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Issue Details: First known date: 1958... 1958 Charles Thatcher : Introduction
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An overview of Charles Thatcher's early years on the English stage, his migration to Victoria, his rising to prominence at the Shamrock Hotel in Bendigo, the composition of Life on the Goldfields, and his tour to New Zealand.

(In providing this overview, Anderson seems unaware of the Sydney season of Life on the Goldfields in 1868.)

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    y separately published work icon Goldrush Songster Charles Thatcher , Hugh Anderson , Ferntree Gully : Rams Skull Press , 1958 Z243266 1958 selected work lyric/song

    A collection of 29 of Charles Thatcher's mostly goldrush-themed lyrics, together with the melody for each song. The book also includes a biographical introduction to Thatchers life, written by Hugh Anderson (pp. 7-21).

         Ferntree Gully : Rams Skull Press , 1958     pg. 6-21
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • Bendigo, Bendigo area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,
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