The works of the great Australian Poets are so often confined to heavy, hard-backed books that rarely make it out of the classroom. What a pity, it’s not easier to hear the words of these brilliant Australians and their fascinating stories of our marvellous country. Well now, it is! This double CD brings together some of the most recognisable Australian voices of the last 50 years for these spoken word recordings of 53 great Aussie poems & bush ballads. Just listen to – The Man From Snowy River read by tennis legend, John Newcombe or The Wild Colonial Boy by the late, great Smoky Dawson. It’s a wonderful tribute to these great Aussie Poets & iconic Australian personalities.

Performers include Rolf Harris, Sir Robert Helpmann, John Mellion, Ita Buttrose, Peter Allen, Dame Joan Sutherland, John Waters, Barry Humphries, Dawn Fraser, Dame Edna Everage, Diane Cilento and Charles Perkins.