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, released on 28 April 2008 in Australia. The album includes several Australian traditional songs sung by Mirusia. Rieu and Mirusia performed the tracks in their worldwide tour late in 2008. The album debuted at number two on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart. It reached number one in its second week on the chart in the lead up to Mother's Day,Waltzing Matilda
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Track listing

#"Wiener Melange" — 6:35 #" Scarborough Fair"¹ — 3:40 #"

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" — 3:17 #"Treasure Waltz" — 6:23 #"La Vergine degli angeli"¹ — 3:21 #"Wine, Women And Song" — 6:16 #"Botany Bay"¹ — 4:03 #"Du und du" — 6:15 #"Thorn Birds: Theme" — 3:56 #"I Still Call Australia Home"¹ — 4:33 #"Viennese Citizen" — 6:15 #"Benedictus"¹ — 3:50 #"Charmaine" — 4:00 #"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again"¹ — 3:53 #"Fledermaus Quadrille" — 4:06 #"Tie Me Kangaroo"¹ — 2:25 #"Home Among The Gumtrees"¹ — 2:29 #"

" (vocal version)¹ — 3:54 ¹ features Mirusia

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