Pamela Pole interviewed by Alex Hood and Annette Hood in the Alex Hood folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4503602
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Pole, Pamela, 1949-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
-
- 2008
- 1 sound file (ca. 79 min.)
- Series:
- Alex Hood folklore collection.
- Summary:
-
Folkloric recording. Pamela Pole speaks about her early childhood and schooling in N.Z.; her parents and their work; learning the piano; attending folk clubs while at University; folk club music, visiting performers; meeting with future partner; the 'Bushwhackers'; comparisons of folklore between New Zealand and Australia; Bob Pomeroy; coming to Australia (1974); her involvement in Folk Clubs around Sydney; her life in Sydney and friends; New Zealand connections; moving to Wellington, N.S.W.; her love of Australia growing; bush dancing; part-time teaching; a trip to England, following the U.K. Folk Festivals; returning to Australia; moving to Proserpine Qld.; working on South Molle Island; Brisbane Festival; Eric Bogle; Melbourne folk scene.
Pole discusses her Proserpine experiences, as local entrepreneur and performer; Banjo Jack; local venues for performances; other musicians and singers; the movement of singers up and down the coast; influence of Blues music, Jazz and Island songs; Maori groups; Tommy Smith; the 'Golden Plover' boat; writing songs; working in sugar mill from 1986; Maleny Folk Festival (1989); pub bands taking over; establishment of a Folk Club; Sugar Mill Festival, 1986-87; Richard Magoffin; the family group, 'The Killangleys'; Bill Hauritz; house concerts; Tom O'Flynn; Don Andrews; the Folk Revival; wanting to revive the folk scene locally; the 'Tidelines' Project; music of the Whitsundays, recording and book; Prof. Phil Haywood; later Jazz Movement.
- Partial contents:
- Song: I hate wogs. Story about the Bushwackers.
- Notes:
-
- Recorded on September 7, 2008, in Sugarloaf, Qld.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (3 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
-
This belongs to the Alex Hood folklore collection.
This collection contains 186 records. - Copyright:
-
In Copyright
Contact us for information about copying. For access conditions return to the record display above.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2078 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Jeff Corfield interviewed by Alex Hood and Annette Hood in the Alex Hood folklore collection [sound recording]
- Jillian Bickford interviewed by Alex Hood and Annette Hood in the Alex Hood folklore collection [sound recording]
- Brian Bickford interviewed by Alex Hood and Annette Hood in the Alex Hood folklore collection [sound recording]
- Nicholas Young interviewed by Alex Hood and Annette Hood in the Alex Hood folklore collection [sound recording]
- John Goward interviewed by Alex Hood and Annette Hood in the Alex Hood folklore collection [sound recording]