Hi Bob,
yeah, Warren Fahey says he's already handed over much of his material to the National Library's Folklore & Oral History unit ...

I don't have much myself, but I started trawling through my photo albums to put some general folkie pix onto our website (http://www.peculiarhand.com), which as the numbers increased, has now ended up as a Flickr account instead!

I think that's a good idea of yours to do it festival by festival (and not just "nationals" either) - but yes, we need to start with earlier ones, whilst "The Folk" are still around!!!

I think there are probably numerous little collections of folkie ephemera and photos all over Australia, but people don't wish to part with them unless they can be sure that their treasures will be looked after and appreciated!

And whilst I agree that it's important to lodge material with the National Library, the average Australian Folkie still has limited access to that history unless visiting Canberra or has legitimate research approved. So displays on-line (or even at a festival) will, of course, reach a far wider audience ...


Cheers! R-J