Ron Burke and Gary Burke interviewed by Rob Willis in the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection
- Bib ID:
- 6293331
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Burke, Ron, 1921-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2013
- 2 sound files (approximately 134 min.)
- Series:
- Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
- Summary:
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Folkloric recording. Ron Bourke born in England, describes his early life, schooldays and jobs in the welding and bus building trades; talks about the 1930s depression; his military service in World War 2 as a signaller; discusses his involvement in setting up Luna Park at Scarborough Beach in Perth, Western Australia; and his introduction to the showground circuit. Sings fragment of a song that was sung to his father by his father's amah in India. Gary Burke born in Western Australia, son of Ron Bourke, describes how his father would sign when the Royal Deaf School would visit the Royal Perth Show; gives an example of geeing; defusing a situation at Geraldton Show; spruiking; and being offered a job at ABC to call races.
- Partial contents:
- Singing: Fragment of a song.
- Notes:
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- Recorded with Olya Willis.
- Summary accompanied by photographs.
- Recorded on 18 June 2013 in Perth, Western Australia.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 pages)
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This belongs to the Rob and Olya Willis folklore collection.
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- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2013
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