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| COLLECTOR/S: |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Sound Library Level 3 ABC Ultimo Centre |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, dance, craft, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, history, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, musical instruments, biography, yarns, recitations. |
| PUBLICATION: |
Reel to reel tapes; records. The Library has an extensive collection of gramophone recordings dating from the 1930s. |
| LOCATION(S): |
Level 3 Sound Library ABC Ultimo Centre 700 Harris Street SYDNEY NSW 2007 |
| ACCESS: | Original Material is available for reference |
| CONTACT(S): |
Geraldine Rodwell 02 9333 2527 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Australian Music Centre |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music (mainly Australian classical music), song, dance, history, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, musical instruments, biography, yarns |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs, serials, reel to reel tapes, cassette tapes, records, print music, CDs. This collection covers Australian music, works by Australian composers, Asian music and contemporary music in general. |
| LOCATION(S): |
Level 4 The Arts Exchange 18 Hickson Road The Rocks SYDNEY NSW |
| ACCESS: | Duplicate material is available for reference. Material is also available on inter-library loan and on loan to members. |
| CONTACT(S): | Phone 02 9247 4677 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Australian War Memorial Library (Research Centre Department) |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | Australia at War |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, folklore, history, literature, biography, ephemera |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs, serials, pamphlets, broadsides, unpublished manuscripts, academic research, reel to reel tapes, cassette tapes, records, video tapes, film, photos, slides, prints. |
| LOCATION(S): |
Treloar Crescent Campbell ACT |
| ACCESS: | Original material available for reference or inspection. |
| CONTACT(S): |
Phone: 02 6243 4315 email: info@awm.gov.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Barr Smith Library (Adelaide University Library) |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, dance, Aboriginal folk culture, history, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, musical instruments, biography. |
| PUBLICATION: |
Monographs, serials, unpublished manuscripts, academic research, cassette tapes, wax cylinders, compact discs, rare books.
Pacific collection The library also holds field recordings, held in a special collections area. These date from the 1950s onwards and include academic collections of Aboriginal tribal music, and music of various ethnic groups in South Australia. |
| LOCATION(S): |
North Terrace Adelaide SA 5000 |
| ACCESS: | All material is available for reference to the public. Embargoes on some Aboriginal material. |
| CONTACT(S): |
phone: (08) 8303 5372 email: services@library.adelaide.edu.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | State Library of Western Australia, J S Battye Library |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: |
From 1890s to date. Field recordings in the collection date from the 1950s, and all were made in Western Australia |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): |
Music, song, dance, craft, Aboriginal folk culture, folklore, history, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, musical instruments, biography, yarns, recitations. Private archives (this is a general term to include personal papers and the papers of clubs and associations). |
| PUBLICATION: |
Monographs, serials, pamphlets, unpublished manuscripts, academic research, reel to reel tapes, cassette tapes, records, photographs. This library houses material dealing primarily with the history of Western Australia. |
| LOCATION(S): |
3rd floor, Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, W.A., 6000.
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| ACCESS: |
Records, cassettes and published sheet music are usually housed and made available for use (on our behalf) in the Music and Performing Arts section of the State Reference Library, Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA, 6000 |
| CONTACT(S): |
phone: (08) 9427 3111 or 1800 198 107 (country callers only) email: info@liswa.wa.gov.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | J S Battye Library |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | Oral History Collection |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: |
From 1890s to date. Field recordings in the collection date from the 1950s, and all were made in Western Australia |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, dance, craft, Aboriginal folk culture, history, literature, biography, recitation, spoken social and economic narrative from 1890s to date. |
| PUBLICATION: |
Cassette tapes. Size of Holdings: 6325 interviews, 12000 hours of tape, 2850 transcripts (this is the whole collection of which only a small proportion can be classed as folklore). Field recordings all were made in Western Australia. Private archives (this is a general term to include personal papers and the papers of clubs and associations). |
| LOCATION(S): |
3rd floor, Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, W.A., 6000. Records, cassettes and published sheet music are usually housed and made available for use (on our behalf) in the Music and Performing Arts section of the State Reference Library, Alexander Library Building, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA, 6000. |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): |
