2008

APRIL

Songs added to the Song Index

MARCH

Stage and Theatre Superstitions

Donation button added

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DECEMBER
Colloquial Sayings and Stories from Contributors

NOVEMBER

Tea and Coffee
Military Songs - Additions
Digger's Songs
You Are What You Eat: Restaurants
Memories of a woolshed concert (excerpt)
Jack Moses
Australian locality songs 1900-1963
Popular songs about Sydney
Songs about the Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Convict's Tour of Hell
How to build bush band instruments. (guide)
Concertina and Melodeon History
Concertina Doctor of Bathurst
Salvation Army Concertina Bands
Minstrelsy Tradition in Australia (article)
Minstrelsy and the Banjo in Australia (article)
Kids Lore - indexed
Life in the Bush (includes    Bush Life, Shearing, Station life and  Droving) - indexed
Clapping games (includes 23 videos) - indexed

OCTOBER

Songs From My Swag (article)
Warren Fahey - the performer
Army Songs are part of our ‘digger’ tradition (article)
Boom & bust on the money-go-round (an article in Money and Folklore)

SEPTEMBER

October newsletter in pdf form
How Would You Be?
Army Songs Are Part Of Our Digger Tradition
Mel Ward's Mummers' Play
Shock Horror - the Folklore of Disaster(online book)
Songs about city life - indexed
Bush Life and Bush Strife verse collection - indexed
Australian Dreaming verse collection - indexed
Morris, Sword and Mummers Plays in Australia - indexed
Hall of Fame - indexed
Don't Go Down the Mine, Daddy : Beaconsfield Folklore (article) - indexed
A potted history of The Folk Revival - indexed
Warren Fahey: a discography of recordings - indexed
Lorient Festival InterCeltique (podcast) - indexed
Warren Fahey: list of published books and contributions to anthologies - indexed
Warren Fahey: magazine and newspaper articles - indexed
About the Larrikin label - indexed
Larrikin label lps and singles - indexed
Warren Fahey: Radio Broadcaster - indexed
Warren Fahey: Television - indexed
About the National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Warren Fahey holdings - indexed
Warren Fahey: holdings biographical note - indexed
Series 1: boxes 1-6 - details of holdings - indexed

AUGUST

Morris, Sword and Mummers Plays in Australia - an article in Dance in Australia
The Merry Month of May - an article added to Calendar Lore
New gigs added to the Diary Notes
A Waltz Through History - A Snapshot of 'Manar' - an article added to City Life

JULY

Freedom on the Wallaby verse collection added to Classic Bush Poetry
Demon Drink verse collection added to Classic Bush Poetry
Bush Life and Bush Strife verse collection added to Classic Bush Poetry
Bail Up! verse collection added to Classic Bush Poetry
Indexes added to Classic Bush Poetry
Hard Yakka verse collection added to Classic Bush Poetry
Australian Dreaming verse collection added to Classic Bush Poetry
Introduction added to Classic Bush Poetry

JUNE

When Those Wedding Bells Toll - an article added to Celebrations
Don't Go Down the Mine, Daddy - an article added to Labour History
Where are the Maritime Songs? - an article added to Maritime Folklore
Woolloomoolooís Surprising and Colourful History - an article added to City Life
Land of Forests, Fleas and Flies - an article by Peter J Bridge
Introduction added to the Character and Eccentrics section
Eccentrics added to the Character and Eccentrics section
Swag Carriers added to the Character and Eccentrics section
Street Sellers added to the Character and Eccentrics section
Oddities added to the Character and Eccentrics section
Bawdry article added to Humour and Folklore
Bill Harney Songs added to Humour and Folklore
Gaylore article added to the Collected Folklore
Drag Names added to the Collected Folklore
Added radio program The Great Australian Bite to Songs That made Australia
Added radio program Don't Go Down the Mine Daddy to Songs That made Australia
Added radio program I Don't Think They Remember to Songs That made Australia
Added radio program Springtime it Brings on the Shearing to Songs That made Australia

MAY

Added to Folk Revival section: Key Players in the Sydney Coffee Lounge Scene
new items added to Main Store
added new special prices in the General Store
added introduction to the General Store
added gigs in 2007 diary notes