Tuesday 21 May 2024

From the Archives - Review by Shirley Andrews of 'A Waltz with Matilda' by Oscar Mendelsohn.

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Review by Shirley Andrews of 'A Waltz with Matilda' by Oscar Mendelsohn. 
Australian Tradition, September 1968



Extract from Mendelsohn's biography in Australian Dictionary of Biography ... His book, A Waltz with Matilda (Melbourne, 1966), advanced the now discounted theory that Australia's alternative anthem was written not by A.B. Paterson but by Harry Nathan, organist at the Anglican Cathedral, Townsville, Queensland ...

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