TAS
Songs about Tasmania
This page lists a number of Tasmanian towns & locations, along with songs they have been mentioned in.
Population: 500,000. Capital city: Hobart. Other notable locations: Beaconsfield, Launceston
| LOCATION | SONG | ARTIST | LISTEN | SAMPLE LYRICS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOBART | Australiana | Austen Tayshus | Youtube | Well I thought I'd roll one myself, I said "Chuck us the Tally Hobart." He said "They're out on the Laun...Ceston, can you get em for us?" |
| HOBART | A Tale They Won't Believe | Weddings Parties Anything | Youtube | Chew the meat and hold it down, it’s a tale they won’t believe when I get down to Hobart town |
| HOBART | Hobart: City Of Love | Rob Clarkson | The buildings are grander than ancient Rome, everyone's got a marble home | |
| HOBART | Hobart, Tasmania | Borrison Ivy | There's nothing to do but drive round and round, there's no getting out of this sleepy town | |
| HOBART | Servin' USA | Redgum | Youtube | We'll all be serving in Queensland, Hobart, Melbourne and Russell Hill (inside, outside, USA) |
| HOBART | The Truth About Tasmania | Curse Ov Dialect | She died on the 8th of May 1876, in Hobart | |
| HOBART (GLENORCHY) | The Glenorchy Bunyip | Augie March | A winter light confused my sight in Glenorchy tonight | |
| HOBART (MT WELLINGTON) | Mt Wellington Reverie | Augie March | The Derwent twists and the Derwent slides, it's a moving thing with many eyes. Mt Wellington and the Derwent River are Hobart landmarks | |
| BASS STRAIT | Anderson's Coast | John Warner | And from Van Dieman's we north did steer, till Bass Strait's wild waves wrecked us here | |
| BASS STRAIT | Australiana | Austen Tayshus | Youtube | I look in the corner and there's Bass sittin there, not getting into it, not getting out of it, I said "What, is Bass Strait or somthing?" |
| BEACONSFIELD | Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners | Foo Fighters | Youtube | Instrumental |
| BEACONSFIELD | Beaconsfield | Colin Buchanan | Three men down in Beaconsfield | |
| BURNIE | Australiana | Austen Tayshus | Youtube | He said "They're out on the Laun...Ceston, can you get em for us?" Burnie says "It's okay mate, she's apples, I'll get em for ya" |
| BURNIE | Burnie | Midnight Oil | Youtube | This is my home, this is my sea, don't paint it with the future of factories |
| DELORAINE | The Launceston And Deloraine Railway | Traditional | The people down in Hobart can use the four-horse team while we go to Deloraine by railway. Traditional bush ballad | |
| DELORAINE | Phillis On The Railway | Traditional | Will you come with me my Phillis dear down to the old Tamar's side, and we'll get on the railway, to Deloraine we'll ride. Traditional bush ballad dating to 1871 | |
| DEVONPORT | Donny From Devonport | Codabeen Champions | Spoken word | |
| DEVONPORT | Lights Of Devonport | Weddings Parties Anything | ||
| DEVONPORT | The Map Of Tasmania | Pork Duke | So I touched down in Devonport, not up to much, sad to report, but I knew the nut was somewhere to my right | |
| FRANKLIN RIVER | A Tale They Won't Believe | Weddings Parties Anything | Youtube | And then we reached the Franklin River, and it took two days to cross |
| LAUNCESTON | Australiana | Austen Tayshus | Youtube | Well I thought I'd roll one myself, I said "Chuck us the Tally Hobart." He said "They're out on the Laun...Ceston, can you get em for us?" |
| LAUNCESTON | Launceston | Ice Cream Hands | Fields of green as the plane came rolling over | |
| LAUNCESTON | The Launceston And Deloraine Railway | Traditional | And Launceston will soon be filled with people - such a mob, for the Launceston and Deloraine Railway. Traditional bush ballad | |
| LAUNCESTON | Lights Out Over Launceston | Mark Narkowicz | Watching the lights going out over Launceston | |
| MACQUARIE HARBOUR | A Tale They Won't Believe | Weddings Parties Anything | Youtube | We left Macquarie Harbour, it was in the pouring rain, none of us quite sure if we would see England again |
| PORT ARTHUR | Port Arthur: In Memoriam (1996) | Peter Sculthor | Instrumental / classical | |
