- Bib ID:
- 2080947
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Perry, George, 1896-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Open for research; written perm. required from interviewer for personal copies & public use.
- Description:
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- 1987
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 95 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.
- Series:
- Mark St Leon circus collection (1985-1988)
- Summary:
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Perry speaks of his family circus background; Eroni Brothers' Circus beginnings his early training; learning wirewalking; practising with Con Colleano; Colleano's father's boxing show; establishment of Perry Brothers' Circus; Colleano family; Colleano's wire movements; Mary Sole, other female wirewalkers; St Leon family recollections; Ashton's history; Jack Zinga; May Wirth; Vera & Clarence Bruce; non-European circus performers; Dallinger wagons; Dummy Perry; religious education; old Mrs Ashton; circus size; music; Colleano's act; salaries; travelling with Eroni's; circus food; meeting other circuses on the road; Walduck's circus; Walter St Leon circus; tent; digging the ring; Bostock & Wombell's vaudeville show; Atkinson's Wild West Show; Eroni's & Perry's amalgamations; Hyland's Circus; other small circuses; James Ashton; circus language; Colleano's Aboriginal background; change in circus life; riding acts; other St Leons acts.
- Notes:
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- Edna Perry? is also present at the interview.
- Recorded at Maribyrnong, Vic. in June and July 1987.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (typescript, 75 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Other authors/contributors:
- St. Leon, Mark, 1952-, interviewer
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- Copyright:
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- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1987
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