Carl Linger
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Carl Linger was a German Australian composer in South Australia who in 1859 wrote the melody for the patriotic "Song of Australia".
Carl Linger
Cover of the original sheet music for the Song of Australia, composed by Linger.
Caroline Carleton
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Caroline Carleton was an English-born South Australian poet who is best known for her prize-winning poem "Song of Australia", which, put to a tune by Carl Linger, was used as a patriotic song in South
Carl Linger
…Sechs Zwischenspiele for Orchestra. His surviving eleven songs in both German and English will also be included on the Monash site in the near future. Caroline Carleton's "Song of Australia" poem won the contest conducted by the Gawler Institute with a prize of ten guineas, and was published in the South Australian…
Caroline Carleton
![S.A. Typographical Society Eight Hour Celebration reprint of "The Song of Australia" by Caroline Carlton [sic]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/S.A._Typographical_Society_Eight_Hour_Celebration_Caroline_Carlton_The_Australia_Song.jpg/500px-S.A._Typographical_Society_Eight_Hour_Celebration_Caroline_Carlton_The_Australia_Song.jpg)
S.A. Typographical Society Eight Hour Celebration reprint of "The Song of Australia" by Caroline Carlton [sic]