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Manuscript Name | Papers of Frank and Mary Hardy |
Manuscript Number | MSS 261 |
Last Updated | October 2021 |
Extent | 84 boxes and folios |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Personal papers of Mary Hardy 1951-1981 and manuscript drafts of Frank Hardy from 1987-1993. |
Literary
This collection is the papers and manuscripts of Frank Hardy, also comprising the papers and diaries of his sister Mary Hardy. It contains manuscript drafts of his key work Power Without Glory, also of Mary Lives, which he wrote about his sister after her death in 1985.
Frank Hardy manuscripts 1987-1993
Mary Hardy’s papers 1950-1980
Francis Joseph Hardy, (21 March 1917 – 28 January 1994) publishing as Frank Hardy was an Australian left-wing novelist and writer best known for his controversial novel Power Without Glory. He previously wrote under the pseudonym Ross Franklyn. Later, he was a political activist bringing the plight of Aboriginal Australians to international attention with the publication of his book, The Unlucky Australians, in 1968. He ran unsuccessfully for the Australian parliament twice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hardy
Mary Veronica Hardy (14 October 1931 – 7 January 1985) was an Australian television and radio presenter, actor and comedian. She was best known for her caustic wit, indifference to authority and tireless ability to ad lib. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hardy_(comedian)
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
Papers of Frank Hardy, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
The collection was acquired in consignments between 1992 and 1996 firstly from Frank Hardy and after his death in 1994 from his executor.
The National Library of Australia holds approximately 250 boxes of material purchased from Frank Hardy in seven instalments from 1975-1988 which cover his manuscripts from the period 1931-1988.
Folder
1 Faces in the Street - early draft (typed), part 1
2 Faces in the Street - early drafts (typed), part 2
3 Faces in the Street - early drafts (typed), part 3
4 -Faces in the Street - reviews, including James Waite New Theatre Review.
-Faces in the Street - publicity etc., Jan.-Feb. 1988
-Faces in the Street - poems and notes
5 -Faces in the Street - miscellaneous material - songs by Henry Lawson,
background notes
-Who was Harry Larsen? - files, drafts of script
6 -Faces in the Street material - songs by Henry Lawson, background notes.
-Who was Harry Larsen? - files, drafts of script.
Folder
7 Faces in the Street material - drafts of script, typed versions.
8 Who was Harry Larsen? and Faces in the Street - scripts, New England
Theatre Co. 1985.
9 Faces in the Street material - draft of and notes for Act two, Nov. 1987,
Mar. 1988.
10 Faces in the Street material - Act two final revision before rehearsal, Nov.
1987.
11 Faces in the Street material - producers report and notes for film project.
-Newspaper clippings - Henry Lawson’s funeral, 1922.
12 Faces in the Street material - drafts of script (typed).
13 3AK radio programme - correspondence.
14 3AK material - on air notes etc. used by Frank Hardy Aug. 1989.
Folder
15 3AK material - on air notes etc. used by Frank Hardy, Aug. 1989.
16 3AK material - on air notes etc. used by Frank Hardy, Aug. 1989.
17 3AK material - on air notes etc. used by Frank Hardy, Aug. 1989.
18 3AK material:
-Out of date invitations and stories.
-Programme ideas.
-Programme notes and scripts for use on aireach night.
19 3AK material:
-Newspaper clippings.
-Themes and thoughts of Frank Hardy and articles of daily importance
Business matters, people to phone etc.
-On air notes, 9 Jul. 1989.
20 3AK miscellaneous material
21 3AK miscellaneous material
22 3AK material - on air notes, newspaper clippings, promotional material of events etc., programme schedules.
Folder
23 3AK material - on air notes, promotional material of events, programme
schedules, etc.
24 3AK material - newspaper clippings.
25 3AK material - on air notes, newspaper clippings.
26 3AK material - on air notes, correspondence, programme schedules, newspaper
clippings.
27 3AK material - on air notes, correspondence, material promoting public events.
28 3AK material - on air notes, material promoting events - press releases, adds
etc., correspondence.
