CORANGAMITE MUSIC HISTORY
EXPLORE THE MUSICAL HERITAGE
OF CORANGAMITE SHIRE SOUTH WEST VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
A CASE STUDY OF A REGIONAL MUSIC COMMUNITY THROUGH THE LENS OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY
Regional areas come with their own rich musical stories. This project was designed to share just a few of the stories and information about music within living memory (1955 - 1980) from the areas around Camperdown, Cobden, and Terang in Victoria’s South West.
RESEARCHED BY LAURA FLANAGAN OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
What is being asked of local participants?
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What community music events have you been involved in?
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What bands and performers (both locals and visitors ) have you heard?
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What music did/do you listen to (live. records, radio and so forth)?
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What kinds of music do you enjoy (Scottish/Irish, Rock'n'Roll, Classical, Country and Western, and so on)?
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Do you have any artefacts from your experiences like photographs, ticket stubbs, programs, posters, and music instruments?
As research is compiled this site will be updated, and will become a lasting resource for Camperdown & District Historical Society, and the local community.
Laura Flanagan holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Music Education from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas where she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts, Musicology and Cultural Anthropology. Her research interests include the history of music scenes in regional areas of west Texas and Australia. Laura’s dissertation focuses on the intangible heritage and collective memory of music in south west Victoria. In addition to orchestral training on double bass, she taught public school orchestra for 15 years. Laura teaches and performs traditional Irish music on the fiddle in the United States and Australia where she is currently a secondary teacher at Mercy Regional College.
