Michael Manhire interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4735728
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Manhire, Michael, 1938-, 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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- 2009
- 2 sound files (ca. 118 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Michael Manhire talks about his early life in England including experiences of WWII; his education and career path as a teacher; his interest in music and involvement on the folk movement; his time as a teacher in a remote area of New Guinea; his relationships with the natives. He recalls several stories of this time leading up to the Independence of Papua New Guinea on September 16, 1975.
- Partial contents:
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- File 1: Song by Coppers who were British traditional singers (fragment) File 2: Recites 'Uncle Albert's last farewell to the world'. Plays tune: Derwent Water farewell
- Highland level hornpipe. Song: The logging track
- Manchester rambler
- Big Bill. Cornish tunes: Bodmin riding, Heva, Three handed reel. Cornish song: The flora.
- Notes:
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- Recorded by Olya Willis.
- Accompanying photograph.
- Recorded on 20 October 2009 at Perth, Tasmania.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available (5 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- 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 2079 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2009
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