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Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, Australasia

Music Archive for the Pacific

Museum or Collection Type:
Ethnology & Anthropology
Institutional Type:
Special Type: Sound Archive

Subject:
Anthropology, Ethnology, Musicology

Address:
Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480

Opening Hours:
9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday

Contact:
Michael Hannan, Associate Professor of Contemporary Music
mhannan@scu.edu.au
Phone: +61 66 203817
Fax: +61 66 223194

Additional information:
Location: Library, Lismore Campus, for sound recordings; Contemporary Music Building for news clippings

Links:
Music Archive for the Pacific
Southern Cross University

Description:
Collection of rare commercial cassettes of popular music of Papua New Guinea and indigenous popular music of other Pacific countries. The Archive also contains books, articles and press clippings related to these musical cultures. See aims of the Archive at: http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/ArchiveInfo.html

Further Reading:
See http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/tidelines.html