Thomas Bulch waltz “"Myrine"”. His youngest daughter Alice had her name combined with that of her husband Norman (Johnson) to title a waltz “"Noralla"” and a mazurka using her name as the title, “"Alice Bertha"”. The composition “"Craigielee"” composed by Thomas using the name Godfrey Parker is said to have a connection with the music of “"Waltzing Matilda"”. It has been written that a Christina MacPherson heard it being played at the Warrnambool Races in 1894. She later played it from memory in Queensland and Banjo Paterson put words to it. Thomas was in contact with his wife's grandmother Elizabeth Paterson during
Banjo Paterson Dying" and "Last Week". These were also published by Angus & Robertson between the years 1895 to 1899. In 1905, the same publishers released "Old Bush Songs", a collection of bush ballads Paterson had been assembling since 1895. Although for most of his adult life, Paterson lived and worked in Sydney, his poems mostly presented a highly romantic view of the bush and the iconic figure of the bushman. Influenced by the work of another Australian poet John Farrell, his representation of the bushman as a tough, independent and heroic underdog became the ideal qualities underpinning the national character. His