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“Australia” Written And Sung By Will Preston

c1890. Sheet music, colour lithograph cover, “M.D.” ink stamp on image and signed “H.G. Banks, lith.” in image lower right and lower left, 33.6 x 25.2cm. Trimmed lower edge, slight foxing and tears to edges, repaired spine.

Text includes “Composed by J.W. Dunn. London, Stannard & Son, imp.” Image shows a variant of the Australian coat of arms with “Advance Australia” and an emu and a kangaroo holding a shield, which depicts a golden fleece, a ship possibly HMS Endeavour, a shovel and pickaxe for mining, and a bale of hay.

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Item #CL198-33

Price (AUD): $990.00  other currencies