Caroline Carleton (6 October 1811 – 10 July 1874) was an English-born South Australian poet who is best known for her prize-winning poem Song of Australia, which, put to a tune by Carl Linger was used as a patriotic song in South Australian schools and elsewhere, and one of four in a national plebiscite to select a National Song in 1977.
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6 October 1811 Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Died |
10 July 1874 (aged 62) Matta House, Kadina, South Australia
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Zodiac | Libra |
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