| ROSSARDEN | Rossarden | Weddings Parties Anything | About the closure of the Rossarden Mines in 1982 | |
| ST COLUMBA FALLS | St Columba Falls | Al Mullins & Janine De Lorenzo | From the soundtrack to the TV series A Shared Table | |
| TASMANIA | Australia - The World's Suburb | TISM | Youtube | Let's solve the whole Arabic mania, let's sling 'em - what's it called - Tasmania |
| TASMANIA | Caught In The Act | Redgum | Down to Tasmania, go and have a look at the southwest before they well and truly stuff it up | |
| TASMANIA | Folkstar | Bedroom Philosopher | I don't wanna be obscure, I just wanna world tour, Tasmania, Canberra and maybe Rotorua | |
| TASMANIA | The Isle Of Tasmania | Al Mullins & Janine De Lorenzo | From the soundtrack to the TV series A Shared Table | |
| TASMANIA | Isle Of The Dead | Enola Fall | ||
| TASMANIA | Kick Me To Tasmania | Jean Winner | ||
| TASMANIA | Lavender | Go-Betweens | She's got Tasmania in the back of her head, a future move in her head | |
| TASMANIA | Mad Tight | Bliss N Eso | Youtube | Hey yo, Tassie (what what), your style is mad tight |
| TASMANIA | Map Of Tasmania | Amanda Palmer | Youtube | Walking down the street I'm the lady, oh, showing off my map of Tasmania  |
| TASMANIA | The Map Of Tasmania | Pork Duke | Why I've had this mania, I just can't explain to ya, but something down there sure does make me smile | |
| TASMANIA | Off The Edge Of Tasmania | J. R. Raptile | Instrumental electronica | |
| TASMANIA | South West Tasmania | Cary Lewincamp | Guitar instrumental | |
| TASMANIA | The Spirit Of Tasmania | Jim Welsh | I've been away too long from my island home in the big cities over her | |
| TASMANIA | The Truth About Tasmania | Curse Ov Dialect | She wants to be buried at sea, but the white Tasmanians had other plans for her | |
| TASMANIA | Tasmania | Dave Hughes | Comedy routine | |
| TASMANIA | Tassie | Athol McCoy | ||
| TASMANIA | Tassie's Got It All | Jean Stafford | ||
| TASMANIA | The Tassie Yodel | Laura Downing | ||
| TASMANIA | Truganini | Midnight Oil | Youtube | I see Namatjira in custody, I see Truganini's in chains. Truganini was the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal |
| TASMANIA | Way To Tasmania | Torsten Maxara | All the way to Tasmania her journey will take her, now she just wants to stay, maybe never return | |
| TASMANIA | You've Known Tasmania | Maurice Hardy | ||
| TASMANIA | You Come Back To Tassie | John Williamson | You always return to Tassie if Tassie is where you're from | |
| VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | Anderson's Coast | John Warner | And from Van Dieman's we north did steer, till Bass Strait's wild waves wrecked us here | |
| VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | Bicentennial | Paul Kelly | Hunted man across Van Diemen's, hunted man all swept away | |
| VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | The Black Velvet Band | Traditional | Youtube | And the very next thing you know me lads, you've landed in Van Diemen's land. Traditional bush ballad, dating back to the 1880's |
| VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | Henry's Downfall | Traditional | Youtube | The fate of us poor transports as you shall understand, the hardships we do undergo upon Van Diemen's land. Traditional bush ballad |
| VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | John Mitchel | Traditional | I laboured hard both day and night to free my native land, for which I was transported unto Van Diemen's land. Traditional bush ballad | |
| VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | The Girl With The Black Velvet Band | Traditional | It's over the dark and blue oceam, far away to Van Diemen's land. Traditional bush ballad | |
| VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | Van Diemen's Land | Traditional | Youtube | Where the lofty hare and pheasant you have at your command, not thinking that your last career is on Van Diemen's land. Traditional bush ballad |
| VAN DIEMEN'S LAND | Van Diemen's Land | U2 | Youtube | Hold me now, oh hold me now, til this hour has gone around, and I'm gone on the rising tide, for to face Van Dieman's land |
