Queensland

Songs about Queensland
This page lists a number of Queensland towns & locations, along with songs they have been mentioned in.
Population: 5,265,043. Capital city: Brisbane. Other notable locations: Cairns, Longreach, Mt Isa, Townsville

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SONG	ARTIST	LISTEN	SAMPLE LYRICS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
songs about BRISBANE
Between The Dirt And Sky	Jeff Lang		I’m leaving on the next Brisbane bus, there’s vultures waiting on nights like these
Bradman	Paul Kelly		From Adelaide to Brisbane the runs did not abate, he hit ’em hard, he hit ’em straight
Brisbane	The Wiggles		Brisbane, Brisbane, lots to do, lots to see
Brisbane 1933	Gin Club
Brisbane ’82	John Kennedy		In Brisbane my innocence was lost
Brisbane Bandits	Mutiny		Beer beer here, the Brisbane bandits call, we’re drinkin in the Valley
The Brisbane Bean-a-thon	Jack Drake		The promo of all promos, the Brisbane Bean-a-thon
Brisbane Blacks	Mop & The Dropouts		On TV I saw a story of the Brisbane blacks, a story that is touching, a story that is right
Brisbane City	Joel Turner & The Modern Day Poets		This one’s for Brisbane man, and I’ll represent Acacia Ridge
Brisbane City Deja Vu	Clinic		I grab my backpack then I make a move, headed for some Brisbane city deja vu
Brisbane Girl	Penny Davies & Roger Ilott
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		Farewell and adieu to you, sweet Brisbane ladies, farewell and adieu to you girls of Toowong. Traditional bush ballad from the 1890’s originally penned by Saul Mendelsohn. Also known as Ladies Of Brisbane, and Augathella Station
Brisbane (Security City)	Saints		Thirteen hot nights in a row, the cops drive past and they move slow
Brisbane The River City	Robbie Dunn		When I returned to Brisbane I couldn’t believe my eyes
Brisbane To Beechworth	Matt Taylor		I find a thing about Brisbane, always very glad you came
Buckin’ Brisbane Broncos	Jim Haynes
The Ekka (Dagwood Dogs)	Robbie Dunn		Now people come from across the land in train’s planes and in vans to the Ekka where the country meets the town
Down And Out In Paradise	Robbie Dunn		They’re down and out and lonely even here in paradise
Fri Night In Brisbane	Robbie Dunn		Friday night in Brisbane, ’tis the place for me
Hey Hey We’re The Broncos	Ipswich Connection		We’re all playing for Brisbane so help us on our way, Rugby League’s a sensation, you oughta come and see us play
Inferno (Brisbane In Summer)	Robert Forster		The jungle is coming and so is the drought, the people are screaming “let me let me let me let me let me let me out”
Ireland Over Here	Traditional Slim Dusty		If the Shannon River joined the Brisbane waters. Traditional bush ballad
I Will	Tania Kernaghan		That sign says “Brisbane 649”
Just Another Day	Robbie Dunn		Just another day, oh it’s just another day, it’s just another day in Brisbane town
Koala Sprint	Midnight Oil		20 hours to Brisbane on night prowl play, 20 hours to Brisbane, where’s Brisbane
Brisbane Lions: La Marseillaise (Brisbane Football Club Song)	Fable Singers		Go Lions, Brisbane Lions, we’ll kick the winning score
Lee Remick	Go-Betweens		She comes from Ireland, she’s very beautiful, I come from Brisbane and I’m quite plain
Let’s Stomp Australia Way	Tony Brady		In Brisbane and the Gold Coast too, they stomp all night and day
Lonely Old Sunday	Riptides		When you’re walking the streets around Brisbane
Mad Tight	Bliss N Eso		Hey yo, Brissie (what what), your style is mad tight
Meet Me In The Mall In Brisbane	Judith Durham		Meet me in the mall in Brisbane, we can do it all in Brisbane
Money For Life	Riptides		He lives in Hope Street, just up from the wishing well, drops a penny in, just to have a splash, he works in Earnest Street, just up from the debt collectors
Moreton Bay	Traditional John Denver Bernard Fanning, Jack Moncur & John Bedggood		One Sunday morning as I went walking, by Brisbane waters I chanced to stray. Traditional ballad written by Frank The Poet
No One Loves Brisbane Like Jesus	John Williamson		No one loves Brisbane like Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Old Brisbane Town	Robbie Dunn		When it came the time for me to settle down, I chose old Brisbane town
Plight 217	Blueline Medic Gifthorse		They’re to prevent this sight, not for protection, for now and not for Brisbane
Ruby	Catfish		Now Ruby’s steppin’ out of the shower, waxin’ to the Brisbane line
Saturday Night At The Motherfuckers Ball	Rodney Rude		They like it in Brisbane, Gold Coast too
See You Again	Catfish		I could have followed you to Brisbane, I would have followed you to hell
Servin’ USA	Redgum		Sydney, Wagga, Brisbane and Boganville (inside, outside, USA)
Six Hours From Brisbane	Halfway		Six hours from Brisbane, twenty bucks and a bottle for you
Sixteen Straws	Drones		One Sunday morning while I was out walking, by the Brisbane waters I chanced to stray. Borrows verses from the traditional song Moerton Bay
Somewhere We’ve Just Been	Little Stevies		I’ve been to Brissie and back, fell in love and all that and had all the fun I ever dreamed about
The Streets Of Brisbane	The Mabels
There’s No Place Quite Like Brisbane	Robbie Dunn		Well there’s no place quite like Brisbane on a sunny afternoon
This Big Old Car	Cold Chisel		Gonna take us all the way to Brisbane, take us all the way to Cairns
This Town	Cara Madden	Triple J Unearthed	This town, it’s really got a hold on me
Trees Of Brisbane	Charles Jenkins		She was lying on the bed describing the view, out the window, over the trees of Brisbane
Up Close Personal Attention	Gina Jeffreys		From Brisbane to the Alice, the show must go on
Vulture Street (ALBUM)	Powderfinger		2003 album named after the street in Brisbane
songs about BRISBANE – ACACIA RIDGE
Brisbane City	Joel Turner & The Modern Day Poets		This one’s for Brisbane man, and I’ll represent Acacia Ridge
songs about BRISBANE – BREAKFAST CREEK
Big Country Town	Goodwills		Down at the Creek, the mid-week gallops, where they sort the real men from the boys
Dreamworld	Midnight Oil		The Breakfast Creek Hotel is up for sale, the last square mile of terra firma gavelled in the mail
No One Loves Brisbane Like Jesus	John Williamson		You won’t get lost mate, it’s easy, turn left at the Brekkie Creek pub
songs about BRISBANE – FORTITUDE VALLEY
Big Country Town	Goodwills		Meet me at Giardinetto in the Valley, just take the trolley bus from town
Fortitude Valley	Mick Thomas		Woe Lord, give me fortitude, take me down the Valley, where the lonely people dance
Fortitude Valley Diehards Club Song	Fortitude Valley Diehards Club		The champion Valey diehards, the boys in royal blue
No One Loves Brisbane Like Jesus	John Williamson		Then I went down into Valley, the girls on the street turned my head
songs about BRISBANE – INDOOROOPILLY
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Bendigo, Dorrigo, Bangalow, Indooroopilly
songs about BRISBANE – LOGAN
Darkside	Kev Carmody Tex Perkins		South of the freeway them Logan kids used to hang out in that trashed out Rooster & Ribs
songs about BRISBANE – MANLY
The Ballad Of St Helena	Robbie Dunn		I stood at the shore at Manly and gazed across the bay
songs about BRISBANE – MORETON BAY
Bicentennial	Paul Kelly		Broken man on Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay	Traditional John Denver Bernard Fanning, Jack Moncur & John Bedggood		Of Moreton Bay I’ve found no equal, excessive tyranny each day prevails. Traditional ballad written by Frank The Poet
Sixteen Straws	Drones		To Moreton Bay I’ve found no equal, the tyranny there makes all the rest pale. Borrows verses from the traditional song Moerton Bay
songs about BRISBANE – NEWSTEAD
Banana Bender from Booroodabin	Rita Schneider		The Booroodabin Bowls Club is located in Newstead
songs about BRISBANE – NUNDAH
No Place Like Nundah	Double Happiness		And if you ever need to go somewhere incognito, there’s no place like Nundah
songs about BRISBANE – PETRIE
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		Petrie isn’t “Pee”
songs about BRISBANE – PINKENBA
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Guthalungra, Pinkenba, Wanko, Yaamba, ha ha haMore info at Australian Railway Story
