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Issue Details: First known date: 1958... 1958 Goldrush Songster
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A collection of 29 of Charles Thatcher's mostly goldrush-themed lyrics, together with the melody for each song. The book also includes a biographical introduction to Thatchers life, written by Hugh Anderson (pp. 7-21).

Notes

  • Partial contents indexed; remainder pending.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Ferntree Gully, Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Rams Skull Press , 1958 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Charles Thatcher : Introduction, Hugh Anderson , single work biography

An overview of Charles Thatcher's early years on the English stage, his migration to Victoria, his rising to prominence at the Shamrock Hotel in Bendigo, the composition of Life on the Goldfields, and his tour to New Zealand.

(In providing this overview, Anderson seems unaware of the Sydney season of Life on the Goldfields in 1868.)

(p. 6-21)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Goldrush Songster S. M. S. , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 13 1958; (p. 47)

— Review of Goldrush Songster Charles Thatcher , 1958 selected work lyric/song
Minstrel of the Goldfields 1958 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 March vol. 79 no. 4075 1958; (p. 58-59)

— Review of Goldrush Songster Charles Thatcher , 1958 selected work lyric/song
Untitled Russel Ward , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 August 1958; (p. 13)

— Review of Goldrush Songster Charles Thatcher , 1958 selected work lyric/song
Untitled Scrutarius , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 24 no. 7 1958; (p. 39)

— Review of Goldrush Songster Charles Thatcher , 1958 selected work lyric/song
Untitled Scrutarius , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 24 no. 7 1958; (p. 39)

— Review of Goldrush Songster Charles Thatcher , 1958 selected work lyric/song
Untitled Russel Ward , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 30 August 1958; (p. 13)

— Review of Goldrush Songster Charles Thatcher , 1958 selected work lyric/song
Minstrel of the Goldfields 1958 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 March vol. 79 no. 4075 1958; (p. 58-59)

— Review of Goldrush Songster Charles Thatcher , 1958 selected work lyric/song
Goldrush Songster S. M. S. , 1958 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 13 1958; (p. 47)

— Review of Goldrush Songster Charles Thatcher , 1958 selected work lyric/song
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