Mike Rimmer Archive
During research for a book on the history of Far North Queensland, journalist and ex-high school teacher, Mike Rimmer, interviewed many original pioneers and their relatives. This collection consists of 40 audio cassettes focusing on oral history.
Archive Location: 42L
Detailed Listing
Audio Cassette Recordings:
RC/ 1 Edwards, Ernie (Ravenshoe); Prior, ‘Sonny’ (Chillagoe area)
RC/ 2 Gordon, Hay (Dimbulah); Mansfield, Chris (Milla Milla)
RC/ 3 Mansfield, Chris (Milla Milla); Knudson, Mrs (Milla Milla)
RC/ 4 Knudson, Mrs (Milla Milla); Edmondson, Mr (Cape York)
RC/ 5-12 Wardle, Mrs
RC/ 13 Wardle, Mrs; Christie, S. (Ravenshoe); Samundsett; Allen, Mrs
RC/ 14 Wardle, Mrs; O’Callaghan; Mike (Irvinebank); Edmondson, Mr (Cape York)
RC/ 15 Wardle, Mrs; O’Callaghan, Mike
RC/ 16 O’Callaghan, Mike; Allen, Mrs
RC/ 17 Dean, Winnie (Watsonville); O’Callaghan, Mike
RC/ 18 O’Callaghan, Mike
RC/ 19 O’Callaghan, Mike; Callaghan, Frank (Stannary Hills)
RC/ 20 Callaghan, Frank; Glidden, Mrs; Wardle, Mrs
RC/ 21 George, Cooper (‘G’ String George); O’Callaghan, Mike
RC/ 22 Jones, Fred; O’Callaghan, Mike
RC/ 23 Morris, Pat (Watsonville); Kelly, Barry (Stannary Hills)
RC/ 24 Hoddie; ‘the young fella’; Cooktown Bushland; Cooper, George
RC/ 25 Cooper, George; Hoddie; ‘the young fella’; Morris, Pat; Wardle, Mrs; Keogh, Les
RC/ 26 Keogh, Les; Gillespie, Mrs (Ravenshoe); Gennings, Tom (Tumoulin); Barney, Kelly (Stannary Hills)
RC/ 27 Kean, Percy (Ravenswood)
RC/ 28 Kean, Percy (Ravenswood)
RC/ 29 Ravenswood; Ravenshoe
RC/ 30 MacNamara, Darby (Mr Carbine)
RC/ 31 MacNamara, Darby
RC/ 32 MacNamara, Darby
RC/ 33 MacNamara, Darby; George, Cooper
RC/ 34 Castles, Bill; Sycamore, Mrs (Mungana); Henson, Mrs (Chillagoe); Sorenson, Mrs
RC/ 35 Skipper, Ernie; Bill, Harris (Tent Hill); Kelly,BarneyRC/ 36 Macauleys (Coolgarra); Bowe, John (Coolgarra)
RC/ 37 Lucy Family (Mt. Garnett); Johnson; Verge; Condon; Henry; Gillespie
RC/ 38 Sorenson, Mrs; Jackson, Archie
Additions
RC/Extra Photocopies of Ray Langford's notes on tapes 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 of the Rimmer Collection. 15p.
