Jim Harrison
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Jump to navigationJump to searchJim Harrison, Khancoban, NSW, provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive.
Portrait: [1], "Son of one of the Upper Murray pioneers, Jim's father was probably the model for the man in Paterson's poem: 'There was Harrison who made his pile when Pardon won the cup ... ' Jim still plays his Anglo concertina."
The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Jim Harrison. He was interviewed by:
- Norm O'Connor, in January 1963, [2], A collection of recordings and related material collected during the 1950s and 1960s by Norm O'Connor, Pat O'Connor and others for the Folk Lore Society of Victoria
- Peter Ellis in January 1982, [3]
- Chris Sullivan and Mark Rummery in 1984, [4]
- John Meredith in December 1986, [5], Jim Harrison plays accordion, concertina and fiddle, with Neville Simpson on accordion and Ian Simpson on concertina. Also available online [6]
There is a photo of him in Peter Ellis, "The Waltz, The Polka and All Kinds of Dance Music", 2007.
