1891 Australian shearers' strike wrote his novel in 1892, T"he workingman's paradise", with two aims: to support fundraising efforts for the imprisoned unionists, and to explain unionism and socialism to those who would listen. Banjo Paterson's song Waltzing Matilda, an unofficial Australian anthem, was also written about this era of shearers' industrial disputes in Queensland. Helen Palmer's song 'The Ballad Of 1891', set to music by Doreen Jacobs, details the lead up to the strike and aftermath. The 1975 film Sunday Too Far Away, directed by Ken Hannam has been partly inspired by the events surrounding this strike. The site of the striking shearers'
Botany Bay (song) find us in Botany Bay.</poem> The song "Toorali" on the 2008 album "Summerland" from Australian band The Herd uses an adapted excerpt from the song "Botany Bay" for its chorus and main verse. A verse and chorus of the song can also be heard sung by Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, and Glynis Johns in the 1960 film "The Sundowners". Kate Rusby covered the song for her 1999 album "Sleepless". Australian singer Mirusia with Dutch violinist André Rieu performed the song on their album "Waltzing Matilda" in 2008. The song can also be heard being sung by itinerant Australian