HUGH ANDERSON 1927-2017


Hugh Anderson was an eminent folklorist, historian, publisher and prolific author with a wide range of interests. His fieldwork and publishing activities were frequently undertaken in partnership with Dawn Anderson. 

 

Hugh Anderson’s papers and some audio can be found at the NLA at 

https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2230337

 

There is an interview conducted by Australian historian and folklorist, Edgar Waters, at https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3070861

 

A biography by Joy Damousi and Stuart MacIntyre at

https://www.humanities.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/AAH-OBIT-ANDERSON-H-2017.pdf

 

And another interview by English folklorist, Gerald Porter, at https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6639518

 

An obituary by Frank Bongiorno and Warwick Anderson at https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/anderson-hugh-mcdonald-27184

 

Another obituary by Graham Seal at 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0015587X.2017.1334330

 

Mark Gregory’s Select Bibliography is at https://journals.kvasirpublishing.com/af/article/view/391

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