SONGS THAT MADE AUSTRALIA

THE SPRINGTIME IT BRINGS ON THE SHEARING
JOE WATSON
- talks about shearing conditions in 19th century. recites The Shearer & The Rouseabout.
- talks about the world's biggest damper (during the big 1892 shearer's strike)
- talks about Chinese on goldfields and sings a bit of New Chum Chinaman
- sings A Bushman's Song (Travelling Down The Castlereagh)
- talks about shearer's strike action in 1901.
- recites Clancy's Prayer
MR GILMER
- sings The Limejuice Tub
MRS SUSAN COLLEY
- sings At Each Gate The Shearers Stood
DICK ROUGHLY
- tells yarn about 'out west' and rain.
JACK POBAR
- sings Click Go The Shears
JOE WATSON
- sings Tambaroora Ted