Ernest Wighton interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3774379
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Wighton, Ernest, 1923-2009, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2006 Jun. 6
- 1 sound file (ca. 56 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. Ernest Wighton, born 1923 in Condobolin, and known as Gundy, talks about his family; Koori background; discrimination against Koori's; schooling in Condobolin; living at the Murie; white people at The Murie; his occupations; dances and singing at The Murie; listening to records; memories of Slim Dusty; travelling boxing shows; boxing with Roy Bell and Les McNabb; joining army in 1942; Kingsford-Smith in Condobolin.
- Partial contents:
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- Sings: The old bark hut
- The old bark hut (repeat)
- Recites poems: Bill the bullocky
- Billy Lappin (fragment)
- Biography/History:
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Ernest Wighton, born 1923, is an Indigenous Australian who lived on the Murie.
- Notes:
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- The Murie was an Indigenous 'fringe settlement' near Condobolin, NSW. The settlement was dismantled by the Condobolin Council in the 1960's. This interview is part of the Murie oral history project, a joint project between the Lachlan Shire Aboriginal Consultative Committee and the National Library of Australia.
- Recorded on June 6, 2006 at Condobolin, N.S.W.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (2 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 29 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Boxers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Willis, Rob, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
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- Until 2076 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2006
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