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Sounds of Then (This is Australia) by GANGgajang
Title:
Sounds of Then (This is Australia) by GANGgajang
NFSA ID
220914
Year
1985
This song became the most recognisable track from GANGgajang's self-titled debut album.
Written by Mark Callaghan to capture the culture shock of moving from England to Bundaberg, Queensland, it incorporates many of the iconic sights, sounds and smells of Australia. The single peaked at No. 35 on the Australian singles chart in February 1986. While the song has been a constant feature of GANGgajang’s live shows, it has also featured as Nine Network's station ID promotion in 1996, and in a Coca-Cola commercial.
This song has been preserved as part of the National Film and Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia.
Performers
GANGgajang
Composer
Mark Callaghan
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.