Western Australia

Songs about Western Australia

This page lists a number of West Australian towns & locations, along with songs they have been mentioned in.

Population: 2,773,400. Capital city: Perth. Other notable locations: Broome, Fremantle, Kalgoorlie, Nullarbor

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SONG	ARTIST	LISTEN	SAMPLE LYRICS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
songs about PERTH
Bridal Train	Waifs		The bridal train leaves from Perth station
The Catalpa	Traditional Real McKenzies		So come all you screw wardens and gaolers, remember the Perth Regatta Day
Highway To Hell	AC/DC		I’m on the highway to hell, on the highway to hell. Inspired by the Canning Highway which runs from Perth to Fremantle
Hot Pie And Tomato Sauce	John Meillon		Hot pie and tomato sauce, from Perth to Sydney they all endorse
I Love Perth	Pavement		A groovy scene in Australia, I will move, take my surfboard, maybe I’ll groove
I’ve Been Everywhere	Scared Weird Little Guys		Wallabilla, Boggabilla, Cumbarilla… Perth
Mad Tight	Bliss N Eso		Hey yo, Perth (what what), your style is mad tight
Music Is Crap	Custard		Your favourite shirt, those shoes that you bought in Perth
North Perth	Richard Easton
Perth	Richard Easton		I say look around, come on Perth is such a pretty town
Perth City	Charlie Lankester		Wind was howling on Scarborough Beach, but you was outa reach
Perth Girls	Abbe May		My hands slip down as I navigate you, I knew I’d never stay on the edge of your city
Servin’ USA	Redgum		If everybody in Australia, Perth to Byron Bay, got on a jumbo, to California
Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town	Panda Band		We got pretty neon veins and streets straight and wide, all the surfers look the same and all the suburbs go for miles
South Perth	Bernie Hayes
Stuck In Boring Perth City	Jeff Strong		Stuck in boring Perth city, living next to a swamp
West Coast Eagles: We’re Flying High (West Coast Eagles Football Club Song)	Fable Singers		We’re the Eagles, West Coast Eagles, and we’re here to show you why
songs about PERTH – APPLECROSS
Applecross Wing Commander	You Am I		Applecross is not directly mentioned in the lyrics, but Tim Rogers went to primary school in Applecross
songs about PERTH – BULL CREEK
Goodnight, Bull Creek!	Bob Evans		Goodnight Bull Creek is the title of the third album by Bob Evans
Someone So Much	Bob Evans		Goodnight Bull Creek, you were the world to me, now you’re just a well worn post code for the memories
songs about PERTH – COTTESLOE
Carry You	Tim Minchin		We’d wander down to Cottesloe, eat fish and chips in the final glow
Western Waves	Robbie James		From Bondi to Cottesloe, I still hear you from these distant waves
songs about ALBANY
Sail The Nullarbor	John Williamson		Well I saw the colour changes from Albany to Broome
A Brief History	Waifs		Headed off from Broome, travelled through the Kimberley
songs about BEDFORD DOWNS
The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover	Paul Kelly		Bedford Downs, Bow River, Lissadell, Wyndham, building fences, working as a stock man
songs about BIDYADANGA
Back Home In Bidyadanga	John Bennett		My heart’s back home in Bidyadanga, there’s nowhere else like the Kimberley
Bidyadanga	Winterfish		In a town called Bidyadanga upon the northern edge, the land of open spaces
songs about BROOME
Another Night In Broome	Ian McNamara
Australia – The World’s Suburb	TISM		Put all of Israel east of Broome, double the size, we’ve got the room
Back To Broome	Ted Egan		I’m taking you back to Broome today, what’ll we do when we get to Broome?
Broome Love Theme	Bran Nue Dae Gypsy Orchestra		Instrumental, from the soundtrack to the movie, Australia
The Drover’s Ballad	Elton John		Oh his legend rode the winds from Broome to Darwin. From the soundtrack to the movie, Australia
Good Light In Broome	Neil Murray		I said, ‘Really, what are you gonna do?’ He smiled and said, ‘There’s good light in Broome’
Sail The Nullarbor	John Williamson		Well I saw the colour changes from Albany to Broome
Take It In	Waifs		In her mind she’s still splashing round down on Cable Beach. Cable Beach is a beach in Broome
Welcome All To Broome	John Williamson		A few days here I must presume to know enough about life in Broome
songs about BUNBURY
Marvellous	12th Man		From Bondi in the east to Bunbury in the west
songs about BUSSELTON
Busselton To Melbourne	Meg O’Riley	Triple J Unearthed	So I’m leaving Bussellton, going back to Melbourne, and you should have seen the smile on my face
Sons Of The Country	Colin Buchanan		You’re from Come By Chance, Busselton and Crookwell