songs about BRISBANE – REDLAND BAY
Redland Bay	Robbie Dunn
songs about BRISBANE – SHORNCLIFFE
Big Country Town	Goodwills		It’s hard not to hanker for the past, when every suburb looked like Shorncliffe
songs about BRISBANE – STORY BRIDGE
No One Loves Brisbane Like Jesus	John Williamson		Where the hell is the Story Bridge, I’m going around and around
Underneath The Story Bridge	Goodwills		Had my first kiss today, underneath the Story Bridge, asked her to go all the way, underneath the Story Bridge
songs about BRISBANE – STRATHPINE
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Condamine, Strathpine, Proserpine, Ulladulla
songs about BRISBANE – TOOWONG
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		Farewell and adieu to you, sweet Brisbane ladies, farewell and adieu to you girls of Toowong
Departues (Blue Toowong Skies)	Bernard Fanning		Bernard explains on his website, “The lyric is talking about the place in Brisbane where I grew up. Toowong, a near city suburb that my Dad also spent his childhood in and ended up being buried in“
The Supporters Song	Robbie Dunn		Here’s a little story about my cousin John, lived up near the graveyard in the village of Toowong
Toowong	Brad Strut feat. Lazy Grey & Len One
Toowong Cemetary	John Waterman		Field recording from the Toowong Cemetery
songs about BRISBANE – YEERONGPILLY
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Kirribilli, Yeerongpilly, Wollondilly, don’t be silly
songs about ARATULA
Gateway to Learning	Small Town Culture – Aratula State School		Open up your mind and let your heart sing, Aratula State School is the gateway to learning
songs about ARRABURY
Letter From Arrabury	Charley Boyter Slim Dusty		And the soft voice of a stockman as he lulls them off to sleep, how your letter takes me back to Arrabury
songs about ATHERTON
Caught In The Act	Redgum		Those people here who are into the inhalation of illegal vegetable matter might be interested to know that at the back of Cairns is a mountain range called the Atherton Tablelands
songs about AUGATHELLA
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		And when we’ve got back to the Augathella Station we hope you’ll come by there and pay us a call
Cunnamulla Fella	Slim Dusty Screaming Jets Lee Kernaghan		I’ll be the fella, at Augethella, I’ll be the Augathella fella
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Morella, Augathella, Brindabella, I’m the feller
songs about AYR
Queensland Bungalow	John Williamson		Out there a little south of Townsville, the monsoonal rains begin to pour
Taipan	Cold Chisel		Railroad goes, Kalamia Mill, if the heat don’t get you, Taipan will. Kalamia Mill is a sugar mill near Ayr
Where’s Ayr?	Ron Odgers
songs about BABINDA
Babinda	Don Burrows Quintet
The Babinda Trilogy (ALBUM)	Don Burrows Quintet		1990 jazz trilogy album released by Don Burrows, named after the town he lived and worked in at the time
songs about BAMBAROO
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		I’ve been to Moree, Taree, Jerilderie, Bambaroo
songs about BARCALDINE
The Ballad Of 1891	Bushwackers Helen Palmer Ted Egan		From Clermont to Barcaldine, the shearers’ camps were full
Barcaldine	P.W. Farrell Ted Egan		Instrumental bass music
The Barcaldine Cup	Graham Rodger		It’s a motley-looking field but some say it’s only luck that sets apart the winner of the great Barcaline Cup
songs about BARCOO
A Thousand Miles Away	Traditional		On the far Barcoo, and the Flinders too, a thousand miles away. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the late 1800’s
Bicentennal	Paul Kelly		Hunted man out on the Barcoo
Catching Yellowbelly (In The Old Barcoo)	Slim Dusty Stan Coster		I’ve had all kinds of pleasures in my younger days, that’s true, now it’s catching yellowbelly in the mudy old Barcoo
Sons And Daughters Of The Old Barcoo	Alan Mackey
songs about BEAUDESERT
Beaudesert’s B & S Ball	Anthony Classen		They’re all looking for love at Beaudesert’s B& S Ball
Beaudesert Cafe	Ian McNamara
Beaudesert What A Stinkin Hole	OK Cowboys		Beaudesert, what a stinkin’ hole, Beaudesert, town without a soul
The Wild Beaudesert Train	John Hospodaryk
songs about BILOELA
The Biloela Sheila	Glenn Jones
songs about BIRDSVILLE
Birdsville	Russell Morris		They don’t call this living out here at the back of the Birdsville track
The Birdsville Races	Ted Egan Colin Buchanan		Me and me mates have just come into Birdsville, for the beer, the conversation and oh yeah the fights
The Birdsville Track	Slim Dusty		Way out in Heartbreak Corner they went and never came back, and another story’s buried there along the Birdsville Track
If You Haven’t Been To Birdsville	Peter Coad
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Birdsville, Emmaville, Wallaville, Cunnamulla
Skinny Dingoes	John Williamson		So see you later Birdsville, you’re far too flash for me
Where Country Is	Lee Kernaghan Slim Dusty		He sat by the door of the grand old Birdsville Pub, his swag and gear was guarded by a faithful heeler dog
songs about BLUEWATER
Bush Fires (Bluewater, N. Queensland, Australia)	Philip Mead		Classical composition from the album 24 Preludes
Butane	Dan Schaumann		We swam and fished and jumped from trees and joked about some crocs, and floated in the rapids from the weir’s downstream rocks. Written about an event that happened at Bluewater Creek
songs about BOGANTUNGAN
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Bogan-Tungan, Rollingstone, Mungar, Murgon, Marathon. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about BOONAH
Beaudesert’s B & S Ball	Anthony Classen		The girls from Boonah pack early, they’ll get there sooner
songs about BRIBIE ISLAND
Red Beach	Double Happiness		Nudists love it cause it’s out of reach, and you can always find me at Red Beach. Red Beach is a beach on Bribie Island
songs about BRIGALOW
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Lithgow, Casino, Brigalow and Narromine
songs about BUNDABERG
A Bullockie’s Song	Traditional		There’s an old bullock driver lives in Bundaberg up west. Traditional bush ballad
Ambulance Men	GANGgajang		They’ve got a Civic Centre but best of the lot, you know what they’ve got? Well they’ve got ambulance men in the main street
Bundaberg Blues	Ryan Deakinr		Here in Bundaberg, sugar cane country
Bundaberg Rum	Penny Davies & Roger Ilott
Bundaberg Rum	Wayfarers		Bundaberg rum, overproof rum, will turn you inside and grow hair on your bum
Bundaberg Rum (Had Too Much Of)	Matt Corcoran
Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)	GANGgajang		Out on the patio we’d sit, and the humidity we’d breathe, we’d watch the lightning crack over canefields
Three Shots Of Bundaberg Rum	Peter Knight		I said hey there Mr Bartender, please, when my story is done, three shots of Bundaberg Rum
To The North	GANGgajang		To the north are the canefields, seas of waving green, and then the fires come, and burn the water, it’s a sight to be seen
songs about BURPENGARY
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		Burpengary isn’t “Burpen”
songs about CABOOLTURE
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		The first camp we make we shall call it the Quart Pot, Caboolture, then Kilcoy and Collington’s Hut
Caboolture Days	Penny Davies & Roger Ilott		The river slips away, like moments, like years, Caboolture days
Caboolture Speed Lab	Custard
No One Loves Brisbane Like Jesus	John Williamson		I came down from Caboolture for a do at the Bronco’s club
songs about CAIRNS
A Brief History	Waifs		Christmas in Cairns didn’t have nowhere to go, busking on the streets just to get a feed
Bye Bye Pride	Go-Betweens		Turned the fan off and went for a walk by the lights down on Shield Street
Cairns City	Little Black Book Band		Cairns city here I come, it’s a beautiful tropical paradise and I’m gonna get me some
Cairns North Queensland, That’s Where I Want To Be	Chris Lloyds		Cairns North Queensland, that’s where I want to be, no more hot water bottles or electric blankets for me
The Cane-Cutter’s Lament	Traditional Warren Fahey		And I’ll never cut cane for that bastard again, on the banks of the Barron River. Traditional bush ballad. The Barron River is situated close to Carins.
