Tim McMahon and Noel Freebody interviewed by Alex Hood in the Alex Hood collection of folkloric recordings [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3674000
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- McMahon, Tim, 1894-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, written permission required from the collector for personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1970
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 128 min.)
- Series:
- Alex Hood collection of folkloric recordings.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Tim McMahon speaks about a war museum visit; bombing in the trenches in France; explosive bullets; his mothers singing; Ned Kelly and people talking of him; Kelly's trial and hanging; Mad Morgan; Clark Brothers; Ben Hall; Dingos; talk of photographs; surprise parties; MC work and calls at dances; songs sung between dances; banter; a shearing shed at Nevertire. Noel Freebody talks about bullock teams and horse teams; coaches; the Snowy; wagons, drays and carting wood; songs. Noel and Tim reminisce; Indians around Adaminiby; hawkers; whips and bullocks; working with a blacksmith; how Patterson drove an impossible mob of cattle in Scotland; stories about dogs; working sheep.
- Partial contents:
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- Songs: Welcome digger, welcome (reference to)
- Just before the battle, mother (Tim McMahon)
- The Kellys, Byrne & Hart (fragment)
- The Kellys, Byrne & Hart (Alex Hood)
- Lie him away on the hillside (McMahon)
- Kevin Barry (Hood)
- Black and tan
- Farewell to Greta (McMahon)
- Ye sons of Australia (Hood)
- Stringybark cockatoo (Brian Godden)
- It's on (Godden)
- Waltzing Matilda (Hood and Godden)
- Click go the shears (Hood and Godden)
- Neat little cot (McMahon)
- Genevieve (fragment)
- Silver threads among the gold (talk of)
- The shearer's dream (Hood)
- The broken down squatter (Hood)
- The broken down squatter (variation, fragment, McMahon)
- The drover's dream (Godden)
- The Eumarella shore (Hood)
- The old bullock dray (Hood)
- I want to go home (McMahon)
- Rooster song (McMahon)
- Wooloomooloo fair (Hood)
- Flash Jack from Gundagai (Hood)
- It's on (Hood)
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Brian Godden.
- A get-together swapping songs and stories. Some background noise.
- Recorded in 1970, at Michelago, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Summary available (4 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Alex Hood collection of folkloric recordings.
This collection contains 14 records. - Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2040 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1970
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