Sunday, January 18, 2026

THE PHILIP ASHTON VIDEO COLLECTION

THE PHILIP ASHTON VIDEO COLLECTION



Dave Mathias

Philip Ashton has been recording, photographing and videoing the stories of Australia for many decades. His collection covers a broad range of fascinating people, stories and topics, including field recordings of traditional musicians Dave Mathias and Harry McQueen and rare interviews with folklorists John Meredith, Bill Scott and Shirley Andrews, and much more. 

Many thanks to Philip for permission to put several of his videos on our Verandah Music Youtube channel here

lf you want to see more of Phillip's many significant recordings go here



Thursday, January 8, 2026

Buskers, balladeers and broadsiders – or beggars - in colonial Sydney

 

The Flying Pieman - William Francis King

Tony Smith has been researching colonial Sydney's street performers - forerunners of today's buskers. You can read the results in our articles section here: