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Further to what I said about no image of McCormick being available - can anyone anyone locate one? Google's image search could not assist at all.
It must be said that it is amazing how hard it is to find out information about him. I haven't yet found any information on his family , I've gone through a couple of Australian encyclopedias and found that they do not mention him. His early years are very shadowy. Arno 04:42, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
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The Australian Dictionary of Biography article on Peter Dodds McCormick says:
I also have a cutting from ABC Radio 24 Hours magazine (now known as Limelight) from May 2001, an article called "Advance Australia Where?", by Annie Patrick, which says:
A couple of comments. Firstly, Macfarlane apparently died in 1866, so whoever published the song in 1878, it wasn't Macfarlane. Annie Patrick seems to believe he was still alive in 1878. I guess what she's getting at is that someone took Mcfarlane's song, published it pseudonymously, then later claimed ownership of the pseudonym. Secondly, this completely flies in the face of McCormick’s own words in 1913 describing how he wrote the song all by himself. But I'm curious as to why he used a pseudonym at all, and in particular, why one that just happened to be formed from Macfarlane's daughter's initials? Was this just a coincidence, or was he paying a compliment to his old friend and teacher, or was he cryptically acknowledging the true author? There’s nothing else I can find about Macfarlane on a google search. Does anyone know anything about the National Library’s opinion on this matter, and what documents they may hold that shed any light on the claim for Macfarlane? -- JackofOz ( talk) 00:40, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
In the January 2012 edition of the QANTAS in-flight magazine, there is a story about Advance Australia Fair and it mentions that a descendant of McCormick is writing a biography of him. She mentions that his date of birth was January 21, 1834. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.215.176.150 ( talk) 09:05, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
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Further to what I said about no image of McCormick being available - can anyone anyone locate one? Google's image search could not assist at all.
It must be said that it is amazing how hard it is to find out information about him. I haven't yet found any information on his family , I've gone through a couple of Australian encyclopedias and found that they do not mention him. His early years are very shadowy. Arno 04:42, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 07:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
The Australian Dictionary of Biography article on Peter Dodds McCormick says:
I also have a cutting from ABC Radio 24 Hours magazine (now known as Limelight) from May 2001, an article called "Advance Australia Where?", by Annie Patrick, which says:
A couple of comments. Firstly, Macfarlane apparently died in 1866, so whoever published the song in 1878, it wasn't Macfarlane. Annie Patrick seems to believe he was still alive in 1878. I guess what she's getting at is that someone took Mcfarlane's song, published it pseudonymously, then later claimed ownership of the pseudonym. Secondly, this completely flies in the face of McCormick’s own words in 1913 describing how he wrote the song all by himself. But I'm curious as to why he used a pseudonym at all, and in particular, why one that just happened to be formed from Macfarlane's daughter's initials? Was this just a coincidence, or was he paying a compliment to his old friend and teacher, or was he cryptically acknowledging the true author? There’s nothing else I can find about Macfarlane on a google search. Does anyone know anything about the National Library’s opinion on this matter, and what documents they may hold that shed any light on the claim for Macfarlane? -- JackofOz ( talk) 00:40, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
In the January 2012 edition of the QANTAS in-flight magazine, there is a story about Advance Australia Fair and it mentions that a descendant of McCormick is writing a biography of him. She mentions that his date of birth was January 21, 1834. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.215.176.150 ( talk) 09:05, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
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