29 3AK material - on air notes, press releases, magazine articles,
correspondence.
30 -3AK material - on air notes, correspondence, newspaper articles,
correspondence.
-Promotional material - Mort Sahl, guest of honour at the 1989 Age Melbourne
Comedy Festival.
Folder
31 3AK material - newspaper clippings, press releases, arts promotional material,
programme schedules, correspondence, on air notes.
32 3AK material - press releases, correspondence, on air notes, programme
schedules.
33 3AK material - newspaper clippings, short stories drafts, poetry drafts,
correspondence.
34 3AK material - on air notes, programming schedules, articles.
35 3AK material - press releases, on air notes.
36 3AK material - press releases, on air notes.
37 Newspaper clippings for 3AK - current from 24 Jul.-19 Sep. 1989
(photocopies).
38 Original newspaper clippings of photocopies from previous wallet.
Folder
39 Newspaper clippings for 3AK - current from 24 Jul.-19 Sep. 1989.
40 -Miscellaneous newspaper clippings.
-Butts from book of order forms.
41 -Consumer Credit and Tax Reform research material gathered when writing
The Obsession of Oscar Oswald and Warrant of Distress.
-Correspondence with the Institute of mercantile Agents Ltd.
-Copy of Ten Per Cent News - Western Regional Housing Council,
Mar. 1989, no. 1.
-Copy of Housing Rebuilt - an Analysis of the Housing Crisis in the Western
Suburbs, Western Regional Housing Council, 1988.
-Copy of the NSW Consumer Credit Act, 1981, no. 124.
42 Consumer Credit and Tax Reform - research material gathered when writing
The Obsession of Oswald and Warrant of Distress.
-Copy of Credit Handbook : Your Rights Under the New Credit Laws in
Victoria and New South Wales, by Paul Bingham.
-Understanding Tax Reform : an Introduction, by the Australian, NSW and SA
Councils of Social Service.
43 Consumer credit and tax reform - copy of NSW Consumer Credit Legislation,
by Jane R. Levine.
44 Consumer credit tax reform - copies of - Credit (Administration) Act, Credit
(Finance Brokers) Act, and Credit (Home Finance Contracts) Act.
45 -Promotional and background material and notes for Shelley, Hardy and
Lawson performance.
-Newsletter of the Victorian Coalition against Poverty and unemployment,
Sep. 1988.
-Copy of Waltons Survival Kit.
Folder
45 ‘Benson’s Valley’TV script of Frank Hardy’s book Legends from Benson’s
Valley.
47 -’Benson’s Valley’TV script of Frank Hardy’s book Legends from
Benson’s Valley.
-Photocopied draft of - Release From Sorrow; or, Lupgna Giari - Portrait of
an Outstanding Gurindji Leader.
-Whyburn parking fines (advice regarding cancellation of car registration.
48 Sunday Herald and Sunday Herald-Sun - newspaper clippings of columns
by Frank Hardy, plus a few columns relating to Frank Hardy.
49 Sunday Herald - drafts for column - football, Gulf War, Mary Hardy,
Manning Clark, Soviet coup, Yevtushenko.
50 Sunday Herald - drafts of column.
51 Sunday Herald - drafts of column.
52 Sunday Herald - correspondence to Frank Hardy regarding suicide article,
Mar. 11, 1990, re Mary Hardy and depression.
53 Sunday Herald - correspondence regarding suicide article, Mar. 11, 1990, re Mary Hardy and depression.
Folder
54 Newspaper clippings and notes, Sunday Herald-Sun columns.
55 Newspaper clippings and notes, Sunday Herald-Sun columns.
56 Newspaper clippings - originals from wallets 54 and 55.
57 Angry Penguins article and associated material including threatened libel suit.
58 Angry Penguins article and associated material including threatened libel suit.
59 Sunday Herald early drafts - discarded sheets Herald column.
60 Sunday Herald early drafts - discarded sheets Herald column.
61 Sunday Herald column - early drafts, discarded sheets.
Box 9
Folder
62 Sunday Herald column - early drafts, discarded sheets.
63 Sunday Herald columns - early drafts, discarded sheets.
64 Sunday Herald column - early drafts, discarded sheets.
65 Sunday Herald column - early drafts, discarded sheets.
66 Sunday Herald column - early drafts, discarded sheets.
67 Advertising Art Directors speech, Feb. 1990 - draft of speech,
correspondence.