songs about COCKLEBIDDY
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		Cocklebiddy isn’t “Cockle”
songs about COOLGARDIE
An Aussie Bush Christmas	Maurie Fields		The Coolgardie safe’s just loaded with beer, enough liquid amber to last til new year
Red Sand	Cold Chisel		Way out back of the Coolgardie, round the turn of the century, two riders came out of the west, they were lookin’ for the colour of gold
songs about DANDARAGAN
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		Dandaragan isn’t “Dan”
songs about DERBY
A Brief History	Waifs		Travelled through the Kimberley, Derby, Fitzroy, a night in Halls Creek
Kimberley Frontier	Graeme Connors		Friday night in Derby at the Spinifex Hotel, half the town is in the beer garden
songs about FITZROY
A Brief History	Waifs		Travelled through the Kimberley, Derby, Fitzroy, a night in Halls Creek
The Drover’s Boy	Ted Egan John Williamson		They drank their rum with the stranger who’d come from the Kimberley run, Fitzroy
Fitzroy Crossing	Warumpi Band		Well you’re ever going back to Fitzroy Crossing
The Maryborough Miner	Traditional Gary Shearston		I came to the Fitzroy River all with my Bendigo rig. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the 1930’s
This Big Old Car	Cold Chisel		Take us back across to Katherine to the Fitzroy River sands
Vegie Bill	John Williamson		I’ll send him a card from the Fitzroy, he’ll show it around the Glengarry
songs about FREMANTLE
Bridal Train	Waifs		Waited there in the Freo rain to climb upon the bridal train
The Catalpa	Traditional Real McKenzies		But the Yankee she tacked into Fremantle, and took the best prize of the lot
Fremantle Dockers: Dockers Anthem (Fremantle Dockers Football Club Song)	Fable Singers		We’re the rollers, we’re the rockers, we’re the mighty Freo Dockers
Fremantle Cafe	Sonny Rolfe		In the crowded cafe, freezing outside, nowhere to sit
Fremantle Harbour	John Heyworth
Ireland Over Here	Traditional Slim Dusty		If you heard the Shannon bells in old Fremantle . Traditional bush ballad
Under The Sun	Paul Kelly		Leaving South Fremantle in a Falcon panel van
songs about GERALDTON
G’day G’day	Slim Dusty		It’s a greeting that you’ll hear across Australia, from Geraldton to Goulburn, Gundagai
That Changes Everything	Adam Brand		Said I know a cray boat captain outa Geraldton, and I been thinkin’ I’d go down and work a spell
songs about HALLS CREEK
A Brief History	Waifs		Travelled through the Kimberley, Derby, Fitzroy, a night in Halls Creek
songs about JERDACUTTUP
Jerdacuttup Man	Triffids		Old and lonely, dirty and cold, I’m a Jerdacuttup man
songs about KALGOORLIE
Kalgoorlie	Kevin Bloody Wilson		I’m from a place called Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, you’ve heard of Kalgoorlie? Jeez there’s some people live there never f*cking heard of the joint themselves!. Spoken word comedy routine from the Live In London album
Kalgoorlie	Tim Rogers & The Temperance Union		And I’ll get what I left behind, and she’ll understand me in Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie Girl	djangle		My friends all say I’m crazy to love a girl like that, they tell me that she’s been well used, guess that’s a fact, she’s my Kalgoorlie girl
Kalgoorlie Girl	Mark Cryle		If you got cash, she’s always pleased to know you, she’s got things to show you, Kalgoorlie girl
Kalgoorlie Love Songs (ALBUM)	Kevin Bloody Wilson		2002 comedy album, named after Kalgoorlie
The Kalgoorlie Mine	Richard Leschen		I told him to move on, make tracks and then head on, straight to the Kalgoorlie Mine
The Kalgoorlie Two-Up School Song	Kelly Newton-Wordsworth
King Of Kalgoorlie	Slim Dusty
She’s A Good ‘N	Kevin Bloody Wilson		They called the well-hung young goat-fucker from Kalgoorlie
songs about KIMBERLEY
The Ballad Of Queenie & Rover	Paul Kelly		Queenie was born on the banks of the great Ord River, 1930, maybe
Bow River	Cold Chisel		First thing you know I’ll be back in Bow River again. As explained on the Cold Chisel website, Bow River is a small outpost between Kununurra and Hall’s Creek (in the Kimberley region)
A Brief History	Waifs		Headed off from Broome, travelled through the Kimberley
The Drover’s Boy	Ted Egan John Williamson		They drank their rum with the stranger who’d come from the Kimberley run, Fitzroy
Edge Of The Kimberley	Colin Buchanan		A couple of hours and you’re going to be on the edge of the Kimberley
Kimberley	John Butler		You see Kimberly was special, a rare and wild soul, nearly every man who met her, their hearts she always stole
