Bill Whitham and Marlene Whitham recite folk poetry for the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2114116
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Whitham, Bill, 1934-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2002 Feb. 14
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 35 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording.
Bill talks about learning to recite poetry in the cattle camps (droving); composition techniques; how he had lost most of his early poems; a coachline in the Tallandoon, Mitta Mitta area.
- Partial contents:
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- Recitation: My soul, my country (poem)
- Searching for the lost soul (poem)
- Crawfords run (poem)
- Happy birthday (poem)
- The two yobs (poem)
- Angel from the north (poem)
- Democracy (poem)
- Ghosts of old Carnarvon (poem)
- Only one penny (poem)
- When the cows come stringing home (poem)
- Biography/History:
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Bill Whitman - bushman and poet
- Notes:
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- Recorded with John Harpley.
- Recorded on Feb. 14, 2002 at Tallandoon via Eskdale, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia ;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (1 p.)
- Subject:
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This belongs to the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
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- Until 2072 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2002
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