Bush Music Club’s Role in Australian Folk Tradition

The dance floor of the Bush Music Club hums with fiddles, accordions and the steady rhythm of boots striking timber. Established in 1954, the club holds the distinction of being Australia’s oldest continuously operating folk organisation, formed with a clear purpose: to collect, preserve and promote the nation’s traditional songs, music and dance. More than […]

Everything but the Kitchen Sink 

My story could be as ‘dull as dishwater’ but I was so dreaming of a shiny, stainless steel kitchen sink… To make more sense of this, let me fill you in. For some time now I have been championing for a kitchen sink and running water to be installed in the Friends of Fagan Park’s […]