Along The Road To Gundagai, NSW. Australia.
S 35° 04.460 E 148° 06.410
55H E 600910 N 6118153
How many of us have been "Along The Road to Gundagai?" This familiar old song, well known to most Australians, could be considered an Australian folk tune.
Waymark Code: WMVBEV
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 03/28/2017
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The town of Gundagai is in a rural area of New South Wales. It is known as the home of a true Australian icon, the statue of the Dog on the Tuckerbox. In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named "Along the Road to Gundagai" as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time.
The song was written by Jack O'Hagan in 1922 and was first recorded by Peter Dawson in 1924, First published in 1922, Along The Road To Gundagai sold 100,000 copies in the first year and became a very popular World War II song. It was also the theme song of the "Dad and Dave" long-running radio show. Many singers have sung this old favourite, including Slim Dusty, an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, who was an Australian cultural icon. Listen on YouTube: (
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The lyrics conjure up images of the Aussie countryside, small towns like Gundagai, the mighty rivers meandering between banks lined with Gum trees, the country shacks, sandstone block walls with corrugated iron roof, a sunburnt land with wide open spaces and clear blue skies. We saw all these things on the road to Gundagai, and we knew that we were seeing the real Australia.
There's a track winding back
To an old-fashioned shack
Along the road to Gundagai.
Where the blue gums are growing
And the Murrumbidgee's flowing
Beneath the sunny sky,
Where my daddy and mother
Are waiting for me
And the pals of my childhood
Once more I will see.
Then no more will I roam
When I'm heading right for home
Along the road to Gundagai.