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- Freedom on the Wallaby (deutsch: „Freiheit für das Wallaby“) ist ein in Australien bekanntes Lied, das Henry Lawson für den Schafscherer-Streik (1891) in Queensland schrieb. Erstmals veröffentlicht wurde der Text durch William Lane am 16. Mai 1891 in der Arbeiterzeitung Worker (deutsch: „Arbeiter“) in Brisbane, die die (deutsch: „Australische Arbeitervereinigung“) herausgab. Die letzten beiden Absätze schrieb Frederick Brentnall am 1. Juli 1891, ein Mitglied des Queensland Legislative Council (Abgeordnetenkammer Queensland), während des so genannten Vote of Thanks im Parlament über den Einsatz der bewaffneten Polizei zur Niederschlagung des Schafscherer-Streikcamps in Barcaldine. Während der Abstimmung wurden Rufe in der Abgeordnetenkammer nach der Verhaftung von Lawson wegen Verschwörung laut. Lawson schrieb später eine bittere Antwort auf die Texte von Brentnall als The Vote of Thanks Debate. Der Reim des Liedes, die Rebel flag, meint die Eureka-Flagge, die erstmals auf der Eureka Stockade im Jahre 1854 gezeigt wurde und die über dem Streikcamp sowie auf der ersten Mai-Demonstration Australiens in Barcaldine am 1. Mai 1891 wehte. Das Lied steht für das Ende einer Epoche des Aufbaus von Australien, das durch eine nahezu 50-jährige Prosperität gekennzeichnet war und die erste Wirtschaftskrise Australiens bildete. In diese Zeit fielen der erste Goldrausch und die nahezu unbegrenzt erscheinende Ausweitung von Farmland sowie die erfolgreiche und Gewinn versprechende Schafszucht. (de)
- "Freedom on the Wallaby", Henry Lawson's well known poem, was written as a comment on the 1891 Australian shearers' strike and published by William Lane in the Worker in Brisbane, 16 May 1891. The last two stanzas of the poem were read out by Frederick Brentnall MP on 15 July 1891 in the Queensland Legislative Council during a 'Vote of Thanks' to the armed police who broke up the Barcaldine strike camp. There were calls in the chamber for Lawson's arrest for sedition. Lawson wrote a bitter rejoinder to Brentnall, The Vote of Thanks Debate. The "Rebel flag" referred to in the poem is the Eureka Flag that was first raised at the Eureka Stockade in 1854, above the Shearers' strike camp in 1891 and carried on the first Australian May Day march in Barcaldine on 1 May 1891. "Australia's a big country An' Freedom's humping bluey, An' Freedom's on the wallaby Oh! don't you hear 'er cooey? She's just begun to boomerang, She'll knock the tyrants silly, She's goin' to light another fire And boil another billy. "Our fathers toiled for bitter bread While loafers thrived beside 'em, But food to eat and clothes to wear, Their native land denied 'em. An' so they left their native land In spite of their devotion, An' so they came, or if they stole, Were sent across the ocean. "Then Freedom couldn't stand the glare O' Royalty's regalia, She left the loafers where they were, An' came out to Australia. But now across the mighty main The chains have come ter bind her – She little thought to see again The wrongs she left behind her. "Our parents toil'd to make a home Hard grubbin 'twas an' clearin' ‘'They wasn't crowded much with lords When they was pioneering. But now that we have made the land A garden full of promise, Old Greed must crook 'is dirty hand And come ter take it from us. So we must fly a rebel flag, As others did before us, And we must sing a rebel song And join in rebel chorus. We'll make the tyrants feel the sting O' those that they would throttle; They needn't say the fault is ours If blood should stain the wattle!" (The last two stanzas as read by Frederick Brentnall) Wikisource has original text related to this article:Freedom on the Wallaby (en)
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- Freedom on the Wallaby (deutsch: „Freiheit für das Wallaby“) ist ein in Australien bekanntes Lied, das Henry Lawson für den Schafscherer-Streik (1891) in Queensland schrieb. Erstmals veröffentlicht wurde der Text durch William Lane am 16. Mai 1891 in der Arbeiterzeitung Worker (deutsch: „Arbeiter“) in Brisbane, die die (deutsch: „Australische Arbeitervereinigung“) herausgab. (de)
- "Freedom on the Wallaby", Henry Lawson's well known poem, was written as a comment on the 1891 Australian shearers' strike and published by William Lane in the Worker in Brisbane, 16 May 1891. The last two stanzas of the poem were read out by Frederick Brentnall MP on 15 July 1891 in the Queensland Legislative Council during a 'Vote of Thanks' to the armed police who broke up the Barcaldine strike camp. There were calls in the chamber for Lawson's arrest for sedition. Lawson wrote a bitter rejoinder to Brentnall, The Vote of Thanks Debate. "Australia's a big country An' Freedom's humping bluey, (en)
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