003 - but his music will live on!

tentofield

"I am/we are Australian" by Bruce Woodley and Dobe Newton.

wilo_chick

Great Southern Land-Icehouse or Sounds of Then-Gangajang

AviationOnline.com.au

Two personify Australia - "We Are Australian" and "Great Southern Land".

You should be able to get the lyrics for both from the Web.

qldtravelguru

actually a poem by Dorothea McKeller called i love a sunburnt country probably sums up the counry and way of life better than any song... you should check it out

seaninjapan

Yes.

Waltzing Matilda is a good song that describes some of the land, you will find the word billabong and wonder what it might mean. This song also tells a story of a tramp down on his luck. Some would say that this song is the unofficial National Anthem of Australia.

down_under_lover_forever2006

Yep, another song besides "Raining on the Rock" is "True Blue"

Made me crying when I heard it the first time

West Aussie Chick

First thing that pops to my mind is Men at Work's I come From A Land Downunder!!

Or as the prevoius answerers have said...anything by John Williamson. Give me a Home Among The Gum Trees etc.

Waltzing Matilda or Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree are really Aussie as well.

Check out this link...it has a few Australian songs on it. http://www.gigglepotz.com/f_songs2.htm

Or of course there is our National Anthem ...Advance Australia Fair....http://www.imagesaustralia.com/australiannationalanthem.htm

x-honey-x

i come from a land down under. im not sure who sings it

Elizabeth

All of the above, except for one, have good answers to your question.
Some of the songs mentioned, are very Australian, you may need an interpreter for them. :)

Meatball ;)

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