Austn National Folk Festivals - history/

Subject: Austn National Folk Festivals - history/
From: rich-joy
Date: 20 Apr 02 - 08:55 AM

Hi There! Friends have recently been trying to work out which National festivals they've been to and WHERE they were (the latter is of course easier to answer now, as they're fixed in Canberra!). I tried searching The Net for a list but couldn't come up with anything, except Shirley Andrews' history of the first one in Melbourne in 19??.
Does anyone know of historical data, in general, on-line about the Nationals???
Or can 'Catters gradually compile a list of when and where???

Another part of this query amongst my Friends was what Workshops did they put on at which Festival - and who was in them??? (I would've expected Folkies to keep better archival records than they do, but I guess quite a few neurons are lost at each festival!!!)
Now I would've assumed that some enterprising Folkie would've put all this info on a website by now, but if they have, I can't find it and I would very much appreciate the links.
I would also love to see some historical data about the older Oz folkies (from ALL states, not just NSW and Victoria!!) - why wait until they die, fercrisakes???!!!
Cheers!! Rich-Joy

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Subject: RE: Austn National Folk Festivals - history/
From: rich-joy
Date: 20 Apr 02 - 09:07 AM

PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD AND ANSWER IN THE OTHER OF THE SAME TITLE - I DON"T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED - SORRY!!!!!!
Cheers! R-J