Archie Knight interviewed by Chris Sullivan in the Chris Sullivan folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1881023
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Knight, Archie, 1917-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1986 Feb. 12
- 2 sound tape reels (ca. 57 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Chris Sullivan folklore collection.
- Full contents:
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- REEL 322; Archie Knight, conversation:
- Family background and musical interests; playing for dances; playing the accordion from an early age; dancing; ground preparation for dances; uncle Hero Black; instruments played by family members; homemade instruments; playing accordion with brothers and sisters; single and double row accordions; music and dancing for Aboriginal weddings; tin whistle; travelling musicians; sources for new tunes.
- REEL 323; Archie Knight, conversation:
- Edison phonograph; distinguishing older from younger tunes; old & new dances; saw dance with cross on floor; Irish tunes; last playing for a dance in the late 1930s; demise of dances; masters of ceremony; no drinking before dances; driving Model-T Ford; paddlesteamers on river carting wood; Bill Jones; singing; not learning his Aboriginal language; hearing Dougie Young in a pub; Young's songs now sung by young people; song types.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 12 February 1986, at Bourke, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Partial transcript available (1 p.)
- Subject:
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- Knight Archie, 1917- -- Interviews
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Bourke -- Interviews
- Accordionists -- New South Wales -- Bourke -- Interviews
- Folk musicians -- New South Wales -- Bourke -- Interviews
- Folk music -- New South Wales -- Bourke Region
- Folk dancing -- New South Wales -- Bourke Region
- Bourke (N.S.W.) -- Social life and customs
- Occupation:
- Folk musicians
- Other authors/contributors:
- Sullivan, Chris (Christopher Daniel), 1953-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Chris Sullivan folklore collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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