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Traces the history and cultural politics of creating a national anthem for Australia. Focusing on Advance Australian Fair and Waltzing Matilda, Dibble examines the texts in terms of prosody, rhetoric and vocabulary for their mnemonic characteristics.
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Paper presented at Soundings : Poetry and Poetics, the Third Biennial National Conference on Poetry held in Adelaide from 7-9 November 1997
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'Advance Matilda Fair' or 'How Shall I Remember Thee?'
Subjects:
- Advance Australia Fair 1878 single work poetry
- Waltzing Matilda : Carrying a Swag 1895 single work poetry
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