the Pipe and Tabor compendium

the Pipe and Tabor compendium

essays on the three-hole pipe

worldwide traditions

Australia

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1829 Tasmania, poem (part) 1829Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857) Friday 25 December 1829 - Page 3

1831 English Extracts1831The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838) Wednesday 1 June 1831 - Page 4

1822. Churchman Thomas, Glory, pipe maker and servant, to George Watkins, Sydney”

NEW SOUTH WALES. RETURN OF ALL CONVICTS ASSIGNED AND TRANSFERRED BETWEEN THE 1st AND 31st DAYS OF MAY, 1832, INCLUSIVELY.

Government Gazette Notices - New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) Wednesday 22 August 1832 - Page 246

[This could means a person who makes pipes for smoking]

1837 The pipe and tabor were played on the Sabbath:

“A Mrs Dedman, who resides
next door to Mrs. Q. in Pitt Street, upon
coming home from church, was startled at
hearing the sound of pipe and tabor, and
dancing in her neighbour's house. She
observed it was scandalous such a circum-
stance should occur upon the Sabbath ;
on hearing which, Mrs. Q. rushed up the
steps of Mrs. D.'s house, and struck her
two or three times;… 

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Thursday 16 February 1837 - Page 2

1838 1838The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848) Friday 9 March 1838 - Page 4

 

1843 Her Majesties Birthday: 1843The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 25 May 1843 - Page 2

1844 English News

“And, now my grave Lords and most excellent Gents,
(Who don't care a straw for your acres or rents!)
Go sound through the country the pipe and the tabor,
And hail the demand (still increasing) for labour:
Go tell the clodhoppers, so stupid and sappy,
The time has arrived when they must be quite happy …”

Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) Saturday 22 June 1844 - Page 5

1846 Miscellaneous Extracts:

 “But is there anything particular about the' beef
steak ?' said I. 'It's a bear, that's, all, said he, with
another look of triumph. ' Bear!' exclaimed I, invo-
luntarily pushing back the dish ; for the recollection of
certain wretched animals of that denomination, with a
chain through their noses, that. I had been accustomed
to see dragged through the mud of my native city, to
the music of a tabor and pipe, did not inspire me with
any great appetite for the worthy host's delicacy. …”

The Sentinel (Sydney, NSW : 1845 - 1848) Thursday 23 July 1846 - Page 4

1848 SyrianWeddings

"A pipe and tabor, with a long drum, kept up in-
cessantly a noisy music, discordant to me, but
very pleasing to the people of the country. In
the.middle of the ring, those who choose stood up,
one by one, and danced a slow dance. …
 The woman also had a pipe and tabor, and dancing
boys with castanets to amuse them. …”

The Britannia and Trades' Advocate (Hobart Town, Tas. : 1846 - 1851) Thursday 6 April 1848 - Page 4

1848 Ball

1848Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860) Saturday 9 December 1848 - Page 3

1849 The Floral Society

1849The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 3 May 1849 - Page 2

1849 'The times are changed': 1849The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tuesday 8 May 1849 - Page 2

1849 “The " Mary Ann."-
"Yesterday was the time
appointed for the launch of this beautifully built vessel … A dance then followed
on the beach, and the light fantastic toe answered merrily to the sylvan pipe and tabor. The fun now commenced ; no ill feeling, all happiness
seemed to have the sway. …”

Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857) Friday 18 May 1849 - Page 2

 

1849
“CHRISTMAS SPORTS.—At North and South
Brisbane and Kangaroo Point, yea even to the
extremities of the township, and beyond the boundaries
thereof, Christmas was seen and felt.  … In the evening there
was dancing, to the sound of the pipe and the
tabor.

