Two historians say one of Australia's much-loved songs, Waltzing Matilda, was written to impress a woman and is not a political allegory. Peter and Sheila Forrest say they have collected evidence over ...

Though the title of the song sounds like it’s about a dance with someone named Matilda, it’s actually born of an Australian style of poetry called a “bush ballad”—slang in the country for traveling on ...

“That’s a nice song,” I said. I was shooting whiskey with rogue warriors from Australia in a makeshift bar in the dusty Vietnamese village of Phuoc Tuy. “Thanks mate! It’s our national anthem,” Capt.

The people's anthem, Waltzing Matilda, celebrates a centenary this year - being 100 years since the song was first published. Waltzing Matilda historian Richard Magoffin says the ballad was written by ...

Waltzing Matilda has become something of a hit in Spain after the unofficial Australian anthem was featured in an advertisement during the the Champions League Final. The song was chosen by telephone ...