Compilation - Articles about our founder, John Meredith OAM, 17th January 1920 - 18th February 2001

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Merro at Yass, 1988 ( Peter Ellis collection - taken by Merro using timer) 

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John Burch's memories of John Meredith
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2024/04/john-burchs-memories-of-john-meredith.html

Chris & Virginia Woodland Collection - Miscellaneous photos 
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2024/02/ciris-virginia-woodland-collection.html

From the Archives - Send Round the Hat, Duke Tritton by his mates. Collected & edited by John Meredith - Part 2
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2023/05/from-archives-send-round-hat-duke_18.html

From the Archives - Send Round the Hat, Duke Tritton by his mates. Collected & edited by John Meredith - Part 1
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2023/05/from-archives-send-round-hat-duke.html

From the Archives - Memories & Accounts of Bush Music Club and it's Origins, parts 1 & 2 by Dale Dengate
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2023/04/from-archives-memories-accounts-of-bush.html

From the Archives - review by Alan Scott of John Meredith's Gallant Peter Clark
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2023/04/from-th-archives-review-by-alan-scott.html

From the Archives - On the track of the Shed Rep by John Meredith, Parts 1 & 2
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2022/02/from-archives-on-track-of-shed-rep-by.html

From the Archives - Forum for Folklore Collectors, University of NSW, 4-6 December 1987.
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2022/02/from-archives-forum-for-folklore.html

Newspaper and magazine clippings - Part 2
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2021/05/newspaper-magazine-clippings-part-2.html

From the Archives - Memories and Accounts of Bush Music Club and its Origins, by Dale Dengate
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/12/from-archives-memories-and-accounts-of.html

Life members - Information on our 25 life members - part 1 - Sally Sloane, Duke Tritton, Clem Millward, Val Hennessy, John Meredith
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/07/life-members-information-on-our-25-life.html

NLA Oral Histories - Bushwhackers & other early members
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2019/11/nla-oral-histories-bushwhackers.html

Singabout - Journal of Australian Folksong, Volume 5(1), January 1963
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/08/singabout-journal-of-australian_73.html

Singabout - Journal of Australian Folksong, Volume 4(1), October 1960
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/08/singabout-journal-of-australian_63.html

FOLK SONGS OF AUSTRALIA and the men and women who sang them - Celebrating the centenary of John Meredith's birth - Script Part 1
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/08/folk-songs-of-australia-and-men-and.html

FOLK SONGS OF AUSTRALIA and the men and women who sang them - Celebrating the centenary of John Meredith's birth - Script part 2
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/09/folk-songs-of-australia-and-men-and.html

Singabout - Journal of Australian Folksong, Volume 1(3), Winter 1956
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/08/singabout-journal-of-australian_33.html

Singabout - Journal of Australian Folksong, Volume 1(2), Autumn 1956
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/08/singabout-journal-of-australian_10.html

From the Archives - Merro's music comes to Jamberoo, Illawarra Folk Festival September 2001
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/07/from-archives-merros-music-comes-to.html

Publications of the Bush Music Club, 1950s to date
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/07/publications-of-bush-music-club-1950s.html

From the Archives - John Stanley's squeeze-boxes called the tune at a thousand bush dances.
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/06/from-archives-john-stanleys-squeeze.html

Centenary of the birth of John Meredith OAM (17 January 1920 – 18 February 2001) 
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/05/centenary-of-birth-of-john-meredith-oam.html

Chris & Virginia Woodland Collection - Photos of John Meredith
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com/2017/08/chris-virginia-woodland-collection.html

John Meredith - photos from the Peter Ellis Collection.
https://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/john-meredith-photos-from-peter-ellis.html

John Meredith - photos from the Rob Willis collection
https://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/john-meredith-photos-from-rob-willis.html

John Meredith - author and photographer
https://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/john-meredith-author.html

Bob Bolton Collection - Launch of Folk Songs of Australia, Vol. 2, 29th May 1987
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2017/02/bob-bolton-collection-launch-of-folk.html

Extracts from Singabout - the early songwriters - John Meredith (1920-2001) 
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/extracts-from-singabout-early_29.html

Wake for John Meredith, AM (1920 - 2001) - 24th March 2001
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/wake-for-john-meredith-am-1920-2001.html

John Meredith, The Bush Music Club & The Australian Folk Song Revival (1950’s)  
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/john-meredith-bush-music-club.html

The Great Pesto Showdown - memories of John Meredith, By Jan Fallding (nee Howe), November 2003
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/the-great-pesto-showdown-memories-of.html

The Ballad of the Heathcote Bushwhackers   In 2013 long time members Jamie Carlin, Fank Maher & Ralph Pride presented the Ballad of the Bushwhackers to an enthusiastic audience. Eric Eisler produced the show & Ian Hamilton was narrator.
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/the-ballad-of-heathcote-bushwhackers.html

History of the Bush Music Club from our website 
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/history-of-bush-music-club-from-our.html

Reports on launches of Keith McKenry's biography of John Meredith 
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/reports-on-launches-of-keith-mckenrys.html

In The Beginning … The formation and early history of the Bush Music Club, by John Meredith 
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/in-beginning-formation-and-early.html

The Bushwhackers (Some recollections - Chris Kempster, February 2002) 
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/the-bushwhackers-some-recollections.html

Memories of Reedy River & The Bush Music Club by Silvia Salisbury
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/talks-from-bmcs-2012-national-folk.html

A few comments on John Meredith by Chris Woodland
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/talks-from-bmcs-2012-national-folk_02.html

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