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From the Archives - Minutes of General Meetings, from 26th June 1957 to August 1970 - Part 1, 1957-1959.
From the Archives - Minutes of General Meetings, from 26th June 1957 from August 1970 - Part 2, 1960 - 1962
From the Archives - Minutes of General Meetings, from 26th June 1957 to August 1970 - Part 5, 1968 - 1970
In our Archives we have two minutes books, the first starts with the minutes of the initial meeting held on the 14th October 1954 & ends with minutes of the meeting held 11th March 1955.
The second (the red book) is missing pages from the front, with the first dated page from the minutes of the 26th April 1957 General meeting, & the final minutes in the book are from the 1978 Annual General Meeting.
Minutes of the Bush Music Club, 14th October 1954 to 11th March, 1955 The minutes of the first 5 months of the Club are in a cheap school exercise book, written in pencil and pen and ink (ballpoint pens were new & expensive!) Alan Scott was elected as Secretary/Treasurer so probably wrote them up. They finish with the Minutes for 11th March, the date of the next meeting is written in, but the following pages have been torn out.
Red covered Minutes books have been used for a long time to keep Minutes safe & accessible, so our Red book probably continued on from the first Minutes book (a logical reason for not filling up the exercise book), but as the earliest pages are missing we'll never know. As some of the loose pages were out of order, I numbered every page.
The Red book includes General meetings from April 1957 to August 1970, and Annual General meetings from 1958 to 1978. Annual General Meetings were normally held in February or March. Later minutes are in 2 red books & 2 blue folders.
The incomplete Minutes of the Conference held on the 9th of February (1957), at the Esperanto Hall, Milson's Pt., Sydney were included in front of the Red Minutes book, although they had never been pasted in. Perhaps the last page had been pasted in & the weight of these minutes tore them from the page????? (another supposition, not a fact.)
Neither the missing page/s from the Conference Minutes, nor the missing pages from the Red Minutes book have been found in Archives, so we have no record of meetings between 11th March 1955 and the incomplete minutes of the General Meeting on 26th April 1957.
Note - Minutes of meetings between 11 March 1955 & June 1957 appear not to have been taken - see From the Archives - Minutes of General Meeting from 26th June 1957 to august 1970 - Part 1, 1957-1959 Minutes of the General Meeting of The Bush Music Club Friday 26th June, 1957, p. 003. General Business - Mr Harry Kay moved that minutes be taken at General Meetings. Seconded Mr Alex Hood, Carried. (unfortunately Alex Hood does not remember this motion - phone call Jan 2021)
Dale Dengate has mentioned that in the early 60s the men often played music while the women conducted business - if it wasn't for the women, the club might have had no-where to meet, or even collapsed!
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| 1. 088 - 26/01/65 Minutes read & accepted Motion - Jamie Carlin/Don Francois - copy of letter to Alberts
be put in Newsletter to be sent to contacts(?) etc with covering
note & copy sent to newspapers. Janet Wakefield, Sec & President (signature illegible) (note - Anne Maher was elected at AGM) |
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| 2. 089 - 16/2/65 Minutes taken by Jack Wright
Minutes of last meeting A.Bowker/Bill Tovey - carried.
Exec decided that royalties payable to Stan Wakefield song book be
payable to Janet Wakefield if club should cease to exist.
Correspondence received - Motion - John Meredith/Jamie Carlin -
carried. J.Wakefield/Bill Tovey - As Stan's songbook will now be
published by Southern Music, £50 collected by club to be given to
NSW Peace Committee - Carried. Frank Maher is official delegate
to the Mary Gilmore Centenary Committee. Motion - J.
