| Bib ID |
97324 |
| Format |
Audio, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
Brown, Fred, 1928-
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
1999.
1 digital audio tape (ca. 65 min.)
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| Series |
Rob Willis folklore collection
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| Summary |
Folkloric recording.
TAPE : SINGING 1. Jack Doolan. -2. Brace Boy's prayer. - TALKING -3. story about how the words to the Brace Boy's prayer were found. -4. recalls and names the songs from grandma's book. -SINGING 5. Cosy Cabin. - TALKING - 6. Talks about grandma singing. - 7. lists songs.SINGING - 8. sings Clip Clop. -9. sings first song learnt at school. - 10. sings You're as sweet as the red rose in June.TALKING - 11. shows/reads through lists of songs and their origin. - 12. read a poem about mining written by Jock Graham. - 13. poem about Brace boys. - 14. reads a poem written by Common Cause (Union paper) editor Len Fox about the closure of the Wonthaggi Mine.
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| Biography/History |
Brown speaks of his early days in Wonthaggi, Vic. in the early 1920s; having worked at the Prestige Stocking factory on night shift; working in the mines from 1945 until 1955, first job in the mines as a surveyor; working at the local Workers Club as casual barman to make ends meet; he comments on how women had to make ends meet; dates of the Big Strike (1935) and 1949 strike and the reasons for it, no one in the community was better off; description of the job of "wheeling" as a miner, the "clippers" job; the worst conditions in the mines- men today are still suffering as a result; bringing in the machinery in the late 1940's to early 1950's which led to a drop in miner's rates; unions being very important; history of the Worker's Club which began in 1911, no women allowed in; the two clubs in Wonthaggi, the Gentlemen's Club and the Worker's Club. |
| Notes |
Recorded by Olya Willis.
Recorded on April 28, 1999 at Wonthaggi, Vic.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (3 p.) |
| Subjects |
Brown, Fred, - 1928- - Interviews. | Coal Miners - Victoria - Wonthaggi - Interviews. | Folk singers - Victoria - Wonthaggi - Interviews. | Coal miners - Victoria - Wonthaggi - Social life and customs - 20th century. | Coal miners - Victoria - Wonthaggi - Interviews. | Folk music - Victoria - History.
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| Occupation |
Coal miners |
| Other Authors |
Willis, Rob, 1944- | Willis, Olya
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