68 Australasian Post column - drafts, Aug. 1989-Sep. 1991.
69 Australasian Post column - drafts, Aug. 1989-Sep. 1991.
Box 10
Folder
70 Australasian Post column - drafts, Aug. 1989-Sep. 1991.
71 Australasian Post column - drafts, Aug. 1989-Sep. 1991.
72 Australasian Post column - drafts, Aug. 1989-Sep. 1991.
73 Australasian Post column - drafts, Aug. 1989-Sep. 1991.
74 Original copies of Frank Hardy’s columns from Australasian Post, 1988-1991.
These originals have been photocopied and housed in Box 30, wallet 241.
75 Australasian Post column - drafts.
76 -Australasian Post column - drafts.
-Parking fines article and related correspondence.
-Victorian Council of Social Services material.
77 Australasian Post column - drafts, discarded sheets.
Box 11
Folder
78 Australasian Post column - drafts, discarded sheets.
79 Australasian Post column - drafts, discarded sheets.
80 Australasian Post column - drafts, discarded sheets.
81 Australasian Post column - drafts, discarded sheets.
82 Australasian Post column - drafts, discarded sheets.
83 Australasian Post column - drafts, discarded sheets.
84 Australasian Post column - drafts, discarded sheets.
85 Australasian Post column - drafts, discarded sheets.
Box 12
Folder
86 Australasian Post column - current newspaper clippings and notes for
research material.
87 -Current newspaper clippings (photocopies) and notes - research material
for Frank Hardy’s Australasian Post column.
-Copy of published works -
-It’s Easy Being Green, by Rob Gell and Rosslyn Beeby, McCulloch
Pub., 1989
-John Blackman’s Australian Slang Dictionary, by John Blackman,
Macmillan, 1990.
87 Current newspaper clippings (originals) - research material for Frank
Hardy’s Australasian Post column.
89 Newspaper clippings 1991-1992 - research material for Frank
Hardy’s Australasian Post column.
90 Newspaper clippings (photocopies) 1991-1992 - research material
for Frank Hardy’s Australasian Post column.
91 Newspaper clippings (photocopies) and notes - material relating to
Frank Hardy’s Australasian Post column.
92 Newspaper clippings - originals of copies in wallet 91.
93 Used newspaper clippings (photocopies) and notes - research material for
Frank Hardy’s Australasian Post column.
Box 13
Folder
94 Used newspaper clippings (photocopies) and notes - research material for
Frank Hardy’s Australasian Post column.
95 Used newspaper clippings (photocopies) and notes - research material for
Frank Hardy’s Australasian Post column.
96 Used newspaper clippings (originals) - research material for Frank
Hardy’s Australasian Post column.
97 Australian Post ‘Battlers in Crisis’ competition - entries still under
consideration, May 17, 1991.
98 Australasian Post ‘Battlers in Crisis’ competition - used entries.
99 Australasian Post ‘Battlers in Crisis’ competition - entries.
100 -Australasian Post ‘Battlers in Crisis’competition - entries.
-Copy of published work - Saving the Future, by Alan Gourley, First & Last
Christian Publishing, 1991.
101 Australasian Post ‘Battlers in Crisis’ competition - late entries.
Box 14
Folder
102 -Australasian Post ‘Great Aussie Pub’ competition - entries.
-’Great Aussie Battler’competition - entries not used.
103 Australasian Post ‘Great Aussie Battler’competition - entries not used.
104 Australasian Post ‘Great Aussie Battler’ competition - used entries..
105 -Correspondence with Manning Clark regarding Salt - Army Education
Journal feature 1946.
-Correspondence with Clem and Catherine Semmler.
106 -Copy of an article by Terry Carroll concerning the Australian Law
Reform Commission’s brief to look into criminal libel.
