Your memory still lives in this rock
Myth or truth – it matters not
Kanimbla Valley’s vast divide
Recalls a time the world was wide. Continue reading “Henry Lawson Rock (Lyrics)”
Kurt Jacob, Hohner Harmonicas and Me
Kurt Jacob had only recently arrived in Melbourne from Germany to start the first official Hohner Agency, when he was approached one day in 1937, while walking along a Melbourne street, by Horace Pearson. Continue reading “Kurt Jacob, Hohner Harmonicas and Me”
Gary Shearston: Best of All Trades
Rouseabout RRR46 (2009)
review ©️Jim Low *
The last studio recordings made by Australian singer-songwriter Gary Shearston came out in 2001. In 2007 a selection of Gary’s recorded work was released in recognition of his valuable contribution to Australian music.
Continue reading “Gary Shearston: Best of All Trades”Not Guilty – The “Raid” at Castlemountain
Help! This fascinating story is missing its ending. The paper clipping was found in a family history folder and is an entertaining example of life in the Quirindi area before World War 1. You can just imagine Steele Rudd working this incident into one on his Dad and Dave yarns.
Continue reading “Not Guilty – The “Raid” at Castlemountain”