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10-1995

An issue presented to William Fielding Fearn-Wannan (b. 1915) for his 80th year


The 1995 issue (No. 10) contains a record number of Australian contributions, which is particularly appropriate in a volume presented to Bill Wannan, Australia's greatest folklorist in commemoration of his eightieth birthday

Bill Wannan
Bill Wannan
Scanned and processed image (water colour style)
from a photograph of the early 1960s

This is a bumper issue of some 268 pages comprising: 8 articles/essays concerning Bill Wannan; 4 similar papers related to (the late) Russel Ward; 20 articles on diverse topices; 3 reports of conferences etc.; Letter to the editor; Poetry by Julia Sinclair; Questionnaire on wart cures by G. Hatfield of Folklore Society (London); various small notes and comments; 13 book reviews; and a further 13 brief notices or mini-reviews. Scattered throughout are assorted maps, illustrations, diagrams, musical notations and photographs. A comprehensive list of contributors falls on the last few pages.