Cape York Peninsula	John Williamson		They threw away their travel plans, they got no further than north of Cairns
Carnivale Cairns	Pegro Mendez		Instrumental ambient music
Caught In The Act	Redgum		After you’re bored with that you might like to whip up to Cairns
Christmas In Cairns	Ten Tenors
Gladstone Pier	Redgum		She lived in Cairns, made plans to move
If You Ever Go Up Northwards	Traditional		Oh the breezes blow across to Cairns from Brown Bay, are perfumed by the mangroves as they blow. Traditional bush ballad written by Des Byers
Night In Cairns	Howlin’ Wind
Opal Dream While In Cairns	Ashera		Instrumental ambient music
Palm Tree Yard	Traditional		I’ve a wife in Cairns city but tonight I’m all alone. Traditional bush ballad
The Pig-Catcher’s Love Song	Traditional		Oh Cairns bitter beer love, Cairns bitter beer, I love you the way I love Cairns bitter beer. Traditional bush ballad
Spark Of The Heart	Redgum		On the news it seems unreal, floods in Cairns the cities just can’t feel
This Big Old Car	Cold Chisel		Gonna take us all the way to Brisbane, take us all the way to Cairns
The Wharfie’s Song	Traditional		I thumbs me nose at all the pannos, down where the Cairns inlet flows, they’ll sell you for a shilling, that’s how they get their living. Traditional bush ballad
songs about CAMERON’S CORNER
Where The Edge Of The World Meets The Start Of The Sky	Paul Buckberry		Buckberry mentions in his YouTube video description that the illusion of seeing the curvature of the Cameron’s Corner horizon, yet not being able to go there, is comparable with how First Nations people were “banished to the horizon”
songs about CAMOOWEAL
Buffalo Bill	Sara Storer		And I’m glad I met the man who lives in Camooweal today to sing this song and carry on his life of yesterday
Camooweal	Slim Dusty Lee Kernaghan Ed Keupper Trevor Adamson Johnny Chester Lindsay Butler Neville Anderson Charley Boyter		Should ever I go back to Camooweal t’would be in Spring when desert flowers bloom
The Drover’s Boy	Ted Egan John Williamson		In the Camooweal Pub they talked about the death of the drover’s boy
Drover’s Call	Sara Storer		Camooweal the drovers call, that’s what were all here for
Ghosts Of Camooweal	Bruce McMillan
songs about CANUNGRA
I Was Only 19	Redgum John Williamson The Herd		We did Canungra, Shoalwater, before we left
songs about CAPE YORK
Cape York	Black Image		Woah, Australia, my little home is Cape York
Cape York Peninsula	John Williamson		That’s how you know you are on Cape York Peninsula
Frangipani Bay	John Williamson		Down dusty roads, trusty friends, we’re heading without a care, to Frangipani Bay, way way out there
Papa Whiskey November	John Williamson		And they played the Moonlight Serenade over Cape York Peninsula
songs about CHARLEVILLE
Charleville	Slim Dusty Adam Brand Catfish		In Charleville, in Charleville, there’s a pretty little woman says she’ll say I will
Charleville Princess	Simply Bushed		Charleville Princess, you’ve come so far, pushing up life’s dusty roads
Droving Woman	Kevin Carmody Glen Richards, Missy Higgins & Paul Kelly		It was down through Charleville up to Julia Creek
Kosciuszko	Midnight Oil		Darkness over Charleville, the fires begin to grow
Sergeant Small	Weddings Parties Anything		I headed out through Charlieville to the western towns, I was on my way to Roma, destination Darling Downs
When The Snow Falls On The Alice	Lee Kernaghan		I’ve seen every lonely roadhouse from Charleville to Murray Bridge
songs about CHARTERS TOWERS
The Ballad Of 1891	Bushwackers Helen Palmer Ted Egan		Then we’ll pack the west with troopers, from Bourke to Charters Towers
Charters Towers	John Williamson		Well I’ve heard lots about Charters Towers, I came through Townsville under two hours
Charters Towers	Nik Phillips
I Left Her In Charters Towers	Ian Quinn
I Wish I Was A Train	Troy Cassar-Daley & Paul Kelly		I started throwing punches in a bar in Charters Towers
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Pies and coffees, baths and showers, are supplied at Charters Towers. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about CHILDERS
Chasin’ Sorts In Childers	Chad Morrgan		Oh I am going to Childers in search of romance, and once I get near those Childers sorts, the local lads won’t have any chance
The Tough Cane Cutter From The Isis	Chad Morgan		I’m a tough cane cutter from the Isis, I cut cane around Childers town. The Isis was a local Queendland government area administered from Childers
songs about CHILLAGOE
The Chillagoe Song	Traditional		Now the Chillagoe road is one of those roads that’s full of holes and water. Traditional bush ballad
Farewell To The Pick And Shovel	Traditional		Farewell to all the navvies on the Chillagoe railway line. Traditional bush ballad
songs about CHINCHILLA
The Chinchilla Rodeo	Graham Rodger		So if you think you’re good enough and you’d like to have a go, well then you’re welcome at Chinchilla’s rodeo
songs about CLERMONT
The Ballad Of 1891	Bushwackers Helen Palmer Ted Egan		From Clermont to Barcaldine, the shearers’ camps were full
songs about CLONCURRY
Cloncurry Cattle Song	James Blundell		Burke & Wills just wandered down and called the place Cloncurry
Every Time He Travels Through Cloncurry	Luke Austen		Every time he travels through Cloncurry, he sees the town he knew when he was young
Girl From Cloncurry	Pete Sanders
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Cloncurry, River Murray, Kurri Kurri, Girraween
songs about COLLINSVILLE
Bowen River Rodeo	Reg Lindsay		Seince nineteen hundred and five, districts come alove for the Bowen River Rodeo. The Bowen River Rideo is held every year in Collinsville
songs about CONDAMINE
Australia – The World’s Suburb	TISM		My map don’t show Condamine but it’s probably bigger than Palestine
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Condamine, Strathpine, Proserpine, Ulladulla
The Banks Of The Condamine	Traditional Greg Champion Gary Shearston		When we’ve shore the last of the jumbucks on the banks of the Condamine. Traditional bush ballad
The Blooming Queensland Side	Traditional Cloudstreet		It’s up and down the Condamine of an evening you can roam. Traditional bush ballad, dating back to the 1890’s
The Condamine Bell	Buddy Williams		All you could hear on the ranges and plains was the sound of the Condamine bell
Condamine Horse Bell	Slim Dusty		I go to sleep with my mind at ease til I wait to the ring of the Condamine horse bell
The Condamine Waltz	Nev Nicholls
South From Condamine	Reg Poole		Weary souls with doubtful goals going down the road from Condamine
songs about COOKTOWN
Cooktown	Pegro Mendez		Instrumental ambient music
Cooktown	Super Raelene Bros		I’d go to Cooktown baby, if I had the money, I’d get me a truck, drive across the country
Cooktown: Far North Queensland	Peter Mummé		Instrumental ambient music
Cooktown Song	Traditional		Oh the day I came across the bush to Cooktown I’ll remember to the closing of my days. Traditional bush ballad, dating back to the 1940’s
songs about COOLANGATTA
Caught In The Act	Redgum		Ok you touch down, Coolangatta & you got your Walkman pinned to your side
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Parramatta, Wangaratta, Coolangatta, what’s it matter?