Steve Howell
Senior Librarian: Reference Services J S Battye Library phone: (08) 9427 3111 email: info@liswa.wa.gov.au website: http://www.liswa.wa.gov.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Cairns Municipal Library |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Australian folk music: music, song, dance, craft, folklore, biography, Aboriginal folk culture, musical instruments. |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs. The Library is in the process of establishing a cassette collection of recorded music which will include Australian folk music. |
| LOCATION(S): |
Administration Bldg Cnr Spence & Draper Streets CAIRNS QLD 4870 |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): |
phone: 07 4044 3730 email: infodesk@cairns.qld.gov.au PO Box 359, Cairns Qld |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Calliope Shire Council Library |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Australian yarns and poetry, Aboriginal folk tales. |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs. |
| LOCATION(S): |
Don Cameron Drive CALLIOPE QLD 4680 |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): | phone: (07) 4975 8105 email: calliopelibrary@a1.com.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Jeff Corfield |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Kimberley, Northern Territory. |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | NT oral history material (late 70s-early 80s). |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): |
Val McGinnis and old Darwin string band tapes. Oral history (1970s and 1980s) ñ Northern Territory. Droving days - oral history and folklore material (about 30 hours unedited). Interviews with Queensland bullock drivers. Interviews re early days in WA wheat belt around 1909. |
| PUBLICATION: | Tapes |
| LOCATION(S): | Val McGinnis and old Darwin string band tapes will be with the NT Archives in February 2003. NT oral history material is with NT Oral History Project. All other material is in possession of Jeff Corfield |
| ACCESS: | By arrangement |
| CONTACT(S): | email: corfield@hotkey.net.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Dandenong Valley Regional Library Service |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, dance, craft, folklore, history, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, musical instruments, biography, yarns, recitations. |
| PUBLICATION: |
Monographs, serials, pamphlets, cassette tapes, records, photographs, slides. Size of holdings: approx 400 items. |
| LOCATION(S): |
411 Springvale Road SPRINGVALE VIC 3171 |
| ACCESS: | Material available for restricted loan; material available on inter-library loan. |
| CONTACT(S): | email: dvrls@vicnet.net.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: |
Peter N Ellis Peter is Leader of Emu Creek Bush Band and member of the Wedderburn Oldtimers Orchestra, founder of Bush Dance and Music Club of Bendigo & District Inc. |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | Traditional Australian Social Dance and its Music, Songs Verse etc |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Victoria, WA |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PUBLICATION: |
Author of Collector's Choice Vol 1, 2 & 3, and Music Makes Me Smile. Co-author of 200 Dancing Years with the late Shirley Andrews. Contributor to the Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore (section on Musical Instruments). Contributor to Currency Press Companion to Music and Dance in Australia (German Bands, Drum & Fife Bands, & Songs), pending publication |
| LOCATION(S): |
National Library of Australia Collectorís residence |
| ACCESS: | By arrangement with NLA and/or collector |
| CONTACT(S): |
Peter Ellis 3 Flora Lane Bendigo Victoria 3550 email: pnellis@iprimus.com.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Elizabeth Public Library |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, dance, craft, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, history, musicology, yarns. |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs. |
| LOCATION(S): |
PO Box 52 (Elizabeth Town Centre) ELIZABETH, SA 5112 |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): | phone: (08) 8254 0334 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Bob Michell; Wendy Lowenstein; Jim Beatson, and others. |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | Fryer Library, University of Queensland |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Queensland |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Mostly 1950s |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): |
Specific subject of collection: Australian studies Subject areas: Music; Folklore: Aboriginal folk culture; Literature; Yarns. Physical format: cassette tapes; records ‚ 33 1/3 rpm; monographs. Source of collection: field recordings; purchases from pressings; recorded broadcasts. |
| PUBLICATION: | |
| LOCATION(S): | The University of Queensland Library |
| ACCESS: | Material available to researchers for reference |
| CONTACT(S): | Phone: (07) 33656276 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Gold Coast Libraries |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | Local Studies Collection |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: |
Local Studies Library, Basement Level, Australia Fair Shopping Centre, Marine Parade, Southport, Qld, 4215 Phone: 07 5571 2099 online catalogue via the website: |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Photographs (traditional and digitised);oral histories; manuscripts; newspaper cuttings, etc. |
| PUBLICATION: | |
| LOCATION(S): | |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): |
