Songs About Australia or the Australian People

This is a song by an indie group, but it mentions a few cultural things in Australia, like eskies, barbecuing and the famous chant at rugby games. There are a lot of footnotes on the page of the song itself explaining the references.

This is cheating but it still belongs here. The song is a tiny bit controversial as there is a bit of protesting by indigenous Australians to choose a new, more inclusive song for the national anthem.

This song is originally performed by Aboriginal band Warumpi band about Australia. It was covered by Christine Anu about the Torres Strait Islands where she is from. Her version is probably the more famous one.

This song was written by Goanna after taking a 10 day trip to Uluru.

This is a very famous Australian folk song. It was originally written in 1921 by Jack O'Hagan and first recorded by Peter Dawson. More info here. Gundagai is a town in New South Wales.

A folk-country song about the town of Camooweal in Queensland.

This song is about the aboriginal soldiers in World War 1. It also talks about David Arden's ancestor who is from Framlingham in Victoria.

This song is an autobiographical song written by The Go-Betweens' vocalist about returning home to his mother's farm in Queensland. The song was chosen in 2001 as one of the top 30 Australian songs of all time.

This song is a protest song in favour of giving land back to the Pintupi people. Kintore, Northern Territory, the land that the Pintupi people returned to and created a settlement in is mentioned by name, as well as Yuendumu, a town in Northern Territory known for its community of Aboriginal artists. The song also mentions the Australian car company, Holden.

A country song about two friends who aren't getting any business where they were living so they packed up and moved to Queensland for a better start.

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