Victoria

Songs about Victoria
This page lists a number of Victorian towns & locations, along with songs they have been mentioned in.
Population: 6,613,700. Capital city: Melbourne. Other notable locations: Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong

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SONG	ARTIST	LISTEN	SAMPLE LYRICS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
songs about MELBOURNE
A Lazy Lunch In Melbourne	Al Mullins & Janine De Lorenzo		From the soundtrack to the TV series A Shared Table
All Torn Down	Living End		There is no direct mention of Melbourne in the song but the video clip depicts images of the city
Autumn Leaves	Huxton Creepers		The video clip was filmed partly in the Royal Botanic Gardens
The Beautiful Look City Today	Gersey
Beautiful People	Australian Crawl		Beautiful people, Studio 54 is the only place to dance. Studio 54 is a night club in Melbourne.
Bourke Street On Saturday Night	Traditional		Can any bloke point to a better old joint, than Bourke Street on a Saturday night. Written in 1918 by P.C. Cole
(Boys!) What Did The Detectives Say?	Sports Celibate Rifles		Boys! We’re going down, we’re going down to Russell Street
The Boy Who Lost His Jocks On Flinders Street Station	Painters & Dockers		He walked down Platform Three with a schoolcap on his head, a runny nose and a cut on his knee
Burke And Wills And Me	Masters Apprentices		In 1859 three men left Melbourne town, tramping down a dusty road
Busselton To Melbourne	Meg O’Riley	Triple J Unearthed	So I’m leaving Busselton, going back to Melbourne, and you should have seen the smile on my face
Caught In The Act	Redgum		Back to Melbourne, as you come from Sydney, you feel very superior
Christmas In Melbourne	Broderick Smith Graeme Connors
Crazy Crazy Melbourne	Wall Of Voodoo
The Crowd	Cat Empire		I’m just another clown kicking around in Melbourne town
Don’t Go To Sydney	Zimmermen		Don’t go to Sydney baby, don’t overreact, I know you think that Melbourne is holding you back
Four Seasons In One Day	Crowded House		Four seasons in one day, lying in the depths of your imagination. References a common Melbourne phrase used to refer to the city’s unstable weather conditions
From The… To The…	Scared Weird Little Guys		From the palm trees of Lower Templestowe to the palm trees of Glenroy, that’s Melbourne, that’s our Melbourne
Getting Colonized	Traditional		They prove quite clearly by their rigs that Melbourne girls are colonized. Traditonal bush ballad
Goodbye Melbourne Town	Traditional Slim Dusty		If I make a fortune I’ll come back and spend it in dear old Melbourne town. Traditional bush ballad written by Leonard Nelson in 1934
Goodbye, Phar Lap, Goodbye	Traditional		We got the news in Melbourne and all felt pretty sad. Traditional bush ballad from 1932
Have You Heard About The Melbourne Mafia	Dave Graney		Have you heard about the Melbourne mafia, they don’t make no sense, they talk another lingo
Highway 31	Johnny Chester		Johnny has stated he wrote this song after noticing signs for Highway 31 heading out of Melbourne on his way to Sydney
The History Of Western Civilisation	TISM		You can cut the ozone layer down by thirds, just don’t come from the western suburbs
How Many Times	Judy Small		They laughed at him in Flinders Street in his tailored foreign clothing, without a word of English he set out to build a dream
Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama	Australian Crawl		Mistaking tacky sex for sensuality they bought in Toorak Road
Hursty	Bias B		Catching blue trains on Hursty line, pieced by pest and jewel
I Dream Of Spring	k.d. lang		I’ll return from the streets of Melbourne, I’ll return my love
If Melbourne Was A Lady	Giles Field		Melbourne Melbourne take my hand, Melbourne Melbourne I’ll be your man, if you’d only be my girlfriend and not a city
Ireland Over Here	Traditional Slim Dusty		If Dublin Town to Melbourne came to stay. Traditional bush ballad
It’s A Grand Old Flag	Melbourne Demons Football Club		We’re the Demons that no one can lick, lick, lick, and you’ll find us there at the final bell
January Rain	Hunters & Collectors		Crouched upon the ocean is the city that I live in
John Cain Avenue	My Friend The Chocolate Cake		All the people in my street, they’re all tending to their garden
Last House On The Left	Sports		The last house on the left, we’re doing nothing, nothing’s doing but it’s ok
Last Saturday Night	Chris Wilson
Leaps And Bounds	Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls		I’m high on the hill looking over the bridge to the MCG
Let’s Go Walk This Town	My Friend The Chocolate Cake		Come outside now, let’s go walk this town
Let’s Stomp Australia Way	Tony Brady		They’re doin’ it down in Melbourne now, stompin’ Australia way
Mad Tight	Bliss N Eso		Hey yo, Melbourne (what what), your style is mad tight
Melba From Melbourne	Marty Robbins		But I met Melba from Melbourne she made my heart yearn, she made my tears flow like wine
Melbourne	Alexander Duncan	Triple J Unearthed	Thank God Melbourne’s big enough to get lost in
Melbourne	Alice Skye		You’re a lot like the Melbourne sun, just when i think we’re in love, your sky turns from blue to grey
