Tasmanian member Clarence Strochnetter, 23rd August, 1991 aged 52 - Mulga Wire no. 88, Dec 1991. Obituary by Jamie Carlin. We first came to know Clarrie in 1960 when he began contributing items to Singabout magazine ... When John Meredith and I visited Tasmania a couple of years ago we stayed with Clarrie & Barbara ... (perhaps this visit in 1987 when Tony Rees took this photo) ...
Rex Whalan, 1936-1991- Mulga Wire no. 89, Feb 1992. Obituary by Jamie Carlin ... Rex and I both showed our faces at the very new Bush music club in 1954 ... and with Bill Berry making up a third ... roared around in Rex's infamous string of old bomb cars ... he collaborated with John Meredith in the writing of 'Frank the Poet', the standard work on convict poet Frank MacNamara ...
Rod Shaw 17/9/1915-Dec 1992 Mulga Wire, no. 95, Feb 1993 - Obituary by Jamie Carlin ... the funeral service was attended by large cross-section of literary, theatrical, artistic and political figures ... Rod in his printing and publishing business was a much sought after illustrator ... Singabout ... Rod was a great artist ... a man of social conscience ...
Nancy Keesing - Mulga Wire no. 95, Dec 1993 ... we hope to publish a tribute to Nancy in our next issue. Bob Bolton. Unfortunately this tribute was not published.
Janet Wakefield (- 19th September, 1995) Mulga Wire, no.111, October 1995.
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