Truganini - Midnight Oil Guitar Tab
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Album:
Earth and Sun and Moon
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Genre:
Rock, Australian, 80s, Alternative, Political
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Tablature Type:
Guitar Tab
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"Truganini" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, from their album Earth and Sun and Moon. It was inspired by Truganini, a Tasmanian Aborigine.
The song uses a recurring Australian problem (drought) to pose the question "What for?", meaning "why did Europeans bother to colonize this harsh place". The song mentions two prominent indigenous Australians (Truganini and Albert Namatjira) whose lives were altered by European settlement and discusses current day sentiment towards the old country, namely the monarchy. Read more on Last.fm.