Australian Dictionary of Biography

29 October, 1940
Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland

25 April, 1999 (aged 58)
Ainslie, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

cancer (bowel)

• Scottish

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Straiton Primary School (Scotland) (student, 1945-1951)
• Maybole High School (Scotland) (student, 1952-1957)
• Australian National University (student, ?-1976)
• University of Canberra (student, ?-1974)
• University of the West of Scotland (student, 1958-1966)
• University of Strathclyde (Scotland) (student, 1966-1968)

• public servant (1969-1990) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
• folk musician (1970-1999) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
• folklorist (1990-1999) New South Wales, Australia

• ACT volunteer of the year (recipient, 1999)

• Burns Club (Canberra) (member)

• Monaro Folk Music Society (member, ?-1999)
• National Folk Festival (volunteer, 1970-1999)

• 2XX radio station (ACT) (broadcaster)
• Dept of Primary Industry and Energy (Federal) (employee)
• Dept of Resources and Energy (Federal) (employee)
• Dept of Trade (Federal) (employee)
• Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Nobel (Ardeer, Ayrshire, Scotland) (employee, 1958-1966)
• Dept of Supply (Federal) (employee, 1969)