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Papers of L. J. Blake, 1845-1990

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The papers of Les Blake reflect his long career as a writer, educationist and historian, and include well-organised research files, literary manuscripts, correspondence and personal papers. The main subject strengths are local history (Victorian localities, especially Geelong, Prahran and the Wimmera), history of education in Victoria, Australian literature, overlanding (including the original diaries of the Mollison Family, 1845-1870) and gold. Blake prepared biographical studies of many Victorians, the most notable being Peter Lalor, Percy Leason and John Shaw Neilson. All the research material for his unpublished biography of Steele Rudd, based on a manuscript by Winifred Hamilton, is in the collection, as well as correspondence with a great many Australian authors represented in Blake’s book Australian Writers (1968). Over the years Blake served on a number of Victorian commemorative committees (Captain Cook, Matthew Flinders, C.J. La Trobe, Norman Lindsay) and his papers include minutes and reports of those committees.

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Papers of Les Murray, 1930-2022

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MS 5332 comprises correspondence, drafts of most of his poems, newspaper cuttings, notes, drawings and printed material. Correspondents include: Ang Cheon Geok, Iain Bamforth, David Campbell, Gary Catalano, Hal Colebatch, Jennifer Compton, Bruce Dawe, Bob Ellis, Peter Goldsworthy, Alan Gould, Christopher Koch, Andrew Lansdown, Penelope Nelson, Robin Norling, Mark O'Connor, Geoff Page, Peter Porter, Philip Roberts, Myra Schneider, Douglas Stewart, Chris Wallace-Crabbe and Derek Whitelock.

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Papers of Lennard Bickel, 1909-1992

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This collection mainly comprises research material for, and drafts of, several books and journal and newspaper articles by Bickel. The papers also include correspondence, photographs, transcripts of interviews, reviews and published material.

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Papers of Margaret Walker, 1938-1991

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Professional and personal papers documenting Walker's involvement in a variety of Australian and international dance organisations from the late 1930s to the 1980s. These organisations include the Borovansky Ballet, Ballets Russes, the Colonel de Basil Ballet, the New Theatre Company (Melbourne), Unity Dance Group (Melbourne), Roseville Dance Centre (Sydney), the Australian Association of Dancers, Australian Association for Dance Education, Dance Concert, Margaret Walker Folk Dance Centre, Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre and Western Districts Arts for Youth (Sydney).

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Records of the Australian Ballet, 1961-2000

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The records are mainly administrative records, covering the period 1961-2000, but mostly the 1980s. Some photographs, memorabilia and personal correspondence are included but the records largely concern the business activities of the Australian Ballet.

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Records of the Australian Council of Churches, 1911-1993

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The records constitute a proportion of the total archive of this organisation and document general administrative activities. Included within the archive are administrative files, minutes and agenda papers of annual meetings, files relating to a number of commissions of the Council, correspondence, conference papers, press cuttings and publications, as well as the papers of D'Arcy Wood, past President, former Vice-President and Council member of the Australian Council of Churches.

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Papers of David Rowbotham, c.1918-2010

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Comprises correspondence with fellow writers including Viv Cunnington, Rosemary Dobson, Xavier Herbert, A.D. Hope, Guy Howarth, Douglas Stewart, John Thompson, Val Vallis and Judith Wright, and papers relating to most facets of Rowbotham's life and career. Included are drafts of most of his published and unpublished works, speeches, articles, lectures, notebooks, diaries and photographs. There is a large amount of printed matter relating to his career as a theatre critic.

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Papers of Dame Joan Hammond, 1928-1994, 1928-1994

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MS 8648 comprises diaries, correspondence, biographical notes, concert programs, scrapbooks, press cuttings, photographs, music scores, teaching material for the Victorian College of the Arts, speeches and other papers. The papers relate mainly to Dame Joan's career as an opera singer and teacher, but also cover such topics as Presbyterian Ladies' College, Pymble, the loss of Dame Joan's house in the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires, the Australian Opera, Victoria State Opera, golf, and Dame Joan's friendship with Lolita Marriott.

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Records of the Australian Society for Music Education, 1963-2007

Papers of Alan Gould, 1972-2010

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The papers include personal and business correspondence, poems, notebooks, travel journals, drafts and proofs of Alan Gould's published works of fiction, poetry and essays, applications for literary grants, talks, articles, reviews, cuttings and photographs. Comments on his draft works by friends and publishers, and reader's reports and comments on them, are also included.

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