影像墨爾本

以下是一首很澳洲的詩，而這首詩也被當用為一首歌曲"Waltzing Matilda"的詞，一直是澳洲人長久以來的非正式國歌，覺得歌詞滿適合這張相片。

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Once a jolly swagman camped by a Billabong
Under the shade of a Coolabah tree
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"

Down come a jumbuck to drink at the water hole
Up jumped a swagman and grabbed him in glee
And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker bag
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me'".

Up rode the Squatter a riding his thoroughbred
Up rode the Trooper - one, two, three
"Where's that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?",
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me".

But the swagman he up and jumped in the water hole
Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree,
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong,
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"

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這首詩出現在1889年聖誕節，直到現在都還是澳洲最受喜愛的詩作之一。Banjo Paterson用他的詩歌讚頌剪羊毛工人、趕牲畜的牧人與澳洲內地的生活。他的作品至今仍反映著澳洲人的自我形象，擁有這片在世界邊緣無限的棕色土地及徹底的大自然，描繪出大眾眼中的澳洲。