Rosemary Anderson Librarian email:RANDERSON@goldcoast.qld.gov.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Hay Historical Society - John Marshall |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | History of the Hay area: folklore, history. |
| PUBLICATION: |
Cassette tapes. Size of holdings: 5 tapes (5 hours). |
| LOCATION(S): |
Lands Department HAY NSW 2711 |
| ACCESS: | Duplicate material available for reference. |
| CONTACT(S): | email: hayhist@tpg.com.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Hinchinbrook Shire Library |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music; song |
| PUBLICATION: | Cassette tapes |
| LOCATION(S): |
Hinchinbrook Shire Library 74 Townsville Road Ingham. Qld. 4850. |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): |
Josie Sheahan email: jsheahan@hinchinbrook.qld.gov.au P.O. Box 366, Ingham. Qld. 4850 Phone: (07) 4776 4683 Fax: (07) 4776 3233 (Council) Website: http://cwpp.slq.gov.au/hbrooklib/ |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Kimba and Gawler Ranges Historical Society - C Whitwell and M Eatts |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | 1972-79 |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Local history of the district of Kimba and the Gawler Ranges pastoral area: history, biography, yarns |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs, cassette tapes, academic research, film, photographs, slides. |
| LOCATION(S): |
PO Box 134 KIMBA SA 5641 |
| ACCESS: | Duplicate material available for inspection by arrangement. |
| CONTACT(S): |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Central TAFE, Leederville campus |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, craft, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture. |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs, audiovisual material. Size of holdings: 11 items. |
| LOCATION(S): |
Library Resource Centre Richmond Street LEEDERVILLE WA 6007 |
| ACCESS: | Available for reference. |
| CONTACT(S): | phone: (08) 9202 4376 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Macquarie University Library - Audiovisual section |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, musicology |
| PUBLICATION: |
Reel to reel tapes. Size of holdings: 120 tapes. This library holds concert, workshop and other tapes of New South Wales Folk Federation. |
| LOCATION(S): | NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 |
| ACCESS: | Duplicate material is available for reference. Members of the NSW Folk Federation have additional rights with regard to some of the material. |
| CONTACT(S): |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, history, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, biography, yarns, recitations |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs, serials, pamphlets, broadsides, unpublished manuscripts. |
| LOCATION(S): |
Macquarie Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 |
| ACCESS: | Original material available for reference / inspection. Require identification to view unpublished manuscripts. |
| CONTACT(S): | phone: (02) 9273 1414 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Murdoch University Library |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, dance, craft, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, history, literature, musicology |
| PUBLICATION: |
Monographs, serials, academic research, cassette tapes. Size of holdings: approx 200 items. |
| LOCATION(S): |
South Street MURDOCH WA 6153 |
| ACCESS: | Material is available for reference; university staff and students are eligible to borrow material. |
| CONTACT(S): |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Museum Victoria |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | Australian Childrenís Folklore Collection |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: |
Australian Society and Technology Department Museum Victoria PO Box 666E Melbourne 3001 |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Begun 1970s |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): |
Museum Victoria holds one of Australiaís most significant childrenís folkloric collections: the Australian Childrenís Folklore Collection. Developed from research begun in the 1970s by Dr June Factor and Dr Gwenda Davey, the collection now consists of more than 10 000 card files listing childrenís games, rhymes, riddles, jokes, superstitions and other kinds of childrenís folklore. Other material includes photographs, play artefacts, audio and video tapes, and a number of specialist collections of childrenís lore, including the collection of renowned American folklorist Dorothy Howard. The Museum has established a reference committee to oversee all activities relating to the collection and is currently seeking funding for its development. An inaugural Dorothy Howard lecture series, funded through a Fullbright scholarship, will take place in Melbourne in October 2002, featuring Professor Brian Sutton-Smith. Through its partnership with the University of Melbourneís Australia Centre, the Museum has also received an ARC Linkage grant to fund a PhD research project which will focus on the Australian Childrenís Folklore Collection. An information sheet about the Australian Childrenís Folklore Collection can be obtained through the Museum Victoria website: http://www.museum.vic.gov.au |
| PUBLICATION: | 10 000 card files, photographs, artefacts, audio and video tapes, collections of childrenís lore. |
| LOCATION(S): | |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): |
Moya McFadzean Senior Curator Australian Society and Technology Department Museum Victoria PO Box 666E Melbourne 3001 email: mmcfadz@museum.vic.gov.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Music and Performing Arts Library, State Library of Western Australia |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, dance, musicology, ethnomusicology, musical instruments, film, television. |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs, serials, cassette tapes, records, compact discs, play scripts. |
