Ned Grogan interviewed by Norm and Pat O'Connor and Maryjean Officer the Norm O'Connor folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2913361
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Grogan, Ned, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1963 Dec. 21
- 1 tape reel (ca. 89 min.) analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track mono ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Norm O'Connor folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording.
- Full contents:
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- Ned Grogan talks about sandhills near Mildura ; sleeper cutting; robbery on goldfields; man at Cape Leeuwin a 'groper'; born in Western Australia; he didn't like all the settlers; had six mules in Victoria and 34 racehorses; women or wharves prayed that scales from Victoria would drown; brought to Western Australia to break strike; Mrs Temple started the Shearer's Union, now the Australian Worker's Union; working on stations; met Henry Lawson; worked for Lord Carrington at Berrigan; about Nannup, Western Australia; convict workers; Lord Forrest; working in Bendigo; Miners' Union; working as a drover's cook.
- Ned Grogan interview continued: about Aborigines that Grogan knew when near Comeragunja Mission, knew some of Briggs family, Aboriginal schools, maps drawn on ground, Aborigines follow flocks of birds for food, many waterholes only known to blacks, the curse has been white men wanting Aboriginal women, they cook kangaroos, possums and fish in pit on the coals, Ned cooked damper in camp oven or in fine dust of ashes, yarn about biggest potato, river boat captains, song about Johnny Troy has many verses he can't remember; knew, 'Wild Colonial Bay', 'Old Bark Hut', many poems and songs in 'The Worker' (A.W.U. Magazine) written by shearers about the war, in the Islands, in Singapore, Menzies' exemption from war, Menzies ignoring his former wet-nurse' requests for a small loan, Menzie's cousin arrested for being a peeping Tom.
- Notes:
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- Part of a collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 1960s by Norm O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore society of Victoria.
- Ned Grogan recorded on 21 December 1963.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
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This belongs to the Norm O'Connor folklore collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2033 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1963
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