John Joseph Jones (writer)

John Joseph Jones
John Joseph Jones
Born	3 February 1930; London, England, United Kingdom
Died	August 2000 (aged 70)
Education	University of Western Australia
Occupation	Poet; folk singer; musician; playwright; theatre director;

John Joseph Jones (3 February 1930– August 2000) was a British and Australian poet, folk singer, musician, playwright, and theatre director.

Biography

Born in London in 1930, Jones first arrived in Australia in 1948. Between 1950 and 1952, he worked briefly in England, Canada, and Fiji, but settled permanently in Australia in 1952.[1] He graduated from University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Anthropology and English (1959).

He lived in Parkerville and developed and sustained the Parkerville Amphitheatre during his lifetime.[2][3][4]

Music

Condamine Bells: Songs and Stories of the Australian Outback, poems by Jack Sorensen, Joseph Jones and Patsy Durack. Perth, W.A.: Carroll's, 1961
Australian New Folk and Art Songs: with full piano accompaniments and guitar chord symbols by John Joseph Jones. Kewdale, W.A.: John Joseph Jones, 1966
A Singer and his Songs of Early Australia, Sydney: Southern Music, 1970
Pipedream: original libretto with revisions and additions by the librettist, by John Joseph Jones; set to music by Kevin Fenner. Perth, W.A.: Hovea Music Press, 1995

Poetry

Love, with paintings by Astrid Dahl. Perth, W.A.: Artlook Books, 1983
A Day at Hiroshima, Parkerville and other poems, with drawings by Lawrence John Jones, Hovea, W.A.: Parkerville Amphitheatre, 1983
Three Poems of Celebration, with artwork by Daniel Argyle. Claremont, W.A.: Hovea Press, 1994
Summertime Poems, with artwork by Lawrence John Jones, Claremont, W.A.: Hovea Press, 1994
The love sonnets of John Joseph Jones: a guide to the archival resource manuscripts available with notes on their composition, publication and other aspects. Parkerville Amphitheatre, 1999

Theatre

The Undivided: a verse play in three acts. Foreword by E. J. Stormon. Perth: John Joseph Jones and Co. 1965

Notes

http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%2BLb
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (29 June 2015), Bush theatre gets new life on screen, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 2 April 2017
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/130362/20140120-0003/people.aapt.net.au/_wisemonkeys/WAFFnewsletter+31st+October+2013.pdf
"A little theatre struggles to survive". The Canberra Times. 47 (13, 379). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 March 1973. p. 2. Retrieved 2 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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[1] ttp://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%2BLb

[2] Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (29 June 2015), Bush theatre gets new life on screen, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 2 April 2017

[3] ttp://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/130362/20140120-0003/people.aapt.net.au/_wisemonkeys/WAFFnewsletter+31st+October+2013.pdf

[4] "A little theatre struggles to survive". The Canberra Times. 47 (13, 379). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 March 1973. p. 2. Retrieved 2 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.