Dengate/J.Meredith - Sec report be received - Carried. Concert
Party report Jamie Carlin. Motion - J.Wakefield/J.Meredith - vote
of thanks to the Wild Colonial Days Society - Carried Motion -
J.Wakefield/J.Carlin, that dates of meetings once published be
unalterable - Carried. PP . 90-95 - AGM March 23rd, 1965 |
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| 3. 096a - 11/5/65 (Cont) Paddington Arts Centre were having a festival in June &
Concert Party was invited & members will be consulted. Motion
- F. Maher/J.Wakefield that we buy 1 doz copies of "Australian
Bush Ballads" by Meredith & Hill. Meeting closed. Janet
Wakefield. Hon Sec. |
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| 4. 096b 8/6/65 Minutes taken by John Dengate Minutes of previous meeting read - Motion - J.Carlin/J.Meredith - carried. Correspondence - Waratah Spring Festival discussed. Concert Party invited to participate in minor(?) matters. Motion - P.Loughlin/J.Meredith - Carried. Reports: Secretary - Display in Nicholson's - Motion - J.Meredith/J.Carlin - carried, John Meredith suggested that a live performance, as carried out previously, be offered to Nicholson's. Treasurer - £100 in fixed deposit. Balance at April £118 - £93 royalties etc - £255 total balances in bank. Motion - K.Fairey/J.Carlin - Carried. Motion - J.Meredith suggested £100 on fixed deposit be transferred to the cheque account - Motion - J. Meredith/J. Wakefield - Carried. J.Wakefield that the Treasurer find out which branch of the Commonwealth Bank the fixed deposit is in & transfer to the cheque account - Carried. Concert Party - T.V. appointment on 10th, Channel 9. Paddington Town Hall later in the month for Paddington Arts Festival. Motion - J.Wakefield/ P.Loughlin. That J. Carlin be in charge of inviting Concert Party members to dinner at above function. Publications - Moved J.Carlin that "Songs of the Kelly Country" be placed in the hands of the editorial committee for additions, new material, editing. Seconded K.Fairey - Carried. The cost was to be ascertained. |
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| 5. 097 8/6/65 + 13/7/65 + 01/8/65 8/6/65 cont. 13/7/65 (Minutes taken by R. Bolton) Meeting Opened
8.30pm, Alan Scott in chair. Minutes of previous meeting
were read. Moved - F.Maher/J.Meredith - Carried. Moved J.Meredith
that Song Competition be extended to Oct '66 to coincide with Club
Anniversary. Seconded G.Maher - Carried. Moved J.Carlin, seconded
F.Maher that minutes of previous meeting be approved.
Publications Committee report: Magazine would be at printers in a
few days. Concert Party report - A full stint was not
complete at Paddington Arts Festival due to a tent being blown
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| 6. 098 10/8/65 cont Janet Wakefield, Hon. Sec (Note by Secretary: Owing to the general disinclination of the
Club members, no general meeting was held in September) 12/10/65 Minutes taken by R.Bolton Note : No November meeting : President absent, Vice President resigned, Concert Party organiser gone to Tasmania, Editor, Treasurer, M.C. all absent and |
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| 7. 099 12/10/65 - cont members disinclined for meeting. Reasons for absences
(illegible), University exams etc. Successful workshop nights were
nevertheless held.) 8. 099 - 7/12/65 Minutes taken by R.Bolton |
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| 9. 100 - 7/12/65 - cont B. Concert Party Report by E. Bolton. November Hospital
Fete, Parramatta. 26th Nov. International Chamber of Commerce function
at St Ives, 1500 present. Nov 27th Performance at function held by
Ctee. for Aboriginal Advancement. December 3rd: Y.M.C.A. function. It
was moved, seconded & carried that the organiser of the Concert
Party, Eric Bolton, be congratulated on successfully carrying through so
many performances of the Concert Party since he took over s short while
back. C. Treasurer's Report - since 24th ? (date unknown) 1965 we have received £165-13-6. Treasurers report was received. General Business
- 1. The matter of appointing a Librarian was deferred, 2. Assistant
Publications Manager was also deferred, but E. Bolton undertook to
deliver "Singabouts" on order to 4 City stationers. 3. We have been
complimented on the cleanliness of the hall after our functions. 4. A
print table cloth, unfortunately auctioned with other material the
previous month was discovered to have been a present to the Club.
