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The Bulletin National Song Competition
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History

Offered by the Bulletin in a call for a national song. An article in the Double Christmas issue states that : 'Hitherto Australia has had no national song as Canada has; even in the schools of Australia different so called national songs are sung in different States. In his travels abroad Mr. J. Me-, Rae, Acting-Director of Education in Victoria, was struck by the fervor with which the Canadian song was sung in the schools throughout the Dominion, and he decided to move the next Conference of Directors of Education to choose one song for all Australia...To stimulate competition it offered prizes of £25, £10 and £5. (http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-604982113)

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Year: 1933

winner Australia i "Dear land of sunshine, wide and free,", White Heather , 1932 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 December vol. 53 no. 2757 1932; (p. 2) The Bulletin , 11 January vol. 54 no. 2761 1933; (p. 2)
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