| LOCATION(S): |
State Library of Western Australia Perth Cultural Centre PERTH WA 6000 |
| ACCESS: | This library has the most extensive general music collection available to the public in Australia. It offers a reference service, a lending service for musical scores, cassettes and play scripts, and a listening service for recordings. There is a substantial amount of folk music material integrated with the remainder of the collection. |
| CONTACT(S): | phone: (08) 9427 3244 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | National Library of Australia |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | John Meredith Tape Collection |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Australiana: music, song, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, history, literature, ethnomusicology, biography, yarns, recitations |
| PUBLICATION: | Reel to reel tapes, cassette tapes |
| LOCATION(S): |
Parkes Place PARKES ACT 2600 |
| ACCESS: | Duplicate material available for reference / inspection. |
| CONTACT(S): | email: infoserv@nla.gov.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Northern Territory University (formerly Darwin Community College) |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | History of Northern Territory: music, song, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, history, literature, biography, yarns. |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs, unpublished manuscripts, academic research, reel to reel tapes, cassette tapes |
| LOCATION(S): |
Library Ellengowan Drive Casuarina, NT phone: (08) 8946 7016 |
| ACCESS: | Original material available for reference / inspection. |
| CONTACT(S): |
PO Box 41246 Casuarina NT 0811 email:lendingservices@ntu.edu.au website: http://www.ntu.edu.au/library/contactus.html |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Reid Library, University of Western Australia |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, dance, craft, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, history, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, musical instruments, biography, yarns. |
| PUBLICATION: |
Monographs, serials, academic research, records, slides, video cassettes. Size of holdings: approx 250 items. |
| LOCATION(S): |
UWA 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 |
| ACCESS: | Material available for reference; material available for loan to university staff and students; material available on inter-library loan. |
| CONTACT(S): |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Rockhampton Municipal Library |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | music |
| PUBLICATION: |
Monographs, cassette tapes. Size of holdings: 77 items. |
| LOCATION(S): |
PO Box 875 ROCKHAMPTON QLD 4700 |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): | phone: (07) 4936 8296 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Royal Geographical Society of South Australia |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Aboriginal folk culture, history, biography. |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs, serials, pamphlets, unpublished manuscripts, video cassettes. |
| LOCATION(S): |
State Library Building North Terrace ADELAIDE SA 5000 |
| ACCESS: | Original material is available for reference on special application; duplicate material is available for inspection, and some material is available for loan. |
| CONTACT(S): |
GPO Box 419 ADELAIDE SA 5001 phone: (08) 8207 7265 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Sarina Shire Library |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | General collection: music, song, dance, craft, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, history, yarns. |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs. |
| LOCATION(S): |
65 Broad Street SARINA QLD 4737 |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): |
PO Box 480 SARINA QLD 4737 phone: (07) 4943 1730 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Bill Scott |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Central NSW, N Qld, Brisbane |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | 1977, 1978, 1979 |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Cassette tapes and related papers |
| PUBLICATION: | |
| LOCATION(S): | National Library of Australia |
| ACCESS: | |
| CONTACT(S): | National Library of Australia |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Graham Seal |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): |
Folklore of Australians at War Australian Urban/contemporary legends Azaria Chamberlain and ëdingo loreí Reprographic lore (Australia and international) Family song traditions UK/Australia Australian Folk speech Ghost traditions (mainly WA) Australian Customs, especially calendar Miscellaneous collections re 1930s depression, migration/acculutratuion, beliefs, yarns/humour, bush life |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Throughout Australia, UK, media, internet |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | since c late 1960s and ongoing |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): |
