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Thread #172514 Message #4175849
Posted By: GUEST,Malcolm Storey
30-Jun-23 - 07:01 AM
Thread Name: 2023 Obit: Vale Chris Sullivan (folklorist - Oz)
Subject: RE: Obit: Chris Sullivan
I usually do not respond to Obit notices but feel moved to add my personal recollections of Chris.
A truly remarkable character and a sad loss.
Chris was a straight talking person with a difficult relationship with the academia which seems to control the collection of material in Oz.
He had/has some truly amazing stuff, a lot of it gathered from the indigenous population.
I feel privileged to have met and spent proper time with the man both at events and in his home.
Hopefully his archive will be properly preserved and safeguarded.