Oral History of Work in Australia

Ted Groves – Quorn, S.A. – Musical Saw Player

INTERVIEW: Ted Groves – Musical Saw Player 1969

 

PLACE: Quorn,South Australia

 

NOTES:

Ted played music on the normal carpenter’s saw using a bow. Aged 65, Ted was about to retire to Adelaide. He learnt to play the saw in England and is the only saw player I have encountered.

 

Wendy Lowenstein 1972

 

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LOWENSTEIN FAMILY COLLECTION

 

NATIONAL LIBRARY AUSTRALIA ORAL HISTORY

 

STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA ORAL HISTORY

 

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    Martie Lowenstein, is the holder of the Lowenstein Family Collection, a complete set of over 1200 interviews recorded by Wendy Lowenstein, author and pioneer Australian oral labour historian specialising in Australian working life. Permission to use the interviews for research and education is obtained by contacting this website. The Lowenstein family holds all rights to this collection of interviews recorded between 1967 and 2002.

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