Article: James Penberthy
- by Larry Sitsky — © John Fairfax Holdings
- Source: Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 9 April 1999 pg 29
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James Penberthy
Composer 1915 - 1999
His craggy features always reminded me of the archetypal
Australian bushman. He had a character to match the image:
direct, sometimes blunt, totally honest, with a healthy
disrespect for phoney niceties and the guts and readiness to take
on the Establishment if the cause was just. With his friends from
student days - Don Banks and Keith Humble - Jim Penberthy, who
has died at the age of 83, represented a crusading spirit that
far transcended self-interest and is too often - alas! - missing
from our present day ...