‘White Australia’ Song Sheet Music, 1910

‘White Australia’ Song Sheet Music, 1910, was performed at the Australian Natives’ Association (ANA) National Fete, 31 January 1910. The Association was a staunch supporter of trade protection and immigration restrictions.

The song consists of three verses and a chorus. Motifs on the sheet music include a white map of Australia. The lyrics include:

“Our Northern territory no longer is to be the open gate of colored migration. This continent of ours is a white man’s land and not for alien surplus population.”

The cover bears the Australian coat of arms with the words Advance Australia.

‘White Australia’ Song Sheet Music, 1910

• Title:               ‘White Australia’ Song Sheet Music, 1910
• Year:               1910
• Dimensions:  W: 260 mm; H: 360 mm
• Material:        Paper
• Museum:       Immigration Museum, Melbourne

A Tour of the Immigration Museum, Melbourne

• Naturalization Certificate, William Bantry, 1896
• ‘White Australia’ Song Sheet Music, 1910

A Tour of Museums  in Australia

• Museums in Sydney
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Australian Museum
  • Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Museum of Sydney
  • Powerhouse Museum
  • Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
  • Nicholson Museum
  • Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
  • Museum of Fire

• Museums in Melbourne
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Shrine of Remembrance
  • Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria
  • National Sports Museum
  • Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Chinese Museum, Melbourne
  • Jewish Museum of Australia

• Museums in Canberra
  • National Museum of Australia
  • National Gallery of Australia
  • Australian War Memorial
  • National Portrait Gallery

• Museums in Brisbane
  • Queensland Art Gallery
  • Queensland Museum & Science Centre
  • MacArthur Museum Brisbane
  • RD Milns Antiquities Museum
  • Queensland Maritime Museum
  • Commissariat Store, Brisbane
  • Queensland Police Museum

• Museums in Perth
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • WA Shipwrecks Museum
  • Perth Mint
  • WA Maritime Museum
  • Fremantle Prison

• Museums in Adelaide
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
  • South Australian Museum
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide

• Museums in Hobart
  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

• Museums in Darwin
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  • Darwin Military Museum
  • Australian Aviation Heritage Centre

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” Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.”
– Australian Proverb

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Photo Credits: 1) GM