Tallulah	Allo Darlin’		St Kilda, Coolangatta, Bondi Beach and Coogee Bay, I like the sound of their names
songs about COOLUM
4573	The Chats		Thirty K’s an hour down the Esplanade, kicked out the club so I’m headed to the park. 4573 is the postcode for Coolum
Zug Zug	The Herd		Like the village of the damned up in Coolum, maybe they think we’re here to school ’em
songs about COOPER CREEK
Burke And Wills And Me	Masters Apprentices		I turned to Burke and said good man, supplies are running low, we’ll make it back to Cooper’s Creek, from there I just don’t know
songs about CUNNAMULLA
Cunnamulla	John Dengate
Cunnamulla Fella	Slim Dusty Screaming Jets Lee Kernaghan		Cause I’m the fella from Cunnamulla, yes I’m the Cunnamulla fella
Cunnamulla Fella’s Wedding	Stan Coster
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Birdsville, Emmaville, Wallaville, Cunnamulla
Look Out Cunnamulla	John Williamson		Look out Cunnamulla, the water’s on its way
songs about DAINTREE
Daintree	Greg Champion		And everything around Daintree was in Daintree more or less
Daintree	Peter Mumme		Instrumental ambient music
Daintree Rainforest	Ken Davis		Ambient rainforest recording
Emily Rose	Darren Coggan		I’ve felt alive from the smell of the Daintree when it’s rained
Papa Whiskey November	John Williamson		Down the coast to the Daintree, Queensland, Australia
songs about DALVEEN
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Dalveen, Tamborine, Engadine, Jindabyne
songs about DARLING DOWNS
Tell Him He’s Dreaming	Tania Kernaghan		She was just a stablehand on the Darling Downs
songs about DIAMANTINA
Blue Heeler	James Blundell		A hundred years on the Diamantina, a test of time for the old Blue Heeler. The Blue Heeler Hotel is situated in Kynuna
Diamantina Dream	Lee Kernaghan		So when we’re apart no matter how empty things seem, I’ll be here by the river in your Diamantina dream
Diamantina Drover	Redgum John Williamson Lee Kernaghan		For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina
Elly	Kev Carmody Bernard Fanning		From the Diamantina River country she crossed the dry mid-west
Make The Diamantina	Alan Mackey	ReverbNation	If I make the Diamantina I’ll be doing alright and I’ll be in my baby’s arms come Saturday night
Skinny Dingoes	John Williamson		What am I doing here, on the banks of the Diamantina
songs about DIRRANBANDI
Home In Dirranbandi	Charley Boyter
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Iron rations come in handy, on the way to Dirranbandi. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about DJARAWONG
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Boora-Mugga, Djarawong, Giligulgul, Wonglepong. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about DUARINGA
Dancing in the Duaringa Dust	Small Town Culture (Duaringa State School & Josh Arnold)		Dancing, dancing, in the central west, growing up out here is the best, dancing, dancing, this country life’s for us, dancing in the Duaringa dust
songs about DUCKINWILLA
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		Duckinwilla isn’t “Duck”
The Duckinwilla Dance	Chad Morgan		Duckinwilla Creek was hummin’ for the dance that had been comin’, was ready now and we were set to go
The Duckinwilla Stud	Chad Morgan		He rides a motorbike, a shiny motorbike, there’ll never be another like the Duckinwilla stud
songs about DURIKAI
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Males and females, high and dry, hang around at Durikai. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about EDMONTON
The Boning Room Ladies	Traditional		There is a shed in Edmonton where beef boning is done, it’s been the ruin of many a poor girl and Lord I know I’m one. Traditional bush ballad to the tune of House Of The Rising Sun, written by Des Byers
songs about EMERALD
Australian Boy	Lee Kernaghan		I’ve got a girl back in Emerald waiting for me, I’m an Australian boy
songs about FRASER ISLAND
Fishing Fraser Island	Colin Buchanan		You’re in for a good feed every night when you’re fishing Fraser Island
Fraser Island	Hayman		Fraser Island, where the dingoes make their love in the moonlight
Fraser Moon	Bobkatz		Fraser moon, take me back to a campfire
songs about GARATDUNGA
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Passengers have died of hunger during halts at Garatdunga. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about GILIGULGUL
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Boora-Mugga, Djarawong, Giligulgul, Wonglepong. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about GIN GIN
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		You don’t call Gin Gin “Gin”
Gin Gin	Col Elliott		You can’t call Gin Gin “Gin Gin” any more
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Darwin, Gin Gin, Deniliquin, Muckadilla
songs about GLADSTONE
Gladstone Pier	Redgum		You can make your future here by the Gladstone Pier
songs about GLASSHOUSE MOUNTAINS
Mooloolaba	Robert James		Left to the freeway, driving north, the Glasshouse Mountains legends bought
songs about GOLD COAST
Caught In The Act	Redgum		Go and have a look at the Gold Coast and decide it’s the absolute pits
Gold Coast Titans	Gold Coast Titans NRL Club		Go the Titans, they’ll never give in, the Gold Coast Titans are born to win
Saturday Night At The Motherfuckers Ball	Rodney Rude		They like it in Brisbane, Gold Coast too
We Fly High	BMAC		Gold Coast schoolies, such is life
songs about GOONDIWINDI
Goin’ Off	Tania Kernaghan		Goin’ off at the Gundi B & S
The Goondiwindi Grey	Tex Morton Reg Poole		The champ from Goondiwindi with the champs of other years
Goondiwindi Moon	Lee Kernaghan		It’s just me and you and the Goondiwindi moon, all at once the world is standing still
Goondiwindi Pork	John Williamson Greg Champion		He said he kept his family going, stabbing wild Goondiwindi pork
The Goondiwindi Song	Traditional		Oh I have black friends and white, from Surat to Goondiwindi. Traditional bush ballad
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Mittagong, Molong, Grong Grong, Goondiwindi
Welcome To Queensland	Bobkatz		Crossing into Queensland the Goondiwindi moon shone bright
songs about GREAT BARRIER REEF
A Feeling Like That	Gary Allan		For all that I saw of that Great Barrier Reef, it was nothing, compared to you it was nothing
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		Barry pulls a joint out of his pocket, Bill says “Great, Barrier Reefer, what is it mate?” – and also – “Hay-man” somebody says, “Will a Didgeridoo?”. Hayman Island is situated on the Great Barrier Reef
Barrier Reef	Icarus Music		Instrumental ambient music
Bucket O’ Rust	John Hospodaryk	Website	On the Great Barrier Reef she ran aground, with two crewmembers killed
Girt By Sea	John Williamson		The Great Sandy Desert and the Great Barrier Reef and the great dividing range, ooh my good grief
Great Barrier Reef	Ken Davis		Instrumental ambient music
Kim’s Caravan	Courtney Barnett		The Great Barrier Reef it ain’t so great anymore, It’s been raped beyond belief, the dredgers treat it like a whore
songs about GREENVALE
Greenvale	Alan Beckett
Three Rivers Hotel	Stan Coster Slim Dusty John Williamson		From Townsville to Greenvale they’re building a line
songs about the GULF OF CARPENTARIA
Out In The Gulf	Traditional		Out in the Gulf, where the Norman River flows, down to Karumba, so mighty as she goes. Traditional bush ballad
Palm Tree Yard	Traditional		The Gulf is big and lonely, and Delta far from home. Traditional bush ballad. Palm Tree Yard is a camp situated on the Delta Downs in the Gulf
Talk Of The Town	John Farnham		If you’re ever in that Gulf country, strangest land you’ve seen
To Carpentaria	Ashley Davis (feat. Henry Wagons)		At daybreak on Sunday 16th of December 1860, Burke, Wills, Charlie Grey and John King loaded up six camels and Burke’s horse with three months of provisions and set off for the gulf. Spoken-word
To The Gulf	Traditional		To the Gulf, to the Gulf, to the land of the flies, where each insect tormentor for mastery vies. Traditional bush ballad
songs about GUTHALUNGRA
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Guthalungra, Pinkenba, Wanko, Yaamba, ha ha ha. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about GYMPIE
Gympie On My Mind	Chrome Daddies
The Legend Of Borry, Pt. 1	Dead Kelly		Gympie, his destination, punched eight cones at the service station
The Nugget	Traditional		Now Gympie is a rummy place, at least it’s my impression, I’m sure with me you’ll all agree when you hear my confession. Traditional bush ballad
Tin Can Bay Or Gympie	Kate Thompson		Was it Tin Can Bay or Gympie, it isn’t very clear to me, it’s buried deep down in my childhood
songs about HERVEY BAY
Music of the Whales: The Humpbacks of Hervey Bay (ALBUM)	Robert Boyd		Album of meditative music set to the voices of whales in Hervey Bay
songs about HUGHENDEN
Sam Holt	Traditional		And it’s likely enough your old mate will be humping his drum down on the Hughenden road. Traditional bush ballad dating back to 1881
songs about INGHAM
Get Yourself To Tully	Colin Buchanan		Nothing’s wrong with Innisfail and Ingham’s ok too
A Pub With No Beer	Slim Dusty		written by Gordon Parsons / Dan Sheahan, 1956. There is no mention of Ingham in the song, however the pub referred to is Ingham’s Lee’s Hotel, known in its day as the Day Dawn Hotel.