Melbourne	Shit Present		How you finding Melbourne, is it all you thought that it would be? I don’t know, leave me alone, I just keep answering politely
Melbourne	Whitlams		Walking ’round the rainy city, what a pity there’s things to do at home
Melbourne Blue To Melbourne Green	John Williamson		Melbourne blue to Melbourne green, the prettiest picture you’ve ever seen
Melbourne City	David Bridie
The Melbourne Cup	Slim Dusty		For a year we’ve all been waiting and we’ve put our money up, and we’re out to back the winner of the famous Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Girls	Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls		Another crash landing but we’re still standing and we will survive, Melbourne girls don’t cry
Melbourne’s Just Not New York	Little Heroes
Melbourne Song	Colin Hay		The land was stripped bare, just nothin’ there, so we headed down back to Melbourne town
Melbourne Storm	Melbourne Storm NRL Club		We are the Storm from Melbourne Town, we’ll blow the others off the ground
Melbourne Summer	iOTA		Through the window a tree shines from street light, Melbourne summer is cloudy and alright
Melbourne The Musical	Mitch Moffit		That’s who I am, that’s why I came to Melbourne Australia
Melbourne To Sydney	Ross Hubbard		Melbourne to Sydney, well it’s just shy of 900 k’s, in a few short hours, I’ll be on my way
Melbourne To Sydney In 18 Hours	Bushwackers
Melbourne Town	Greg Champion		We’re just out doin’ the round, toolin’ around in Melbourne Town
Melbourne Town	Neil Murray
Melbourne We’ll Meet Outside	Little Stevies		Melbourne we’ll meet outside, we’ll put chairs on the grass between houses and laugh
Mile Over Melbourne	Strawpeople
Mourningtown Ride	TISM		Don’t get off the train at Richmond, the skins want your Doc Martins References a variety of Melbourne suburbs in the lyrics
Move On	Jet		10.34, Flinders Street Station, I’m lookin’ down the tracks
Ned Kelly	Rolf Harris		And three years locked him in Melbourne’s Pentridge Jail gave him that Ned Kelly brand
Nothing Beats The Fooy At The MCG	Jim Cadman		Nothing beats the, nothing beats the footy at the MCG, no, nothing beats the footy at the G
The Parable Of Glenn McGrath’s Haircut	TISM		You were such a cocky, successful winner when we were 16, but now you’re just another sad fat prick sitting in the MCG
Poor Ned	Redgum		You know they took Ned Kelly and they hung him in the Melbourne Gaol
Postcards From Melbourne	Raoul Graf		Maybe I should send a postcard from Melbourne or leave you alone, alone again
Pub	Cosmic Psychos		At the Redesdale, at the Petersham, at the Esplanade pub
Regent To Ruthven	Marcel Borrack		Out in the northern suburbs, riding on the trains, Regent to Ruthven, there’s something in the names
Return To The City Of Folded Arms	Bluebottle Kiss		Straight to the city of folded arms, I can’t be bothered to siphon out it’s charms
Roaring Days	Weddings Parties Anything		Oh take me down to Young and Jackson’s, we’ll do a bit of serious drinking. Young & Jackson’s is a pub in Melbourne
Roll On	Living End		The shipyards are deserted on the docks of Melbourne town
Servin’ USA	Redgum		We’ll all be serving in Queensland, Hobart, Melbourne and Russell Hill (inside, outside, USA)
Sixteen In Melbourne	Ron Rude		I’m sixteen in Melbourne, I ain’t got no girl
Stuck In Melbourne	Warner Brothers		And he was stuck there in Melbourne again, he burned the bridges to his baby, she was looking for a new boyfriend
The Suburb In Between	Mabels
Take It In	Waifs		So we step outside into this Melbourne weather
That’s The Thing About Football	Greg Champion		I got a long road to walk down, to catch a tram to my favourite ground
Town With No Cheer	Tom Waits		There’ll be no refreshment for a thirsty jackaroo from Melbourne to Adelaide on the overlander
Tropical London	Rancid		Melbourne is a tropical London, I met a girl in a tropical London
Under The Clocks	Weddings Parties Anything		Hey, hey, I see a Melbourne girl on a rusty Malvern Star
The Westgate Bridge Disaster	Don Henderson	Australian Folk Song A Day	I’ll sing a song of sorrow, a story sad to tell, of men who died on the Westgate Bridge
When I First Met Your Ma	Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls		I walked two miles in Melbourne rain, I could have walked ten more
Whole Lotta Rosie	AC/DC		Written about a Tasmanian woman who Bon Scott partied with in Melbourne
With My Swag All On My Shoulder	Traditional Seekers		And then we came to Melbourne town, we all prepared to slip. Traditional bush ballad
songs about MELBOURNE – ALAMEIN
Alamein Train	Pete Best Beatles		The Alamein train is two coaches long, it’s not too fast and it’s not too strong, but it’s taking me away forever
songs about MELBOURNE – ALBERT PARK
Gasworks Park	Ice Cream Hands		At night in Gasworks Park, let the cool breeze blow, at night in Gasworks Park, no one needs to know
songs about MELBOURNE – ALTONA
Hello Cruel World	Klinger		From St Kilda to Altona North is fourteen hours by public transport but worth it to be with you
Last Train From Mobiltown	Broderick Smith’s Big Combo		Gasoline rainbow in the sky, over the fields where the dead cars lie, last train from Mobiltown Mobiltown is a disused railway station which was once part of the Altona railway line.
