Stuart Graham interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3579906
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Graham, Stuart, 1954-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2005
- 2 sound files (ca. 116 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Stuart Graham, born 1954 in Sydney, NSW, talks about his early life; moving to Tasmania as soon as he left school; developing an interest in bushwalking; his early interests in folk music; singing and music in his bushwalking club; learning bushwalking skills; working in Tasmania; his concerns for the environment; the Lake Pedder Campaign; the early conservation activities in the Lake Pedder Campaign; frustrations at lack of success; the formation of the United Tasmanian Group (forerunner of the Greens Party); the Franklin Campaign and its beginnings; the discovery of maps outlining the plans to dam the Franklin; formation of the South West Action Committee (forerunner of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society); becoming involved in protest action; the sabotage of heavy machinery; developing a network of bush tracks to facilitate protest; air dropping provisions into the tracks; 'underground' activities relating to the protest; details of activities when life threatening situations occurred; the declaration of new national parks and World Heritage sites.
Graham discusses working for the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS); his track developing activities with NPWS; 'lighweight' bushwalking development; repairing damaged tracks in the South West National Park; the philosophy of making parks and tracks accessible; skills required to 'live and work' in remote wilderness; pre-requisites for staff involved in track work; the tools and equipment used in track work; the use of helicopters; communication from remote areas; huts and tents used in the bush; his musical interests; the folk scene in Hobart; he collects some tunes from older musicians; his involvement with Morris Dance in Hobart; playing in a band to play collected tunes; using collected Tasmanian tunes for a ball; current music interests; his involvement with the Cape Barren musicians; visiting Cape Barren Island to play music; the attitude of younger Aboriginals to the old music; the origins of Aboriginals on Cape Barren Island.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with John Harpley.
- Recorded on September 14, 2005 at Huonville, Tas.
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- Timed summary (2 p.)
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- 2005
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