rich-joy - according to the white pages there is a R Walter in Coonabarabran, at Cassilis St - on the same number!

in 2005 Rob Willis interviewed him for the National Library Oral History collection - NLA Catalogue record 3427714

Folkloric recording. Roger Walter, born 1945 at Darlinghurst, NSW, talks about his family background; his siblings and school days; his early musical influences; singing in a folk group in Sydney in the 1960's; working in the retail sales area, followed by working in promotions, especially music; starting to write satirical songs; beginning to collect model cars; developing an interest in Australian folk songs and music; his interest in overseas folk songs and music; eventually deciding to concentrate solely on Australian music; his decision to set up a folk heritage centre in the late 1990's, first at St Mary's in Sydney and eventually Coonabarabran; the difficulties in making the centre financially viable; marketing policies for his future business enterprise; the usage of his private collection; trying to find video footage of Australian performers; his cataloguing system; future directions; he recites a poem.

sandra