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BY JUDITH IRELAND
Canberra Times, 10 Dec, 2011 01:00 AM

You might say the drive into Canberra from Sydney is unremarkable.

Alumnus Graham Chalker reflects on the longevity of Canberra bush band Franklyn B Paverty.

"Two recent events prompted me to think that alumni might be interested to know that bush band Franklyn B Paverty was still playing after almost 40 years. The first followed a function for overseas students at University House when we were discussing our connections with ANU and the second when I received a request for a Paverty CD from an alumnus, (now a Professor) in the UK.

28 May 2010

Thanks to everyone who made the Beer for the Boys (and Girls) night at Zierholz Brewery such a memorable occasion. It was a relaxed and enjoyable evening. Guests were taken on a guided tour of this boutique brewery, which was followed by tastings of selected beers, splendid German food and the music of Franklin B Paverty.

Raffles and auctions helped to raise much needed funds for CLP. A dinner for six at Parliament House (with a tour afterwards), was kindly donated by Senator Gary Humphries.

The NSDC has been very fortunate and blessed to have had some amazing pro-bono support, and to have received a number of varying grants and donations both philanthropic and from Government sources. The NSDC as an organisation and a number of its Executive members have received immeasurable support mentoring, guidance, training and expertise from numerous individuals and organisations.

Music at the Creek festival Canberrans will get a taste of what to expect at Music at the Creek in November, when some of the local performers launch the festival at the Old Bus Depot Markets on Sunday 25th October! Bring your family, your friends - even your enemies - and be seduced by Matty Ellis, O'Neill and Rodgers, Franklyn B Paverty and Humbug and tantalised by the bellydancers and spread the word about this great little festival!

The Sing Australia 2009 National Gathering is located at Zone 10, Sir James Mitchell Park, South Perth. Entry is via Coode St (off Mill Point Rd).

Music and dancing with Franklyn B Paverty (see ...).

Paverty 35th Anniversary Reunion Concert, Folkus Room 30 October 2009

Thinking about the year 1974. It seems so long ago and so far away from the vantage point of 2009. Remember 1974? It was the year of Cyclone Tracy, Watergate, Abba’s Eurovision win AND the birth of Franklyn B Paverty, Australia’s bush band of renown.

Details of Franklyn B Paverty’s very first gig seem to be lost but original and current band member, Mal Bennett, thinks it was in the bar of the Canberra College of Advanced Education back in late 1974. Now, half of three score years and ten later and time to celebrate, we can look back on career highlights that include playing at the official opening of Australia’s new Parliament House as well as at its 10th and 20th anniversary celebrations, performing Aussie music for guests at a lunch in honour of visiting US President, George W Bush, frequently entertaining at The Lodge for the Prime Minister’s Australia Day festivities and sharing stages with such luminaries as The Dubliners, Billy Connolly, Eric Bogle, The Fureys, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Slim Dusty. Paverty (as the band is affectionately known) has appeared at most of Australia’s major music festivals, toured extensively, appeared on television and radio and produced a discography that lists nine albums (one of which was a 3-CD set), the most recent, 35 Years On: Our Selection, produced to mark this significant milestone.

... Gundagai's Festival of Irish and Australian Music & the Related Arts

2009 Performers

5-8 June, 2009 ... Paverty performed at the inaugural Snowy Mountains of music

WIN News and A Current Affair

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As a way of supporting Victorians who offered help during the Canberra bushfires, Clinton White has organised a benefit concert for organised a benefit concert for the Black Saturday victims. Tomorrow night, the producer hopes seven hundred and fifty people will fill The Canberra Theatre for the event to help raise twenty thousand dollars. The Band of the Military College Duntroon and the Blamey Street Big Band will star, along with special guest artists.