Kimberley Frontier	Graeme Connors		And me, well I’m on my second beer, soaking up the scenery, happy to be here on the Kimberley Frontier
Kimberley Moon	James Blundell
The Prettiest Girl In The Kimberley	John Williamson		For one of their tribe belonged to me, the prettiest girl in the Kimberley
Vegie Bill	John Williamson		If you’ve ever been to the Kimberley, just like old Vegie Bill
songs about KOORDA
Old Koorda Town	Alex Watt & Roger Corbett		A part of me still planted there, waiting for rain in the dusty air, old Koorda Town I know I just can’t stay
songs about KUNUNNURA
A Brief History	Waifs		Wyndham, Kunnunrra, Darwin we stayed for a while
She’ll Be Right	Rolf Harris		Then I recovered it covered up in Kununurra frog spawn and couldn’t get the thing to work
Vegie Bill	John Williamson		So I’m goin’ up there for the old bloke, Kununnura, to see his mate
songs about LAVERTON
Scorn Of The Women	Weddings Parties Anything		Well I stood in the line, my screwdriver in hand, making aircraft out at Laverton
songs about LISSADELL
The Ballad Of Queenie & Rover	Paul Kelly		Bedford Downs, Bow River, Lissadell, Wyndham, building fences, working as a stock man
songs about MEEKATHARRA
The Girls Of Meekatharra	Ted Egan		Meeka girls are terrific girls, Meeka girls are all good sports
Living Next Door To Alan	Kevin Bloody Wilson		They came down from Meekatharra in a burnt out blue FJ
songs about NORSEMAN
Window Down	Alex Watt		Heading out to Norseman ‘cross the Nullarbor, lookin’ like the sky was about to pour
songs about NORTHCLIFF
Treat Yo Mama	John Butler Trio		I got a couple of friends up in a tree in Northcliff, you know they’re doing their part
songs about NULLARBOR
Across The Nullarbor	Charles Jenkins		I somehow found myself across the Nullarbor
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		He said “Nullarbors me to tears, leave him at home”
Broken Hearted On The Nullarbor	Systemaddicts
‘Cross The Nullarbor	Tommy Emmanuel
Humpin’ My Bluey	John Williamson		From WA along the Nullarbor and north to the black soil plains
Nullarbor	Don Morrison
Nullarbor Song	Kasey Chambers		When the fire burns out here it’s brighter than the city lights
On The Nullarbor	Charlie Boyter
Sail The Nullarbor	John Williamson		Well I took my little kelpie and I sailed the Nullarbor
She’ll Be Right	Rolf Harris		See I just got back from the Nullarbor Plain and me camera has had the sword
Singing In The Rain	John Williamson		Out here in the Nullarbor singin’ in the rain
Ted	Redgum		As a navvy on the line in Nullarbor, the Depression left its scars
This Train I’m On	Greg Champion		Just take me north to Alice or across the Nullarbor
Western Waves	Robbie James		I can still see you there, across the Nullarbor to the western waves
Window Down	Alex Watt		Heading out to Norseman ‘cross the Nullarbor, lookin’ like the sky was about to pour
songs about PEMBERTON
Meeting In Pemberton	Kalle Kjemtrup
songs about ROEBUCK BAY
Red Sand	Cold Chisel		Passed him on to a pearl lugger that was Java bound outa Roebuck Bay
songs about SWAN VALLEY
Sail The Nullarbor	John Williamson		And through the Swan Valley there’s banksias
songs about WALKAWAY
Sally	Sonny Rolfe		About the life of a female convict in Walkaway, a WA town near Geraldton
songs about WARAKURNA
Warakurna	Midnight Oil		Warakurna, cars will roll, don’t drink by the water hole
songs about WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The Catalpa	Traditional Real McKenzies		She sailed into Western Australia, and took six poor Fenians away
Fisherman’s Daughter	Waifs		I’m just your regular West Australian fisherman’s daughter
High On A Hill	Neil Murray		I’m somewhere in south-west WA, never been here before, may never be again
I’m A Bogman	Luka Bloom		I’d love to see Arizona or the West Australian sands, but my heart belongs to those precious wetlands
West Australian Woman	Corey Colum		A rainbow in the desert, you fill my heart and take my breath away, West Australian woman
songs about WHYNDHAM
A Brief History	Waifs		Wyndham, Kunnunrra, Darwin we stayed for a while
The Ballad Of Queenie & Rover	Paul Kelly		Bedford Downs, Bow River, Lissadell, Wyndham, building fences, working as a stock man
songs about WITTENOOM
Blue Sky Mine	Midnight Oil		Protest song about the mining of blue asbestos in Wittenoom
Howl At The Moon	Don Walker		He fires it of into the heart of the night and lays a strip of rubber from Adelaide to Wittenoom
Sail The Nullarbor	John Williamson		And I saw the rusty Hammersley’s from a dusty Wittenoom

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