Compilation - Articles about Frank Maher

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Frank's earliest known appearance in the press with BMC - he & other
members were welcoming Pete Seeger to Australia in1963.
None of the people pictured were university students, though
members of  the Sydney University Folk Music Society
might have been present.

1.  From the Archives - Mulga Wire, no.1, June 1977
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/04/from-archives-mulga-wire-no1-june-1977.html

2.  Early Bush Music Club Days by Frank Maher (60th Anniversary speech) 
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/early-busmusic-clubdays-by-frank.html

3.  Pete Seeger and The Bush Music Club, 1963
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/pete-seeger-and-bush-music-club-1963.html

4.  Chris and Virginia Woodland Collection - 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

5.  Report on Concert Party @ Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival 2015
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/report-on-bmc-kangaroo-valley-folk.html

6.  The Ann & Frank Maher collection
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/the-ann-frank-maher-collection.html

7.  Paper presented by Sandra Nixon at National Folklore Conference - The Early Days of the Bush Music Club as illustrated by Singabout - the Journal of Australian Folksong, 1956 to 1967.

http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/paper-presented-by-sandra-nixon-at.html

8.  Bones - Part 1. How to make (1958) & play (2017) the bones. updated 2019
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/how-to-make-1958-play-2017-bones.html

9.  Visit by Steve Wixon of the Rhythm Bones Society (USA)
https://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/2017/12/visit-by-steve-wixon-of-rhythm-bones.html

10.  From the Archives - Singabout Nights in the 50s, 60s & 70s
https://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com/2019/09/from-archives-singabout-nights-in-50s.html

11.  From the Archives - Release of Railway Songs, National Folk Festival, 2010
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/04/from-archives-release-of-railway-songs.html

12.  Life Members - information on our 25 Life Members - part 4 Dave Johnson, Frank Maher, Don Richmond, Helen Romeo, Harry Kay.
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/04/life-members-information-on-our-25-life_49.html

13.  John Dengate & Frank Maher awarded Life Membership of Folk Federation of NSW, on the Federation's 40th Anniversary, 2010
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2021/02/john-dengate-frank-maher-awarded-life.html

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

15.  From the Archives - Very early members who joined between 1954 and 1959
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/08/from-archives-very-early-members-who.html

16.  OBIT - Death of Frank Maher, one of our earliest members 
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2025/12/obit-death-of-frank-maher-one-of-our_20.html

17. The Ballad of the Heathcote Bushwhackers 
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2014/12/the-ballad-of-heathcote-bushwhackers.html

18.  Bob Bolton Collection - Reedy River Bushmen @ Australian Pioneer Village, c.1982
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2018/01/bob-bolton-collection-reedy-river.html

19.  From the Archives - Bush Bands
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/04/from-archives-bush-bands.html

20. Reedy River Bushmen Reunion,   2023
https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2025/12/reedy-river-bushmen-reunion-2023.html

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