Spirit of Waltzing Matilda Poetry Competition
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

The Spirit of Matilda Poetry Award was sponsored by ABC National Radio to mark the centenary year of "Waltzing Matilda. It was presented by the late Slim Dusty

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1995

winner (Open Section) Swaggie (Spirit of Waltzing Matilda) i "A swaggie's haunting, waltzing down a dimlit city street", Mark Gliori , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 April 1995; (p. 12) Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 5 1998; (p. 41)
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Works About this Award

Bush Poet Captures Winning Spirit of Matilda 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 8-9 April 1995; (p. 12)
Spirit of Matilda Poetry Contest Proves Popular 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 January 1995; (p. 2)
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