Warren Fahey
Autore di The balls of Bob Menzies : Australian political songs, 1900-1980
Sull'Autore
Serie
Opere di Warren Fahey
Diggers' Songs: the Songs Australians Sang in Eleven Wars: Songs of the Australians in Eleven Wars (1996) 4 copie
Australian Folksong Guide 1 copia
Australian folk songs and bush ballads over 100 traditional and popular songs celebrating Australia (2011) 1 copia
CBC Australian Folksong Guide 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Fahey, Warren
- Data di nascita
- 1946-01-03
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Luogo di residenza
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Istruzione
- Marist Brothers' School, Sydney
Sydney Technical College - Attività lavorative
- folklorist
historian
author
actor
broadcaster
musician - Organizzazioni
- Youth Hostels Association
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of Australia
Don Banks Music Award
Advance Australia Award
Utenti
Recensioni
Statistiche
- Opere
- 16
- Utenti
- 74
- Popolarità
- #238,154
- Voto
- 3.0
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 16
In addition, I was disappointed with how much global information was supplied in lieu of information on Australian lore regarding some of the foods (which is - after all - what this book presents itself as). If I wanted about 20 pages on global meanings and associations with herbs, I'd look elsewhere. What I was really hoping for, was a lot more emphasis on the varying Australian associations with foods and our rich cuisine cultures.
That said, what Australian-specific lore that was in the book, was informative and interesting - if biased towards the Eastern states! It's a great contribution to the patchwork of Australian culture, and I very much enjoyed the different sayings, poems, songs and traditional recipes peppered throughout.… (altro)