List of Contributors; List of figures, maps and musical examples; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction and historiography of music in Australia Amanda Harris and Clint Bracknell; Part I. Continuities: 2. How Yol¿u songs recount deep histories of international trade across the Arafura Sea Aaron Corn and Brian Djangirrawuy Gumbula-Garawirrtja; 3. Torres Strait Islander musics: tradition, travel and change Karl Neuenfeldt; 4. Singing country in the land now known as Australia Clint Bracknell and Lou Bennett; 5. The spiritual in Australia: practices, discourse, and transformations 1879-1950 Michael Webb and Christopher Coady; Part II. Encounters: 6. Cultivating a European concert culture in colonial Sydney and Hobart: 1826-40 Laura Case and Amanda Harris; 7. An early Australian musical modernism Kate Bowan; 8. Country music: Australianizing an American tradition? Toby Martin; 9. The development of the Australian pop charts and the changing meaning of the 'number one' single Jadey O'Regan and Tim Byron; 10. Artist perspective - didjeridu on the art music stage William Barton; Part III. Diversities: 11. Exclusion and inclusion in Australian metal Laura Glitsos and Clint Bracknell; 12. New directions in Australian art music: the curatorial, creative and conceptual Louise Devenish and Talisha Goh; 13. Artists' perspectives - experimental and electronic music in Australia Aaron Wyatt and Cat Hope; 14. Artist perspective - Australian EDM in the 1990s: finding the magic between the art and commerce of the dancefloor Paul (Mac) McDermott; 15. Artists' perspectives - jazz in Australia-the state of play Jamie Oehlers; 16. Diverse musics: shaping music through cultural difference Aline Scott-Maxwell and John Whiteoak; 17. Chinese music performance in Australia Liu Lu and Catherine Ingram; 18. African musics in Australia Bonnie B McConnell and Lamine Sonko; 19. Artists' perspectives-Ngarra-Burria Indigenous composers and their interventions in art music practice Christopher Sainsbury and Nardi Simpson; Part IV. Institutions: 20. Iconic musical sites in Australia Amanda Harris; 21. Festivals as a forum for Indigenous public ceremony from remote Australia Reuben Brown and Sally Treloyn; 22. The Australian children's TV music phenomenon Elizabeth Mackinlay and Katelyn Barney; 23. Youth broadcasting and music festivals in Australia Ben Green and Ian Rogers; 24. Australian multicultural and folk festivals Michelle Duffy; 25. Learning from music in Australia lint Bracknell and Amanda Harris.