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INDEX: Rolf HARRIS INDEX: Rolf HARRIS headliners 48-51 (passim) 58,92; romances 23,41-3 (passim) 51,72,79-80,88; self-analysis Aborigines, life style 7,80-2,109-10 10-13,15,17,24,27-30 (passim),51-2, 76,120-3; Agnew, Garrick: commercial enterprise 34; head sickness 3,39-40,92-3; swimming 5-6,13- boy swim star, Mod School 18-23,30,31 15,18-23,30,31; talent for language, accents alcohol, uninteresting 25 34,38,43, 48-50,53-4,77,114; TV, music Allen, Hazel, Harris romance, Mod prefect 23- 2,7,8,17,32,36-9,49-50,56,62,65-72, 4,31 92,101,111-9; wins "Amateur Hour", 37,39, art: interest in, practice 27-30,36,41,47, 51- 73; "wobble-board" origin 70-1 2,57,64,67,70,84,86,88-92,119; toy making 7 Harris, Rona O "Pixie", aunt, author 2,17 Harris, "Teddy", brother? 25 Bassendean (district): home-building 4; river Hartley, Ray, composer, pianist, ex Perth to UK playground 5,6,12,13 46 Brain, Maggie, Arts and Crafts teacher 36 Hotchin, Claude initiates art prize 86 Bropho, Frank, Aboriginal singer 7-8 Houseman, Alex, German student, coached, Burton, Gwen: Arts lecturer 36; greets Harris on friend 53-4 UK arrival 45 housing: in London 47; one-room start, Butler, Harry, naturalist, TV presenter 80 Bassendean 4,14 Howard, Peter, urges retention song copyright Campbell, Jack, art teacher 28,86 75-6 clothing, Harris knock-abouts 8-9 Hunt, Ivor, at art classes 28 Condon, Coralie, TVW producer 80 Jones, Trevor, Professor of Music 80-1 death, effects 24,26-7 Depression (economic), effects 5,7 languages, accents, facility with 34,38,43,48- "Down-under Club", UK meeting place for 50,53-4,77,114 Aussies 50,74 Latham, Ross, pre-teen friend 11,24 education, primary to tertiary 5,6,8,17-23,31-2,36 McDonald's Diary, annual flooding 6-7 EMI Records, advice, support 75-6,81-2 Madrell, Stuart, con-man, London 45 Marshall, John, swim star 22 food, table routines 9-10 Meldrum, Max, artist, teacher 29 Ford, Teddy and Bella, friends, death 24,26 Mills, Frank E, art teacher, death 27 Mitchell, Sir James, Governor (WA), sitter 86 Gingold, Hermione, auditions Harris, advises 58- Modern School: attendance, sport, art 8,17-23 61 (passim); dancing classes 26; pass-out, Goudie, Hec, In-charge Australian Swim team 20- distinctions 30; prefect nomination 31 1 music: theatre, Harris wins "Amateur Hour" 36- 7,49; mother's interests 5; music-making Hagen family, UK Harris support, to Australia 64 2,7,8,17,20,32,33,42, 47,50-1; theatrical head- Harbin, Bob, UK friend 89 liners 48-50 Harris, Agnes Marjorie, nee Robbins, mother, actress 5,25 Oliver, Percy, swimming coach 20 Harris, Alwyn, sculpture prize winner, UK 89; O'Neil, Frank, swimmer 23 wife, nee Hughes, 62,72,79-80,88 Opera House, opening concert (with Aborigines) Harris, Bruce, brother 3 111-2 Harris, Carl, Uncle, to WA, War enlistment, death 2 Rhythm Spinners, Perth vocal group 77 Harris, Cromwell George "Crom", attitude to Robbins, Agnes Marjorie, mother, marries male art 17; father, origins, to Australia 1; Cromwell Harris 3 house-building 4; marries Agnes Marjorie (nee Robertson, "Blue", heads Education Dept 40 Robbins) 3; War (1914) enlistment, wounding 2 romance, casual to matrimony 23,41-3, 51,79- Harris, George Frederick, portrait painter, 80,88 grandfather 1,3,17 Royalty, coronation 53 Harris, Rolf, Aboriginal interests 7,80,109-11; alcoholic indifference 25-6; art, absorption in Sampson, "Sammy", headmaster, Modern School 27-30,36,41,47, 51-2,57,64,67,70,84,86,88- 31 92,119; education 5,6,8,17-23 (passim), 30-2 Serventy, "Vince", physics teacher, makes TV (passim) 36; honours, awards 119; marries Walkabout 30 Alwyn Hughes 72,79-80,88; meets theatrical Sharman, Allen, seeks alcoholic courage 26 sickness 3,39-40,92-3 Smallman, Don, schoolmate 13,34 South Africa, sources friends 43-5 Strauss, Ray, Mod swim champion 18 Swan River systems, boyhood playground 13-15; floods, pollution 6,39 swimming, dog-paddle solo, then classes 5,6; nudism, near drownings 12-13; sport - or a discipline? 17-23 (passim) 32,36-7; teaching 39 teaching, variable success 38-9,53-4 television: Australian City moralities 102-6; TVW contract 72,74,75,78,83-4; UK, overseas, engagements 48,66-70, 92,115-8; Walkabout series 30 Thurston, Art, music group manager 93 TVW , contract with 72,77,84 Veal, Bill Hayward, artist, father figure 29-30,84- 6,89 Whitelock, Trafford, BBC auditioner 48,54 youth, Harris interest, help 68-70,95,102, 112,115-20,122 \HARRIS.doc.
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