<P> Give Me a Home Among the Gumtrees ( or Home Among the Gumtrees ) is a popular Australian song written in 1974 by Wally Johnson and Bob Brown ( aka Captain Rock ) . It was originally performed as a satirical number in Johnson and Brown 's comedy act at the Flying Trapeze Cafe in Fitzroy , Melbourne and was first recorded in 1975 on the Captain Rock album Buried Treasure on Mushroom Records . At that time the Australian Government had decided to scrap God Save the Queen as the national anthem and was running a contest called the Australian National Anthem Quest to find a replacement . The Gumtrees song was Johnson and Brown 's response ( it did not win ) . </P>
<P> Give Me a Home Among the Gumtrees ( or Home Among the Gumtrees ) is a popular Australian song written in 1974 by Wally Johnson and Bob Brown ( aka Captain Rock ) . It was originally performed as a satirical number in Johnson and Brown 's comedy act at the Flying Trapeze Cafe in Fitzroy , Melbourne and was first recorded in 1975 on the Captain Rock album Buried Treasure on Mushroom Records . At that time the Australian Government had decided to scrap God Save the Queen as the national anthem and was running a contest called the Australian National Anthem Quest to find a replacement . The Gumtrees song was Johnson and Brown 's response ( it did not win ) . </P>
who wrote give me a home among the gum trees
who wrote give me a home among the gum trees
Wally Johnson Bob Brown ( aka Captain Rock )
Wally Johnson Bob Brown ( aka Captain Rock )