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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Waltzing Matilda
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'For most of the twentieth century, Waltzing Matilda was arguably the most recognisable Australian song to the world at large. My English mother told me many times how her teacher in post-war Sussex had shared the song with great enthusiasm, and explained what each word meant.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Magpies : Talking About Books for Children vol. 36 no. 3 July 2021 22684668 2021 periodical issue 'There's nothing quite like a picture book for concise truths that reverberate with readers of all ages. Who hasn't, at the end of a class-reading of a new addition to a school or public library, experienced the call for 'more': 'more' of the story, 'more' of a collective sharing of a narrative, 'more' ways of 'seeing' the literary character lift stories to a new level.' (Editor's Comments, Introduction) 2021 pg. 34
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