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The Indicating Rock
by Robert Stewart ( 1838 – 1922 )
Violin by Jessie Morgan
Cello by Natasha Jaffe : https://natashajaffe.com/
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“The Indicating Rock” is a short but vivid song from the Australian goldfields of the 1850s–1860s, capturing the hopes, labour, and hard-won triumphs of diggers working the reefs of colonial Victoria. Written by Robert Stewart, the song draws on real mining language of the era — especially the “indicating rock”, a tell-tale formation believed to signal the presence of gold-bearing quartz.This arrangement brings the song to life with a strong acoustic narrative core. Jessie Morgan provides expressive fiddle lines, while Natasha Jaffe adds warmth and depth on cello. Songs like The Indicating Rock sit at the intersection of folk music, labour history, and early Australian science. The diggers obviously take delight in proving the expert wrong, and remain confident in their own practical knowledge.
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LYRICS :
'The Indicating Rock' by Robert Stewart (1838 – 1922)
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[V.1]
Come all you jolly diggers, and hardy sons of toil
Who've come to dig on Fiery Creek, and try to make a pile
Your labour’s just as constant, as the pendulum of a clock
And you pay such great attention to the indicating Rock
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[V.2]
The expert's been to see us, but he's done us little good
'Cos he said we hadn't got the reef, and he knew we never should
But his scientific theory , has received a gentle knock
Since he gave us his opinion of the indicating Rock
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[V.3]
For at eighty feet we've struck it, and it's nearly two feet wide
And the lucky finder lit his pipe, and viewed the reef with pride
You could see the gold as plainly, as the hands upon a clock
And he blessed the day he sunk upon the indicating Rock
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Yes, he blessed the day he sunk upon the indicating Rock
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Australian goldfields song
The Indicating Rock lyrics
Robert Stewart gold rush song
Victorian gold rush music
Australian gold mining folk song
Indicating rock mining term
19th century Australian folk music
Folk songs of the gold rush
Jessie Morgan fiddle
Natasha Jaffe cello
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