Hugh Jackman. Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968)[1] is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television. A three-time host of the Tony Awards, winning an Emmy Award for one of these appearances, Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009. Early life Jackman went to primary school at Pymble Public School and later attended the all-boys Knox Grammar School on Sydney's Upper North Shore, where he starred in its production of My Fair Lady in 1985, and became the captain (class president) of the school in 1986.[10] Following graduation, he spent a gap year working at Uppingham School in England.[11] On his return, he studied at the University of Technology, Sydney, graduating in 1991 with a BA in Communications.[12] In his final year of university, he took a drama course to make up additional credits.
Jackman has said he "always loved acting but when I started at drama school I was like the dunce of the class. Career Early work Oklahoma! Heath Ledger. Waltzing Matilda. "Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known bush ballad. A folk song, the song has been referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia".[1] The title is Australian slang for travelling by foot with one's belongings (waltzing, derived from the German auf der Walz) in a "Matilda" (bag) slung over one's back.[2] The song narrates the story of an itinerant worker, or "swagman", making a drink of tea at a bush camp and capturing a sheep to eat.
When the sheep's owner arrives with three police officers to arrest the worker for the theft, the worker commits suicide by drowning himself in the nearby watering hole, after which his ghost haunts the site. The original lyrics were written in 1895 by poet and nationalist Banjo Paterson. It was first published as sheet music in 1903. History[edit] Writing of the song[edit] The Combo Waterhole is thought to be the location of the story that inspired "Waltzing Matilda".
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