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1890s Music
Music halls were a popular entertainment of the 1890s. They even became … gasp, horror! respectable. In those pre-radio days you also had phonograph recordings and sheet music. Howeveryou heard the songs, they did become hits. And have lived on [see “The Streets of Cairo” as an example of how snippets were incorporated into more…
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Australian Federation
I blame the Americans. No, not really, but… there is an American connection to Australia’s emergence as a nation. You see, back in the eighteenth century America said to Britain, “Enough! No more of your freakin’ convicts.” Now, since Britain had a plentiful supply of convicts, that presented its government with a serious issue. Of…