Australian printed folk music collection, 1936-1958.

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Australian printed folk music collection, 1936-1958.

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The collection consists of fourteen examples of Australian music: two folders of Bandicoot Ballads, compiled by John Manifold, containing a total of sixteen sheets with lyrics and music for Australian ballads, printed by Rams Skull Press circa 1953-1955, with woodcuts at the head of each sheet, hand-colored in the first folder; folder one is part of a special edition, no. 40 of 100; also, sheet music for A Pub with no beer, words and music by Gordon Parsons, performed by Slim Dusty and Gordon Parsons, published by Nicholson's, c1958; sheet music for Waltzing Matilda, words by A.B. (Banjo) Paterson, music by Marie Cowan, published by Allan & Co., c1936; v. 1, no. 3, Winter 1956 issue of Singabout, a journal of Australian folk music, containing music, lyrics, illustrations, and text; souvenir poem folder titled Australia's National Hero Smilin' Through, by Norman James, undated but circa 1930s, about airman Bert Hinkler; also, eight typescript carbon pages of lyrics for various Australian folk songs, including My Old Black Billy (two copies), The Overlander, Botany Bay, Wild Rover No More, Click Go the Shears, Bold Tommy Paine, and The Wild Colonial Boy, undated.

14 items.

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Parsons, Gordon

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James, Norman

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Manifold, J. S. (John Streeter), 1915-1985

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John Manifold, poet, was born in Melbourne and educated at Cambridge University. He joined the Communist Party, and returned to Australia in 1949. He moved to Brisbane, and established the Realist Writers group in 1950. He collected Australian folksongs and published a study on them. From the description of Papers. [ca. 1954-ca. 1976] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222661524 ...

Dusty, Slim, 1927-

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Paterson, A.B. (Andrew Barton), 1864-1941

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Poet, journalist, solicitor. "Banjo" Paterson served in World War I as an ambulance driver in the Australian Hospital, Bourlogne, 1914-15. In 1915 he joined the Australian Remount Service in Egypt and Palestine. By the end of the War he had risen to the rank of Major. From the description of Letters [manuscript]. 1915-1920. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225827724 This poem by Banjo Paterson was first published in the Bulletin of 1900 May 19. It is reprinted in V...

Cowan, Marie, -1919

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Hinkler, Bert, 1892-1933

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Mavis Miller conducted a radio programme as Little Miss Brisbane. From the description of Letter, 1982 March 7 [manuscript] : Government House, Brisbane to Little Miss Brisbane. 1928. (The University of Queensland Library). WorldCat record id: 62547296 From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Government House, Brisbane to Little Miss Brisbane. 1928. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225218120 Aviator. In 1928 flew from London to Darwin in 15 1/2 days, ...