-Correspondence, 1986-1990.
107 Correspondence, 1986-1988.
108 Correspondence, 1986-1988.
109 Correspondence, 1986-1988, including letters from fans.
110 -Correspondence, 1988.
Copy of published work - Something Familiar : Short Stories, by the
Writers Gallery, Fellowship of Australian Writers, 1987.
Box 15
Folder
111 Correspondence, 1988.
112 Correspondence, 1988
113 Correspondence, 1988
114 Correspondence, 1989
115 Correspondence, 1989
116 Correspondence, 1989
117 -Correspondence, 1989.
-Copy of published work - Crowful, by Kerry Loughrey, Poetry/Artwork,
Melbourne, 1989.
118 Correspondence, 1989.
Box 16
Folder
119 Correspondence, 1990
120 -Correspondence, 1990.
-Copy of published work Goanna Down the Shaft,by Tibby Jaynes,
Avicennia Enterprises, Qld., 1989 (annotated, signed by the author,
addressed to Frank Hardy)
121 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns
122 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns
123 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns
124 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns, useable letters.
125 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns, unsorted surplus material.
126 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns, columns and cuttings.
Box 17
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127 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns, columns and cuttings.
128 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns, columns and cuttings.
129 -Australasian Post correspondence - useable Post yarns as of Mar. 1989.
-Yarns.
130 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns.
131 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns.
132 Australasian Post correspondence - yarns.
133 -‘The Silent Assassin’ - drafts of the novel by Frank Hardy.
-‘Mary : What Went Wrong?’ - notes.
134 ‘The Silent Assassin’ - research material regarding Mary Hardy and
causes of suicide.
Box 18
Folder
135 ‘The Silent Assassin’ - research material including notes and newspaper
clippings (photocopies).
136 ‘The Silent Assassin’ - research material including notes and newspaper
clippings (photocopies).
137 Chinese or Japanese picture of flowers and bees (could be a watercolour).
138 Articles and newspaper clippings on depression.
139 Articles and newspaper clippings on depression.
140 Original newspaper clippings of photocopies in wallets 136-139.
141 Youth suicide, reactions to death.
142 ‘The Silent Assassin’ - research material - notes, documents, government
statistics, newspaper clippings.
143 ‘The Silent Assassin’ - research material - notes, documents, government
statistics, newspaper clippings.
144 ‘The Silent Assassin’ - research material - mental illness, notes and
documents.
Box 19
Folder
145 -‘The silent Assassin’ - research material
-Copy of published work - The Third MD Papers - a Collection of Articles,
Poetry and Experiences About Mania and Depression, Sydney Manic
Depressive Self Help Group,1986, 3rd ed., Sydney, 1986.
146 -Documents regarding the relationship between nutrition and mental
illness.
-Documents, newspaper clippings, and notes regarding suicide.
147 Documents, articles and newspaper clippings (photocopies) regarding
suicide.
148 Documents, articles, notes and newspaper clippings regarding suicide.
149 Original newspaper clippings of photocopies in wallets 147-148.
150 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’,
‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking For Sex’, includes unpublished
draft
151 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’ - ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’ - drafts of finished stories
152 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Women in the Eighties’ – drafts of short story.
153 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, Blessed Art Thou Amongst Women, and ‘Angel of the Morning’ –
manuscripts of stories and notes.
Box 20
Folder
154 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’ - short story and biographical manuscripts
155 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’ - short story and biographical manuscripts.
156 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, short story and biographical manuscripts.
157 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’ - research material used in creating manuscript to date for ‘Rhapsody
in White’, newspaper clippings, 1982-1983 (photocopies).
158 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’ - research material used in creating manuscript to date, notes and
newspaper clippings (photocopies) 1982-1983, relating to ‘Rhapsody in White’.
159 Original newspaper clippings of photocopies in wallets 157-158.
160 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’ - draft of manuscript with corrections, 9 Aug. 1990.
161 -‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always
Looking For Sex’ - draft of manuscript with corrections, 9 Aug. 1990.
-‘Woman of the Seventies’ - draft of short story
162 -’Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’ - newspaper clippings and notes.
