Aussie music legend Slim Dusty sings his song, ‘The Melbourne Cup’.
Almanac Music: Australian Place Name Songs
July 28, 2023 by 52 Comments
This week, the theme in KD’s ongoing series concerning popular songs is ‘Australian Place Name Songs’; in other words, any song highlighting an Australian place name is relevant. As usual, readers contributions are warmly welcomed.
Almanac (Pub) Life: My Humpty Doo Hotel
July 20, 2023 by 15 Comments
Grace Mackenzie is the inaugural Kevin Densley Scholar. She loves being in pubs, and working in pubs. This year she’ll tell the story of a few she loves. A Territory girl, now living in Melbourne, she starts her series with the famous Humpty Doo Hotel just outside of Darwin.
Almanac Music: Australian Country Music
April 8, 2022 by 10 Comments
In this Friday’s post, KD looks at Australian country music, especially the kind of songs his father listened to when he was a kid.
The Lake Lap
January 11, 2021 by 10 Comments
‘Tis the season for getting on the sun-drenched bitumen! Mickey Randall relays a quirky family tradition amid the memories of driving around Lake Bonney.
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