Graham Dodsworth
Australian folklorist, folk musician, and oral historian
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::summary Australian folklorist, folk musician, and oral historian ::
Graham Dodsworth is an Australian folklorist, performer of folk songs, and an oral history interviewer for the National Library of Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive.
Biography
Born 1956 in the Yallourn Hospital in Gippsland, Victoria, Graham Dodsworth lived his first five years in Moe after which his family moved to Vermont in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, where he attended Vermont Primary and Secondary Schools. Dodsworth moved to Hawthorn in 1969 and while attending Kew High School first heard Danny Spooner conducting workshops demonstrating attitudes to the Industrial Revolution in England, transportation and other aspects of Australian history via folk song performance.
Dodsworth began a performance career in 1971 with performances at The Outpost Inn, Frank Traynors, |url=http://franktraynors.net.au/ |title=Frank Traynor's Folk and Jazz Club History Project |accessdate=2015-02-24
Dodsworth demonstrated the results of the above-mentioned fellowship research at the 2007 Conference of the Australasian Sound Recording Association, which also explored representation and portrayal techniques by national institutions. |url=http://www.asra.asn.au/events/conference_2007_abstracts_bios.htm |title=Conference 2007 – Abstracts & Bios (A-Z) |publisher=Australasian Sound Recording Association |accessdate=2012-04-30
Dodsworth has written many articles for the Australian Folklore Journal Interviewed by Peter Parkhill for the Peter Parkhill sound collection in the National Library . Co-edited the publication, 'The Centre', 40 years of Banyule Community Health.
References
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