The Art of John Dengate - Part 1

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The Art of John Dengate - part 2   (January 2016)

The Art of John Dengate - Part 3  (January 2018)

Singabout 6(1) 1966 & Singabout 6(2) 1967 -  The Art of John Dengate - Part 4  (Sept 2021)

The Art of John Dengate Part 5   (July 2025)

A selection of drawings taken from the Dengate papers before they went to the National Library. Thanks to Dale Dengate for allowing them to be scanned and published.



Drawings on back of a leaflet

Images of our Past

Only a Pound, Banjo Patterson, June 2013

Women & Children at the Stuart Races
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 WW1 Black Watch and 2nd Division A.I.F. survivors, first Battle of the Somme

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WW2 drawings 

7th Div 2nd AIF sergeant in pursuit of retreating Japanese, Milne Bay7th Division Veteran - 'Silent 7th' - No prisoners taken

 Retreating Miltiaman KokodaTrail 1942

Milne Bay - Going forward through heavy rain

Templeton's Crossing  "Mortar crew dead & Bren gun jammed"

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Humourous drawings

Save the Esky!

Tale of 2 Toilets, July 2013

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Other drawings

The Promise, The Reality - no date

St Patrick, June 2013

Paul Robeson, All men are brothers. June 2013

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Drawings done in 2013 inspired by 100th Anniversary Woody Guthrie collection

Woody Guthrie

The grim reality of the American dream.

Welcome to California

Woody Guthrie

 On the way to California

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A selection of items from the Dengate Archives

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Thanks to Dale Dengate who allowed the following items to be scanned before they joined John's other papers at the National Library.

The singing session in that fine old inner city pub, the Glengarry Hotel in Redfern lasted for about 20?? years, until September 2013 when the new owner decided to renovate & cater to the new inner city residents.

Order form for 1997 CD, Follies of Pollies

Glebe & Inner West Weekly, Wed 3rd March,1997 advertising John's appearance at The Loaded Dog Folk Club

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Ad for 16th National Folk Festival at Sydney University, Sydney Morning Herald, 6th April, 1982

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Bush Music Club LP record to be recorded Sat 2nd August, 1969 - carbon copy

cast - Jamie Carlin, Frank Maher, John Dengate, Dave , Dale Dengate, Elaine Thornhill. 

Alas, the recording never happened so the LP was not made.
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Setlists, Old Parliament House, 23rd January & 13th February, 2000

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Workshop - Don't Go Busking on my Street Corners, Jamberoo, no date

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Setlist - Woolly Yarns

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Workshop, Political Songs from Menzies to Howard, St Albans, 1997
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Sporting Heroes workshop
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City of Sydney Information for Buskers - 1993
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ABC Song - Hawk your charms, Aunty, 1991

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song - Hey, Johnny Laws, undated



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song - The Melbourne Goes Through, 1963 or 1964

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Draft of When the Pope Comes to Town in July

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song - Charlie's Coming to Timbertop - 1965, not 1955

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Draft of untitled song about Gulf War, 1990-91

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Bush Music Club Rounds

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Bob Bolton photos taken at BMC events, 1970s

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Among the treasures Bob has been bringing into the Hut as part of the transfer of BMC Library & Archives from the Boltons' spare bedroom was an envelope marked 

These pictures were taken when Bob had his own photographic studio.    

Thanks to Ann & Frank Maher, Dale Dengate & Chris Woodland for identifying participants.

1.  Herb Gimbert  1955 recording by Alan Scott in National Library

2.  John Dengate in the wings

3.  Jacko Kevans. BMC has always been family-oriented & children were renowned for sleeping under chairs & pianos.(photo reference - 106-32)

4.  Visit of Jim Buchannan, member of Victorian Folk Music Club (formerly Victorian Bush Music Club) to Sydney. (photo reference - 59A-24.) Jim was in the cast of the original Melbourne production of Reedy River in 1953.

Left to right - John Dengate, Alex Bowker, Jim, Dale Dengate
Jim Buchannan interviewed by Rob Willis

 

5.  Eric Bolton, John Dengate, Alex Bowker, Jim, Dale Dengate   (photo reference - 59A-27)

6.  Left to right - Unknown man, Alweyna (Wendy), unknown Irishwoman, Elaine Thornhill,  guitar player, Mrs Collison   (photo reference - 104-6)

7.  John & Dale Dengate    (photo reference 106-13)

8.  Dave Small, Ken Greenhaugh, John Dengate, Eric Bolton, Jamie Carlin, Noel Ricketts 

(photo reference - 106-17)

 

9.  Dave Small, Ken Greenhaugh, Eric Bolton, Silvia & Tom Salisbury, Herb Gimbert 
(photo reference - 106-20)

10.  John Dengate, Jamie Carlin, Noel Ricketts, Eric Bolton

11.  John Dengate, Frank Maher

12.  John Dengate, Jamie Carlin, Frank Maher, Noel Ricketts, Wilma Bolton, Eric Bolton

BMC archives, all photos copyright Bob Bolton.

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