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This book is concerned with the emergence and pursuit of a defined national consciousnesses as shown in the choice of "national" subjects and settings in operas by Australian composers from the birth of the nation at Federation (1901) until the Bicentenary of European settlement in 1988 - a second "watershed" date in its development. There is presently no book that covers the overall development of Australian-composed opera during this period. Michael Halliwell's book, National Identity in Contemporary Australian Opera: Myths Reconsidered, treats the operatic scene only after the Bicentenary....

John Antill (1904-1986) was one of the foremost composers of Australia's post-colonial period. Although a relatively prolific and much esteemed composer in Australia, Antill's wider reputation is sustained chiefly by his famous ballet Corroboree - a work which was perceived to bring an authentic Australian musical style before both a national and international audience for the first time. Through Sir Eugene Goossens' championship, the work was heard by enthusiastic audiences in Australia, Britain, Europe and the USA, and was, for many years, the best-known work of any Australian-born and...