songs about INJUNE
The Injune Railway	Penny Davies & Roger Ilott
songs about INNISFAIL
Get Yourself To Tully	Colin Buchanan		Nothing’s wrong with Innisfail and Ingham’s ok too
Hey Rain	Bill Scott Penny Davies & Roger Ilott		Rain in my hair, rain in my face, muddy old Innisfail’s a muddy wet place
Now She’s Living in Innisfail	Greg Champion
songs about IPSWICH
Fish & Chip Bitch From Ipswich	Escape From Toytown
Queensland	Scared Weird Little Guys		In politics anyone can get to the top, unless you run an Ipswich fish & chip shop
songs about JERICHO
Jericho Road	Catfish		The blood in the gravel and nobody travels out on the Jericho road no more
songs about JIMBOOMBA
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		Never ever call Jimboomba “Jim”
songs about JULIA CREEK
Charters Towers	John Williamson		The trees are scarce, the cattle are weak, I’m further out in Julia Creek
Droving Woman	Kevin Carmody Glen Richards, Missy Higgins & Paul Kelly		It was down through Charleville up to Julia Creek
Julia Creek	Andrew Clermont
Julia Creek	Norma O’Hara Murphy		At the Town & Country there, we had a show to curl your hair, go back someday if you dare, to Julia Creek
songs about KARUMBA
Karumba’s Freedom Dance	Ash Dargan		Instrumental Aboriginal music
Out In The Gulf	Traditional		Out in the Gulf, where the Norman River flows, down to Karumba, so mighty as she goes. Traditional bush ballad
songs about KILCOY
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		The first camp we make we shall call it the Quart Pot, Caboolture, then Kilcoy and Collington’s Hut
songs about KINGAROY
The Psychiatrist’s Joy From Kingaroy	Chad Morgan		I met her at Kingaroy where all the peanuts grow, and I tell you friends without a doubt she’s the biggest nut I know
songs about KIN KIN
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		You don’t call Kin Kin “Kin”
songs about KUMBARILLA
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Wallumbilla, Boggabilla, Kumbarilla, I’m a killer
songs about KURANDA
Barron Falls	David Hudson		Instrumental ambient Aboriginal music. The Baron Falls are situated in Kuranda
Call To Kuranda	David Hudson		Instrumental ambient Aboriginal music
Fifteen Tunnels (Kuranda Rail)	John Hospodaryk
Kuranda (ALBUM)	David Hudson		1998 instrumental album from Aboriginal artist David Hudson, containing such as Kuranda, Barron Falls, and Lake Placid
Kuranda	Frank Gambale
Kuranda	Super Raelene Bros		You been to Kuranda, you got jacaranda, you play in a banda, you gotten a verandah
Kuranda Dreaming	Tjapukai Dancers		Instrumental ambient Aboriginal music
Lake Placid	David Hudson		Instrumental ambient Aboriginal music
Magic Of Kuranda	Ken Davis		Instrumental ambient panflute music
Meeting In Kuranda	Kalle Kjemtrup
songs about KYNUNA
Blue Heeler	James Blundell		A hundred years on the Diamantina, a test of time for the old Blue Heeler. The Blue Heeler Hotel is situated in Kynuna
songs about LAKE EACHAM
Lake Eacham (N. Queensland, Australia (Night Breezes)	Philip Mead		Classical composition from the album 24 Preludes
songs about LONGREACH
The Drover’s Boy	Ted Egan John Williamson		So when they build that Stockman’s Hall Of Fame and talk about the drovin’ game. The Stockman’s Hall Of Fame is located in Longreach
Longreach	Lee Kernaghan		She won’t make Longreach, it was too long and too far away
Longreach Is Prayin’	John Williamson		It’s the best sign of moisture we’ve had for years, and Longreach is prayin’ for rain
Scrubbashin’	Lee Kernaghan		From Tennant Creek to Longreach, it’s not a real exclusive club
songs about MACKAY
Gladstone Pier	Redgum		The beach stretched wide at Port Mackay
Have You Got Your Ki-Ki?	Traditional		He shuddered as he dwelt upon the horrors of Mackay. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the 1890’s, written about South-Sea Islanders who worked in Queensland canefields
Last Work, We Go Home	Traditional		We been leaving Mackay, going to Bell Cay, eh, for our work, our work, last work this year now, eh. Traditional bush ballad
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		At Mackay the rule prevails of restricting showers to males. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about MAGNETIC ISLAND
Magnetic Island (ALBUM)	Gentle Ben And His Sensitive Side		2011 album named after Magnetic Island
Magnetic Island (Album)	Magnetic Island	Bandcamp	2012 album named after Magnetic Island
Moonlight Over Alma Bay	Jack Wilson		Moonlight over ALma Bay, Magnetic Island, you’re just a dream away, what a perfect day
songs about MALANEY
Wonthaggi	John Williamson		Or further on through to Montville or Malaney
songs about MARATHON
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Bogan-Tungan, Rollingstone, Mungar, Murgon, Marathon. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about MAREEBA
Mareeba Rodeo	Buddy Williams
Mareeba’s Rodeo Song	Slim Dusty		There’ll be some fun and battle with the horses and the cattle at the big Mareeba rodeo
songs about MAROOCHYDORE
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Nambour, Maroochydore, Kilmore, Murwillumbah
On The Beach At Maroochydore	Jeffrey Bernstein		Instrumental piano
songs about MARYBOROUGH
Have You Got Your Ki-Ki?	Traditional		Severe and grave of aspect, from Maryborough towm. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the 1890’s, written about South-Sea Islanders who worked in Queensland canefields
songs about MARY KATHLEEN
Amazing Day	John Williamson		Gonna say g’day to Katherine, and Mary Kathleen
songs about MIN MIN
Minmin Light	Alan Maralung
Min Min Light	Ochre		Instrumental Aboriginal music
The Min Min Light	Slim Dusty		And they sometimes rise and follow, that misty Min Min light
Sweet Dreams	Sara Storer		And can I be a Min Min light, and take some people in the night
