From the Archives - 1981 Bush Music Festival, program, posters & other ephemera & photos (updated 25/09/24)

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Creation of logo for 1981 Bush Music Festival
From the Archives - Bush Music Festival 1981, John Fraser's photos
Bob Bolton Collection - Photos from the Opera House Concert, 1981 Bush Music Festival


1.  Poster removed from the Hut walls, 2014

2.  Poster removed from the Hut wall, 2014

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4. Green leaflet


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6.  Blue Leaflet


7.  Coo-ee Koala colouring competition - front

8.Coo-ee Koala Colouring competition - back


9.  Dance Competition - details

10. Dance competition  - back


11. Coo-ee Koala & Koala Bears Picnic


12. Clipping from Daily Telegraph, Monday 12th October, 1981


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14. Opera House Concert leaflet


15. Programme -


16. Programme - Welcome, Acknowledgments, Bush Music Club


17. Tickets, Programme.  Sunday 18th - Opera House concert compered by Bob Hudson, Vinegar Hill Bush Band, Garry Tooth, Alec Richards, Kate Delaney, Sydney Colonial Dancers, Alex Hood, John Dengate, Ryebuck Bush Band.
Friday 23 - Singabout singing & dancing with Woronora Bush Band. Lachlan Tigers & others
Saturday 24 - Open Air Concert with Selectors Bush Band, Chris Kempster, Julie Furneaux,  Shanty, John Dengate, Blackwattle Morris, Brian Mooney, Tallowood, Ryebuck Bush Band.


18. Programme Sat 24 - Workshop - Irish Dance, Australian Films, Face Painting, Picnic Rces, Early member reunion, Painting & craft, Workshop - Irish Songs, Damper making, Workshop Anglo concertina. Australian Films. Lagerphone making. Kids Show. Workshop - Australian folklore. Workshop - Banjo. Kids dance.


19. Programme Saturday 24 - Australian Films. Workshop - Great Australian Gold-rush Show.  Workshop - Australian Flags.  Australian films.  Sheep Roast.  Bush Dance.
Sunday 25 - Open Air concert - Fiddlesticks, Graham Seal, Maureen Bell, Southern Cross, Alan Scott, Inland Navigators.  Workshop Australian Dance.  Australian films.  Face painting.  Picnic races.  Workshop Bush Walking songs.


20. Programme Sunday 25 - Painting & craft.  Coo-ee competition. Painting & craft.  Workship - dance music.  Damper baking.  Songwriters competition concert. Australian Films.  Lagerphone making.  Kid's show.  Workshop.  Dance Competition judging. Workshop - fiddles.  Kid's dance.  Australian Films.  Childrens activities.  Farewell dance & all-in session.


21.  Programme - Services, Tucker, Accommodation, Family Folk Fair, Australian Films


22. Programme - Saturday & Saunday


23. Programme - Exhibitions & Displays, Songwriters Competition, Dance Competition


24.Programme - Workshops - Alex Hood, Graham Seal, Bob McInnes, Cornstalk Colonial Minstrels, Brian Mooney, John Vaughan, Stuart Leslie, Chris Cole, Bryden Allen, The Sydney Colonial Dancers, Allen Philips

25.  Programme - Under the Coolibah Tree, Monday 2nd November,


26. Membership form - front


27.  Membership form - back


28. Ad for Folk Haven. Dates of Sydney's Bush Dances,

29.  Map

30.  Ad in Stringybark & Greenhide, 3(3), p.23

31. Stringybark & Greenhide, 3(4), p.16 - Review by Margaret Walters

32.  Mulga Wire no.26, August 1981

33.  Mulga Wire, no.26, August 1981, p.4 information about the festival.

34.  Mulga Wire no.26, August 1981, p.5

35.  Mulga Wire no.28, Dec 1981, cover & pages 6-7 (Ryebuck, photo by Bob Bolton)

36.  Photos from 1981 Bush Music Festival - Ryebuck & Sydney Colonial Dancers & John Dengate (Bob Bolton photos)

37. photos form 1981 Bush Music Festival - Garry Tooth, & Inland Navigators & friends (photos by Bob Bolton)

38.  Poster

39. Sticker

40. Logo on cardboard
41-48. Bob Bolton photos - from films 811024 & 811025

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45.  811025-7  Upper R.H.detail

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48.   8210934-19 

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