Tasmania

Songs about Tasmania

This page lists a number of Tasmanian towns & locations, along with songs they have been mentioned in.
Population: 571,165. Capital city: Hobart. Other notable locations: Beaconsfield, Launceston

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SONG	ARTIST	LISTEN	SAMPLE LYRICS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
songs about HOBART
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		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?”
A Tale They Won’t Believe	Weddings Parties Anything		Chew the meat and hold it down, it’s a tale they won’t believe when I get down to Hobart town
Hobart Approaches	Upper Castra		Hobart approaches, oh they lights, they’re going out
Hobart: City Of Love	Rob Clarkson		The buildings are grander than ancient Rome, everyone’s got a marble home
Hobart, Tasmania	Borrison Ivy		There’s nothing to do but drive round and round, there’s no getting out of this sleepy town
MacIntosh and Degraves	Conn O’Neill		Written about the arrival of two men in the 1840’s that resulted in the building of Hobart
Servin’ USA	Redgum		We’ll all be serving in Queensland, Hobart, Melbourne and Russell Hill (inside, outside, USA)
The Truth About Tasmania	Curse Ov Dialect		She died on the 8th of May 1876, in Hobart
songs about HOBART – GLENORCHY
The Glenorchy Bunyip	Augie March		A winter light confused my sight in Glenorchy tonight
songs about HOBART – MORNINGTON
Hobart Approaches	Upper Castra		You see the sun rising over Mornington
songs about 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
songs about 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
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		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?”
songs about BEACONSFIELD
Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners	Foo Fighters		Instrumental
Beaconsfield	Colin Buchanan		Three men down in Beaconsfield
songs about BURNIE
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		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	Midnight Oil		This is my home, this is my sea, don’t paint it with the future of factories
songs about 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
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
songs about THE DERWENT RIVER
Men Of The Derwent	Conn O’Neill		My thoughts will drift right back to long ago when sailors filled this waterway
songs about DEVONPORT
Donny From Devonport	Codabeen Champions		Spoken word
Lights Of Devonport	Weddings Parties Anything
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
songs about FRANKLIN RIVER
A Tale They Won’t Believe	Weddings Parties Anything		And then we reached the Franklin River, and it took two days to cross
Let The Franklin Flow	Goanna Shane Howard		Let the Franklin flow, let the wild beds be, the wilderness should be strong and free
songs about LAUNCESTON
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		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?”
Dylan, The Only Male Stripper In Launceston	Tom & Alex		Spoken word
Launceston	Ice Cream Hands		Fields of green as the plane came rolling over
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
Lights Out Over Launceston	Mark Narkowicz		Watching the lights going out over Launceston
songs about MACQUARIE HARBOUR
A Tale They Won’t Believe	Weddings Parties Anything		We left Macquarie Harbour, it was in the pouring rain, none of us quite sure if we would see England again
songs about PORT ARTHUR
Port Arthur: In Memoriam (1996)	Peter Sculthorpe		Instrumental / classical
songs about ROSSARDEN
Rossarden	Weddings Parties Anything		About the closure of the Rossarden Mines in 1982
songs about ST COLUMBA FALLS
St Columba Falls	Al Mullins & Janine De Lorenzo		From the soundtrack to the TV series A Shared Table
songs about TASMANIA
Australia – The World’s Suburb	TISM		Let’s solve the whole Arabic mania, let’s sling ’em – what’s it called – 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
Folkstar	Bedroom Philosopher		I don’t wanna be obscure, I just wanna world tour, Tasmania, Canberra and maybe Rotorua
The Isle Of Tasmania	Al Mullins & Janine De Lorenzo		From the soundtrack to the TV series A Shared Table
Isle Of The Dead	Enola Fall		Welcome back to the isle of the dead
Kick Me To Tasmania	Jean Winner
Lavender	Go-Betweens		She’s got Tasmania in the back of her head, a future move in her head
Let It Rain	Zoee		I lie awake, listening to the rain in bed. Let It Rain is a goodbye / love song based upon the theme of Tasmania’s highly spontaneous weather
Mad Tight	Bliss N Eso		Hey yo, Tassie (what what), your style is mad tight
Map Of Tasmania	Amanda Palmer		Walking down the street I’m the lady, oh, showing off my map of 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
Nude School	Painters & Dockers		I only look at Tasmania, it’s the one place I adore
Off The Edge Of Tasmania	J. R. Raptile		Instrumental electronica
See For Yourself (An Invitation To Tasmania)	Tex Perkins		See how we live, see why we love, see why, see for yourself
South West Tasmania	Cary Lewincamp		Guitar instrumental
The Spirit Of Tasmania	Jim Welsh		I’ve been away too long from my island home in the big cities over her
The Truth About Tasmania	Curse Ov Dialect		She wants to be buried at sea, but the white Tasmanians had other plans for her
Tasmania	Dave Hughes		Comedy routine
Tassie	Athol McCoy
Tassie’s Got It All	Jean Stafford
Tassie Polkas	Wongawilli		Medley of four traditional tunes
The Tassie Yodel	Laura Downing
Truganini	Midnight Oil		I see Namatjira in custody, I see Truganini’s in chains. Truganini was the last full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal
Way To Tasmania	Torsten Maxara		All the way to Tasmania her journey will take her, now she just wants to stay, maybe never return
You’ve Known Tasmania	Maurice Hardy
You Come Back To Tassie	John Williamson		You always return to Tassie if Tassie is where you’re from
songs about VAN DIEMEN’S LAND
Anderson’s Coast	John Roberts & Debra Cowan		And from Van Dieman’s we north did steer, till Bass Strait’s wild waves wrecked us here
Bicentennial	Paul Kelly		Hunted man across Van Diemen’s, hunted man all swept away
The Black Velvet Band	Traditional Dubliners		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
Henry’s Downfall	Traditional Jenny M Thomas		The fate of us poor transports as you shall understand, the hardships we do undergo upon Van Diemen’s land. Traditional bush ballad
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	Conn O’Neill		To start a brand new day, in a land far away, in Tasmania
Van Diemen’s Land	Traditional Russell Morris Mick Thomas		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	U2		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

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