The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1846 - 1861)
Saturday 29 December 1849 - Page 2

1850 Ball 1850Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas. : 1828 - 1857) Friday 25 January 1850 - Page 2

1853 Concert in Melbourne:

“ROWE'S AMERICAN CIRCUS,
Corner of Stephen and Lonsdale Streets
The sixth of a series of Grand PROMENADE CONCERTS
will take place at the above place of amusement on
Saturday evening, December 17th, 1853. …
First night of a new descriptive Polka, entitled
" The Morris Dancer," by Alfred Oakey. Dawn of
The Morning, The Lark, The Cuckoo, …
the Shepherd's pipe and tabor, The Morris Dance …”

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 17 December 1853 - Page 8

1854 “THE MANAGEMENT OF TOWNS' BILL.
THIS bill was brought in on Friday by the Attorney-General:
Amongst other clauses is one to punish the Crime of drunkenness. …”

“Silenus the Great, steadying himself upon a classical hegoa
and holding on by the horns, is a jolly god, and perfectly respectable
amongst the fawns, dancing grotesquely to the pipe and tabor; but Silenus the
Poor, hiccuping over his beer, or stamping on a deal floor to the jingle and tap
of a tambourine, is a drunken blackguard. …” 

Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer (Vic. : 1851 - 1856) Tuesday 21 November 1854 - Page 4

1861 poem
“ Evening in the Olden Time

… And beneath the shady trees,
Swaying in the gentle breeze,
Sat the old folks and the neighbours,
And the boys with pipes and tabors,
And the cobbler of the village,
All y' crowned with the pillage
Of some flowery woodland glade, …"

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Tuesday 29 January 1861 - Page 2

 

1861 poem ‘Asmodeus in Melbourne’1861Melbourne Punch (Vic. : 1855 - 1900) Thursday 19 December 1861 - Page 3
1862 ‘A May Carol’ 1862The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Wednesday 20 August 1862 - Page 7
1863 poem 'May Day' 1863Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899) Thursday 30 April 1863 - Page 3

1865 North Australian Annual Races1865Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908) Thursday 8 June 1865 - Page 3

1866 Criticism of current policies 1866The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tuesday 17 April 1866 - Page 4

1866 " Christianity and the New Discoveries at Pompeii," is copied from the London Morning Herald of 5th April : -

1866The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)Thursday 12 July 1866 - Page 3

1866 advertisement: 1866South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Wednesday 5 December 1866 - Page 1

1866 report on South Australian Institute soiree:
“Institute Soiree.— The usual quarterly soiree
of the South Australian Institute took place at the
Town Hall on Tuesday evening, December 18. …”1866

"The lecturer then referred to the songs contained in many of Shakspeare's plays, and exhibited some dolls which he made dance to the music of a tabor or pipe to the manifest delight of the audience. He then described the morris dance and its origin"

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Wednesday 19 December 1866 - Page 2

1867 Select Poetry - Musings 1867The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Tinonee, NSW : 1865 - 1873)
Saturday 23 November 1867 - Page 4

1870 “The Riddler: Charade, by H.Gardner.—1870South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Saturday 9 April 1870 - Page 7
1873 "The third subscription concert of the season 1872-3 will be given by the Philharmonic Society in the Mechanics' Institute tomorrow evening, when Macfarren's new and popular cantata " May Day" will be produced for the first time in Australia…”1873Geelong Advertiser (Vic. : 1859 - 1929) Monday 12 May 1873 - Page 3

1873 “Decrease of Pauperism
...now, we are earning more money, and we must
have more time in which to spend it. And so
we dance idly along to the sound of, pipe and
tabor
, unconscious that we are nearing the edge
of the precipice. — John Plummer.”

Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette (Qld. : 1868 - 1919) Wednesday 15 October 1873 - Page 4

1874 ‘The Forthcoming Regatta’
“extract from one of the Essays of the " Country Parson," (Rev. A. K. H. Boyd, D.D.j, titled " Work and Play." He says : —1874The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser  Friday 2 October 1874 - Page 2
1875 poem 'The Poet’s Pilgrimage'1875Dalby Herald and Western Queensland Advertiser (Qld. : 1866 - 1879) Friday 1 January 1875 - Page 2
 

 


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