songs about MONTO
That Changes Everything	Adam Brand		And there’s always cowboy work up near Monto, I was thinking that it just might be the thing
songs about MONTVILLE
Wonthaggi	John Williamson		Or further on through to Montville or Malaney
songs about MOOLOOLABA
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Tullamore, Seymour, Lismore, Mooloolaba
Meet Me In Mooloolaba	Eric Stone		Meet me in Mooloolaba, lose yourself in another hemisphere
Mooloolaba	Coastal Soul		What it taught me not to do is believe in promises made by you, Moo-Mooloolaba-ah, woah woah woah
Mooloolaba	Robert James		Mooloolaba, Mooloolaba, come as they always will, Mooloolaba, Mooloolaba, life goes on, even when the waters are still
Under A Mooloolaba Moon	Rita Schnieder		He chased us across the sandy dune under a Mooloolaba moon
songs about MOSSMAN
Sign-On Day	Traditional Cloudstreet		We’ve cut down on the rivers and up at Mossman too, but give us the cane with the Herbert strain and we’ll get the season through. Traditional bush ballad
songs about MT CARBINE
Mount Carbine	Traditional		Oh, I landed in Carbine and strolled up the hill, where the miners are working with hammer and drill. Traditional bush ballad
songs about MT ISA
Amazing Day	John Williamson		I’ll see ya later mate, I’m goin’ by the Isa
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		I think he’s trying to crack on Toowoomba, he’s already tried to Mount Isa and he’ll definitely try to lead you Australiana
Back At The Isa	John Williamson		Red dust and hawks in the wind outback, and here I am back at the Isa
Carless In Isa	Don Walker		Well I’m carless in Isa, lost in space, another time, another place
City Of Mount Isa	Slim Dusty		I just called into the city of Mount Isa, the old black road from the coast was hot and long
The Dust Of Kalkadoon	Ian Quinn Dean Perrett		I am the grief that is silent and in tune, I am the dust, the dust of Kalkadoon. Kalkadoon Park is where the Mt Isa Rodeo was situated for many years
Isa Queen	Jayne Henry
Isa Rodeo	Slim Dusty		You’ve still got time to enter in Mount Isa’s rodeo
I Wish I Was A Train	Troy Cassar-Daley & Paul Kelly		I loaded trucks in Isa, I rode the dingo fences
Liza From Mount Isa	Rita Schneider
Mt Isa Working Man	Glenn Jones
Show Me A Better Way	John Williamson		From the Isa to Alice to Darwin to Kakadu
Somewhere West Of Isa	Dean Perrett
songs about MT MORGAN
Mount Morgan	Middle East
songs about MT LINDESAY
A Shadow On Mt Lindesay	Pete Smith
Birds Of Mt Lindesay	Pete Smith		And the birds of Mount Lindesay are calling me back home
Call Of Mt Lindesay	Pete Smith
songs about MT TAMBORINE
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Dalveen, Tamborine, Engadine, Jindabyne
Tamborine Mountain	Eric Bogle		There’s a new moon risin’ over Tamborine Mountain
Tamborine Mountain (ALBUM)	Rick Price		1995 album named after Mt Tamborine. Not directly mentioned in any of the songs.
The Tamborine Truckie	John “The Ferret” Moran		There’s a bloke I call the Tamborine Truckie who lives in the mountain’s green
songs about MT TYSON
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Boora-Mugga, Djarawong, Giligulgul, Wonglepong. More info at Australian Railway Story. Boora-Mugga was the name of the train station at Mt Tyson.
songs about MUCKADILLA
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		Muckadilla isn’t “Muck”
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Darwin, Gin Gin, Deniliquin, Muckadilla
songs about MUNDUBBERA
Under A Mundubbera Moon	Rita Schneider		Under A Mundubbera Moon, that’s when I jammed him with me fork and spoon
songs about MUNGAR
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Bogan-Tungan, Rollingstone, Mungar, Murgon, Marathon. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about MURGON
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Bogan-Tungan, Rollingstone, Mungar, Murgon, Marathon. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about NAMBOUR
BP Nambour	Dead Marines		We’re in a truck stop in bumfuck nowhere, why should I tell you anything?
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Nambour, Maroochydore, Kilmore, Murwillumbah
The Legend Of Borry, Pt. 1	Dead Kelly		Nobody’s ever gonna want to fuck with Borry, you’ll end up in a hole in the Nambour quarry
Nambored	The Chats		Nambored, I can’t take any more
songs about NANANGO
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		Then onto Nanango, that hard-bitten township, where the out of work station hands sit in the dust
songs about NARDOO STATION
Keep The Kettle Boiling	Greg Champion		Well I’m bound for Channel country to the station at Nardoo
songs about NEBO
Nebo Pub	Slim Dusty		Wild and wooly and full of fleas they came to the Nebo pub
songs about NINGI
Red Beach	Double Happiness		Headin’ out the Bribie Island Road, Ningi’s large white tyres and painted stones
songs about NONDA
Townsville Isa Line	Pat Alexander		On the Townsville/Isa line, a few mile south of Nonda
songs about NOOSA
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		Bill says “Great, Barrier Reefer, what is it mate?” “Noosa Heads of course”
Noosa At Night	Al Mullins & Janine De Lorenzo		from the soundtrack to the TV series A Shared Table
Noosa Rain	Ashera		Instrumental ambient music
songs about NUMINBAH
Wonthaggi	John Williamson		Or up through the Border Ranges and down through the Numinbah
songs about OLD CORK STATION
Diamantina Drover	Redgum John Williamson Lee Kernaghan		For the years have surely gone like the drays from Old Cork Station, and I won’t be back ’til the droving’s done
songs about PALM ISLAND
Black Tears	Powderfinger		An island watch house bed, a black man’s lying dead. Written regarding the death in custody of a Palm Island man (more info).
