Australian Folklore: A Yearly Journal of Folklore Studies - An issue presented to William Fielding Fearn-Wannan (b. 1915) for his 80th year

Abstract

This issue of Australian Folklore follows the current editorial policy of endeavouring to publish the work of as wide as possible a range of scholars, collectors and experts in both particular and general aspects of the vast field of Australian folkloric studies, as well as both theoretical and field studies by scholars from around the world. Although less international than usual, this issue contains a record number of Australian contributors, which is particularly appropriate in a volume presented to Bill Wannan, Australia's greatest folklorist, in commemoration of his eightieth birthday. As the bibliography of Wannan monographs makes clear, his output has been phenomenal, continually savoured and deemed 'bench mark' for the comparative study of colonial culture in various other (English speaking) countries.