songs about MELBOURNE – ASHBURTON
Alamein Train	Pete Best Beatles		Who’s this coming down the carriage towards me? It’s one of the Ashburton boys
songs about MELBOURNE – BALWYN
Balwyn Calling	Skyhooks		Hey boy that’s Balwyn calling, get on the phone and do a bit of stalling
songs about MELBOURNE – BRIGHTON
Brighton Creeper	Wendy & The Rocketts
songs about MELBOURNE – BRUNSWICK
Brunswick	Weddings Parties Anything		When I ain’t been to Brunswick for a long long time
Death In Brunswick	Phillip Judd		From the soundtrack to the movie, Death In Brunswick
East Brunswick Run Down	City, City, City	Bandcamp
songs about MELBOURNE – CAMBERWELL
Alamein Train	Pete Best Beatles		The rest of the world can go to hell, I’m changing trains at Camberwell
songs about MELBOURNE – CARLTON
Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)	Skyhooks		The sun sets over Carlton, the moonlight floods the streets
Lygon Street Meltdown	Melbourne Ska Orchestra		Tonight the prince is losing his crown, here comes the Lygon Street meltdown
We Are The Navy Blues	Carlton Blues Football Club		We’re the team that never lets you down, we’re the only team old Carlton knows. To the tune of Lily Of Laguna
songs about MELBOURNE – CAROLINE SPRINGS
Spring Me Out Of Caroline Springs, Caroline	ROOT!		Come rescue me, I’m only twenty minutes from the CBD if you drive at 250, Caroline
songs about MELBOURNE – COLLINGWOOD
Collingwood	The Sharp		Collingwood was so good, Collingwood was so good, calling, calling, something was calling us back to Collingwood
Collingwood Boy	Bakewell Street
Good Old Collingwood Forever	Collingwood Magpies Football Club		Good old Collingwood forever, they know how to play the game. To the tune of Goodbye Dolly Gray
Grey Skies Over Collingwood	Strange Tenants Weddings Parties Anything
Hail Hail The Pies Are Here	Greg Champion		Hail hail the Pies are here, Collingwood forever, Collingwood forever
Under The Clocks	Weddings Parties Anything		He stands outside a Collingwood hotel
songs about MELBOURNE – CRANBOURNE
900 Bucks	ROOT!		It wouldn’t pay for my girlfriend’s designer thong for the Cranbourne High School Year 9 Formal
The Mordialloc Rd Duplicator	TISM		There’ll be turn offs to Tootgarook, Cranbourne, Frankston and Five Ways
songs about MELBOURNE – CREMORNE
Match Factory	Orbweavers		Moon rises over the match factory, I’m heading north from the river down those narrow Cremorne streets
songs about MELBOURNE – DANDENONG
Greg! The Stop Sign	TISM		And graffiti the Dandenong line
Thank You God	Tim Minchin		He popped down to Dandenong and just like that, used his powers to heal the cataracts of Sam’s mum
songs about MELBOURNE – EDITHVALE
The Battle Of Edithvale	The Beautiful Few		I want a bank and a place to park, I want a drink after dark
songs about MELBOURNE – ESSONDON
Essondon 1986	East Brunswick All Girls Choir
See The Bombers Fly Up	Essondon Bombers Football Club		See the Bombers fly up, up, to win the premiership flag. To the tune of Keep Your Sunnyside Up
songs about MELBOURNE – FITZROY
Ballad Of 1975	Roaring Jack		I remember the day I was no more than a boy, working in an oxide plant at the back of North Fitzroy
Brunswick Street	Rich Webb		He came riding on the backbone of some calamity, saying, “These Fitzroy bars, they can’t hold me”
Brunswick Street	Women In Docs		I stubbed my thumb out on Brunswick Street, I was 5k from home
Brunswick St Girl	Warner Bros		She struck me as quite nice, she served me coffee once or twice, I fell in love with that Brunswick St girl
Charcoal Lane	Archie Roach		Side by side we walk along to the end of Gertrude Street. Gertrude Street is a street in Fitzroy
Deep In Our Hearts We All Barrack For Fitzroy	Greg Champion Coodabeen Champions		Deep in our hearts everyone barracks for Fitzroy, whether we say we barrack for somebody else or not
Fitzroy Love Song	Flap!		Birds sing and sun shines through my window, smiling day and night
Fitzroy Strongman	Sodastream		Bringing down this pretty useless town, it’s a useless town
Old Fitzroy	Dan Sultan		Little boy you’re my pride and joy, the only good thing about old Fitzroy
Rushall Station	Underground Lovers		I could seize it onto my line, I was going to hang out at Rushall Station for a while
Separation Street	Andy White		There’s a full moon tonight over Separation Street, I’m driving down the tramlines avoiding places we could meet
Spring Me Out Of Caroline Springs, Caroline	ROOT!		They say you grew up on the golden mile, went to Fitzroy just to slum it
Streets Of Old Fitzroy	Harry Williams And The Country Outcasts		City lights are driving me crazy as I walk the lonely streets of old Fitzroy, how I wish that I was back there in the dreamtime, in the country where there’s always peace and quiet
Under The Rotunda	Lucksmiths		But give me half an hour and I’ll meet you in the gardens, I’ll probably be waiting under the rotunda if it’s raining. The song is set in Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy
The Young Crazed Peeling	Distillers		My name is Brody, I’m from Melbourne, Fitzroy Melbourne, Fitzroy Melbourne
songs about MELBOURNE – FLEMINGTON
Dad’s Flowers	John Williamson		Dad’s been selling flowers all his life and grandpa grew ’em too, he’s a well known man round Flemington, he’s probably sold a bunch to you
