ISSUE #3
    Volume 2/1

    the e-zine on Australian folklore

    ISSN 1446-2133

    Simply Australia


    OPEN YOUR EYES to 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 . . .


    ST PATRICK'S DAY IN AUSTRALIA . . .
    how Australian's celebrate
    The first of two parts by
    Daryl Adair and Mike Cronin


    ANZAC COTTAGE . . .
    Australia's first Great War memorial
    by Graham Seal


    TASSIE TUNES UNMASKED! . . .
    Steve Gadd introduces us to traditional Tasmanian tune playing


    POLLY FLOOD . . .
    James Low writes about a remarkable Aboriginal woman's contribution
    to the life of a country town.


    EXTRACTING EUCALYPTUS OIL . . .
    Harry Gardiner tells us of 12 year old Reginald Harvey's letter written in 1926


    A SENSE OF PLACE . . .
    Luna Park - Just for fun

    A potted history of Australia's best loved amusement park and a personal recollection of days spent there told in song


    CRAWFORD'S RUN . . .
    The tale of Hiram Crawford and his coach line along the Murray in Victora - by his great-granddaughter, Denise McMahon


    AUDIO FILE . . .
  • Ned Kelly - Peter Hicks
  • Polly Flood - Jim Low
  • Luna Park - Jim Low
  • Mountain River
  • Dad's Hornpipe
  • Bill Case's Dream - Bill Case
  • The Hungry Miner - Lola Wright
  • audio file

    THE WATERWITCH . . .
    Some thoughts on a Tasmanian Whaling Song and Its Origins by John Low


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

    presented by David Mulhallen with yarns from Ted Egan, Jim Haynes, Bob Miller and others.


    ARTICLE . . .
    Folklorist, Warren Fahey

    looks for Australia Day goal posts


    NED KELLY . . .
    - a collector's heaven

    A light hearted look at the world of kitch in Glenrowan with a song by Peter Hicks


    STRANGERS ON THE SHORE . . .
    Shipwrecks on the west coast and tales of survival by Lesley Sylvester and Mike Murray.


    THE DREAM OF BILL CASE . .
    Rob Willis recalls his times with
    the late Bill Case


    TALES FROM THE TRACK . .
    Lola Wright and the South Coast Bush Band in the mid 1950's - tales by Bruce Cameron and Russell Hannah.


    LETTERS . . .
    what the readers have to say


    SIMPLY AUSTRALIAN POETRY . . .

  • Crawford's Run - Bill Witham
  • How God Made Australia - Bill Dettmer
  • The Eucalypyus Men - Aimee Farnsworth
  • The Old Pioneers - Unknown



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