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Songster Collection

The Songster Collection is made up of Australian 'Songster' songbooks containing words of popular songs. The extent of the Collection is 3 pamphlet boxes, ranging between the 1940s and 1960s.

This material was donated to the Library in 2009 by Maggy Ragless (City of Mitcham’s local history officer from 1986 until 2012), on behalf of Ken Prime of Blackwood.

General Special Collections conditions of access apply.

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List of contents

  1. Paling's Songster (1944)
  2. Camp Songster (No. 2)
  3. Sterling's Songster (No. 4, 1948)
  4. Crackajack Songster (No. 53)
  5. Goodluck Songster (No. 2, 1941)
  6. Crackajack Songster (No. 55)
  7. Crackajack Songster (No. 57)
  8. Crackajack Songster (No. 59)
  9. Crackajack Songster (No. 62)
  10. Broadcast Songster (No. 11)
  11. Broadcast Songster (No. 12)
  12. Broadcast Songster (No. 14)
  13. Broadcast Songster (No. 16)
  14. Broadcast Songster (No. 18)
  15. Big Hit and Victory Songster (No. 5)
  16. Big Hit Songster (No. 9)
  17. Chappell Songster (No. 21)
  18. Chappell Songster (No. 22)
  19. Chappell Songster (No. 23)
  20. Chappell Songster (No. 24)
  21. Chappell Songster (No. 25)
  22. Chappell Songster (No. 26)
  23. Chappell Songster (No. 27)
  24. Chappell Songster (No. 32)
  25. Chappell Songster (No. 33)
  26. Chappell Songster (No. 34)
  27. Chappell Songster (No. 35)
  28. Melody Lane Songster (No. 17)
  29. Hillbilly Songster (No. 1)
  30. Boomerang Songster (No. 41)
  31. Boomerang Songster (No. 42)
  32. Boomerang Songster (No. 43)
  33. Boomerang Songster (No. 44)
  34. Boomerang Songster (No. 45)
  35. Boomerang Songster (No. 46)
  36. Boomerang Songster (No. 47)
  37. Boomerang Songster (No. 48)
  38. Boomerang Songster (No. 50)
  39. Boomerang - The Black and White Minstrel Show Songster (No. 1)
  40. Boomerang - Sing-a-Long Songster (No. 2)

(Note: Price given in both decimal currency and shillings so can be dated to 1966)

 

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Last Updated: 02 Jul 2021
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