Charlie Doran
Charlie Doran, (1907-1996) Mudgee, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive, as described by John Meredith.
"Charlie Doran, of Mudgee, was born in 1907 and grew up in the New England district, at Kingstown, near Uralla. Five out of the family of six were musical and played the accordion, as did their father. An elder son, Ray, was the most talented and it was from him and their father that Charlie learnt most of his tunes. Like most bush musicians, the Dorans did not distinguish between traditional tunes and popular sheet music of the time. If a melody was tuneful and had a good dance rhythm, it went into their repertoire along with the older ones." -- J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p245.
There is a recording of Charlie Doran plays accordion for the John Meredith folklore collection in the National Library of Australia in Canberra, from Jun 1983.
