"Waltzing Matilda", considered as the Australia's "unofficial national anthem", is country's best-known bush ballad. The original lyrics were written in 1895 by Australian poet Banjo Paterson, and were first published as sheet music in 1903. The song was first recorded in 1926 as performed by John Collinson and Russell Callow.
Slim Dusty (born David Gordon Kirkpatrick; 1927–2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, who was an Australian cultural icon and one of the country's most awarded stars, with a career spanning nearly seven decades, the. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian bush poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson that represented the Australian bush lifestyle, coined the bush ballad, a style first made popular by Buddy Williams, the first artist to perform the genre in Australia, and also for his many trucking songs.