The Bush Music Club: Bob Bolton Collection - Wake for John Meredith, AM (1920 - 2001)

Thursday, 18 January 2018

Bob Bolton Collection - Wake for John Meredith, AM (1920 - 2001) - 24th March 2001

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Photographs from the Bob Bolton collection, taken at the wake held on 24th March 2001 for John Meredith, AM, founding member and Life Member of the Bush Music Club.

On 16 February we lost probably the most important collector of Australian folk lore, and an important member of our Club. This article John Meredith, The Bush Music Club & The Australian Folk Song Revival (1950’s) covers some of John's contributions to the collecting and preservation of our national culture. We hope it will help underline John's importance to this Club and all who care about our heritage. Mulga Wire, no. 144, April 2001.

Wake photos from the Chris & Virginia Woodland Collection are here

Obit by Keith McKenry which originally appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Obit by Chris Woodland, published in Stockmans Hall of Fame, June 2001 (Chris & Virginia Woodland collection)

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1. Sharon Frost, Bob Campbell (centre)

2. Gay Scott, Bill Scott

4. back row - Rob Willis, Mark Cranfield, unknown woman, Kevin Bradley, Harry Kay, Alex Hood, Annette Hood, Chris Kempster, Ken Greenhalgh, woman in sunglasses

front - Edgar Waters, Virginia Woodland, Jacqui Bradley, Sharon Frost, Bob Campbell, Shelly Grant, Reg Murray, John Harpley, Pat Murray, Maree Harpley, unknown, Keith McKenry behind speaker Gay Scott (Bob Bolton)