songs about PINDI PINDI
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		You don’t call Pindi Pindi “Pindi”
songs about PROSERPINE
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Condamine, Strathpine, Proserpine, Ulladulla
songs about QUART POT CREEK
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		The first camp we make we shall call it the Quart Pot, Caboolture, then Kilcoy and Collington’s Hut
songs about QUEENSLAND
Arrival At Queensland	Henry Mancini		From the soundtrack to the mini-series, The Thorn Birds
Back On Country	Troy Cassar-Daley		Your country might be a family farm North Queensland patch of dirt, or King Street in Newtown where they tucked away the hurt
Banned In Queensland	Lazy Grey
Beautiful Queensland	Reg Lindsay Tex Morton		And you’re still in beautiful Queensland, the most wonderful state that I know
Beneath The Queensland Moon	Buddy Williams		He’s sleeping now beneath the Queensland Moon
The Blooming Queensland Side	Traditional Cloudstreet
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		And we’ll rant and we’ll roar like true Queensland drovers
Driving Rain (Highway Song)	Mick Thomas & The Sure Thing		With the rain driving down on a Queensland motel, it felt like the whole town would wash away
Forever Queensland	Nik Phillips & Rupert McCall		Let the Queensland sun fill their hearts with pride and march the road to glory
The Friendly Queensland Bush	Les Lawson
Grasshopper Loose In Queensland	Slim Dusty		All the men chew tobacco in Queensland, they look at you and grin and it dribbles down their chin in Queensland
Hang My Hat In Queensland	John Williamson		Yes I’m gonna die in Queensland, over hoop pine and bangalow
How To Make Gravy	Paul Kelly		I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland
It’s A Way Of Life	John Williamson		Real country people in their prime, living in New South on Queensland time
Love You Queensland	Kim Durant Queensland Musical Theatre Performers		Love you Queensland, yes you mean the world to me. Sunshine Television Network Promo from 1992
Midnight In Queensland	Old Man River
My Sunny Queensland Home	Shirley Thoms
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		On the Queensland railway lines, there are stations where one dines. More info at Australian Railway Story
The Overlander	Traditional Greg Doolan		For I’m a regular knowing card, the Queensland overlander. Traditional bush ballad
Queensland	Derrin Nauendorf		You can hide it all in Queensland
Queensland	Evil Eddie		In brief we’ve got flies the size of Zippo lighters, mosquitoes biting us rife with hepatitis
Queensland	The Flood		Soon as I felt that northern sunlight, you know I was born again
Queensland	Glister		Queensland’s fine, it’s always summer there
Queensland	Scared Weird Little Guys		Queensland, there’s a bloke wearing shorts on a crocodile hunt
The Queensland Backstep	Bushwackers
Queensland Bungalow	John Williamson		Proud to be a Queensland bungalow, in the middle of the tall sugar cane
Queensland Calling	James Blundell		I hear Queensland calling
Queensland Days	Nik Phillips & Rupert McCall		Living outside the safety zone, but I always knew I had a home, Queensland days
The Queensland Drover	Alex Hood Outlanders		And the whole years check pours down the neck of many a Queensland drover
The Queensland Express	Nev Molloy
Queensland Floods	Sarah Willis		Some say they lost their home, some say they lost their pride
Queensland Opera	Ted Egan		We all song Queensland Opera, we loved it the best
Queensland Policeman	John Dengate
Queensland State So Fair	Slim Dusty		But after all you can learn to love old Queensland state so fair
Queensland Whalers	Eric Bogle Snake Gully		Yo-ho you Queensland Whalers, you’ve cut the sugar cane, you’ve driven herds of cattle over the dry and dusty plain
The Queensland Yodel	Robyn Archer		Wouldn’t you like to go to school in sunny Queensland
Queensland Yodeller	Maria McBride
Servin’ USA	Redgum		We’ll all be serving in Queensland, Hobart, Melbourne and Russell Hill (inside, outside, USA)
Somewhere Up In Queensland	Slim Dusty		He was trampin’ up to Queensland, just to any place at all
Song Of Queensland	June Holms Maria McBride		I’ll sing you a song of Queensland, the place where the wildflowers grow
The Stockrider’s Song	Traditional Tenor Australis		We’ve been up Queensland way, with the cattle many a day, o’er many a thirsty, lonely plain
Sunny Queensland	Smilin’ Billy Blinkhorn		Take me back to dear old sunny Queensland
Up In The Queensland Mountains	Penny Davies & Roger Ilott
Welcome To Queensland	Bobkatz		Crossing into Queensland the Goondiwindi moon shone bright
Welcome To Queensland (We Don’t Smoke Here Anymore)	Evenbreak		Take your filthy habits far away from our beaches
songs about QUILPIE
Simply Unique	Small Town Culture (Quilpie State School & Josh Arnold)		This is our home and it’s simply unique, our way of living in the opal country
songs about QUINALOW
Quiet In Quinalow	Dear Theo Michael Bausch	Website	Don’t blink as you drive through, you’ll probably miss it, gee it’s quiet in Quinalow tonight
songs about RATHDOWNEY
Beaudesert’s B & S Ball	Anthony Classen		Stop at Rathdowny with long necks on our mind
songs about RAVENSWOOD
The Nugget	Traditional		At Ravenswood you always can buy shares up very cheap, sir. Traditional bush ballad
Ravenswood	Jeff Lang feat. Chris Whitely		We’re just another town, no point slowing down, just keep driving on through, nothing here for you, Ravenswood
Ravenswood	Ron Odgers
songs about ROCKHAMPTON
Cyclone Jack	Jack Wilson		Driving all day and into the night, I can see the lights of Rocky out to the right
Home	Transvaal Diamond Syndicate		Grew up as a kid in a small Queensland town
Land Of The Second Chance	Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear Of God		That season he tripled his workload to prove he was worthy of her hand, when he got back up to Rockhampton, she’d taken off with a handsome man
Show Me A Better Way	John Williamson		From Townsville to Rocky, from Roma to Narrabri
songs about ROLLINGSTONE
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Bogan-Tungan, Rollingstone, Mungar, Murgon, Marathon. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about ROMA
A Thousand Miles Away	Traditional		Hurrah for the Roma railway, hurrah for Cobb & Co. Traditional bush ballad dating back to the late 1800’s
Charleville	Slim Dusty Adam Brand Catfish		I met her at the disco of the School of Arts Hotel. Despite the title of the song, the School Of Arts Hotel is located in Roma
Roma Downs	Traditional		Roma’s Queen of the Western towns, and hard by it is Roma Downs. Traditional bush ballad
Sergeant Small	Weddings Parties Anything		The engine blew her whistle, I was looking I could see, she was on her way to Roma, that was very plain to me
Show Me A Better Way	John Williamson		From Townsville to Rocky, from Roma to Narrabri
songs about SCRUBBY CREEK
Sheik Of Scrubby Creek	Chad Morgan John Williamson		They say I’m the sheik of Scrubby Creek, but I don’t care
songs about SPRINGBROOK
Heaven’s Right Here	John Williamson		Heaven’s right here in the mountains, don’t bother to take me away. John states in his book True Blue that this song refers to Springbrook, Qld
Springbrook	John Williamson		I’m heading up to Springbrook, Queensland, got a woman by my side and a guitar in my hand
The Valley Of His Dreams	John Williamson		He is so peaceful, so happy he could scream, living in the valley, they valley of his dreams
songs about STANTHORPE
Don’t Call Wagga Wagga Wagga	Ted Egan		Stanthorpe isn’t “Stan”
The Monkeys Sing Soprano (Around Stanthorpe in July)	Penny Davies & Roger Ilott		Yes you can take my word for it, and hang me if I lie, but the monkeys sing soprano around Stanthorpe in July
Mount Tully Lullaby	Penny Davies & Roger Ilott		Now the top of Mount Tully is shining with snow. Mount Tully is situated in Stanthorpe
songs about STRADBROKE ISLAND
Old Brisbane Town	Robbie Dunn		Stoppin’ off in Straddie for a barbie on the way
Utopia	Winnie Coopers		But I found the cash to make it to Stradbroke, I breathe the air but I don’t choke
songs about SURFERS PARADISE
The Boys Light Up	Australian Crawl		That flat in Surfers Paradise with the ocean view
Elly	Kev Carmody Bernard Fanning		She gazed up at the tall glass and concrete walls at Main St, Surfers Paradise
Gladstone Pier	Redgum		From Surfers up to Townsville past the high-rise colonies
Surfers Paradise	Adrian Baker		Midnight to sunrise, at Surfers Paradise, really gonna come alive, we’ll party every night
