Isaac Nathan
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Isaac Nathan was an Anglo-Jewish emigre Australian musician, composer, musicologist, and music educator, who has been called the "father of Australian music", having assisted the careers of numerous c
Isaac Nathan c. 1820; artist unknown, probably one of Lord Byron's portraitists
Eliza Hamilton Dunlop
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Eliza Hamilton Dunlop was an Irish–Australian poet and songwriter, known for composing the poem "The Aboriginal Mother" among others. She was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and was raised by her gran
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…in his Australian Philharmonic Series in 1844. He was the first to research and transcribe Australian Aboriginal music; he also set lyrics by the poet Eliza Hamilton Dunlop. Nathan wrote Australia's first operas, Merry Freaks in Troublous Times (1843) and Don John of Austria (1847), and Australia's first song cycle, The…
The Aboriginal Mother (Manuscript) From: 'The Vase, comprising songs for music and poems by Eliza Hamilton Dunlop' 1814-1866