songs about MELBOURNE – FOOTSCRAY
Footscray	Billy Miller		Take a walk to Footscray Park, stay out til the sky is dark
Footscray Frankston	Jimmy Loops feat. Miss C		If you’re in my hood you better look twice, getting high all the time, this is Footscray life
Footscray Park	Bob Evans		Take a walk to Footscray Park, stay out til the sky is dark
Footscray Station	Camp Cope		There’s a rally in the city if you wanna meet there and I’m running as fast as I can to Footscray Station
Sons Of The West	Western Bulldogs Football Club		Cause you can’t beat the boys of the Bulldog breed, the team of the mighty west. To the tune of Sons Of The Sea
songs about MELBOURNE – FRANKSTON
3199	Bellhop		I can smell it, can you taste it, Frankston station, degradation
Football Train	Mark Seymour & the Undertow		When you take a chance down on Young Street, you take your life into your hands
Footscray Frankston	Jimmy Loops feat. Miss C		If you’re in my hood you better have a knife, doing crime to survive, this is Frankston life
Frankston Girls	The Bennies		This one goes out to the Frankston girls, I gave you a necklace made of pearls
The Frankston Line	Youth Group		The Frankston line’s full of teenage crime and the cops can’t do no more
The Frankston Line Singalong	The Beautiful Few	Bandcamp	Been taking a lot of trains lately since the cops busted me
I Farken Love You (A Frankston Love Song)	The Resignators
The Mordialloc Rd Duplicator	TISM		There’ll be turn offs to Tootgarook, Cranbourne, Frankston and Five Ways
Run	Seth Sentry		There’s a bunch of Frankensteins up on the Frankston line, dead folks scratching their neck-bolts
Straight Outta Frankston	Lewis Spears		As I leave best believe I’m shankin’, but when I come back boi I’m comin’ straight outta Frankston
songs about MELBOURNE – GLEN WAVERLEY
Back To Glen Waverley For Christmas	Greg Champion
Out In The Suburbs	Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band		Out in the suburbs, Glen Waverley, baby, is where I’m meant to be
Waverley	Wagons		We’re sitting on a bench not doing a lot, here in Waverley
songs about MELBOURNE – HAWTHORN
The Mighty Fighting Hawks	Hawthorn Hawks Football Club		We’re a happy team at Hawthorn, we’re the mighty fighting Hawks. To the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy
songs about MELBOURNE – HIGHETT
The Highett Waltz	Barry Humphries		For it’s all beautifully quiet in Highett, where my daughter and son in law dwell
songs about MELBOURNE – KEW
The Maryborough Miner	Traditional Gary Shearston		I puddled the clay at Bendigo and chanced my arm at Kew. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the 1930’s
songs about MELBOURNE – LAVERTON
Scorn Of The Women	Weddings Parties Anything Jon English		My screwdriver in hand, making aircraft out at Laverton
songs about MELBOURNE – MANDOORAH
Mandoorah Reservoir	Augie March
songs about MELBOURNE – MERNDA
Ghost Train To Mernda	Mick Thomas		Ghost train to Mernda, ghost train to Mernda
songs about MELBOURNE – MERRI CREEK
Merri	Orbweavers		Merri, your water flows into the quarry, where bluestone once lay below, but now the gutters are paved with your heart and the hole is filled with clay
songs about MELBOURNE – MITCHAM
Robert Mitchum at Mitcham Station	Rob Snarski	Bandcamp	It’s a shame Mitcham Station wasn’t named after Robert, if only they could change one little vowel
songs about MELBOURNE – MORDIALLOC
The Mordialloc Rd Duplicator	TISM		If you’re behind a truck or freighter, say “thank God for the Mordialloc Road duplicator
songs about MELBOURNE – MULGRAVE
VFL Park In The Dark	Greg Champion Coodabeen Champions		Down at VFL Park, VFL Park in the dark. VFL Park (currently known as Waverley Park) is situated in Mulgrave
Waverley Park	Loin Groin		Waverley Park is situated in Mulgrave
songs about MELBOURNE – NORTHCOTE
Dennis	Charles Jenkins & The Amateur Historians	Bandcamp	If I were to ever catch a train, I’d catch a train at Dennis. Dennis is a train station in Northcote
Northcote (So Hungover)	Bedroom Philosopher
Three Oh Seven Ohh	Blood Duster		Used to breathe the Northcote air and it smelled like the dole, til all the artists came, it has taken a toll
Under The Clocks	Weddings Parties Anything		Through the spastic Northcote streets at dawn
songs about MELBOURNE – NORTH MELBOURNE
Join In The Chorus	North Melbourne Kangaroos		Join in the chorus, North Melbourne’s on the ball. To the tune of A Wee Doch And Doris
North Melbourne	Allday		She drop it low to stay warm, she got nothing on North Melbourne at a party on something strong
songs about MELBOURNE – PORT MELBOURNE
Anderson’s Coast	John Roberts & Debra Cowan		And somewhere west, Port Melbourne lies, and where are you, my Annie?
songs about MELBOURNE – PRESTON
Depreston	Courtney Barnett		We drive to a house in Preston, we see police arestin’ a man with his hand in a bag
Three Oh Seven Ohh	Blood Duster		Out to Preston, I move out of the three oh seven oh
songs about MELBOURNE – RICHMOND
Accidently Kelly Street	Frente		Accidentally Kelly Street, where friends and strangers sometimes meet. Written by bassist Tim O’Connor about Kenny Street, Richmond, which he mistook for Kelly Street.