Surfers Paradise	Atlantics		Instrumental
Surfers Paradise (ALBUM)	Cody Simpson		2013 album named after Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast
Surfers Paradise The Musical	Tripod		But baby we come from different worlds, I come from Sea World and you come from Movie World
songs about TAROMEO
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		Then onto Taromeo and Yarraman Creek, lads, it’s there we shall make our next camp for the day
songs about TEXAS
Texas Qld 4385	Lee Kernaghan
songs about THARGOMINDAH
Hat Town	Lee Kernaghan		Well it might be Thargomindah, it might be Barclay Downs
The Road To Thargomindah	Bushwackers Colin Buchanan		Take the turn if you see the sign for the road to Thargomindah
Thargomindah (The Way It Is)	John Williamson		No complaints in Thargomindah or out Wanaaring way, smiles all round in Gidgieland today
songs about THURSDAY ISLAND
Oh, T.I.	Traditional		Oh T.I. my beautiful home, that’s the place where I was born. Traditional bush ballad written by Jarfar Ahmat, dating back to 1936
I’d Like To Live On T.I.	Traditional		I’d like to live on T.I. where the girls are few and every day’s a holiday. Tradtional bush ballad dating back to 1914
songs about TIN CAN BAY
Tin Can Bay Or Gympie	Kate Thompson		Was it Tin Can Bay or Gympie, it isn’t very clear to me, it’s buried deep down in my childhood
songs about TOOWOOMBA
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		I think he’s trying to crack on Toowoomba, he’s already tried to Mount Isa and he’ll definitely try to lead you Australiana
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Toowoomba, Gunnedah, Caringbah, Woolloomooloo
Quiet In Quinalow	Dear Theo Michael Bausch	Website	Head west from Toowoomba follow your nose, see the blue sky and black dirt where golden grain grows
Toowoomba	Acoustic Eidolon		Instrumental ambient music
Toowoomba	Sexy Heroes In Transit		I always wanted to be an Aborigine, playing the didgeridoo and hunting kangaroos. The song does not actually mention Toowoomba, but does take its title from the town
Toowoomba Riot	Black Market
Toowoomba Sun	Mainstage Collective		In the dusk of the Toowoomba sun
Toowoomba Town	Zedd Pm		Come along with me to Toowoomba town, the lady of Queensland, Toowoomba town
songs about TOWNSVILLE
A Brief History	Waifs		Then we hit the coast near Townsville on the other side
Annandale	Women In Docs		Walking round Annandale, dodging the rain, as it shines up the bitumen, washing away. Annandale is a suburb of Townsville
Charters Towers	John Williamson		Well I’ve heard lots about Charters Towers, I came through Townsville under two hours
C’mon The Cowboys	Lee Kernaghan
The Cowboys Are Coming	Jack Wilson		The Cowboys are coming, can you hear that roar, they were born to win, they were born to score
Cyclone Jack	Jack Wilson		Morning sun coming over the hill, I love Townsville City, gonna get my fill
Eat ‘Em Up Crocs	Jack Wilson		Cause we’re tough and we’re mean, we’re the Townsville Crocodiles
Flinders St. East Nightclub Blues	Jack Wilson		He’s got the Flinders St. East nightclub blues, he lost all of his money and both his shoes
Gladstone Pier	Redgum		From Surfers up to Townsville past the high-rise colonies
I Was Only 19	Redgum John Williamson The Herd		And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
Jack Wilson’s Townsville (ALBUM)	Jack Wilson		1999 album containing 10 songs about Townsville
Lives On The Lawn	Jade Holland		Look at our house, it was once our home, look at the ruins of what we owned. Written in aid of the 2019 Townsville floods
Moonlight Over Alma Bay	Jack Wilson		We go from bay to bay on this perfect Townsville day
North Queensland Cowboys	North Queensland Cowboys NRL Club		The Cowboys are my team and it’s my dream to see ’em at the top
On The Strand	Jack Wilson		Strolling hand in hand on this foreshore wonderland, strolling hand in hand on the strand
Sexy Sue From Wulguru	Jack Wilson		But I’m crazy ’bout you baby, so much in love with you, crazy for you baby, Sexy Sue from Wulguru
Show Me A Better Way	John Williamson		From Townsville to Rocky, from Roma to Narrabri
Showtime	Cold Chisel		Watching Townsville sugar sunsets back in 1959, and they’ll all be gone when the end is come
Townsville	Graham Hobson & The BRS		And she’s a long way from Townsville tonight
Townsville	Tryx-Tah	Triple J Unearthed	So when all else fails, grab a feed from Maccas The Lakes
Townsville (ALBUM)	Necks		2007 album, recorded live in Townsville
Townsville Isa Line	Pat Alexander		On the Townsville/Isa line, a few mile south of Nonda
Townsville’s Home To Me	Jack Wilson		Catch a plane, bus or train so I can hear you say: T-O-W-N-S-V-I-double-L-E, Townsville’s home to me
Townsville Shines	Wee Johnny’s		Townsville is gonna make you smile, Townsville, why don’t you stay for a while
The Wreck Of The Yongala	Traditional		The night was dark and stormy, the Yongala sailed her way, the passengers were all sleeping, they would be in port next day. Traditional bush ballad written about the SS Yongala, which sank south of Townsville in 1911
Xmas Time In Townsville (So Hot)	Jack Wilson		You and me, we both agree, Townsville is the only place to be, Santa Claus, now he agrees, no snow, no ice drifting round his knees
songs about TULLY
Get Yourself To Tully	Colin Buchanan		A bit of time in Tully could be enough to save your life
Hey Rain	Bill Scott Penny Davies & Roger Ilott		It’s the worst wet season we’ve ever had, I’d swim down to Tully but it’s just as bloody bad
songs about WALLANGARRA
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Yarra Yarra, Boroondara, Wallangarra, Turramurra
songs about WALLAVILLE
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Birdsville, Emmaville, Wallaville, Cunnamulla
songs about WALLUMBILLA
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Wallumbilla, Boggabilla, Kumbarilla, I’m a killer
songs about WANKO
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Guthalungra, Pinkenba, Wanko, Yaamba, ha ha ha. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about WARREGO
Hat Town	Lee Kernaghan		I was born in a hat town, raised on the Warrego
In The Warrego	Andrew Ryan		Out here on the Warrego, trying to make a mile, heading across the open plains, I’m going to unwind
Out On The Warrego	Pete Smith Ron Peters		Out on the Warrego river, way out Charleville way, that’s where I met my sweetie and that’s where I’m going to stay
Sons Of The Country	Colin Buchanan		Yackandandah, Louth and Warrego
Tough Job	Colin Buchanan & Lee Kernaghan		Heading road trains west of the Warrego River
Warrego	Double Happiness		The Warrego’s calling your name across the open plain, westerlies starting to blow on the Warrego
Warrego Lament	Harold Blair
songs about WARWICK
Heading For The Warwick Rodeo	Buddy Williams Reg Poole		It will be a great day at the Warwick Rodeo
Jacky Howe: The Warwick Gun	Ted Egan		Yes, Jacky Howe from Warwick, he’s the gun, Jacky Howe from Warwick, Australia’s number one
Through Warwick Queensland	Rick Hopkins
Warwick Gold Cup	Norma O’Hara Murphy
songs about WEIPA
Granny’s Little Gunyah	John Williamson		But it’s a long way to Weipa, it can wait another week
Papa Whiskey November	John Williamson		Papa whiskey November, from Weipa the way to fly
songs about the WHITSUNDAYS
Whitsunday Nights	David Reaston		Instrumental jazz music
Whitsunday Paradise	Shaza Leigh Lindsay Butler		Whitsunday paradise, you’ve won my heart tonight
Whitsunday Raga	Howlin’ Wind
songs about WINTON
Boys In Boots	Tania Kernaghan		They wear ’em out in Winton, those boys are countryfied
West Of Winton	Slim Dusty Lindsay Butler		Somewhere west of Winton, mate, is where I’d rather be
Waltzing Matilda	A.B. “Banjo” Paterson		Written in 1895 after Banjo Paterson visited Dagworth Station, near Winton
songs about WONGLEPONG
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Boora-Mugga, Djarawong, Giligulgul, Wonglepong. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about YAAMBA
On The Queensland Railway Lines	Wayfarers Matilda’s Mob Warren Fahey		Guthalungra, Pinkenba, Wanko, Yaamba, ha ha ha. More info at Australian Railway Story
songs about YARRABAH
Yarrabah	Dennis Rose
Yarrabah	Shaza Leigh		The nightlife of Cairns seems a world away when you’re over the range, over the range in Yarrabah
songs about YARRAMAN
Brisbane Ladies	Bushwackers John Williamson Wild Colonial Boys		Then onto Taromeo and Yarraman Creek, lads, it’s there we shall make our next camp for the day