Audio Harry Pearce. On the gold rushes in Victoria

Guest Mon May 23, 2011 9:46 am

Audio Harry Pearce.
On the gold rushes in Victoria in the Norm O'Connor folklore

Lecture: 1. Poem about pioneers 2. Explanation of use of swearing, Poem: from Howitt? about diggers' use of word bloody, Lecture: 3. reads talk about gold diggings and refers to his grandmother's recollections, 4. Reads about 'our horses' and 'my fossicking' at rushes, 5. Reads poem 'Rush-Ho', 6. Reads about Buckland diggings, 7. Reads from a Ballarat newspaper, 8. Reads from Creswick Advertiser, 9. Reads from Lord Robert Cecil's diary, 10. Speaks of his grandfather at New Zealand gold rushes, 11. Reads from Howitt about drinking at diggings, 12. Poem, about diggings, 13. Reads about 'Free and easies' nights of entertainment on diggings, 14. Poem, Hellow below, about miners visiting salons and entertaining women, 15. Hotels with theatres, instruments, 16. Hotels running sports meetings, 17. Food, grandfather's store, 18. Thieves, dysentry one of greatest killers especially of children. Notes
A collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 60s by Norm O'Connor, Pat O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore Society of Victoria.
Poems and conversation.

Link
http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/audiodelivery/apps/listen/nla.oh-vn247309