Jan Wositzky
My Story: A View in the Rear Vision Mirror

AWARDS:

Human Rights &Equal Oportunities Media Award
For 1994 May Day Magazine (TLC Darwin)
Editor & principal writer.
(Produced by Green Ant.)

Best Documentary & Best Aust. Production
1991 A.T.O.M. Awards for "Buwarrala Akarriya-Journey East." Scriptwriter, sound recordist.

RECORDINGS:
Albums - The Bushwackers Band
The Shearers Dream / ...and the Band Played Waltzing Matilda / Murrumbidgee / Bushfire
The Bushwackers Dance Album /Faces in the Street

1984-5 The Fruitcake of Australian Stories
A cabaret of storytelling and music from black and white Australia. Live recording.
Co-producer, storyteller, musician, arranger. (See shows & books)

1991 Elvis Would Be Proud
Musician in residence project with 24 year 4, 5, 6 children.
Wrote & produced 8 song cassette for Brunswick Records.

1995 Born Under The Paperbark Tree
Double cassette for ABC Enterprises. Stories, songs & music with Yidumduma Bill Harney.
Producer, sound recording, editor.

1998 Into A Secret Land
Solo CD of songs & stories, recorded live. Producer, writer, performer.

BOOKS:
1996 In The Footsteps Of Our Ancestors
Co-editor. (For Yanyuwa community at Borroloola.)
The book of the documentary, Buwarrala Akarriya - Journey East'. My role as writer was to assist people in the telling of their story, to pass on skills, and to be supervising editor for the work.

1996 Born Under The Paperbark Tree
Researcher, writer. (ABC Books & Mandarin - sales: 6,000)
An oral history life story of Yidumduma Bill Harney, Wardman (NT) elder, songman and storyteller.

1986 Tommy Woodcock
Interviewer, writer. (Pub: Greenhouse - sales: 25,000)
An oral history biography of Phar Lap's strapper & trainer.

1983 A Fruitcake Of Australian Stories
Co-editor. (Pub. Greenhouse - sales: 12,000)
Eclectic compilation of stories & poems. (See Stage & CD's)

1979 The Bushwackers Dance Book
Co-writer. (Pub. Greenhouse - sales: 15,000)
A dance instruction manual for traditional Celtic-Australian dances, with accompanying cassette.

1978 The Bushwackers Song Book (with Dobe Newton)
Co-editor, graphics researcher (Pub. Anne O'Donovan Pty Ltd - sales: 40,000) A song book popularising Australian bush music.

Links....
· Jan's Full Biography
· Full list of Jan's works: awards, recordings, books
· About The Storyteller's Guide to the World

Contact....
The Storyteller's Guide to the World
Jan 'YARN' Wositzky & Lee Fox
03 54706629
0417 332065
yarn@storytellersguide.com.au