wes williams Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 There's a lot of Australian and NZ concertina history to be found at Papers Past (NZ) and NLA Australian Newspapers. Anybody researching down under?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Worrall Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 There's a lot of Australian and NZ concertina history to be found at Papers Past (NZ) and NLA Australian Newspapers. Anybody researching down under?? Hi Wes, Yes, I've been using them the last few weeks; I discovered them around Christmas time.....amazing what is becoming available out there. It is wonderful that they are making it freely available; so many of the US and UK ones are fee-based. Cheers, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Müller Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 There's a lot of Australian and NZ concertina history to be found at Papers Past (NZ) and NLA Australian Newspapers. Anybody researching down under?? Whew! This is amazing! And as Dan said - free! With the search word yellowed - in the old text. A fabulous piece of work. /Henrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes williams Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Since Henrik is enjoying them, its probably worth mentioning that you can do a search of many of the News archives, including these, via Google News Archive, and filter out any that aren't free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 The Australian site causes Firefox to crash on my PC, but works well using IE. So choose your browser accordingly. A great resource; thanks Wes. MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 The Australian site causes Firefox to crash on my PC, but works well using IE. So choose your browser accordingly.A great resource; thanks Wes. MC That's strange because I use Firefox and had no problem. Computers are funny things. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) thanks for these links Wes... Be warned; Papers Past is a serious drain on time, because the rewards are so great. A couple of days ago I read the contemporary account of the accidental death in 1899 of my great-grandfather, coupled with a sober assessment of the consequences for his widow and 5 children. It was reported in the Tuapeka Times, a paper coincidentally owned by another of my great grandfathers. Sadly I can find no connection with concertinas. However I did find a use of the word concertina in the first years of the 20th century to mean something that might expand and contract, and the whole concept had to be explained longhand by reference to the action of the bellows. How different to today when the word is easily assumed to be a verb or to mean anything that folds with a sawtooth or sine wave pattern. Chris Edited February 6, 2009 by Chris Ghent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkgibbs Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 From Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13724, 13 August 1908, Page 3 Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptarmigan Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 thanks for these links Wes... Be warned; Papers Past is a serious drain on time, because the rewards are so great. A couple of days ago I read the contemporary account of the accidental death in 1899 of my great-grandfather, coupled with a sober assessment of the consequences for his widow and 5 children. It was reported in the Tuapeka Times, a paper coincidentally owned by another of my great grandfathers. Sadly I can find no connection with concertinas. However I did find a use of the word concertina in the first years of the 20th century to mean something that might expand and contract, and the whole concept had to be explained longhand by reference to the action of the bellows. How different to today when the word is easily assumed to be a verb or to mean anything that folds with a sawtooth or sine wave pattern. Chris Very interesting Chris. When I produced my Hurdy Gurdy in a school in the Glens of Antrim recently, the caretaker came up to me afterwards & explained that the local country folk there, describe anything that is a bit wonky, like a gate that won't close properly or a Tractor that'll never start, as being a real Hurdy Gurdy of a thing. However, as far as he knows, nobody in the Glens has ever actually seen a Hurdy Gurdy before! Cheers Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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