Charlie Tumahai – among the debris (Billy Thorpe birthday party)

In the early 1970s David Porter was a contributing photographer for some of the most influential Australian Rock music and underground publications (Go-Set, Daily/Planet, Rolling Stone (Australian Edition), The Digger. Porter was based in Melbourne, his subject the zeitgeist of its Rock/Pop music, underground theatre, and Counterculture scenes, sometimes working as ‘David Porter’, sometimes ‘Jacques L’Affrique’, sometimes ‘Jack Africa’. In 1973 he left Melbourne, stopped working in commercial photography, and pursued a teaching career.

CHARLIE TUMAHAI (b. 1949 d. 1995)
New Zealand singer, guitarist, activist. Member Healing Force (1970-73) with Lindsay Wells (guitar), Laurie Pryor (drums), Mal Logan (keyboards). Released the single, ‘Golden Miles’ (1971). Played Sunbury ‘73. Toured UK with Mississippi 1974. Returned New Zealand 1980s, played with The Herbs.

Published: Thorpie Getting it On. Planet, 12 April 1972 (p.6)