The Sunshine State, 1959

Australia
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1 January 1959
6 December 2013
6 December 2013

Location

Australia
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6 December 2013

Copyright © Private Collection

Queensland: the slogan state

The Sunshine State, 1959. Official theme song of the Queensland Centenary Celebrations.

Fiesta

Fiesta. Music has formed a central part of Spanish-speakers’ presence in Queensland since the time of Federation, when musician Luis Pares toured the State.

Collection of Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Stylin’ Up Regional album cover, 2010

Stylin' Up Regional album cover, 2010. The Brisbane City Council Stylin' Up Regional 2005-10 included music from Cherbourg, Hopevale, Logan and Woorabinda.

Collection of Katelyn Barney

Muddy Flats Band

Copyright © Katelyn Barney

Cherbourg musician Angus Rabbitt (left) and others performing

Cherbourg musician Angus Rabbitt (left) and others performing, Collection Ration Shed Museum

Collection © Ration Shed Museum

Barambah Aboriginal Settlement in the 1920s showing the areas of Bralbin Creek and also Muddy Flats, 2001

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E
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1 January 2001
2 September 2011
2 September 2011

Location

Cherbourg, QLD
Australia
26° 17' 30.804" S, 151° 57' 21.1968" E
See map: Google Maps
2 September 2011
St Lucia
University of Queensland Press

Reproduced with permission from Thom Blake

Cherbourg that’s my home: celebrating landscape through song

Cherbourg that’s my home: celebrating landscape through song

Music is a source of great pleasure and an expression of connection to land and history for Aboriginal people of Cherbourg.

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Woodford Folk Festival, 2010

Woodford, QLD
Australia
26° 57' 14.094" S, 152° 46' 39.3816" E
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1 January 2010
15 April 2011
15 April 2011

Location

Woodford, QLD
Australia
26° 57' 14.094" S, 152° 46' 39.3816" E
See map: Google Maps
15 April 2011
The Queensland Folk Federation

The Queensland Folk Federation

People’s Republic of Woodford

Woodford Folk Festival, 2010. This poster advertising the 2009-10 Woodford Folk Festival shows a fairyland of fun to be experienced by festival patrons. Notably, compared to posters from previous years, by 2009 the festival had become so popular that it required little explanation of the events taking place at the festival. Collection of the State Library of Queensland

Woodford Folk Festival, 2004

Woodford, QLD
Australia
26° 57' 14.094" S, 152° 46' 39.3816" E
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1 January 2004
15 April 2011
15 April 2011

Location

Woodford, QLD
Australia
26° 57' 14.094" S, 152° 46' 39.3816" E
See map: Google Maps
15 April 2011
The Queensland Folk Federation

The Queensland Folk Federation

People’s Republic of Woodford

Woodford Folk Festival: celebrating 10 years at Woodford, 2004. Through the banner advertising the Woodford Folk Festival for 2003-2004 a cartoon map of the festival is laid out to show an exciting time to be had. At the festival there were international and national guests, as well as a musical ‘oasis’ of live performers. Collection of the State Library of Queensland

The Queensland Centenary pocket songbook, 1959

Australia
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1 January 1959
24 November 2010
24 November 2010

Location

Australia
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24 November 2010
Queensland Centenary Publications Committee
Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland
Imagination
Imagination: how people have imagined Queensland
 The Queensland Centenary pocket songbook, Queensland Centenary Publications Committee, 1959. The Songbook had five sections of folk music – Convicts and bushrangers, Station life, Drovers and shearers, Travelers and exiles, Selectors and bush tradesmen. Many of the songs are imported and have multiple variants reflecting the geography of Australia. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland 
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