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Queensland Folklore Society
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Dates of existence
1961-?
History
In the early 1950's Stanley Arthur joined the cast of the first Queensland production of Dick Diamond's play Reedy River. From this play sprang one of the first bush bands in Queensland, The Moreton Bay Bushwhackers Band. This band performed at many venues around Brisbane, from the Boilermakers Picnic at Sandgate to the re-enactment of the landing of Governor Bowen at the Botanic Gardens at the State centenary celebrations in 1959.
Musicians from this band and others gradually formed The Queensland Bush Music Club and then later The Queensland Folklore Society. During this time Stan Arthur teamed up with Bob Mitchell to travel to small communities throughout Queensland to collect the songs that were being passed down from parents to children in the oral tradition.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, JH, 1-Jun-2020
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Sources
'Stan Arthur. An Oldie but a Goodie' The Folk Rag, No. 3, 1996. Accessed online, JH, 1-Jun-2020
'Bill Scott' The Folk Rag, Accessed online, JH, 1-Jun-2020
Australian Folklore Network, Making Connections in Folklore, In: Transmissions 33, 2011. Accessed online, JH, 1-Jun-2020