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As far as anyone knows, there is no definitive list of everything John Meredith wrote.
Some of the articles in the Scrapbooks were found in our Archives, others have been collected from magazines in our Library or from TROVE.
We currently have 2 Scrapbooks in the Library & articles will be added as located.
The Merro scrapbook, copies of articles in other magazines - Vol 1 - Accession no. 839
The Merro scrapbook, copies of articles in other magazines - Vol 1
PAGE | ARTICLE details | citation |
1-2 | Martin Mc Adoo - When Grandmother was just a girl (pic of Meredith sisters) | Lansdowne, 1983 |
3 | letter - re poem coll. by Merv Lilley Ode to Ben Chifley | S&G, 6(2), p.2 |
4 | letter - Fragment - What's the use of talking ... | S&G, 2(5), p.3 |
5-6 | article - Jackson's - Wally Wildsmith | S&G, 6(2), pp.12-13 |
7-12 | article - John Meredith Speaks for Himself, interview by Bob Campbell | S&G, 6(2), pp.4-9 |
13 | portrait of John Meredith | S&G, 6(2), back cover |
14 | Review - Frank the Poet (Lester Grace) | S&G, 1(4) |
15-16 | Primitive Rhyme | AusTrad 1(5), pp10-11 |
17 | Letter - Attempted Robbery of the Rabbiter's Gift (or as John Meredith puts it) Those Thieving Kiwis | Monaro Musings, p.2-citation cut off |
18 | Article - Some more THEMATIC FOLK TALES | S&G, 6(1), p.29. 1986? |
19-20 | letters- from Merro & Bob Bolton re ID of pic & letter from Merro re Ben Chifley | S&G, 6(1), 2 pages, un-numbered |
21-23 | article - On the track of the SHED REP part 1. Part 2 by Rob Willis | Speewah, no.1, Mar97, pp12-14 |
24 | article - The death of Les Darcy | S&G, 2(4), p.4 |
25-31 | article - Ballads from Bearbong - Some songs of Harry Dicks, music transcribed by Peter Parkhill | S&G, 6(1), 1986? 22-28 |
32 | Portrait of Harry Dicks | S&G, 6(1), back cover |
33 | letter - Go Home Yankee by John Hasted, parody of Tramp, Tramp | S&G, 5(3), p.2 |
34 | letter re Zulu War song collected by Chris Sullivan | S&G, 5(3), p.1 |
35-36 | article - Ballad of the Breelong Blacks | S&G 5(3), pp.6-7 |
37-38 | article - Isandhlwana Revisited - The Blessed Zulu War | S&G, 5(3), pp14-15 |
39 | letter - A Garland for Sally Sloane made without permission | S&G, 5(2) p.3, May 1984 |
40 | article - Ned Kelly - A Century of Deification - 6 new books & 7 reprints | S&G, 3(2), p. 8 |
41 | article - The Foggy Dew | S&G, 5(2), 22-23, May 84 |
43 | letter - re collecting for 2nd vol of Folk Songs of Australia. | S&G, 4(3), p.1 |
44 | article - A Tale of Two Fingers | S&G, 5(2), p.25, May 84 |
45 | letters - re Shirley Andrews article | S&G, 4(2), p.1 |
46 | article - Will the real Starlight please stand up | S&G, 4(2), p.13 |
47-50 | article - Stringy Bark, the continuing Mudgee tradition | S&G, 4(2), pp. 1-0 |
51 | article - Death of Sally Sloane | S&G, 4(3), p. 2 |
52 | article - The Case of the Missing Ballads | S&G, 4(3), p. 27 |
53 | letter - re Douglas Park | S&G, 4(1), p. 1 |
54 | Review - The Coo-ee March, reviewed by Lester Grace | S&G, 3(3), p. 29 |
55 | letter - re Ron Edwards' Big Book of Australian Folk Song | S&G, 5(4), p.1 |
56-60 | article - Song of Warsaw. The Varsovienne in Australia | S&G, 3(4), pp.6-10 |
61 | letter - Ye sons of Australia | S&G, 3(1), p.1 |
62-64 | article - Three Songs of Sally Sloane - Young Pat Maguire, The Maid of Gauteen, Squire Scroble or The Old Oak Tree | S&G, 3(1), pp,7-9 |
65-67 | cover & 2 pages from Ned Kelly - After a century of Acrimony, Kelly's Green Silk Sash, lyrics & dots |
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68-73 | Songs of our land | Walkabout's Australia, 1968 |
74 | John Stanley's squeeze-boxes called the tune at a thousand bush dances | People, Dec 9 1959 , 99. 4-5 |
75 | The recording of Ma Seal | NLA News June 1994, p.5 |
76 | Meandering with Meredith by Rob Willis | Trad&Now, No.1, Spring 2002 |
77 | The Aboriginal Rock Carvigs of Eastern N.S.W by John Meredith & Brian Loughlin | undated clipping from Walkabout Magazine - 17(2), 1951 |
78 | The Lore of the Billy - from unknown title Vol 1, no 5, Sept 65- | also Monaro Folk Music Society newsletter, July 1980 |
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The Merro scrapbook, copies of articles in other magazines - Vol 2
The Merro Scrapbook, Copies of articles in other magazines - Vol 2
PAGE | ARTICLE DETAILS | Citation |
1 | When Skillicorn Rode - A rare broadside | Australian Tradition, Sept 1968. pp. 24-26 |
2 | Along the Road to Gundagai - but how many miles? | Australian Tradition, Jan 1967, pp. 6-9 |
3 | Old Bush songs | The Bulletin, March - May 1955 |
4 | Original field Notes - Tales from the Upper Murray | 1955 |
5 | Final copy - Tales from the Upper Murray | 1955 |
6 | Tales from the Upper Murray (extract) | Australian Tradition, Dec 1967, pp. 5,17,21,24,26 |
7 | Bury the Dead Horse (sailors songs) - blurry copy, made
by Keith McKenry from a folder in NLA Meredith collection. | Challenge, Wed March16,1955 |
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(Challenge newspaper is held in the Carl Weber Collection at Wollongong University Archives - a Collection of publications from the archives of the Communist Party of Australia. Includes both local and overseas items https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@lib/documents/doc/uow256808.pdf but is not digitised)
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