Concrete Gang History - 20 November 1977

Sunday, 20 November 1977 - 9:30am
Scanned image of the outside of a cassette and the handwritten notes on the insert with some 1977 dates.

Concrete Gang - 20th November 1977 program

  • Discussion on Public Transport

  • Commentary on recent elections in QLD

  • SONG: ‘Lonely Rain’ cover by Jimmy Little

  • A report on elections in Western Australia, with Aboriginal community members denied their fair and democratic right to vote.

  • SONG: ‘Be A Lady in The Daytime’ by Emma Hannah

  • Finite fuel resources and electricity, reading the article ‘Waiting for The Hamer Revolution’ and Gang commentary on trams, energy, and transport for profit.

  • New tramline being planned up Plenty Road to Bundoora, Mario reckons coz of the big private housing development. Nothing for the low-income areas in the western suburbs.

  • Plumbers out at Collins Place site doing a great job, sticking it out til the end.

  • SONG: ‘Someplace Green’ by Denis Walter

Presenters: ‘Willie’, ‘Mario’, ‘Gabby’, and more.

 


 

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