Recovery is pending. 5. Single Wattle records were to be sold after the
meeting by Dilys Cross on behalf of the Club. A motion of thanks was
carried. 6. It was moved, seconded & carried that the Kings Cross
Labour Club be contacted with a view to co-operation with the concert
Party. Janet Wakefield, Sec. Chairman (illegible signature) |
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| 10. 101 8/3/66 + 5/4/66 + 3/5/66 General Meeting 8/3/66 Present - Eric Bolton, George Hilton, Jan Briggs, Ed
J(illegible), Kenna Rushmore, Kath Anderson, Chris EWodland &
friend, John Robertson, Jamie Carlin, Janet Wakefield, John Dengate, Pam
Loughlin, Neil Bolingmore, Carolyn Purser, Brenda O'Connor, Alan Scott,
Anne Maher, Corrine Jones & others. Mins were read of general meeting 7/12/65. Sec's & Exec reports received . Announcement re Irish night 6th March was made. General Business.
The Exec recommended we go with the F.A.W. to their new premises, 189
Clarence Street in preference to 197 William Street. Motion - P.
Loughlin/J.Dengate we stay with the Writers and if this proves
unsatisfactory we approach the Kings X Social Club with a view to
further consideration of their offer, and we should use their premises
for Singabout nights. Janet Wakefield, Sec. General Meeting 5/4/66 Minutes taken by George Hill Gen. Meeting 3/5/66 (Mins taken by George Hill) |
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11. 101 8/3/66 + 5/4/66 + 3/5/66 General Meeting 8/3/66 Present - Eric Bolton, George Hilton, Jan Briggs, Ed
J(illegible), Kenna Rushmore, Kath Anderson, Chris EWodland &
friend, John Robertson, Jamie Carlin, Janet Wakefield, John
Dengate, Pam Loughlin, Neil Bolingmore, Carolyn Purser, Brenda
O'Connor, Alan Scott, Anne Maher, Corrine Jones & others.
Mins were read of general meeting 7/12/65. Sec's & Exec
reports received . Announcement re Irish night 6th March was
made. General Business. The Exec recommended we go with
the F.A.W. to their new premises, 189 Clarence Street in
preference to 197 William Street. Motion - P. Loughlin/J.Dengate
we stay with the Writers and if this proves unsatisfactory we
approach the Kings X Social Club with a view to further
consideration of their offer, and we should use their premises for
Singabout nights. Janet Wakefield, Sec. General Meeting 5/4/66 Minutes taken by George Hill Gen. Meeting 3/5/66 (Mins taken by George Hill)Mins read & accepted. Sec's Report - National Song Competition dodgers were drawn up & sent out. No urgent correspondence |
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| 12. 102 3/5/66/ cont + 14/6/66 + 2/8/66 3/5/66/ cont - M.C.'s report - Ben Hall Beer & Cheese Night
10th May. Henry Lawson Beer & Cheese Night 21st June.
Performers were requested to rehearse. Publications:
"Tradition" "Songs of Australia" etc were tabled 14/6/66 - 7pm Minutes were read, received & adopted. Sec's report, including correspondence - It was suggested that
Wendy Brooks be co-opted on to Exec. as assistant secretary &
editor. Executive announcements were : Lawson night 21/6; Eureka &
Mary Gilmore night in December; an intended trip to Mudgee; a combined
function with the W.C.D.S.at the Kings Cross Labour & Social Club. A
Newsletter working bee was arranged for 11am the following Saturday.
