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The Bush Music Club
The Bush Music Club was founded in 1954 to collect, publish and popularise Australia’s traditional songs, dances, music, yarns, recitations and folklore and to encourage the composition of a new kind of song - one that was traditional in style but contemporary in theme.
Articles © Bush Music Club Inc unless stated otherwise, photographs © individual photographer.
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Saturday, 14 February 2026
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
From the Archives - Bob Bolton Collection - Australian Folk Gathering Albion Park, 2002.
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(Photos © Bob Bolton)
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| 1. Bob McInnis, Sam de Santi, Dave de Santi |
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| 2. Bob McInnis, Sam de Santi, Dave de Santi |
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| 3. Bob McInnis, Sam de Santi |
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| 4. Interview with WIN TV |
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| 5. Sam de Santi |
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| 6. Sam de Santi |
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| 7. Wongawilli - Tania De Santi, Jane Brownlee, Sam & Dave de Santi |
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| 8. Sam with Auntie Jane |
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| 9. Interview |
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| 10. Wongawilli - Reg & Graham Murray, Chloe Roweth, Tania de Santi, Jason Roweth, Jane Brownlee, Dave de Santi |
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| 11. Sam de Santi |
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| 12. Tania & Sam de Santi |
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| 13. Vivienne Sawyer, poet |
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| 14. Gay Charmers, ?, Stewie & Peter Ellis |
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| 15. Collector - Roger Montgomery, Jim McWhinnie, Chloe & Jason Roweth, Bill Browne & Mike Martin singing The Sheepwasher's Lament (Chloe Roweth, 6/2/26) |
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| 16. Washboard player |
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| 17. Dave de Santi with junior fiddlers |
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| 18. Junior fiddlers |
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| 19. Junior fiddlers |
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| 20. Sisters Tania de Santi & Jane Brownlee |
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| 21. Vivienne Sawyer with junior poets |
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| 22. Ball |
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| 23. Ball |
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| 24. Wongawilli dancers |
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Saturday, 31 January 2026
The Marrickville Girls by Raph Pride
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Thanks to Ralph & Rose Pride, & to Chris Woodland was also around at the time!
There are many mentions of the Marrickville Girls in our History, finally now we have their story.
Chris Woodland Collection - Reminiscences of the Bush Music Club in the 1960s
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| Left to right -Top - Wena, Coralie, Evie, Violet, Leslie Whittet (who took the photo), Bottom - Rose, Brenda, Caroline |
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| above- BMC activities galore - they are all in there somewhere - from Singabout Magazine below - Bushwalking at Stanwell Tops |
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| Violet's wedding 1969 - L to R - Rose, Wena, Violet, Evalie, Caroline, Brenda |
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| Gold Panning at Araluen, L to R: Evie, Coralie, Brenda, Coralie, Wena, Caroline, Chris Reid standing, and Australian brothers Reg & Wayne Barton. Sadly, Caroline, Chris and Wayne are no longer with us. Photo by Rose |
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| Coralie looking for a few colours at Araluen. Compiled by Ralph Pride with the help of Rose Pride and Chris Woodland. October 2020 |
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| 273 Livingstone Road, Marrickville, c.2020 |
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| Caroline and Brenda gathering sticks at Araluen. Photo by Rose |
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| Wena cutting her birthday cake. This appears to be the only picture of inside the house. Photo by Rose |
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| Brenda, Ray & Caroline sitting in Araluen Creek. Photo by Rose |
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| Meanwhile down at the pub ... |
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| Rose, Caroline, Wena, Coralie at Stanwell Tops YHA |
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Tuesday, 27 January 2026
Concert Party 2014 - 2020
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© An assortment of photos taken over the years, by an assortment of photographers - Bob Bolton (BB), Sandra Nixon (SN), Mike Young (MY), Sharyn Mattern (SM), Addison Road Centre (ARC),
2014
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| 1. BB - retired Opera singer Cliff Grant added to the spirit of the evenings |
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| 3 - Ralph Pride (ARC) |
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| 4. Gail (ARC) |
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| 5. Bob Bellini (ARC) |
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| 6. Allen Davis (ARC) |
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2015
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| 7. Dave, Kevin (SN) |
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| 8. Rick, Ralph, Mark, Moira, Kevin, Mariamma, Dot, Sharyn (SN) |
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| 9. kerry, Rick, Ralph, Moira, Dot |
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| 10 - 17. Railway Heritage Centre, Eveleigh - members - Brian, Nancy, Eric, Sharyn, Rick, Doug, Bob (SN) |
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| 11. BigRuss from Illawarra |
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2016
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| 18. Bush Dance at Dalmar (MY) - Frank & Anne Maher |
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| 19. Dalmar (MY) |
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| 20. Dalmar (MY) |
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| 20. Dalmar (MY) |
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| 21. Cliff & Rick (SN) |
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| 22 Cliff & Rick (SN) |
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| 23. Rick designed & built our ramp so instruments could be easily brought into the hut, but wheelchair users are also able to use it. (SN) |
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| 23. old case! (SN) |
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| 24. John, Ralph |
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| 25. Moira |
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| 26. Pete (SN) |
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2017
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| 27. The Bottlers live @ Ross Fear's Australian Spectrum (Ross) |
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| 28. Concert Party live @ Australian Spectrum (Ross) |
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| 29 - 32. Concert Party supplies music for a Bower event & Costa was there (SM) |
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| 30. Bower (SM) |
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| 31. Bower (SM) |
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2018
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| 33 - 35. 30th Anniversary of Sutherland Bush Dance group |
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| 36. Concert Party @ Wilberforce (SM) |
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| 37. Matthew singing Sargent Small |
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| 38-41. Concert Party @ Sutherland Bush Dance group |
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| 41. Concert Party @ Wilberforce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 42-43 - Last activities before COVID lockdown |
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