George Cooper interviewed by John Meredith for John Meredith folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1448830
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Cooper, George, 1907-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 1986 May 25
- 3 tape reels (ca. 47 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 7 in.
- Series:
- John Meredith folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Cooper talks about his memories of World War II; family background; flour mill; blacksmithing; self-sufficiency of farmers; the Depression; rabbit plague; 1949 flood; cattle duffing; Aboriginals in area; bullock teams; making bullock yokes; cutting railway sleepers; recitation of his own poems: The Last Roundup; The Drought; We Are Australian Now; Land of the Kangaroo, plus story; Down at Paulie's Pub, plus story; music for dances; picnic races; navvies on the railway line; 1902 drought; Yellow Billy, the bushranger; wreck of the Dunbar.
Folkloric recording. George Cooper talks and recites.
- Notes:
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- Recorded outdoors in wind and beneath power transmission lines.
- Reels 179 to 196 were recorded from 25 to 30 May 1986 as part of a project to record the oral history of the Wollombi Valley farming community.
- Recorded at Wollombi, New South Wales on 25 May 1986.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Meredith, John, 1920-2001, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the John Meredith folklore collection.
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- Until 2056 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1986
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