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Australia's legendary tracks join national songbook

One day2 outlets reported this in 3 reports over 1 day - a further 1 report reprinted copy already published elsewhere
All 3 reports on Wed, 4 November 2026

What it is about

George YoungRuby HunterGurrumul YunupinguChris Abrahams TonyPeter GarrettJim MoginieChristina MacphersonChristine AnuBanjo PatersonNeil MurrayRob HirstRay BurtonKim MoyesPeter SculthorpeMandawuy YunupinguYothu YindiHarry VandaPeter GarretHelen ReddyMidnight Oil Beds

Who published it, and when

original reportcopyfirst to report
westernadvocate.com.au1 original report
inverelltimes.com.au1 copy echoing westernadvocate.com.au
The Guardian World1 original report
4 Nov, 07:00over 1 hour4 Nov, 07:00

How it spread - 2 original reports, 1 reprint

  1. Wed, 4 November 2026

    2 reports
    • westernadvocate.com.au07:00first to report

      The nation's most culturally significant songs are being preserved in a digital archive for all to sing, regardless...

      1 reprint
    • The Guardian World07:00

      Yothu Yindi’s Treaty, Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning and Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman are among the first songs to be honoured on new list that will grow every year Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have died Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning, Yothu Yindi’s Treaty and Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman are among the first 10 Australian songs to be inducted into the National Songbook – a new digital...

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