ISSUE #2

    the e-zine on Australian folklore

    ISSN 1446-2133

    Simply Australia


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    Australia has a rich heritage and this is reflected in its folklore, its oral and social history as well as its music and song, both traditional and contemporary.

    IN THIS ISSUE

    EDITORIAL . . .
    Welcome to our second issue

    ARTICLE . . .
    Whitefella Dreaming:

    Lasseter's Reef and the Lore of Lost Treasures by Graham Seal


    ORAL HISTORY . . .
    There's a Fire!

    a first hand account of the 1951 bushfires
    in the Blue Mountains of NSW


    LETTERS . . .
    what the readers have to say


    AN INTERVIEW . . .
    Gary Shearston

    Jim Low talks to Gary about his life and his music


    A SENSE OF PLACE . . .
    - Pennyweight Flat

    a goldfields cemetery in Central Victoria


    AUDIO FILE . . .
  • There's a Fire
  • At Pennyweight Flat
  • Migration Song
  • Stockmen in Uniform
  • Jean O'Gradey Interview
  • audio file

    ARTICLE . . .
    Warren Fahey asks:

    Where are the songs from our maritime history?


    ARTICLE . . .
    A Ride from Bathurst to Sydney 1860

    Notes on a Rare broadside by John Low


    SONGS AND STORIES OF AUSTRALIA . . .
    - A Swag of Yarns

    presented by David Mulhallen.


    ARTICLE . . .
    Why we "Shared the Harvest"

    Rob Willis writes of a series of concerts dedicated to the memory of John Meredith.


    THE COLLECTION BOX . . .
    collection boxWarren Fahey offers us 2 unpublished gems from his own collection - one a favourite with children and the other... well, you'll have to open it to find out.


    TALES FROM THE TRACK . . .
    Life stories from the Oral History and Folklore collection of The National Library of Australia


    SIMPLY AUSTRALIAN POETRY . . .

  • Ash Wednesday - Bill Dettmer
  • The End Of The Line - Alan Chinn
  • A Student's Reverie - Jeane Upjohn
  • Crossing the Strait - Jeane Upjohn
  • Drinker's Dream - unknown



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