Indeed, Mary Gilmore spent time at schools in both Cootamundra and Wagga Wagga, just as I did. Both of these writers also have a connection to Queensland. For many years, Mary Gilmore’s husband ran a farm near Cloncurry in northern Queensland. And of course, Banjo Paterson is said to have written the words to Waltzing Matilda during a trip to Dagworth station near Winton.
17  See Issing, O., “Monetary and financial stability – is there a trade-off?”, Speech at Conference on “Monetary Stability and the Business Cycle”, Bank for International Settlements, Basel, 28–29 March 2003. 18  See ECB Monthly Bulletin Article, April 2005, “Asset price bubbles and monetary policy”.