1948 / 10: 23 year old Ron wins Woman's Weekly scholarship "I would rather be back in a bomber on a raid as a wireless operator then playing for an audience" ref: Daily Telegraph 1.10. 48 p5
1948 / 10: Reconstruction training concert Ron plays "Capricornia" ref: Newcastle Morning Herald 27.10.48 p3
1950 / 5: Pianists Ambition brief bio plus photo ref: ABC Weekly 20.5.50 p17
1950 / 9: Young Australia profiles Ron Grainer Molly Maddock ref: ABC Weekly 23 9.50 p17
1950 / 9: Molly Maddock and Ron Grainer photo ref: ABC Weekly 23.9.50 p40
1951 / 4: RG hopes to go University of Southern California for further study achieves six compositions in six months plus photo ref: ABC Weekly 7.4.51 p16 .
1952 / 2: Ron the farmer brief text plus photo
1960 / 11: "Music In The Maigret Manner" / "introduced to music by an old Welsh miner in a village in Australia", piano smuggled in radar equipment case legend, "Looking For Garrow", antique instrument collection, "he thinks in terms of musical atmosphere" / Unknown newspaper 1.11.60
1962 / 6: "ABC- On The Trail Of Inspector Maigret" / details of pre success hard times, studio use of harpsichord, clavichord and virginal / Australian Woman's Weekly / 27.6.62 p42 / Trove
1963 / 1: "TV's Tunesmith" / includes detail of instruments used on various projects / Radio Times /31.1 63 p37
1963 / 5 :"Master of The Signature Tune"- / "A famous composer in the flesh is always an interesting subject on television and with the Tonight treatment this should be worth seeing" /Evening Times Glasgow / 25.5.63 p4
1964 / 5: "Churchill's March Will Go Ringing Around The World" / contains detail of Ron working in the recording studio / Evening Times Glasgow / 7.5.64
1964 / 8: "Move Over, Rodgers, here comes Grainer " / how "The Kings Breakfast" got Ron the Finest Hours" commission. University years, details of RAAF injury and recovery, details of early years in London / Australian Woman's Weekly / 5.8.64 p9 [a] / Trove
1964 / 8: "How TVs Mr Music Works"/ inspiration and the realities of soundtrack recording / Australian Woman's Weekly / 5.8.64 p9 [b] / Trove
1966 / 1: "Music From Paradise"/ photo of stepdaughter Rel, mention of eye problems, "every note of any of his pieces is written directly onto a score sheet by him. He chooses the musicans to play his compositions, rehearses and conducts them", detail on preparing "On The Level", discussion of Broadway musicals, building fences in the outback, the knocked about performer / New Idea / 29.1.66 p5, p49
1966 / 6: "The Music Man"/ mixed blessing of Dr Who theme popularity, first arrival in London, "We really should have 20 notes to the octave on the piano" comment / The Age Melbourne / 17.6.66 p2 G.N.A.S. - under heading "The Music In Fin ..." p2
1966 / 9: "Wet Welcome For Composer" / photo of Ron with his now elderly parents, need for monitoring of stage productions, getting ideas for themes, career good and bad times / Australian Womans Weekly / 29.6.66 p4 / Trove
1968 / 6: "Here's a man who used to be hit nightly by the lid of a piano" / "Grainer lives surrounded by a wife, young son and hundreds of musical instruments ... everything except a bullroarer"/ The Australian / 18.6.68 p18
1968 / 8:"Australians make a musical " / "He got his first break on commercial TV deputising for an absent pianist, later he became a musical director for ITV programs" / The Sydney Morning Herald / 23.8.68 p54 / Google News Archive Search
1969 / 3: "Ron Grainer Mr Music of the small screen" / details of instruments used in various projects / Radio Times 13.3.1969 p2
1969 / 11: "Haunting of a Haunting Melody Maker"/ Ron's interest in Theosophy, personal biographical information / The Advertiser 22.11.69 p20
1969 / 11: "Magical Musician"/ Ron biographical information / The Herald 29.11.69 P28
1973 / ?: "The Missing Music Man's Secret" c1973 / cash flow problems, reasons for relocating to Portugal / unknown newspaper
1975 / 12: "Making tunes we can't forget" / problems with an early piano teacher, 20 hour working day preparing "Nickleby And Me", description of Ron in the studio / The Australian 20.12.75 p20
1981 / 3: "Composer Lumped Coal" / intriguing heading no explanation for it in text as printed / Sunday Mail Brisbane 1.3.81 p11
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