A Sweet Old Man Sings the Civilization 6's Australia DLC Song!

Just kidding about that title, this song is actually a very old and very lovely Australian diddy. As a citizen of another Commonwealth country (Canada) I have a deep love and respect for the Australian people. From Men at Work's classic song "Down Under" to their landmark  National Firearms Programme Implementation Act 1996 which saw a virtual end to mass shootings, Australia is pretty great.

Fans of Civilization 6 will recognize this song as the background music that plays throughout the Australian Civ's gameplay (video first look at Australia).

I first heard a rendition of this song in a video that appears later on this series, Axis of Awesome's Four Chord Songs. It's hilarious how even old songs ascribe to a few chords that just sound good to my ears. Waltzing Matilda is a beautiful song, and this video shows a performance by a fantastic singer.

Slim Dusty passed away in 2002, RIP, but his beautiful interpretation of Waltzing Matilda lives on. Slim was the first Australian to win a Gold Record, first to have an international hit record, and earned these other honors:

• Made a Member of the Order of the British Empire and an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to entertainment.
• The first artist broadcast from space when astronauts played his rendition of Waltzing Matilda from Space Shuttle Columbia as it passed over Australia on its maiden flight in 1981.
• The winner of an unequalled 38 Golden Guitar awards from 72 nominations at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
• One of the earliest members of Australia's country music Roll of Renown.
• The achiever of more Gold Record and Platinum Record Awards than any other Australian artist.
• Inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and the ARIA Special Achievement Award.
• The Royal Australian Mint issued a coin celebrating his life.
• Slim Dusty 's image was featured on an Australia Post, postage stamp

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