More books by this author. Category: History. ISBN: The Colony Grace Karskens. Australians Thomas Keneally. Australians Volume 2 Thomas Keneally. Australians volume 3 Thomas Keneally. The Anzac Girls Peter Rees. The title was Australian slang for travelling on foot waltzing with one's belongings in a "matilda" swag slung over one's back.
The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", making a drink of billy tea at a bush camp and capturing a stray jumbuck sheep to eat. When the jumbuck's owner, a squatter landowner , and three mounted policemen pursue the swagman for theft, he declares "You'll never catch me alive! According to the National Library of Australia:. As he was waiting for his water to boil to make himself a billy tea, a jumbuck sheep came along which he steals by placing into his knapsack.
However, as the owner came up with three policemen asking what was in his knapsack, he jumps into the waterhole and drowns and continues to haunt the site as a ghost. Due to the extensive list associated with it, the Waltzing Matilda Centre was built in Winton, Queensland. Unfortunately, in , the shearers at Dagworth Station went on strike once again, firing rifles and pistols in the air as the strike turned violent.
During this strike, over sheep were killed as the Dagworth Homestead woolshed was set on fire. Following the wealthy losing their social significance, the federal convention constructed a constitution for Australia, allowing Australia to gain independence in During his stay, Bob took Paterson around the station; stopping by the Combo Waterhole, Bob and Paterson found the skin of a recently killed sheep, guessing someone had made a meal of it.
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