... Kangaroos’ and ‘March of the Tommy Browns'.
The final verse of 'Australian Kangaroos goes:
Good-bye, Good-bye! Dear land of the Golden Wattle
Our flag shall fly when in the crash of battle.
Wives have cried, and sweethearts sighed,
Comrades calling ...
MacRobertson Steam Confectionery Works was a confectionery company founded in 1880 by Macpherson Robertson and operated by his family in Fitzroy, Melbourne until 1967 when it was sold to Cadbury.
This story accompanies the 'Nail Can to Knighthood: the life of Sir Macpherson Robertson KBE' exhibition which took place at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria in 2015.