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Issue Details: First known date: 1947... 1947 Singing to the Cattle
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Elliott identifies the origins of the bush ballad in the oral folk-life of nineteenth century Australians. Examining the various immigrant ballads and shearers' ballads that were passed from singer to singer, Elliott compares them with traditional literary ballads to demonstrate how the bush ballad adapted earlier forms.

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