G'day Helen,

The tunes on Graham's Folk Things are mostly from later collecting work than John Meredith's 1980s (2nd volume) although some of what John published in that book should be there. In later years Meredith worked with Rob Willis, of Forbes, NSW who has continued doing great work in his own right - and Rob tends to publish quickly, in single performer monographs, rather than the magnum opus approach.

These come out as Carrawobbity Publications, in the Pioneer Performer Series - joint work of Rob and the Wongawilli Musicians and Dancers. Their books can be seen at: Australian Bush Music Wongawilli Style http://wollongong.starway.net.au/~gsmurray/index.html#contents.

Graham's site is also a good source for music-reading players - particularly fiddlers (Graham's current obsession. A lot of the GIFs on his site are from Carrawobbity publications and are accompanied by a fair amount of the text. Anyone in eastern Australia over Easter should get to the National Folk Festival, in north Canberra where Graham will once again coordinate the "National Fiddle Orchestra" ... a high-falutin' name for every loose fiddler that want's to bone up on some new tunes and perform on the final day of the Festival.

Regards,

Bob Bolton