Peter MacFie had an abiding interest in the music of Tasmania of all eras. In 2008 he was funded to begin a special collection for the State Library of Tasmania on Popular Music Culture (especially Rock Music as a place to start) for the era 1950-1985. He presented a summary of this work to the Australian Institute of Music Librarians, Conference, Hobart, 2008 and it is now available for download at Popular Music Culture in Southern Tasmania 1950-1985.