This item is a cheap Penny Whistle made in Thailand Circa 1955. The item was one of the first wave of imports from the growing Asian steel producers. This was an era where cheaper Asia based steel companies did not compete against the stronger, and well established Australian ones. This Penny Whistle was "roughly" made and possibly purchased by the Victorian Education Department for use in school bands and music classes. Schools within the Kiewa Valley would have used them to integrate students the fundamentals of reading music and playing basic musical scores. Later conversion from steel to plastics would have been more conducive to multiple users in a classroom environment (more hygienic and rust proof.This item shows how the "cheaper" invasion of all types of manufactured goods from the Asian regions have altered the purchasing patterns of rural Australians(the more traditional consumer). The cost imbalance of purchasing from "The Mother Country (England)" or European supply versus the Asian manufacturers was due to not only the financial pressures post World War II but also in the elimination of Tariff restrictions placed on non favoured suppliers.This tin Penny Whistle is made from rolled tin(steel), cylindrical in shape, with a wooden Fipple plug at the mouth end and six note holes starting half way down the front side evenly spaced and ending 35mm from the bottom. This whistle is in the key of D"G steel & Co. D"music, wind instruments, whistle, celtic music

Green covered history of dances, The Dance Program, Musical Forms and Dance Examples and Celtic Music Forms. Dance Programs include the Eighteenth Century, the Nineteenth Century, the Twentieth Century, the 50/50 Dance, the Old Time Dance the New Vogue Dance, Decline of the Set Dance, the Contemporary Program and Old Time and New Vogue and musical time signatures. Collected by Peter N Ellis and dated 23 June 1992. On the front are sketches of two emus playing musical instruments and a koala and a wombat dancing. The name Bush Dance & Music Club of Bendigo Inc. is printed on a banner below the illustration.clubs, music, bush dance & music club of bendigo, peter ellis collection, bush dance & music club of bendigo, john williams, peter n ellis, michael treacy