Jack Lumsdaine

John Sinclair Lumsdaine (18 November 1895 – 28 August 1948)[1] was an Australian singer and songwriter.[2]

His best known songs celebrate Australian personalities Donald Bradman, Phar Lap and Sydney Harbour Bridge. He was highly sought for advertising campaigns like Cornflakes and Flour.

In the 1930s he was on the announcing staff of Sydney radio station 2GB.

  1. ^ Warren Arthur Bebbington (1997). The Oxford companion to Australian music. Oxford University Press. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-19-553432-0.
  2. ^ "Lumsdaine, John Sinclair (Jack) (1895–1948)". Biography - John Sinclair (Jack) Lumsdaine - Australian Dictionary of Biography. adb.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 28 February 2014.