TWO INTERESTING ‘NEW’ ITEMS ADDED TO THE MONASH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY’S RARE BOOKS COLLECTION: The first is a brochure for an indoor golf game:-
!["Schoenhut's indoor golf. The greatest game of the 20th century", brochure, 1922. From the Monash University Library Rare Books Collection.](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Sport-golf-Monash-e1405671443284.jpg)
![The lonely girl flyer, sheet music by Jack O'Hagan, 1930. From Monash University Library Rare Books Collection.](https://ephemerasociety.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Travel-Amy-Johnson-sheet-music-e1405671874747.jpg)
Jack O’Hagan’s tribute to Amy Johnson – the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. She left London 5 May 1930 and arrived Darwin 24 May. Jack O’Hagan was a prolific composer. We have many more of his songs including his tribute to Kingsford Smith, “Kingsford Smith Aussie is proud of you,” (1928), “Our Don Bradman, a snappy fox trot song,” (1930), as well as his “Snake Gully Swagger,” (1939) and his most famous song, “Where the dog sits on the tucker-box.” (1938).
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