Ormonde Waters (Sr.) interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4201312
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Waters, Ormonde D. P, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 2 sound files.
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Ormonde Waters speaks about his mother; his father; cross road dances; the boards; interest in the bagpipes; Crowley; Jerry Sullivan; learning the fiddle; learning tunes; style of fingering; Crowley chanter; learning the uillean pipes; joining a pipe band; difference between Irish and Scottish pipes; Irish language in the family and in the county; his schooling; his interest in Irish history; the political climate within Ireland; Michael Collins; his mother's political background; Reverend James Porter; his first office job; leaving for Australia (1967); Clancy Brothers; arriving in Bunbury, Western Australia; Bunbury Folk Club; ballad singers; collection of ballads, publication of his work; his reason for emigrating to Western Australia; life in Bunbury; arriving on the 'Fairstar'; his working life; Irish traditions; the Irish community in Western Australia; Bunbury Folk Club, Folk Federation; John Watson; The Catalpa Centennary; joining the Prison Department (1971); training on the job at Brunswick Junction; Canningvale and Fremantle Prisons; being Remand officer; coping with the stresses of the job; good working relationship with the inmates; PJ O'Reilly; McGuire Brothers; Old Buffalo Station; Thomas Little; information on 'The Catalpa'; his publication 'A Bit of Craic'; reference made to publication 'More of the Craic'; Casuarina Prison and riot; being a tour guide at Fremantle Prison; Aboriginal prisoners; his personal experiences; superstition associated with the execution of prisoners.
- Full contents:
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- Recitation: 'Mrs McGrath' (ballad)
- Bagpipe ditties
- Father's ballad (fragment)
- unidentified poem (fragment)
- variations of song The Catalpa (recitation)
- poem 'Identity' (fragment)
- poem Fremantle Prison by Peter Capp (fragment)
- Biography/History:
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Ormonde Waters Sr. was born 1932 in East County Cork, Ireland. Ormonde is a well respected researcher and historian within the Irish community in Perth, W.A., and has written several books.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Olya Willis, Kevin Bradley, Jacqui Bradley.
- Accompanying material: photograph of interviewee.
- Recorded on April 16, 2007 at Parkwood, W.A.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 40 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Historians
- 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 2077 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2007
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