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Melbourne tale of a piano turner and family life
In a rambling narrative from Will Carter, the narrator recalls an inventor's make believe piano turner device using a pedal to trigger notes, interwoven with humorous memories of Matilda's side saddles and a bustling family routine. The piece shifts to recounts of Prooshan Pat, a boisterous Irish- Prussian character, and vivid domestic scenes from Tumut and Windewin forge era, capturing rural Australian family life and social chatter.
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Matilda
Madge
Tumut
Adelong
Gundagai
Ong
John Pro- Patbeck
Middle
Adelphy
Windewin 1 Forge
Probeck
Duck
Ami
Pat
Nellie
Shin
Monty