In 1961, Graham Jenkin founded the Tea and Damper Club, a group dedicated to preserving and celebrating Australian folklore, traditional music and poetry. Through its activities, the club helped keep alive the stories, songs and verse that formed an important part of Australia’s cultural heritage. In 1968, Jenkin joined with his wife, Robyn Jenkin, Tony Strutton and Brenton Tregloan to form The Overlanders in Adelaide. Performing bush songs and traditional Australian ballads, the group developed a strong following through live concerts and radio appearances, entertaining audiences around the country for more than 30 years.
In 1973, Tregloan joined the Moonshine Jug and String Band, performing on banjo, kazoo, jug and tuba, as well as contributing backing vocals. When the group subsequently evolved into the hard rock band The Angels, he returned to The Overlanders. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, The Overlanders recorded a series of vinyl albums that have since become rare and highly sought after. Among the most notable was the double album 'Songs of the Great Australian Balladists', an extensive collection of traditional Australian bush ballads and poetry spread across four sides. Its repertoire included ''The Tea and Damper Song'', ''The Ballad of the Drover'', ''Out Where the Dead Men Lie'', ''Around the Boree Log'' and ''The Streets of Forbes''. Through recordings such as these, The Overlanders sought to preserve Australia's historic verse and traditional bush music, helping to introduce this cultural heritage to future generations. In 1996, Graham Jenkin was named National Non-Indigenous Person of the Year by the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) in recognition of his services to Aboriginal history.
Members
Robyn Jenkin (vocals), Brenton Tregloan (banjo, lute, mandolin, flute, guitar), Tony Strutton (bass), Graham Jenkin (guitar)
ALBUMS
'Songs of the Great Australian Balladists' 1978 EMS
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