Tim McMahon, Mrs Perry, Noel and Tony Freebody interviewed by Alex Hood in the Alex Hood collection of folkloric recordings [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3671649
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- McMahon, Tim, 1894-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research; written permission from collector required for public use.
- Description:
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- 1968
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 110 min.)
- Series:
- Alex Hood collection of folkloric recordings.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Tim McMahon is introduced and begins to talk about his ancestry; the drought at the time of the interview and previous droughts; Noel, his next door neighbour and World War I mate; dances done in the district; being Master of Ceremonies (MC) for local dances; calls for dances; more descriptions of dances; music for Quadrilles; setting up a future meeting; the ejection of troublemakers from dances; instruments; the history of MC'ing; the change in dancing, shearing; famous gluttons and legendary drinkers. Noel Freebody talks about his family background and history of work in the area; clothing, hats and bowyangs; dances and instruments; MC'ing for square dances; women's clothing; rabbits; possum shooting; Aborigines; obtaining land; thieves and bushrangers; ghosts; gold and copper; riding to dances; Red Mill rum; school bus and mail; the first car in the district; his WW1 experiences and being wounded; tough times; local snakes.
Laurence Gertrude Perry speaks about her memories of Bredbo; her late husband; being English and her journey to Australia; Collinton (1915) and gold mine history; her current activities; the locals; the new hall in Bredbo (1939); dances; picking up the 'Dead marines'; Tim McMahon; musicians and instruments; Aborigines playing gumleaves; Billy Graham; Salvation Army; more on England; the Collinton mine; writing a 10 page history of Bumbalong Station; rabbits; a bottle of over proof rum and the surveyor; the Snowy Mountains Authority (SMA) taking over land; Archibald Peder; water levels of the Murrumbidgee; Post Office at Collinton; Paddy the Pope; some locals; the first car (1918?); more on Bumbalong; a rum distillery and how it was hidden; story of a local and his horse; Old Bob; a marriage; horse and buggies; snakes; tools, Kelly axes and hammers; bushrangers; the Clarks; Bredbo memories; cars and buggies; a snake.
- Partial contents:
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- Tim McMahon: Reference to 'Broken down squatter'
- talk about dances done in the district - descriptions of dances
- Balls to your partner (song)
- music for Quadrilles
- Chicken as big as a hen (song)
- Lancers (dance)
- Welcome Digger (song) explains about the song's composition
- Boxing (song)
- I wish they'd do it now (song) and explains origins of song
- I've only been married one year now
- Rooster (song). Noel Freebody: Tipperary (song)
- Bob your head down Allemagne (song, fragment) Alex Hood: Shearer's lament
- Dingo Creek letter
- Notes:
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- Alex Hood was accompanied by Larry King, both of whom were on a NSW Arts Council tour of the High schools in the area. They called in on Tim, 'out of the blue' and as a result there was considerable sparring between them until a relationship was established.
- Recorded on March 24 and 23 April, 1968.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Summary (8 p.)
- Subject:
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This belongs to the Alex Hood collection of folkloric recordings.
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- Until 2038 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1968
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