Simmy was one of the best known traditional singers ever recorded in Victoria, and he lived in Springmount, near Creswick, in the Victorian Goldfields. He passed away in 1968, but in the decade before that, 30 hours of recordings were made of him singing and talking about his life. With the permission of the Anderson family, this podcast from the National Library of Australia replays the first section of the recording made by Hugh Anderson in 1967, and gives insight into Simmy and his life.