From the Archives - John Meredith's Old Bush Songs series in The Bulletin, March - May 1955

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The entire run of The Bulletin,  January 1880 to 1984 has been digitised & is available in TROVE   https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-68375465

1955 page -   https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-675153672/view?partId=nla.obj-675167772#page/n11/mode/1up

1. Introduction 2/3/55

2. Backblock Shearer  9/3/55

3.  With my swag all on my shoulder 16/3/55

4.  The Old Man Kangaroo   23/5/55

5. The Eumeralla Shore 31/5/55

6.  Bold Jack Donahoe, 6/4/55 

7.  Jog along till shearing, 13/4/55 

8. Jim Jones at Botany Bay, 20/4/55

9.  Another fall of rain, 27/4/55 

10.  Frank Gardiner, 4/5/55

10 - 11. Travelling down the Castlereagh, 11/5/55

11. (cont) 

12-13.  The old bark hut 18/5/55

13. (cont) 

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From the Archives - Tales from the Upper Murray - John Meredith's original 1955 field notes & typed copy

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The 1955 field notes were apparently typed on whatever paper was available! 

Individual items might have been published in People magazine as People & a date in 1958 is inscribed next to some paragraphs.

A fair copy of the notes was also created - also on whatever paper was available.

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Beecroft Dance - May 2024

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John Short calling & Concert Party playing for Beecroft Family Bush Dance in the afternoon, Saturday 5th May 2024.

First photo © Brian Freeman 

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Photos below © Andrew Gollan

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From the Archives - BMC @ Albion Park Folk Festival, 2003

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(photos © Sandra Nixon) - more photos here 

Bob Bolton's photos from this festival here 

1. Don Richmond

2. Dave de Hugard (back row), Bruce Watson (bright jacket),
Bob Bolton & John Poleson (back row) 

3.  session

4. Bruce Watson, Dave de Hugard, ?, Bob Bolton, John & Chris Poleson 

5. Don Richmond on bush bass

6. Don, Bruce, ? , Dave, Bob, John, Chris, Dave Johnson

7. session 

8. session

9. Eddy Samson reciting 

10. Eddy

11. ?, Ray?, Beth, ?, Bruce 

12. session

13. session 

14. session 

15. session 

16. session 

17. session 

18. session 

18. fiddle 

19. bush bass

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