Coming Home To Richmond	Alex Lloyd		Yeah, we’re coming home, all you mighty Tigers roar, this is now a place to call your own
Oh, We’re From Tigerland	Richmond Tigers Football Club		Oh, we’re from Tigerland, a fighting fury we’re from Tigerland. To the tune of Row, Row, Row
songs about MELBOURNE – RINGWOOD
Lost Inside of Eastland	Sunset Stranger	Bandcamp	Now I don’t see too many friends from Ringwood anymore, we drifted during high school, that’s just the way it goes. Eastland is a shopping centre in Ringwood
songs about MELBOURNE – ROWVILLE
Fourteen Years In Rowville	TISM		You may as well obey the law, I sentence you to Rowville
songs about MELBOURNE – SANDRINGHAM
The Sandringham Line	Lucksmiths		The twenty-seven minutes of the Sandringham line, the suburbs sliding past
songs about MELBOURNE – SPOTSWOOD
Spotswood	Orbweavers		Down by the river where the factories lie and the Westgate stretches across the sky
songs about MELBOURNE – SPRINGVALE
The Mordialloc Rd Duplicator	TISM		From lower Springvale to the Frankston Freeway, until you get to that bitumen stain
songs about MELBOURNE – ST KILDA
Borderline Summertime	James Blundell		It may be a cold wind down in St Kilda but it ain’t raining way up here, it’s borderline summertime
The Crowd	Cat Empire		We’re going to sleep on the St Kilda sands
From St Kilda To Fitzroy	Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra		From St Kilda towards St Kilda West, start my walk of shamelessness
From St Kilda To Kings Cross	Paul Kelly		From St Kilda to Kings Cross is thirteen hours on a bus
Hello Cruel World	Klinger		From St Kilda to Altona North is fourteen hours by public transport but worth it to be with you
Killed Her In St Kilda	Voodoo Lovecats		I killed her in St Kilda, now she’ll never make me sad
Melodies Of St Kilda	Masters Apprentices
The Rise And Rise Of The Reverand Bobby’s Buskers	GANGgajang		She saw the buskers on a hot summer night and followed them to St Kilda in the rain
St Kilda Nights	Purple Dentists
Sunshower	Little Stevies		Walking down St Kilda pier I hear your voice in my ear
Tallulah	Allo Darlin’		St Kilda, Coolangatta, Bondi Beach and Coogee Bay, I like the sound of their names
When The Saints Go Marching In	St. Kilda Saints Football Club		Oh how I want to be with St Kilda when the Saints go marching in
songs about MELBOURNE – SUNBURY
Sunbury ’97	Fauves		Come on lets run, follow the sun, follow Sunbury 97
songs abot MELBOURNE – SUNSHINE
The Sunshine Railway Disaster	Traditional Warren Fahey		He was driving a Bendigo engine, the train was running all right, it was going along as usual, til Sunshine came in sight. Traditional bush ballad written about the Sunshine train disaster on April 20, 1908
songs about MELBOURNE – TEMPLESTOWE
Fabulon	Redgum		Carry it away from Myer’s now requiring of us a loan, how can we live without these things in Templestowe? In the studio recording of Fabulon, the Melbourne suburb of Templestow was used, whereas in live recordings the Sydney suburb of Cammeray was substituted
songs about MELBOURNE – THOMASTOWN
Thomastown	Not Drowning, Waving
songs about MELBOURNE – THORNBURY
Thornbury	Ruck Rover		The rods have got potholes and your car falls apart
songs about MELBOURNE – TOORAK
Toorak Cowboy	Skyhooks		Well, he’s a village playboy, Toorak Cowboy, yes, he is
songs about MELBOURNE – TULLAMARINE
Where Ya Gonna Run To?	Redgum		A long white car out at Tullamarine
songs about MELBOURNE – WARRANDYTE
Angels Of Warrandyte	The Beautiful Few		No need for shaving or bedmaking, I’ve got a $50 a week room in the southern Mallee hotel
songs about MELBOURNE – WERRIBEE
(I Go To) Werribee	TISM		Well, when my baby, when my baby looks at me I go to Werribee
Werribee	Sandro		Werribee south, lovers in a valiant, walk past, don’t look in the window
Werribee Train	Seagull		The whole point of the thing is just to stare out of the Werribee train
songs about MELBOURNE – WEST MELBOURNE
Blue Lake	Orbweavers		Blue Lake, where is it you lie? Hidden, on the north-west side, beneath bitumen, I heard they filled you in
songs about MELBOURNE – YARRA RIVER
Happy Birthday Helen	Things Of Stone And Wood		Let’s not forget last night, yeah how we drove along the Yarra
My Brown Yarra	Whirling Furphies		When I die put me in a barra, wheel me down to the banks of the Yarra
Yarra Song	Billy Bragg		There’s a chill tonight on the Yarra, winter is creeping in, while far away my loved ones wake?up?in England’s spring
songs about APOLLO BAY
Apollo Bay	Craig Finn		My head was really hurting, I had to take it to Apollo Bay
Apollo Bay	Uncle Ben’s Last Words		And it’s a long way to Apollo Bay, but if you keep singing like this, I think I might like this
Apollo Bay Skies	Moira Tyers		Apollo Bay Skies, stars sparkle until the sun comes arisen over Marriners Hill
Hardly Slept In Days	Enjoy Yourself Always		Well I’ve hardly slept in days, I’ve been surfing waves at Apollo Bay
I’m On My Way (To Apollo Bay)	Lionel Lee		I’m finally on my way down this winding road to Apollo Bay
I Wanna Play Apollo Bay	Weekend Rockstars		But I wanna play Apollo Bay, I really wanna get the gig
songs about ARARAT
Australia – The World’s Suburb	TISM		Imagine if old Yassa Arafat was given everything east of Ararat
Bush Telegraph	John Williamson		And there’s been a fight in Dinny Ryan’s bar at Ararat
songs about BACCHUS MARCH
A Grainy Image	Billy Bunks	Bandcamp	You might say that it’s harsh, but I had to smack her for leaving my packet of tabacca in her backpack out the back of the Maccas in Bacchus Marsh
