Noted Composer, Folk Figure. She wrote the music for the famous Australian song "Waltzing Matilda." While visiting Dagworth Station owned by her brother, she was playing a tune on a zither for Andrew "Banjo" Paterson. He was the man who wrote the words for Waltzing Matilda. He asked her to write the music down. The song was based on an old Scottish march called "Crairielee." Christine was buried in an unmarked grave for 50 years until Australian Television found where she was buried while doing the research for a documentary on Waltzing Matilda. Her niece had a marker put on the spot where she was buried.
Noted Composer, Folk Figure. She wrote the music for the famous Australian song "Waltzing Matilda." While visiting Dagworth Station owned by her brother, she was playing a tune on a zither for Andrew "Banjo" Paterson. He was the man who wrote the words for Waltzing Matilda. He asked her to write the music down. The song was based on an old Scottish march called "Crairielee." Christine was buried in an unmarked grave for 50 years until Australian Television found where she was buried while doing the research for a documentary on Waltzing Matilda. Her niece had a marker put on the spot where she was buried.
Bio by: Tom Cummings
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BELOVED FIFTH DAUGHTER OF EWEN AND MARGARET.
SHE WROTE THE MUSIC FOR THE SONG "WALTZING MATILDA" WHILE STAYING AT HER BROTHERS' STATION "DAGWOOD'. WINTON NORTH QUEENSLAND, IN JAN 1895.
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