Les Moreland
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Jump to navigationJump to searchLes Moreland, Toowoomba, Qld, provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive
The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Les Morland. He was interviewed by
- Mark Schuster & Maria Zann in February 1989, [1], Les Moreland talks about German pioneer dances in southern Queensland and sings an old German ditty song.
- Mark Schuster & Maria Zann in December 1992, [2], Les Moreland talks extensively about many diverse aspects of the once extensive German-Queensland communities, their family histories, culture, folkways, language, music and dance. This extensive interview is an intensive discussion of German-Queensland identity from a man well versed on this topic. For many years Les was also President of the German Chapter of the Geneological Society of Queensland.
"Les Moreland grew up in German communities at Hattonvale and Wondai and is now in demand s a family historian. He is a fascinating speaker with a great knowledge of the old German ways and dances." -- "A Queensland Selection", Vol 1, compiled by Maria Zann, collected by Mark Schuster, Pioneer Performer Series, 1992, p38.