Motion - G.Hill/J.Wakefield that mechanical royalties "Songs of
Australia" go to Club & book or manuscript royalties go to A.I.C.D. -
Carried. General Business - Cleaning of rooms after club nights was
stressed. Floor to be left clean. We have been asked to get rid of our
small cupboard. A.I.C.D. - Association for International Co-operation and Disarmament, . |
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| page 102B - Newsletter 1966 https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/05/from-archives-bush-music-club_58.html 13. 103 2/8/66 cont 6/9/66 6/9/66 Moved J.Meredith/Chris Woodland that minutes of previous meeting be adopted Carried. Correspondence
was read. The Club was to again take part in the annual pilgrimage to the Lawson statue, organised by F.A.W. The recommendations by Eric
which were endorsed by the members were : John Meredith to assist M.C., Publications Manager to be asked to be present at next exec. meeting.
Advertisements were to be placed in the "Herald" & the "Australian"
re National Song Competition. Judges for the competition were : Doreen
Jacobs, Paul Williams, Roland Robinson. # - There was a discussion against buying a building on the South Coast # |
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| 14. 104 General Meeting 18/10/66 : Not Held General Meeting 11/66 : " General Meeting 13/12/66 : " 104B & 104C Newsletter 1967 https://blog.bushmusic.org.au/2020/05/from-archives-bush-music-club_58.html 105 - AGM 1967 |
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| 15. 106 4/4/76 General Meeting 4/4/67 Chairman: Harry
Glendinning - Moved B.O'Connor/R.Brooks That the minutes of the Annual
General Meeting as read be accepted. Carried. Report on Executive
Meeting held 3/4/67 was given to members. Moved J.Dengate/S.Smal.
That J.Carlin be nominated as Assistant Secretary - Carried. Miss B.
O'Connor was nominated as Librarian, but declined. Position was
deferred. The possibility of holding a "Singabout" night on 1st or 8th
July was discussed. General Business : Treasurer B. Gibbons reported that the Club's finances stand at $500. D. Dengate (Sec) 106A & 106B April 1967 Newsletter |
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| 16. 107 9/5/67 General Meeting - Chairman : Harry Glendenning Moved C.Woodland/J.Meredith - Carried. That minutes of previous meeting as read be adopted. Report from Executive Meeting 1.5.67 was read. Correspondence from A.I.C.D. (Disarmament Committee) was received and tabled. General Business: John Meredith in reference to the centenary of Lawson's birth told meeting of a three (3) volume edition of Lawson's works (de luxe) by G. Mann, published by Angus and Robertson. He moved that the club purchase a set and raffle same. Sec. Bert Rowe - Carried. Meeting closed 8.15 immediately followed by usual workshop night. D. Dengate (sec) |
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| 17. 108 General Meeting 6/6/67 Chairman ; Harry Glendinning Motion - C.Purser/W.Brooks that minutes of previous meeting as read be adopted. Carried. Report from Executive meeting 2.6.67 was read and discussed. Motion - C.Woodland/J.Meredith that the report be accepted. It was suggested by the Chairman that Saturday 17th June, 3pm be spent at Lawson Memorial in the Domain, thence to Harry's place. John Meredith suggested we contact the A.B.C."What's On in Sydney Session" to inform them of this pilgrimage and our other functions.Motion - J.Meredith/J.Dengate - Carried. Treasurers Report : Assets $477.01. Debit $32.32. Postage 6.32. Rent to end of June 22.50 Newsletter 3.50 That the Treasurers Report be accepted - Motion B. Loughlin/J.Meredith - Carried. Concert Party Report was given and accepted. Motion - E.Bolton/H.Glendinning - Carried. General Business : Singabout Magazine to be taken to "Wild. Col. Days Soc" on Wednesday 14th. John Meredith asked that B.M.C. flag's location be sought and found. The Flag is at Mahers Meeting closed 8.30pm. Workshop night continued. D. Dengate. |
