Songs of Australian working life : program 1 & 2

Working Life - Australia - Songs|Music - Folk Songs|Labour and labouring classes - Australia - Songs and music

Songs of Australian Working Life is a six part radio program that dicusses the evolution of music with lyrics in Australian working peoples' culture.|Content:|Program 1 : Transportation and the convict slave-labor force ; Rebel songs of the bushrangers ; The poor immigrant classes ; The effect of attitudes of collectors in the 1950's.|Program 2 : More on the collectors, their biases ; Links between the goldrush anti-government songs and unity songs of the 1890's ; The depression ; New songs based on traditional usage by left-wing folk revivalists of the 1950's and 1960's.

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1 sound cassette (90 mins.) :stereo. ; in container 11 x 7 x 1.8cm.

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