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1. What is the name of the Australian poet who wrote the words for "Waltzing Matilda"?
2. The first line mentions a swagman. What is a swag?
3. He "camped by a billabong under the shade of a coolibah tree". Do you know what a billabong is?
4. While the swagman is sitting waiting for his billy to boil to make tea, a 'jumbuck' comes to drink from the billabong. Do you know what this Australian word means?
5. The swagman grabs the jumbuck and stows him in his tuckerbag. What do you think he plans to do with the jumbuck?
6. His good luck rapidly changes to bad as a squatter rides up 'mounted on his thoroughbred'. Of course, I'm going to ask you what a squatter is. (Don't forget this is the language of 19th century Australia.)
7. Not only the squatter appeared but he was accompanied by three troopers, the policeman of the time. What did they say they wanted?
8. What does the swagman do?
9. What is different about the way that the last two lines of the last verse are sung?
10. Now that you have been through the song do you think that the title is about dancing with a girl named Matilda?
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