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Along the Road to Gundagai
"Along the Road to Gundagai" is an Australian folk song written by Jack O'Hagan in 1922 and was first recorded by Peter Dawson in 1924, O'Hagan performed his own version later that year. It is well-known among Australians, and one of a small number of pieces which are considered to be Australian folk tunes. Gundagai is a rural town of New South Wales. In May 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), as part of its 75th Anniversary celebrations, named "
Gundagai)', 'Along The Road To Gundagai', 'Snake Gully Swagger', and 'When a Boy from Alabama Meets a Girl from Gundagai,' Gundagai also features in the song 'The Grand Old Hills of Gundagai,' A 2010 publication 'Purple Threads' by Jeanine Leane has won a major literary award, the David Unaipon Award, and has been shortlisted for a Commonwealth literary award.
Other references in literature include Banjo Paterson's 'The Road to Gundagai,' and the traditional ballad '