Reg Hodge

Reg Hodge (1946- ) & Suzanne Hodge (1949- ), Corryong, Vic, provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive.

The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Reg Hodge. He was interviewed by

• Rob Willis in February 2002, [1], Reg Hodge and Suzanne Hodge recall rural conditions in the forests and on the land. Reg Hodge, born at Bairnsdale, Vic. recalls his family background on the land as farmers; traces his father's movement in clearing the land; leaving home at 15 years of age and the variety of jobs he had worked at in his early years on the land (dairy farm, Snowy Mountains Scheme, station hand, forestry work). Reg talks about his collection of rabbit traps and how his interest in them began; the rabbit problem, memory of seeing"the hills move"; manning fire towers as part of forestry work; how fires are tracked; propagation of native plants; environmental concerns and how the Forestry Dept. has managed these issues over the years; dingo breeding in the Alpine region; problem of feral animals in the bush; logging and farming of the land. Suzanne talks about how they coped with a disability in the family while living on the land. Related video recording with Reg Hodge and Suzanne Hodge: located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection at ORAL TRC 6936/50 and ORAL TRC 6936/51.

• Rob Willis in February 2002, [2], Reg Hodge talks about his his collection of rabbit traps and how his interest in them began. Suzanne Hodge plays folk songs on the accordion. Beginning of the video recording with Reg Hodge and Suzanne Hodge : located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection at ORAL TRC 6936/50. Related oral history interview with Reg Hodge and Suzanne Hodge: located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection at ORAL TRC 4778/88.

• Rob Willis in February 2002, [3], Also available online [4]

• Rob Willis in April 2002, [5], Suzanne Hodge plays folk music on the button accordion. [6] Reg Hodge talks about his his collection of rabbit traps and how his interest in them began. Related oral history interview with Reg Hodge and Suzanne Hodge: located at ORAL TRC 4778/88.

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