Frank Holloway recorded for Voices of the bush oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2044903
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Holloway, Frank, 1920-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use from the Lightning Ridge Historical Society.
- Description:
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- [199-]
- 2 digital audio tapes (ca. 87 min.)
- Series:
- Voices of the bush oral history project.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Frank Holloway, retired bushman, discusses his life and plays folk music on the accordion. Monologue recalling Frank Holloway's early years riding a bike from Young, NSW to Lightning Ridge, NSW; conditions during the Depression; searching for his father at Walgett, NSW; finding his father at Lightning Ridge in 1932; stories about characters at The Ridge; boxing at Lightning Ridge; mining at the Ridge from the 1930s onwards; Holloway's shearing experiences; poetry and songs of shearers.
- Partial contents:
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- Tape 2 Music: Boar pig (accordion)
- an unidentified schottische tune
- unidentified tune (guitar)
- Notes:
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- Collected on July 8, 2000 by Rob Willis.
- Recorded by the Lightning Ridge Historical Society ; dubbed by Rob Willis.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.)
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This belongs to the Voices of the bush oral history project.
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
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