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'The Indicating Rock' (Robert Stewart)

The Indicating Rock by Robert Stewart ( 1838 – 1922 ) Violin by Jessie Morgan Cello by Natasha Jaffe https://natashajaffe.com/ ----------------------------------- “The Indicating Rock” is a short but vivid song from the Australian goldfields of the 1850s–1860s, capturing the hopes, labour, and hard-won triumphs of diggers working the reefs of colonial Victoria. Written by Robert Stewart, the song draws on real mining language of the era — especially the “indicating rock”, a tell-tale formation believed to signal the presence of gold-bearing quartz.This arrangement brings the song to life with a strong acoustic narrative core. Jessie Morgan provides expressive fiddle lines, while Natasha Jaffe adds warmth and depth on cello.Songs like The Indicating Rock sit at the intersection of folk music, labour history, and early Australian science. The diggers obviously take delight in proving the expert wrong, and remain confident in their own practical knowledge. ________________________________________ Australian goldfields song The Indicating Rock lyrics Robert Stewart gold rush song Victorian gold rush music Australian gold mining folk song Indicating rock mining term 19th century Australian folk music Folk songs of the gold rush Jessie Morgan fiddle Natasha Jaffe cello The Queensland Tiger folk singer ========================================= LYRICS : 'The Indicating Rock' by Robert Stewart (1838 – 1922) ------------------------------------------------------------------ [V.1] Come all you jolly diggers, and hardy sons of toil Who've come to dig on Fiery Creek, and try to make a pile Your labour’s just as constant, as the pendulum of a clock And you pay such great attention to the indicating Rock ------------------------------------------------------------------ [V.2] The experts been to see us, but he's done us little good 'Cos he said we hadn't got the reef, and he knew we never should But his scientific theory , has received a gentle knock Since he gave us his opinion of the indicating Rock ------------------------------------------------------------------ [V.3] For at eighty feet we've struck it, and it's nearly two feet wide And the lucky finder lit his pipe, and viewed the reef with pride You could see the gold as plainly, as the hands upon a clock And he blessed the day he sunk upon the indicating Rock ------------------------------------------------------------------ Yes, he blessed the day he sunk upon the indicating Rock ============================================