Song of the kooyanna : a native bird of Australia |
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| Title : | Song of the kooyanna : a native bird of Australia |
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| Creator : | Mrs W.P.A. | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Adelaide | ||
| Publisher : | S. Marshall | ||
| Date of creation : | [between 1865 and 1880?] | ||
| Additional Creator : | Ellie | ||
| Format : | Sheet music | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
The bush and images of native flora and fauna have appeared in folk, popular and classical music traditions. There is a strong tradition of music celebrating place and cultivating sentiments attached to home or the physical environment. The cover states 'Australian bird called by the Aborigines "Kooyanna" and popularly known as the "Laughing Jackass", is a bird of the Kingfisher tribe'. |
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| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Further reading : | Holmes, Robyn. The collector's book of sheet music covers, Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2001 From Colonel Light into the footlights : the performing arts in South Australia from 1836 to the present Norwood, S. Aust. : Pagel Books, 1988 |
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