songs about BALLARAT
The Ballarat Horse Auctioneer	Traditional		You’ll not in all Ballarat find one like him. Traditional folk ballad dating from the 1850s
The Cockies Of Bungaree	Traditional Warren Fahey		I’ll never forget the day I met that cocky in Bungaree. Traditional bush ballad. Bungaree is situated just east of Ballarat
Bush Telegraph	John Williamson		There’s rumour of a gold strike to the south of Ballarat
Go To Nashville	John Williamson		Sounding more like Haggard than a guy from Ballarat
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		I’ve been to Ettalong, Dandenong, Woodenbong, Ballarat
The Maryborough Miner	Traditional Gary Shearston		I’ve been on all the diggings boys from famous Ballarat. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the 1930’s
The Nugget Family	Traditional Warren Fahey		I’m going to tell you about a family in Ballarat, sir, their name is Nugget and they’ve lived some time upon the flat, sir. Traditional bush ballad dating back to 1858
With My Swag All On My Shoulder	Traditional Seekers		We made our way to Geelong town, and north-west to Ballarat. Traditional bush ballad
songs about BEECHWORTH
Brisbane To Beechworth	Matt Taylor
The Wild Colonial Boy	Traditional Clancy Brothers		He stuck up the Beechworth mail coach and robbed Judge Macoboy. Traditional bush ballad
songs about BENDIGO
Bendigo	Dave Hughes		Comedy routine
Bendigo Rock	Russell Morris		Got to get my piece of that Bendigo rock
Bendigo (Welcome Stranger)	Keith Glass
Bush Telegraph	John Williamson		Fat lambs brought a record price last week in Bendigo
The Digger’s Farewell	Traditional		I will bid my kind friends one and all a long and sad adieu, for on Bendigo I man not be again. Traditional bush ballad
Gold Song	Milk		I sailed off to Bendigo where I heard the streets were paved with gold
The Grog Tent We Got Tipsy In	Traditional		The grog tent we got tipsy in, in old Bendigo, was certainly the queerest place it’s been my lot to know. Traditional bush ballad
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Bendigo, Dorrigo, Bangalow, Indooroopilly
Lady From Bendigo	Eric Bogle		And if you love me let it show, my lady from Bendigo
Let Me Go To Bendigo	Traditional		Let me go by the very first train, back to Bendigo again. Traditional bush ballad
The Maryborough Miner	Traditional Gary Shearston		I puddled the clay at Bendigo and chanced my arm at Kew. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the 1930’s
Shazza And Michelle	ROOT!		Down in Bendigo there were these two girls, Shazza and Michelle, they won a talent contest, they could sing that well
The Sunshine Railway Disaster	Traditional Warren Fahey		He was driving a Bendigo engine, the train was running all right, it was going along as usual, til Sunshine came in sight. Traditional bush ballad written about the Sunshine train disaster on April 20, 1908
With My Swag All On My Shoulder	Traditional Seekers		Some tried their luck at Bendigo and some at Fiery Creek. Traditional bush ballad
songs about BENNISON
Dear Diary (Nyora Railway Journal)	John Warner		Dear diary, Bill’s been gone these seven days, carting sleepers down at Bennison, or some such place
songs about BILLABONG
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Gulgong, Adelong, Billabong, Cabramatta
songs about BRIGHT
By The Time I Get To Howlong	Spiderbait		Mist on the road, driving to Bright again
songs about CAMPERDOWN
Stratford To Yarram	Greg Champion		Camperdown to Coleraine, they’ve all been kind to me
songs about CASTLEMAINE
The Wild Colonial Boy	Traditional Clancy Brothers		Of poor but honest parents, he was born in Castlemaine. Traditional bush ballad
songs about DANDENONG
Great Southern Navvy	John Warner		From Dandenong to Yarram in a couple of years or two
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		I’ve been to Ettalong, Dandenong, Woodenbong, Ballarat
Marvellous	12th Man		From Darwin to the Dandenongs
songs about EUROA
The Kelly Gang	Traditional Buddy Williams		It was in November ’79 the Kelly boys came down, after shooting Sergeant Kennedy they rode into Euroa town
songs about GEELONG
We Are Geelong	Geelong Cats Football Club		We are Geelong the greatest team of all, we are Geelong, we’re always on the ball. To the tune of Toreador from Carmen
Gee Geelong	Mark Pengilly		Gee Geelong, gee Geelong, how come you get all the blondes
The Good People Of Geelong	San Clemente Sky
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		I’ve been to Wollongong, Geelong, Kurrajong, Mullumbimby
Out To Winchelsea	Greg Champion		Spent enough time round Corio Bay, didn’t mean to stay this long. Corio Bay is adjacent to Geelong
We Were Geelong	Greg Champion		We were Geelong the greatest team of all, we were Geelong we, were always on the ball
With My Swag All On My Shoulder	Traditional Seekers		We made our way to Geelong town, and north-west to Ballarat. Traditional bush ballad
songs about GIPPSLAND
Gippsland Mining Man	John Warner		I’m a Gippsland mining man and I’ll tell you while I can
South Gippsland Mud	John Warner		Arise, you Gippsland cockies, two hours before the sun, you’ve sixteen God given hours to fill before the day is done
Stratford To Yarram	Greg Champion		But the hills and vales of Gippsland are something to be seen
songs about GREAT OCEAN ROAD
