Peter Barnes - 'Can you hear Australia's heroes marching?'

'Can You Hear Australia's Heroes Marching?' is a national war memorial
song and a tribute to the ANZAC spirit of mateship, courage and sacrifice.

New website for the song at http://www.australianwarheroes.com    You can link to
the new website for the song or tell others about it.   The success of the song meant
it was necessary to create a domain that was unique to the song and gave it a
permanent home on the Internet. The song has over 2 million hits online with this
website, YouTube, and other websites that include the song. Take a look at the new
website.

This website started back in the mid 90s, well before Google was even thought of. In the
beginning it was a website Peter Barnes put together for info about his Adelaide advertising/
marketing business. If you want a business or organisation easily found on search engines
like Google with the keywords you want, then take a look at the websites at Be Found Online
and Find Business Online and Found Online   There are also capital city websites like
Sydney, Melbourne Victoria, Darwin Northern Territory and Brisbane Queenland for
business or organisations. Since 2001 the war heroes song has taken over more and more
of this website. As the website is now old, and image wise, out of date, it was necessary to
create a website for the song independent of this one. The website is kept alive today,
mainly because it still gets a lot of visitors looking for the song.

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BRAND NEW: It is nearly ten years since the creation of the song and now you can
hear an instrumental recording of the music here at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLgnHSudpyY

The words (lyrics) to the song have been requested to be used or read at commemorative
ceremonies.

The global aspect of the internet has allowed many people from other countries to
hear the song. For instance a publishing house in Norway asked for the song.

"The Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug is about to publish a new series of English schoolbooks for
8-10th grade in the Norwegian market. In this new series, called Key English, we want to make use of the
song "Can You Hear Australia's Heroes Marching".

Over 1,000 people a day view videos relating to the song on YouTube alone. Peter's
YouTube channel has passed two million video views, with most viewing videos relating to
the song. Click here to go to the YouTube channel. You can see videos of the song for
WW1, WW2, the Vietnam War and more.

Sheet music is available for free for commemorative purposes and include, full
arrangement, choir, solo voice, piano, guitar (bass & electric), trumpet, drum kit. Email
the author here

The heroes song was created from Peter's experience in visiting the Adelaide River
War Cemetery (114 kms south of Darwin) in the Northern Territory and seeing the
graves of Australians who gave their lives in the service and defence of their country.
Peter felt he should do something within his capabilities to honour the memory of such
incredible sacrifice.

A total of 434 war graves marked by bronze plaques are contained in the Adelaide
River War Cemetery. The burials are made up of 14 airmen of the RAF, 12 unidentified
men of the British Merchant Navy; one soldier of the Canadian Army; 18 sailors, 181
soldiers and 201 airmen of the Australian Forces and seven men of the Australian
Merchant Navy. The Northern Territory Memorial to the Missing honours a further
292 Servicemen and women lost to the north of Australia. The adjacent civil section
contains the graves of the nine Post Office staff killed on 19 February 1942 during
the bombing of Darwin, one of 63 separate occasions from that date. The civilian
casualties of WW2 include those of 31 Indigenous Australians.

"To stand on my homeland, surrounded by our war dead, who fought heroically to
defend Australia and their loved ones down the track, was a profound experience
and initiated the creation of the song." - Peter Barnes

War Cemetery

You can watch a video of the Adelaide River War Cemetery here

Click here for the 4 minute version of the song (has additional words).

Click here for other inspiring Australian Songs by the author of the war heroes song
(this is a new website).

About the author...

Peter Barnes was born in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1953. His education included the Queen Street Public
Primary School, followed by five years at Ballarat Central Technical School, and he then completed one year at
the School of Mines Ballarat. He moved to Melbourne to work as a graphic artist (retouching) for McEwens
Hardware, then spent five years working for The Age newspaper as a press artist (including one year with Age
Publications as a graphic designer). To cut a long story short, Peter's career eventually saw him attain the roles
of general manager and creative director with leading advertising agencies in Darwin and Adelaide. Peter has
lived and worked in the Northern Territory and now resides in South Australia. Today, he is self-employed with
an online business. Contact Peter by email here

There are many songs that focus on war service by Australians. Some are anti-war, lamenting the waste
of life, like Eric Bogle's 'And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda'. Some songs focus on a particular war or
conflict, like John Schumann's 'I Was Only 19', which focuses on the Vietnam War. Many songs include
ANZAC, and focus on the Gallipoli campaign.

'Can You Hear Australia's Heroes Marching?' is different in many aspects. Being timeless, it covers all
wars and conflicts Australians have served in, and those that serve today. The song is stirring, uplifting and
memorable.

Many Australians who lost their lives in war weren't thinking they could save the world or defeat evil
regimes. As in the trenches of France, and the patrols in Vietnam, or on the Kokoda Track, Australians were
looking after their mates alongside them. Many Australian veterans march on ANZAC Day in memory of their
mates left behind, and the ones that have passed on before them.

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Can You Hear Australia's Heroes Marching?

Concept, title, lyrics and copyright owner (author) of the song: Peter Barnes

Singer & music composition: Darren Mullan

Spoken words voice: David Hill

The song was produced and recorded at Quentin Eyers Music in 2001