What Wendy Found: The story of the 1969 outback 'Australian Folklore Expedition' with Martie Lowenstein

Image: 1969 Australian Folklore Expedition, courtesy of Martie Lowenstein.

Join Martie Lowenstein as she presents a lecture on her 2023 National Folk Fellowship research about Wendy Lowenstein’s significant contribution to the development of the folk movement in Australia and her year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969.

The talk will be available to view live online via the Library’s Facebook and YouTube pages. You do not need to book a ticket to watch the event online.

Martie Lowenstein is the 2023 National Folk Fellow, supported by the National Library of Australia and the National Folk festival.

About Martie Lowenstein’s Fellowship research:
Martie Lowenstein’s project utilises a mixture of film and staged presentation to tell a story. It begins with a film documentary compiled from Library’s archives covering Wendy Lowenstein’s founding contribution to the folk movement and covers the family’s year-long oral history collecting trip in 1969 – ‘The Australian Folklore Expedition’. This production records and celebrates the early folk revival in Australia including a collection of Australian folk songs from performers from the 1950-60’s and archival material in the Library depicting the First National Folk Festival in 1967. This film production will become part of the Library’s archives.

The details

What: What Wendy Found: The story of the 1969 outback ‘Australian Folklore Expedition’ with Martie Lowenstein
When: Thursday, 19 October 2023 from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Where: National Library of Australia and online.
Cost: Entry is free to this event but bookings are essential.