FOLKLORE AUSTRALIA

A collection of assessed articles and links about folklore in Australia and around the world
for teachers, students and anyone interested in this field.

Links to Australian and international folklore sites, etc.

For Teachers and Students

Tertiary and Research

· Institutions

· Journals and Periodicals

· Resources

· Study

· 'Urban' and e-lore

· Collecting Folklore

· Folk Arts

· Folklore and Intellectual Property

For Primary and Secondary teachers and students

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Teacher’s Guide to Folklore Resources (K12)

Integrating Folklore into K12 Syllabus
Children’s Folklore anthology the networking result of 108 schools from 61 countries.
Simply Australia. Online magazine of folklore, oral history, social history, song and verse.
Indigenous Australia. Museum of Australia website
Folklore, Myth and Legend. Links to many useful sites and resources
Brief article on Halloween (USA), with bibliography (1982). By Jack Santino.
Fairy Tale Resources. Project Gutenberg, University of Maryland
Folklore and Mythology electronic texts. One of the best and authoritative sites for texts, articles and links. By D. Ashliman. Also for tertiary and research purposes.
Results of school collection project on weatherlore
Useful collection of folktale, fairy tale links
Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Qld.). Facts and folklore on Australia's central custom.
Australiana links and information, especially re Waltzing Matilda and A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson
Folklore Heritage in the Pacific Northwest (excellent for schools)
A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12 Classrooms (mainly USA, also international)
Legends of the West (West Australian folktales)
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America
Folklore of Malta Interesting group of annotated links by Bank Street College of Education (USA)
Festivals, Holidays, and Celebrations from around the world
Kidspeak. June Factor’s online collection of Australian children’s folk speech
The Holland Ring. Dutch Culture and Folklore
Legends. Devoted to history, literature, folklore, fiction, the arts
Outlaws and Highwaymen. Texts and sources on English robbers, famous and obscure.
Children’s Folk Games

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Tertiary and Research

Institutions

Australian Folklore Research Unit (AFRU), Curtin University

Western Australian Folklore Archive
National Library of Australia Oral History/Folklore Archive
National Library Sheet Music Collection (needs Java)
Victorian Folklife Association
National Centre for English Cultural Tradition (UK)
American Folklore Society
American Folklife Centre
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Baltic Institute of Folklore.
Center for Folkloristik, Copenhagen.
The Folklore Society (London).
The Institute of Irish Studies.
School of Scottish Studies.
The Elphinstone Institute. Traditions of north and north-east Scotland
The International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR).
International Society for Contemporary Legend Research

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Journals and Periodicals

Australian Folklore Annual journal of the Australian Folklore Association
Play and Folklore, children’s folklore, twice yearly, edited by June Factor and Gwenda Beed Davey. Published by National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University.
Journal of American Folklore
Journal of Folklore Research, Folklore Institute, Indiana University
FOLKLORE Estonian e-journal
Newfolk - new directions in folklore research
Cultural Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Folklore and Popular Culture
De Proverbio - proverb studies journal
Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairytale Studies
Contemporary Legend. Journal of International Society for Contemporary Legend Research
Musical Traditions: The magazine for musical traditions throughout the world

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A collection of assessed articles and links about folklore in Australia and around the world for teachers, students and anyone interested in this field.

CONTENTS

For Teachers and Students

Tertiary and Research

· Institutions

· Journals and Periodicals

· Resources

· Study

· 'Urban' and e-lore

· Collecting Folklore

· Folk Arts

· Folklore and Intellectual Property

For Primary and Secondary teachers and students

Tertiary and Research

Institutions

Journals and Periodicals

Resources

Study

'Urban' and electronic lore

Collecting Folklore

Folk Arts

Intellectual property and related issues

A collection of assessed articles and links about folklore in Australia and around the world
for teachers, students and anyone interested in this field.