(genres, ethnicity, gender, age, period, format(s) etc.): War: Song, verse, some diaries, letters, newspaper cuttings collected through media appeal for information. Some field collections. Informants mainly ex-military and descendants. Covers Boer War, World War 1, World War 2, Vietnam, mainly 1980s. Urban legends: field notes, media, internet from 1980s ñ ongoing Azaria Chamberlain: jokes, reprographic lore, media, field notes, research article, 1980- Reprographic copies of photocopies, facsimiles, e-mails 1969 ñ ongoing Family songs: audio tapes, field notes, ms. 1970s Folk speech: field notes, mss 1960s-1990s Ghosts: media, historical research, audio tapes, field notes 1990s-ongoing Customs: research, media, photographs, video 1980s - ongoing Miscellaneous: audio tape, video tape, field notes, research, mss, etc.1960s - ongoing |
| PUBLICATION: |
Seal, G., Digger Folksong and Verse of World War 1: An Annotated Anthology, Antipodes Press, Perth, 1992. A Broken Song: The Voice of Australians at War, ABC radio series/cassettes, 1984. Great Australian Urban Myths: Granny on the Roofrack, Angus & Robertson, 1995. .Rev edn. The Cane Toad High, HarperCollins, 2001. The Lingo: Listening to Australian English, University of NSW Press, 1998. The Bare Fax, Angus & Roberston, 1996. The Hidden Culture: Folklore in Australian Society, Oxford University Press, 1989. Rev edn. Black Swan Press, 1998. |
| LOCATION(S): | Held by collector/WA Folklore Archive, Curtin University of Technology, Perth |
| ACCESS: | By arrangement |
| CONTACT(S): |
WA Folklore Archive, Curtin University, Perth, WA. Phone: 08 9266 3234. E-mail: g.seal@exchange.curtin.edu.au website: http://www.humanities.curtin.edu.au/cgi-bin/view?area=afr |
| COLLECTOR/S: |
South Australian Museum Archives
Collectors include E H Davies, N B Tindale, T D Campbell, J Doolan, and P M Rice. |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | SAM Archives Sound Collection |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Field recordings and oral history tapes held in the collection come from around Australia. |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | 1927 - c1900 |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Australian Aboriginal songs, stories, and vocabulary |
| PUBLICATION: | Unpublished manuscripts, wax cylinders, acetate discs, magnetic tapes, cassettes, preservation CDís, film, photographs. |
| LOCATION(S): |
Science Centre Morgan Thomas Lane ADELAIDE SA 5000 |
| ACCESS: |
All access requests to be made in writing to Lea Gardam. Some recordings will require appropriate Aboriginal community permissions prior to listening. |
| CONTACT(S): |
For enquiries please contact the Archives Access Manager Lea Gardam: phone: (08) 8207 7375 email: gardam.lea@saugov.sa.gov.au Website: http://www.samuseum.australia.sa.com/aa338/AA338-11.htm |
| COLLECTOR/S: | State Library of Tasmania |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music, song, dance, craft, folklore, Aboriginal folk culture, history, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, biography, yarns, musical instruments |
| PUBLICATION: | Monographs, serials, cassette tapes, records |
| LOCATION(S): |
91 Murray Street HOBART Tas 7000 |
| ACCESS: | Material is available for restricted loan. |
| CONTACT(S): | phone: (03) 6233 7511 email: state.library@education.tas.gov.au |
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| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | Library Sydney Conservatorium of Music University of Sydney |
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Library has some materials on Australian folk music and Aboriginal music. The Library holds scores, recordings, videos and books. |
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Sydney Conservatorium of Music University of Sydney Level 1, Macquarie St (opp Bridge St) Sydney NSW 2000 |
| ACCESS: | Members of the public are welcome to use the Library however only registered borrowers can borrow. |
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Phone 02- 9351 1316 Fax 02- 9351 1372 Catalogue: http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/Home.html Email: library@conmusic.usyd.edu.au Webpage: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/conmusic/ |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Kel Watkins |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | Kel Watkins Collection |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Mainly collected WA, SA but also elsewhere in Australia |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Mainly during 1980s. |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): |
Urban folktales String figures Various folklore genres |
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| LOCATION(S): | Collection housed Western Australian Folklore Archive, Curtin University |
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Dr Graham Seal, Australian Studies Centre Curtin University of Technology GPO Box U 1987 Perth WA 6845 +61 (08) 9266 4788 email: g.seal@exchange.curtin.edu.au email: kel@freightshop.com.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Western Australian Museum Anthropology Department |
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| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | The collection comprises artefacts and associated data of anthropological interest. Of interest to this survey is the collection of musical instruments from the following countries: India, Japan, Indonesia, Africa, New Guinea, Melanesia and Australia (Aboriginal instruments). |
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Francis Street PERTH WA 6000 |
| ACCESS: | Bona fide researchers may apply for access to the catalogues and collection of the Anthropology Department of the WA Museum. |
| CONTACT(S): | phone: 08 9427 2700 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Western Australian Museum - History Department |
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| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | This collection is designed to illustrate the material culture of Western Australia from 1829 until the present. The collection includes a variety of musical instruments. |
