<p>Yothu Yindi’s Treaty, Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning and Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman are among the first songs to be honoured on new list that will grow every year</p><ul><li><p><em><strong>Warning:</strong> Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have died</em></p></li></ul><p>Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning, Yothu Yindi’s Treaty and Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman are among the first 10 Australian songs to be inducted into the National Songbook – a new digital archive that celebrates and preserves songs that have shaped Australia’s national cultural identity.</p><p>Launched on Wednesday night at the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) in Canberra, the songbook is a joint initiative between NFSA and the music rights organisation Apra Amcos. The first 10 songs were selected by a panel of 11 music experts including broadcasters Richard Kingsmill and Zan Rowe, composer Cornel Wilczek and musician Mo’Ju.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/nov/04/first-10-australian-songs-inducted-into-national-songbook">Continue reading...</a>
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First 10 Australian songs inducted into the National Songbook after ‘very robust’ judging
<p>Yothu Yindi’s Treaty, Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning and Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman are among the first songs to be honoured on new list that will grow every year</p><ul><li><p><em><strong>Warning:</strong> Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have died</em></p></li></ul><p>Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning, Yothu Yindi’s Treaty and Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman are among the first 10 Australian songs to be inducted into the National Songbook – a new digital archive that celebrates and preserves songs that have shaped Australia’s national cultural identity.</p><p>Launched on Wednesday night at the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) in Canberra, the songbook is a joint initiative between NFSA and the music rights organisation Apra Amcos. The first 10 songs were selected by a panel of 11 music experts including broadcasters Richard Kingsmill and Zan Rowe, composer Cornel Wilczek and musician Mo’Ju.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/nov/04/first-10-australian-songs-inducted-into-national-songbook">Continue reading...</a>