Citronella	Guild League		The car reads a curve as the road writes a crest, slow-motion the ocean is ironing its creases
Girt By Sea	John Williamson		There’s the great Southern Rail way and Southern Cross at night, the Great Ocean Road and the Great Australian Bight
Great Ocean Road	Andy Glandt		Great Ocean Road and amazing countryside on the huge Australian island
Great Ocean Road	John Williamson		Couldn’t let the moment slip away, love was the mood down the Great Ocean Road
The Great Ocean Road	San Clemente Sky
songs about HAMILTON
Stratford To Yarram	Greg Champion		And the Highway down to Hamilton is a fine one to ride
songs about HORSESHOE LAKE
Horseshoe Lake	Orbweavers		I slept in the bed of a horseshoe lake last night, a cartridge crown and a shroud of silvery light
songs about JOHANNA
Goin’ To Johanna	Bluesville Station		We’re going to some place where the living’ easy, we’re going to some place where the fishing’s fine, take me back down to Zanna, back to Johanna
songs about KILMORE
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Nambour, Maroochydore, Kilmore, Murwillumbah
songs about KOO WEE RUP
Australia – The World’s Suburb	TISM		All those guys would rather blow it up than move their home to Koo Wee Rup
Great Southern Navvy	John Warner		And we’ll dig your muddy railway out of Koo-Wee-Rup
songs about KORUMBURRA
South Gippsland Mud	John Warner		A bloke to Korumburra came and went in for a drink, he left his dray and bullock team which then began to sink
songs about LAKE BOLAC
Goin’ Off	Tania Kernaghan		The Lake Bolac Ball was huge
songs about LANG LANG
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		It’s Lang Lang and it’s Ki Ki, Wangi Wangi and Woy Woy
songs about MARYBOROUGH
The Maryborough Miner	Traditional Gary Shearston		I’m a Maryborough miner, and I’m one of the good old time. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the 1930’s
songs about MARYSVILLE
Marysville	Kevin Welch		The winds of heaven gonna do what they will, they just blew away pretty little Marysville
This Was My Town (Marysville)	Greg Champion		Come all from all around, rebuild this town
songs about MILDURA
Dedication Day	Eric Bogle		August in Mildura, and winter’s on the run, there’s an early taste of springtime, in the warm mid-morning sun
Hungry Years	Weddings Parties Anything		So we’re down and out in Ouyen town, and you know we are Mildura bound
Mildura Wine	Tom Maxwell		Mildura wine, with the beauty of the Murray and the people so kind, I love that Mildura wine
songs about MITTA MITTA
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		You don’t call Mitta Mitta "Mitta"
songs about NARIEL CREEK
Nariel Creek	Bobkatz		Well I took my kids fishing and I’ve never had a better time yet
songs about OMEO
Stratford To Yarram	Greg Champion		And should you go through Omeo then say hello for me
songs about OUTTRIM
South Gippsland Mud	John Warner		You miners all at Outtrim, and Wonthaggi by the sea, you farmers all at Tarwin Lower, come drink a toast with me
songs about OUYEN
Hungry Years	Weddings Parties Anything		So we’re down and out in Ouyen town, and you know we are Mildura bound
songs about PETERBOROUGH
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		Peterborough isn’t "Peter"
songs about POOWONG
The Ballad Of The Poowing Magpies	ROOT!		Found a secret hidden pipe to the town’s water supply, irrigation on the sly at the Poowong Magpies
Danes of Poowong East: Robin’s Dream 1 (Recorded 2018)	Dual Aura, Ben Dollman, & Monica Schmidt Andersen
songs about PORT FAIRY
Australia – The World’s Suburb	TISM		Make the middle east far less hairy and none of us would miss Port Fairy
songs about PORTLAND
Working Girls	Redgum		She said she came from Portland, where the ashen skies and leaden ocean left her like the local boys
songs about PORTSEA
The Mordialloc Rd Duplicator	TISM		One day all the way to Portsea it’ll be all big divided freeways
songs about PUCKAPUNYAL
I Was Only 19	Redgum John Williamson The Herd		Mum and dad and Denny saw the passing out parade at Puckapunyal, it was a long march from Cadets
Puckapunyal	Warren Fahey & Mic Conway		Pack up all your bags and kit, Puckapunyal’s up the shit, bye bye Pucka
songs about PURA PURA
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		You never call Pura Pura "Pura"
songs about QUAMBATOOK
The Boomerang Cafe	John Williamson		At the Boomerang Cafe, where I first met you. written about the Boomerang Cafe in Quambatook
Boyhood Story	John Williamson		If only I could go fishin’ down the river again, up before he sun with a can of worms. No actual mention of the town in the song, however John states in his book True Blue that it is about Quambatook and the Avoca River
Cootamundra Wattle	John Williamson		Hey it’s July and the winter sun is shining and the Cootamundra wattle is my friend. No actual mention of the town in the song, however John has stateed “About six miles out of Quambatook, there was a corner on one of the bends on the road to another town, and it always had boronias and wattles that seemed prolific in that spot. My mother made the council take care of it and preserve it so they wouldn’t put a road through”
Dear Little Quambatook	John Williamson		My little town hasn’t disappeared yet, Quambatook, take a look you’ll never forget
Salisbury Street	John Williamson The Waifs		And we’ll reminisce our days down Salisbury Street. As stated by John in the liner notes of Gunyah, “Salisbury Street is where our second home was in Quambatook.”
