Joe Chambers, Lyn Chambers and Fred Brown interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1868208
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Chambers, Joe, 1915-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1998 May 28
- 2 digital audio tapes (120 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Joe & Lyn Chambers are retired teachers and Fred Brown a retired miner. 1. Joe discusses his early life in Scotland where his father was a shale miner, emigrated to Australia in 1925, his schooling in Wonthaggi & father went mining, discusses the influence of Sunday school & the close relationship between Presbyterian beliefs & socialism, discusses Red Flag song. 2. Song: Red Flag. 3. Recalls his schooling at Wongthaggi, how his father was an active socialist & a member of union movement, discusses the Communist Party & Idris Williams, the 1934 Strike & its impact in Wonthaggi where a militant branch of the committee was organised, how women became involved, how he became a teacher & his studying in Melbourne in 1940. 4. Fred discusses being raised in Wonthaggi, how his father & grandfather were both miners. 5. Song: Wild Colonial boy. 6. Discusses how boys got into mining at Wonthaggi which closed in 1955, 1934-35 Mining Strike, how Wonthaggi miners raised funds in Melbourne.
Tape continued: 7. Song: Wonthaggi song(explains song & sings a parody).8. Song: Show me the way to dig coal (sung in English & Italian).9. Recitation:Whistle restored (poem read by Lyn).10. Recitation: Characters (poem read by Lyn). 11. Fred discusses his interest in community singing,Joe recalls Idriss Williams & his influence on the union movement, how different Wonthaggi is today from the comradeship of yesteryear which Fred confirms, his interest in history & writing books, how the theatre which started in 1925 was the centre of Wonthaggi & the love of music. 12. Lyn describes her teaching career
- Notes:
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- Recorded by Olya Willis.
- Recorded on May 28, 1998 at Wonthaggi, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available (5 p.)
- Subject:
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- Chambers, Joe, 1915- -- Interviews
- Chambers, Lyn, 1918- -- Interviews
- Brown, Fred, 1928- -- Interviews
- Wonthaggi Miners' Union Theatre -- History
- State Coal Mine (Wonthaggi, Vic.) -- History
- Labor unions and communism -- Victoria -- Wonthaggi
- Coal Strike, Victoria, 1934-1935
- Folk songs -- Victoria -- Wonthaggi
- Singing
- Recitations
- Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Victoria -- Wonthaggi
- Wonthaggi (Vic.) -- History
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