Jig Dolls in Australia and beyond by Tony Smith
An Australian Song -1867 Here’s a little ditty from 1867 that reflects the settler fascination with shooting everything on sight. Not a great piece of literature, but an amusing sidelight on attitudes and also an indication that the bush ballad was not the only way to write about the bush.
The First Bush Ballad - What was it? This
characteristic genre of Australian folksong evolved alongside the
colonial pastoral industries of New South Wales, southern Queensland and
Victoria. Basically, these are songs about white blokes in the bush
with sheep, horses and bullocks, often set to American popular tunes of
the times, in four-line stanzas, mostly with a chorus. They quickly
became established as characteristic expressions of the Australian
pioneering experience.
Myths, Memes and much more (podcast)
Convicts, capering, cloggers clogging ... by Dr Heather Blaisdale-Clarke
Heather's website - Australian Colonial Dance, The History of Music and Dance in Australia 1788-1840 
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