In 1961, he founded the Tea and Damper Club which was devoted to the preservation of Australian folklore, music and poetry.
In 1968 Graham Jenkin, together with his wife Robyn Jenkin, Tony Strutton and Brenton Tregloan, formed The Overlanders, a group which performed Bush Songs and Bush Ballads.
In 1996, Graham Jenkin was awarded the title of National Non-Indigenous Person of the Year, by the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC), for services to Aboriginal history.
1978 SA Biennial Literature Prize 1979 Wilke Award for Australian non-fiction
His mother, Doreen K. Puckridge (q.v.), was also a writer.
In 1961, he founded the Tea and Damper Club which was devoted to the preservation of Australian folklore, music and poetry.
In 1968 Graham Jenkin, together with his wife Robyn Jenkin, Tony Strutton and Brenton Tregloan, formed The Overlanders, a group which performed Bush Songs and Bush Ballads.
In 1996, Graham Jenkin was awarded the title of National Non-Indigenous Person of the Year, by the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC), for services to Aboriginal history.
1978 SA Biennial Literature Prize 1979 Wilke Award for Australian non-fiction
His mother, Doreen K. Puckridge (q.v.), was also a writer.