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Eureka Songs and Poems

A good number of poems and songs about Eureka, or that invoke the Eureka flag or the Eureka rebellion, have been published over the past 152 years.

Victoria's 'Southern Cross' Raphael Carboni (1855)
Eureka Henry Lawson (1889)
Flag of the Southern Cross Henry Lawson (1887)
The Fight at Eureka Stockade Henry Lawson (1890)
Republican Pioneers Henry Lawson
Struck It At Last Edward Dyson (1896)
A Ballad of Eureka Victor J Daley (1901)
The Australian Flag Francis Adams (1909)
Fling Out the Flag Francis Adams (1910)
Australia's Forgotten Flag Henry Lawson (1911)
Reveille Marie E.J. Pitt (1911)
The Men of Eureka Mary Gilmour (1931)
I Accuse Jock Graham (1938)
The Oath of Eureka Bartlett Adamson (1939)
Strike For Indonesian Freedom Bartlett Adamson (1945)
Australian Working-class March Jock Graham (1945)
We, the Workers of the World Bartlett Adamson (1945)
Australia for the People Jock Graham (1945)
Ballad of Eureka Helen Palmer (1950)
White Stars on the Blue Bartlett Adamson (1951)
The Ballad of 1891 Helen Palmer (1951)
Unknown Eureka poem (1950s ?)

Ticket for Centenary Celebration in Sydney from "The Eureka Flag", Len Fox

Cross of the South Kenneth Cook (1971)
Isle of France Bob Bolton
Beneath the Southern Cross Louis McManus (1983)
Lads of the B.L.F. Alistair Hulett (1988)
Something's Coming John Munro (1999)
The Land Belongs to Them John Munro (1999)
Loyalty John Munro (1999)
The Gathering John Munro (1999)
Republic John Munro (1999)
Bentley's Pub John Munro (1999)
The Queen's Justice John Munro (1999)
Bakery Hill John Munro (1999)
Rebellion John Munro (1999)
Spirit of the Land John Munro (1999)
The Eureka Suite John Munro (1999)
Anastasia's Petticoat Phyl Lobl (2003/4)
Tunc Justus Raphael Carboni (1855) Kavisha Mazzella (2004)
Fire! Fire! In the street!!!!!! Kavisha Mazzella (2004)
Ballad of Eureka Martin McKenna (2006)

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