Australian country music international hit "Armstrong", a tribute to the historic 1969 moon landing by American astronaut Neil Armstrong is now included in a time capsule at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Ted Egan (AM) began recording in 1969 and has released 28 albums, mostly themed around outback life, history and Aboriginal affairs. Eric Bogle's 1972 folk lament to the Gallipoli campaign "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" recalled the Celtic origins of Australian folk-country. Singer-songwriter John Williamson, (OAM) began to build his reputation as an iconic Australian entertainer with his 1970 performance of his first song "Old Man Emu" on
The Moon Over Star expanse of space." "The Moon Over Star" has also been reviewed by "Publishers Weekly" "Kirkus Reviews", "Ebony", and "Library Media Connection". It was awarded a 2009 Coretta Scott King Award illustrator honor and was a 2010-2011 West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award nominee. The Moon Over Star The Moon Over Star is a 2008 picture book by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is about a girl, Mae (a nod to African American astronaut Mae Jemison), who, with her family, follows the 1969 Moon landing. "School Library Journal", in a review of "The Moon Over Star", wrote