Song performed by John Collinson about Mildura, circa 1926.

This is the first recording of 'Waltzing Matilda’, recorded by Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, tenor John Collinson in London in 1926.

Summary by Graham McDonald

Investigating the background of the man who first recorded Waltzing Matilda.

Mildura seemed a popular subject for songwriters, with Mrs G H Ball’s, My Old Home Town (Mildura) recorded on the B side of John Collinson’s first recording of Waltzing Matilda in