Primary Source Material On Peter Graham Publicly Available
There are currently two tape recordings by Peter Graham available at the National Library of Australia, Petherick Oral History Reading Room. Unfortunately they are incorrectly catalogued at this time: Call Number: ORAL TRC 2490 (please quote to locate catalogue entry) :Record ID: 2069617 Graham, Cynthia, Interview with Cynthia Graham / interviewer: Barbara Blackman. Published: 13 July 1989 Description: 2 sound cassettes. Notes: Has transcript.
In fact these two recordings are as follows:
- Interview with Peter Graham by Paul Davis et al., 5 June 1977 Concentrates on his early years in England and gives some information on his notation research
- Peter Graham reciting his memoir, Journal of a Small Journey. Recording by Philip Mitchell Graham, 10 April 1982. This memoir details his motorbike trip to Alice Springs in 1954 and his subsequent experiences in Central Australia over the following 18 months.
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