Violet Endacott
Violet Endacott (1905- ), Mudgee, NSW provided details of some of the Australian tunes in this archive.
ortrait [1], "Coming of a musical family, the Gospers, her father, Arthur Gosper of Yarragrin was a noted fiddler, and her grandfather pioneered stock routes from the Upper Hunter Valley across to the Bathurst and Mudgee district."
The National Library of Australia holds aural recordings of interviews conducted with Violet Endacott, in these "Violet Endacott plays piano, fiddle, accordion and recites. She was interviewed by
- John Meredith in December 1982, [2], Violet Endacott plays piano, fiddle, accordion and recites the Stockman's tale.
- John Meredith in May 1983, [3]
- John Meredith and Chris Sullivan in 1983, [4], Ernie Goodman, Violet Endacott and Orley Benson interviewed.
"Violet Endacott was born at Rylstone in 1905, an elfin-like lady, she was the daughter of Arthur Gosper of Rylstone and Yarragrin, a noted fiddle player for dances in those districts. Mrs Endacot was a self-taught musician and played piano, violin and button accordion by ear." -- J Meredith, R Covell, P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p37-8.
