Roland Robinson interviewed by John Meredith in the John Meredith folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 645888
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Robinson, Roland, 1912-1992, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1991 Aug. 20
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 119 min.)
- Series:
- John Meredith folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording.
Conversation: Percy Mumbulla. Recites: Bees; Fred Freeman. Sings: Jacky Jacky. Recites: Captain Cook; fragments of Whalers. Conversation: his sympathy with Aboriginals; Albert Namatjira. Recites: Sermon o the Birds (by Alec Vesper). Conversation: Bill Harney; Rex Ingamells; Kirsova Ballet; Jindyworobaks; anti-American sentiments; working as an artists model; Helene Kirsova; writing for the Sydney Morning Herald; Kathy Gorham; Peggy Sagar and Elaine Ffeifield; Honorary Doctorate from Newcastle University. Recites: The Unknown Bird; fragment of Yeats' Easter 1916; Black Cockatoos, poem about Italian prisoners of war at Deep Well; White Cockatoos. Conversation: his autobiography; gathering Aboriginal mythology. Recites: Fred Biggs' poems The Child that had no Father and Mapoorum.
- Notes:
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- Recorded by John Meredith and Edgar Waters.
- Recorded at Belmont North, New South Wales on 20 August 1991.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
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This belongs to the John Meredith folklore collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2061 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1991
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