songs about QUEENSCLIFF
Sunshower	Little Stevies		And we’ll grab an oar each and see if we can paddle to Queenscliff
songs about SERVICETON
Town With No Cheer	Tom Waits		The train stopped in Serviceton less and less often, there’s nothing sadder than a town with no cheer
songs about SEYMOUR
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Tullamore, Seymour, Lismore, Mooloolaba
songs about SHEPPARTON
By The Time I Get To Howlong	Spiderbait		Cause I’m sittin’ down upon a train to Shepparton and back again
songs about SIMPSON
Stratford To Yarram	Greg Champion		Skipton ‘cross to Simpson and on down to the sea
songs about SKIPTON
Stratford To Yarram	Greg Champion		Skipton ‘cross to Simpson and on down to the sea
songs about STRATFORD
Stratford To Yarram	Greg Champion		I’ve been from Stratford to Yarram and all the way back again
songs about STREZELECKI
Fires Of ’98	John Warner		I stand here and gaze over Strzelecki’s Range, and turn in my heart half a century of change
songs about SWAN HILL
Boogie With M’ Baby	John Williamson		I went to this rock dance – in Swan Hill
songs about TALLAROOK
Clean Up Our Own Backyard	Slim Dusty		There’s an old rhyme that pits out time, take it for what it’s worth, things are crook at Tallarook and there ain’t no work in Bourke
songs about TARRENGOWER
The Maryborough Miner	Traditional Gary Shearston		I’m one of the men who cradled on the reef at Tarrangower. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the 1930’s
songs about TARWIN LOWER
South Gippsland Mud	John Warner		You miners all at Outtrim, and Wonthaggi by the sea, you farmers all at Tarwin Lower, come drink a toast with me
songs about TOOTGAROOK
The Mordialloc Rd Duplicator	TISM		There’ll be turn offs to Tootgarook, Cranbourne, Frankston and Five Ways
songs about TRAFALGAR
Stratford To Yarram	Greg Champion		She was a teacher in Trafalgar and she shared her precious kiss
songs about TRARALGON
Living In Traralgon	Danny McDonald		A knack of bad presentation is keeping our name alive
Traralgon	Parasite Diet	Bandcamp
songs about VICTORIA
The Showman’s Song	Slim Dusty		Oh we made the grade from Adelaide around the southern line, and worked right through Victoria in the summertime
Town With No Cheer	Tom Waits		This tiny Victorian rhubarb kept the watering hole open for sixty five years
Victoria	Greg Champion & The Coodabeen Champions		The Victoria boys are hard to beat when they come out to play
Victoria Bitter (She Made Me That Way)	Keith Glass
Victorian State Election 2002 Song	Scared Weird Little Guys		It’s the Victorian State Election 2002, it’s time to make your mind up and decide who’s right for you
Victoria (There’s A River)	Keith Glass
When It’s Springtime In Victoria	Les Partell		When it’s springtime in Victoria, the state where I was born
songs about WALKERVILLE
Walkerville	Weddings Parties Anything		As the morning sun was breaking on the cliffs at Walkerville
songs about WANGARATTA
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		So I grabbed a beer, flashed me Wangarratta and went out and joined the party
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Parramatta, Wangaratta, Coolangatta, what’s it matter?
Wangaratta Wahine	Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band		My Wahine in white Wangaratta, it is not goodbye, we will hula again. Written by Mick Conway and David Fleet
songs about WARBURTON
Stars Of Warburton	Midnight Oil		I couldn’t believe the stars of Warburton were waiting for me
songs about WINCHELSEA
Out To Winchelsea	Greg Champion		Are you comin’ with me, we’re goin’ out Winchelsea way
songs about WODONGA
Gotta Root Out Of It	TISM		Drops in to tell us that we are one big Albury-Wodonga
songs about WONTHAGGI
South Gippsland Mud	John Warner		You miners all at Outtrim, and Wonthaggi by the sea, you farmers all at Tarwin Lower, come drink a toast with me
Wonthaggi	John Williamson		But I would keep you warm if ever we’re stuck in winter in Wonthaggi
songs about WOOL WOOL
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		You don’t call Wool Wool "Wool"
songs about YACKANDANDAH
Sons Of The Country	Colin Buchanan		Yackandandah, Louth and Warrego
songs about YARRAM
Great Southern Navvy	John Warner		From Dandenong to Yarram in a couple of years or two
Stratford To Yarram	Greg Champion		I’ve been from Stratford to Yarram and all the way back again
songs about YARRAWONGA
I’m Going Back Again To Yarrawonga	Slim Dusty		I’m going back to Yarrawonga, in Yarrawonga I’ll linger longer

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