Burnie Hawks 1989 TFL Club Song

This recording was provided to me by the State Library of Tasmania and has been published with permission from the Burnie Football Club. Recorded by Spectangle Productions circa 1989 and originally distributed via audio cassette.

[@Igloo3471]

It sounds a fair bit like Glenorchy's. The actual "Burnie Football Club" was the Tigers that played in the NWFU and later NTFL. Burnie Hawks used to be known as Cooee Bulldogs until they joined the TFL in 1987 and were made to call themselves "Burnie Hawks" to give themselves a more well known geographical name for state level footy and to differentiate themselves from the Burnie Tigers. East Launceston Demons had already amalgamated with the City-South Redlegs to be come South Launceston Bulldogs a year earlier so the Bulldogs nickname was off the table. After years of arguing between the two, they ended up merging in 1994 and changed their name to the Burnie Dockers in 1995.

[@VYOM4]

Very nice 😊👍. So, Spectangle Productions basically decided to use the exact same tune for the Burnie Hawks as the Glenorchy Magpies. Definitely interesting, no doubt.

[@nate_37]

Yep, and they also used the same tune for North Hobart and South Launceston (grand old flag)

[@VYOM4]

@@nate_37 Yep 👍, I definitely heard those songs as well. I'm hyped for the better quality version of South Launceston's version 🙌.

[@nate_37]

@@VYOM4 Couldn't get than one sorry, State Library only allows 4 requests at a time :(

[@VYOM4]

@@nate_37 Ohhh ok.

[@oldman4117]

Also Hawthorn Hawks

[@trainco1643]

Are you uploading North Launceston’s or Sandy Bay’s song tomorrow?

[@nate_37]

North Launceston

[@thatguywhomythhunts]

Footy sirens gonna love this

[@footballrugbyclubsongs2360]

I Really want to hear the song, can't wait :) Could you do the 1989 Audio tracks for North Launceston and Sandy Bay Next?

[@nate_37]

Yep, I'll be posting North Launceston on the 29th and Sandy Bay on the 6th, then the instrumental versions the weeks following

[@Igloo3471]

North Launceston used to have another version as well as the Spectangle one. It was done by a local musician in Launceston in the early 90s but it never really caught on - I only ever heard once, played on ABC Radio. Sounded a bit ordinary tbf.

[@nate_37]

@@Igloo3471 Never knew about that one. The only song the club has a copy of is just the Essendon one that they play now, there's a fair chance that song's been completely lost to time

[@footballrugbyclubsongs2360]

@@nate_37 Cool, What's the 1989 North Launceston club song audio like?

[@nate_37]

@@footballrugbyclubsongs2360 Same tune as Essendon but it's "See the Robins Fly Up" instead of Bombers Fly Up, and obviously a similar sounding production as the other Spectangle songs