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Athletic Australian radio and dance band star , Peggy Brooks , sang this song during WW11, expressing the hope for an end to hostilities . Peggy had been an amateur cycling champion in younger days. She started her career at 15 as a dancer , attracted attention whistling , and made an early tour of Queensland.
A lead singer in the pioneering Smoky Dawson Australian country music show, she also performed in Canada and was actively involved with the ABC.
A Digger in Palestine sent her a gift of moonstones in appreciation for many hours of listening to her sing . Often she was described as Melbourne's auburn haired sweetheart of song . This worn copy of sheet music , copyright 1941 , was unearthed in Townsville . It bears the faded trade stamp of an East Ingham newsagency-The United Press-stationers and Golden Casket agents . Another point of interest is an advert for the Bob Dyer album of Hill Billy songs which lists 10 titles, one Dreamy Australasian Moon . A large American , Dyer and his Australian wife , Dolly, became big in the popular early TV quiz series , Pick A Box , in which Barry Jones emerged as a celebrity contestant , later the prominent ALP politician. The Dyers had a large cruiser in Sydney and both went in for big game fishing . After retiring to the Gold Coast, they went after Marlin .
