NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Christina Macpherson

Christina Rutherford Macpherson (1864-1936) is credited with having re-played a tune she'd heard in c1895 which the Australian poet A.B. Patterson (Banjo Paterson) then wrote set words to Waltzing Matilda. 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Banjo Paterson. ... Waltzing Matilda is Australias most widely known folk song and one that has been popularly suggested as a potential national anthem many times. ...

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	Isabella MacPherson was christened in Sep 1830 at Kirkmichael.
	Janet Belgowan MacPherson was christened on 19 Dec 1852 as a Wesleyan at the Camden circuit, New South Wales, Australia.
	Margaret MacPherson was christened on 8 Aug 1852 in the RC chapel at Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

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