by Warren Fahey | Jun 26, 2024 | H
History of Australian Folk Clubs & Performers II (Warren Fahey) I commenced going to folk clubs in my final year of school. I was 16 going on 17 and had commenced bushwalking with the Youth Hostels Association and intrigued by folk ballads that were part of...
by Warren Fahey | Jul 28, 2023 | M, Uncategorized
MultiCultural Stewpot The image on the header shows a Cobb & Co stage coach and Chinese gold diggers bound for Ballarat. European settlement was multicultural from the first day the convicts and crew of the eleven ships of the First Fleet arrived. We know from...
by Warren Fahey | Jul 28, 2023 | T
Tucker & Billy Tea (Warren Fahey) It is well known that the ‘folk’ have never allowed the truth to get in the way of a good story, and the folklore associated with eating and drinking, and the preparation of both is steeped in superstition, custom and habit. Often...
by Warren Fahey | Jul 8, 2023 | S
Sydney Stories Films “These films are fantastic – entertaining and educational – you have done our city proud!” Clover Moore, Lord Mayor, City of Sydney. A series of twelve documentary films on aspects of Sydney. Approximately 15 –...
by Warren Fahey | Jun 26, 2023 | O
Outback Stories ‘Outback Stories’ tells of the nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century rural pioneers in the transportation, sheep, cattle, mining and farming industries – and especially the challenges and successes of the average and typically anonymous...