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| 18. 109 General Meeting of the Bush Music Club 11/7/67 Present : 22 members. Chairman : Harry Glendinning. Meeting opened 8.15pm. Minutes of the last meeting were read, discussed and received. Motion - D.Small/J.Carlin - Carried The Executive Report was read by the acting secretary, and accepted. Motion - J.Meredith/D.Small - Carried. Mrs J.Wakefield was made an Honorary Life Member on the Stan Wakefield Night, because of her conscientious service to the club, was put to th meeting. Motion - C.Woodland/Wendy Brooks - Carried. Chris Woodland spoke on the subject of "On Stage Vietnam" and mentioned 10 seats were being held for the club. Alex Bowker informed the Club that the "Eddie Ward Welfare Centre" was holding it's Ninth Anniversary party on 24th July at Paddo Town Hall, to which the B.M.C. were invited. Meeting closed 8.30pm. D Dengate 109B - Newsletter July 1967 |
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| 19. 110 General Meeting 8/8/67 Chairman: Harry Glendinning
Present: 23 members. Minutes of last general meeting read &
received . Motion - J.Meredith/K.Anderson - Carried. Executive's Report was read. Discussion : Film Evening
- Wild Colonial Days Soc. meeting pending, we wait their decision re
films. Alternative film title suggested by J. Meredith, original
"Sentimental Bloke" as a possibility instead of "Three in One." Motion -
Chris Woodland/J.Meredith - Carried. that individual representatives
be encouraged to attend but that it was impossible to send an official
party to the Port Phillip Festival. Executive's report accepted. General Business
- Jamie's Party - a reminder that it was on Friday. Newsletters were
handed out to anyone present who had not received one. Meeting closed 8.30pm D.Dengate |
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| 20. 111 General Meeting 19/9/67 - Chairman: Harry Glendinning. Present : 26 members. Minutes of last general meeting read & received. Motion B.Rowe/J.Meredith - Carried. Business
arising The Wild Colonial Days Soc. can supply a projector and
projectionist but we must pick them up. Date changed to Friday 3rd
November, from 27th which clashes with W.Col.D.Soc meeting. Report
from the Executive read & discussed - Singabout ; 14th October.
Helpers required after supper, but no names taken. Bathurst trip : The
chairman emphasised that club members would be welcome to support the
Concert Party. Executive report received. Motion- Caroline
Purser/Wendy Brookers. Treasurer absent so no report. Motion -
B.Rowe/J.Carlin that Bushwalkers Group be invited to Beer & Cheese
nights. D. Dengate |
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| 21. 112A - September Newsletter - 112B General Meeting 7th November 1967. All reports from the various officers of the Executive showed that the club was running smoothly & successfully. The Treasurer's Report for Sept-Oct was particularly pleasing showing : Expenses at $87-66, Income $284-10. Bank Balance at $619-13. The Concert Party had again been active performing in Engadine, Bathurst, Hyde Park during Waratah Festival & individuals contributed to the Folk Conference, The last Club meeting for 1967 will be Tues, 19th December and workshop nights will resume on Tues. 9th January, 1968. The Annual Campfire is to be held at Ball's Head from 5pm to 11.30 pm on 18th November. A reminder is given to all who attend that no bottles, tops or other litter is to be left on the site. The film night has been postponed till early 1968. A picnic again at Prince Edward Park is proposed for Sun Jan 14th, 1968. |
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| 22. 113 General Meeting 7th November 1967 Chairman : Harry Glendinning. Present : 25 members. Minutes of last general meeting were read and received. Motion - J.Meredith/W.Brooks Executives' Report was read, including 3 letters - (1) Letter from Gulgong. The Concert Party has decided to accept the invitation from Gulgong. The B.M.C. judge the Lawson Song Competition on condition that the Gulgong Community Centre Committee run & promote the competition, and that entries comply with the following condition - a melody line of music be written out. (2) Port Phillip Folk Festival - An invitation to any individual who can attend is given, but the Concert Party is already engaged. (3) New Zealand Folkloric Society (New Zealand Folklore Society). The reason for the postponement of the film night was given. Motion B.Rowe/J.Carlin that Executive report received. General Business - Harry spoke on the progress of Kelly Night next week. Meeting closed at 8.30pm D.Dengate Treasurers Report for Sept-Oct 1967. Expenses $87.66, Income $234-10. |
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