From the Archives - Bob Bolton Collection - Australian Folk Gathering Albion Park, 2002.

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(Photos © Bob Bolton) 

1. Bob McInnis, Sam de Santi, Dave de Santi

2. Bob McInnis, Sam de Santi, Dave de Santi

3.  Bob McInnis, Sam de Santi

4. Interview with WIN TV

5. Sam de Santi

6. Sam de Santi 

7. Wongawilli - Tania De Santi, Jane Brownlee, Sam & Dave de Santi

8.  Sam with Auntie Jane 

9. Interview  

10. Wongawilli - Reg & Graham Murray, Chloe Roweth, Tania de Santi,
Jason Roweth, Jane Brownlee, Dave de Santi 

11. Sam de Santi

12. Tania & Sam de Santi 

13. Vivienne Sawyer, poet 

14. Gay Charmers, ?, Stewie & Peter Ellis

15. Collector? - Roger Montgomery, Bill?, Chloe & Jason Roweth, ?, Mike Martin 

16. Washboard player 

17. Dave de Santi with junior fiddlers 

18. Junior fiddlers 

19. Junior fiddlers 

20.  Sisters Tania de Santi & Jane Brownlee

21. Vivienne Sawyer with junior poets 

22. Ball 

23. Ball 

24. Wongawilli dancers 

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The Marrickville Girls by Raph Pride

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Thanks to Ralph & Rose Pride, & to Chris Woodland was also around at the time! 

There are many mentions of the Marrickville Girls in our History, finally now we have their story. 

Ken Fairey Collection 

Chris Woodland Collection - Reminiscences of the Bush Music Club in the 1960s

Left to right -Top - Wena, Coralie, Evie, Violet, Leslie Whittet
(who took the photo),  Bottom - Rose, Brenda, Caroline

above- BMC activities galore - they are all in there somewhere
- from Singabout Magazine 
below - Bushwalking at Stanwell Tops  

Violet's wedding 1969 - L to R - Rose, Wena, Violet, Evalie, 
Caroline, Brenda

Gold Panning at Araluen, L to R: Evie, Coralie, Brenda, Coralie, Wena,
Caroline, Chris Reid standing, and Australian brothers Reg & Wayne Barton.  
Sadly, Caroline, Chris and Wayne are no longer with us. Photo by Rose

Coralie looking for a few colours at Araluen.

Compiled by Ralph Pride with the help of Rose Pride and Chris Woodland.
October 2020 

273 Livingstone Road, Marrickville, c.2020

Caroline and Brenda gathering sticks at Araluen.
Photo by Rose 

Wena cutting her birthday cake. This appears to be the only
picture of inside the house. Photo by Rose

Brenda, Ray & Caroline sitting in Araluen Creek.
Photo by Rose 

Meanwhile down at the pub ...

Rose, Caroline, Wena, Coralie at Stanwell Tops YHA

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Concert Party 2014 - 2020

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An assortment of photos taken over the years, by an assortment of photographers - Bob Bolton (BB), Sandra Nixon (SN), Mike Young (MY),  Sharyn Mattern (SM),  Addison Road Centre (ARC), 

2014

1. BB - retired Opera singer Cliff Grant added to the spirit of the evenings

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3 - Ralph Pride (ARC)

4. Gail  (ARC) 

5.  Bob Bellini (ARC) 

6.  Allen Davis  (ARC)

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2015

7.  Dave, Kevin  (SN)

 8.  Rick, Ralph, Mark, Moira, Kevin, Mariamma, Dot, Sharyn (SN)

9.  kerry, Rick, Ralph, Moira, Dot

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10 - 17.  Railway Heritage Centre, Eveleigh -
members - Brian, Nancy, Eric, Sharyn, Rick, Doug, Bob (SN)

11.  BigRuss from Illawarra 

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2016

18.  Bush Dance at Dalmar (MY)  - Frank & Anne Maher

19.  Dalmar  (MY)

20.  Dalmar  (MY)

20. Dalmar  (MY) 

21. Cliff & Rick  (SN)

22 Cliff & Rick (SN)

23. Rick designed & built our ramp so instruments could be easily brought
into the hut, but wheelchair users are also able to use it. (SN)

23. old case!  (SN)

24. John, Ralph 

25.  Moira 

26.  Pete (SN)

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2017

27.  The Bottlers live @ Ross Fear's Australian Spectrum (Ross) 

28.  Concert Party live @ Australian Spectrum (Ross)

29 - 32. Concert Party supplies music for a Bower event & Costa waa there (SM) 

30. Bower (SM)

31. Bower (SM)

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2018

33 - 35.  30th Anniversary of Sutherland Bush Dance group 

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36. Concert Party @ Wilberforce (SM) 

37. Matthew singing Sargent Small  (?) 

38-41. Concert Party @ Sutherland Bush Dance group (?)  

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41.  Concert Party @ Wilberforce 
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42-43   - Last activities before COVID lockdown

 

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