RON EDWARDS 1930-2008


A leading folklorist, also a writer, artist, publisher, musician and craftsman. Edwards collected widely throughout Australia and the Torres Strait and prolifically published much of this work in a series of popular anthologies, several periodical publications and reference works.

 

A good deal of Edwards’ extensive output, together with some recorded interviews with him can be found in the NLA by searching on his name

 

The publishing company he founded to disseminate his work, and that of others, Rams [sic] Skull Press continue to operate at 

https://www.ramsskullpress.com

 

There are several brief biographies at

https://www.folkrag.org/profiles/ron_edwards.html

https://www.ramsskullpress.com/index.php/ron-edwards

 

Keith McKenry, Ron Edwards and the Fight for Australian Folklore, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2023.

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