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Francis Street PERTH WA 6000 |
| ACCESS: | Bona fide researchers may apply for access to the catalogues and collection of the History Department of the WA Museum. |
| CONTACT(S): | 08 9427 2700 |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Wigmore Music Library |
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| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | Music and song. |
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Records (33 1/3 RPM). This collection consists of commercial recordings of ethnic music of Australia and other countries, without specialisation in any particular geographical area. Size of holding: 300 items. |
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School of Music University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 |
| ACCESS: | Material is available for use in the library by university staff and students. |
| CONTACT(S): | phone: (08) 9380 2055 email: jwildy@library.uwa.edu.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | various |
| NAME/TITLE OF COLLECTION(S): | Western Australian Folklore Archive |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | mainly WA |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | From 1985 ñ ongoing. Many items pre-date 1985 |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): | An archive of all forms of folklore collected in WA, based on student fieldwork projects also holding materials collected by Kel Watkins, Dave Hults and Graham Seal. |
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A Bibliography of Australian Folklore 1790 to 1990 (1995) By David S. Hults The Hidden Culture: Folklore in Australian Society 2nd ed. (1998) By Graham Seal Digger Folksong and Verse of World War 1: An Annotated Anthology (1991) Ed. Graham Seal Folklore And Tourism: Presentation and Paradox (1992) By Gwenda Beed Davey Traditions of Prejudice: A Report on the Folklore of Race and Ethnicity in Australia (1990) By Graham Seal Indonesian Children's Games (1996) By Dede Sujatna. WAFA Catalogue of Holdings, 1993 |
| LOCATION(S): | Australian Folklore Research Unit(AFRU), Australia Research Institute, Division of Humanities, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, WA. |
| ACCESS: | By appointment to bona fide researchers. |
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Dr Graham Seal phone: 08 9266 3234; email: g.seal@exchange.curtin.edu.au |
| COLLECTOR/S: | Chris Woodland |
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| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Sydney, Mulwala/Yarrawonga, Canberra, Bourke, Dubbo, Orange, Araluen |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | 1968-2001 |
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Taped interviews with drovers, shearers, indigenous people Photograph of Araluen Correspondence with John Meredith |
| PUBLICATION: | Tapes, photograph. |
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NLA Araluen photographs Braidwood District Historical Society |
| ACCESS: | Access NLA/Braidwood District Historical Society |
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| COLLECTOR/S: | Rob Willis |
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Rob Willis Folklore collection ñ National Library of Australia (NLA) Rob Willis Folklore Collection ñ ScreenSound Australia (SSA) Rob Willis collection ñ personal collection. Folklore content is also included in; Bringing Them Home Oral History project (NLA) , Child Migrants Oral History Project (NLA) Voices of the Bush Oral History, (NLA) |
| PLACE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | Australia wide excluding Northern Territory and Western Australia |
| DATE(S) COLLECTION(S) MADE: | 1975 ñ ongoing |
| DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION(S): |
Genres: Music, Dance, Yarns, Childrenís folklore, fax and other folklore, superstitions, military, craft, medical, - most areas of folklore Ethnicity; Varied including Australian, Italian (plus different areas). German, Ukrainian, Scandinavian, British, American, Canadian, Sardinian, Irish, Scottish, - there are a few I have missed. Age; All age groups Period; 1975 ñ Ongoing Formats; Sound (Cassette. Reel, DAT, Mini Disc) ñ Video; VHS and SVHS, Photograph; colour and black and white. Manuscripts, various other formats. |
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Established the ìPioneer Performers seriesî of publications ñ various available through this including tunes of Bert Jamieson, songs of Ebb Wren, the Baulch Brothers and the music of Harry Schaefer. Assisted with implementation and advisor to e-magazine, Simply Australia. Implemented Dulcetone Recordings, Apple Isle Fiddler and Home Sweet Home. Performed and contributed material on various CDís including Wongawilli and Allan Scott. Implemented ìSharing the Harvestî Meredith Collection CD ñ NLA. Continuing Articles for Folk Magazines. Assisted with material for CDís by younger performers, Jason and Chloe Roweth, Jane Brownlee, Kate and Ruth. Papers and other presentations.. NLA, ASRA, Various Folk Festivals. ABC radio, BBC Television, Community radio. For full details please feel free to contact Rob Willis 0268 512687. rwillis @westserv.net.au |
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National Library of Australia, ScreenSound Australia, Rob Willis 27 Oxford St Forbes |
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Open for research. Publication governed by the individual interviewee |
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National Library of Australia ScreenSound Australia Rob Willis, 27 Oxford St Forbes - email |
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