Bib ID |
7863585 |
Format |
Audio [performed music, spoken word, audiotape reel] , Online - Google Books |
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Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
Description |
between 1950 and 1969
audiotape reel (approximately 64 min.) : analog
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Series |
Norm O'Connor folklore collection.
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Summary |
Folkloric recording.
Aaron Briggs sings, plays gumleaf and speaks of Aborigines at Cumeragunja Mission.
Jack Treasure reads poems, tells stories and speaks about gold mining.
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Full contents |
- Master and man / Aaron Briggs
- Not not, but in the coming years / Aaron Briggs
- Home sweet home on the Murray / Aaron Briggs
- On the banks of the Murray / Aaron Briggs
- Sweet little log cabin on Murray / Aaron Briggs
- Pete Ferrari muster song / Aaron Briggs
- In a gilded cafe / Aaron Briggs
- Aaron Briggs speaks of the government's attempts to force Aborigines out of Cumeragunja Mission, burning of homes on the Mission, people on the mission, his experiences, trying to buy land, his daughter unable to find work in the city, government pulling the church down
- Now is the hour (gum leaf) / Aaron Briggs
- Jackie, Jackie / Fred Walker and Herb Walker
- Master and man / Aaron Briggs
- Not not, but in the coming years / Aaron Briggs
- Home sweet home on the Murray / Aaron Briggs
- On the banks of the Murray / Aaron Briggs
- Sweet little log cabin on Murray / Aaron Briggs
- Pete Ferrari muster song / Aaron Briggs
- In a gilded cafe / Aaron Briggs
- Aaron Briggs speaks of the government's attempts to force Aborigines out of Cumeragunja Mission, burning of homes on the Mission, people on the mission, his experiences, trying to buy land, his daughter unable to find work in the city, government pulling the church down
- Now is the hour (gum leaf) / Aaron Briggs
- Jackie, Jackie / Fred Walker and Herb Walker
- The gold miners (poem) / Jack Treasure
- The Southlands, incomplete (poem) / Jack Treasure
- Jack Treasure speaks of finding gold and of his next poem
- The man and the mine with the iron door (poem) / Jack Treasure
- The Cattlemen (poem) / Jack Treasure
- The usual thing, written by Jack's brother Jim Teasure / Jack Treasure
- Story of Bill Cooley / Jack Treasure
- Swindler's gap, written by W. Wye / Jack Treasure
- Extracts from diary written around mining camp when Jack Treasure had colonial fever
- Rise, shine and give God the glory / Sophie Briggs
- Turn back Pharohs army / Sophie Briggs
- Oh T I, with guitar / Unknown Papuan male
- Song / Unknown Papuan male
- The rich merchant's daughter / Mr Street
- Mr. Street speaks of his early life, pre emptive selection of rum, Ned Kelly, bushranger Larry Foley.
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Performer |
Aaron Briggs ; Fred Walker ; Herb Walker ; Jack Treasure ; Sophie Briggs ; Mr. Street. |
Notes |
Recorded by Norm O'Connor, Pat O'Connor and Maryjean Officer.
A collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 1960s by Norm O'Connor, Pat O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
Recorded between 1950 and 1969.
Aaron Briggs recorded at Barmah, Vic. during 1961.
Fred Walker and Herb Walker recorded 3 April 1961.
Digital master available National Library of Australia
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Index/Finding Aid Note |
Transcript unavailable. |
Subjects |
Aboriginal Australians -- Interviews. | Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. | Folk songs, English -- Australia. | Leaf music -- Australia. | Australian poetry. | Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- History.
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Other authors/contributors |
Walker, Fred, performer | Walker, Herb, performer | Treasure, Jack, speaker | Briggs, Sophie, performer | Street, Mr., interviewee | O'Connor, Norman, recordist, interviewer | O'Connor, Pat, recordist, interviewer | Officer, Maryjean, recordist, interviewer | Folk Lore Society of Victoria
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Related records |
Norm O'Connor folklore collection
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