-‘Fat Girl’, 1986-1987 - notes.
Box 21
Folder
163 -’Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘A Woman of the Seventies’;
-Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair - newspaper clippings and notes.
164 Original newspaper clippings of photocopies in wallets 162-163.
165 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’ - research material for manuscript, notes and newspaper clippings
(photocopies).
166 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’ - research material for manuscript, notes and newspaper clippings
(photocopies).
167 Original articles and newspaper clippings from wallets 165-166.
168 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Monique’, and ‘Woman of the Eighties’ - notes, newspaper clippings
and correspondence.
169 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Woman of the Eighties’ - notes, newspaper clippings.
170 -‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Veracious Vera’ - draft and notes
-Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair - draft.
171 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Marcia’ - typed transcripts of tapes, taped 1986.
172 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Marcia’ - typed transcripts of tapes, taped 1986.
173 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Susan’ - notes and newspaper clippings.
174 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Women of the Eighties’ - newspaper clippings (photocopies).
175 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Women of the Eighties’ - newspaper clippings (photocopies).
176 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Women of the Eighties’ - newspaper clippings.
177 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, ‘Women of the Eighties’ - newspaper clippings.
178 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, Blessed Art Thou Amongst Women – drafts.
179 ‘Women’s Book : Short Stories’: ‘The Woman Who Was Always Looking
For Sex’, Blessed Art Thou Amongst Women – drafts.
Box 23
Folder
180 Copy of published works:
-Australian Playboy, Feb., 1989, includes short story Blessed Art Thou
Amongst Women, by Frank Hardy.
-Australian Short Stories, no. 23, includes short story Jeannie With the Light
Brown Hair by Frank Hardy.
181 Great Australian Legends - 1st draft.
182 Great Australian Legends - 2nd draft, copies of completed yarns before
last revision and contents, preface etc.
183 Great Australian Legends - 2nd draft, manuscripts prior to editing on
computer.
184 Great Australian Legends - 2nd draft, manuscripts prior to editing on
computer.
185 Great Australian Legends, illustrations by Moir, promotional program,
part of typescript and galleys (see also Box 30, wallet 241).
186 -‘Truthful at Barcaldine’ by Frank Hardy, plus related material. Published
in Australian Short Stories, no. 34 - draft and galleys
-Copy of published work - Australian Short Stories,ApolloBay, Vic. - Pascoe
Publishing, no. 34, 1991. Special ed. ALP centenary, 1891-1991.
187 Notes, promotional material, newspaper clippings relating to Yarn spinning
world championship, Darwin, Aug. 1991, plus earlier material.
Box 24
Folder
188 Notes, promotional material, newspaper clippings relating to Yarn spinning
world championship, Darwin, Aug. 1991.
189 Copy of published works -
-Frank Hardy Swag, ed. with an introduction by Clem Semmler, Sydney -
Harper & Row, [1982].
-Bibliography of works held at Sunshine Library in Apr./May 1984.
-Theatre programs - Savoy Centenary, 1889-1989, an evening with Dave
Allen - touring Australia, Sep.-Nov. 1985.
190 Transcript of evidence in libel suit between Hardy and Max Harris in the
High Court Appeal.
191 -Correspondence regarding lawsuit injunctions against the Film Garbos
based on Frank Hardy’s book the Outcasts of Foolgarah.
-Film treatment of the novel But the Dead are Many by Frank Hardy.
192 BTEC - brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication campaign, enquiry report
9 Jul. 1984, collected by Frank Hardy while in Darwin in Aug. 1991.
193 Mulholland Report - including censored pages at end of file, collected by
Frank Hardy while in Darwin, Aug. 1991.
194 -Information on Frank Hardy’s visit for Yarn spinning competition
Aug. 1991.
-Post column about Berry Springs.
-Information about the 1992 Northern Territory War Service Commemorative
Campaign.
195 -Samuel Hoffmeister established as the Jolly Swagman.
-Waltzing Matilda - press clippings and details about the origins of the song.
196 Waltzing Matilda - press cuttings and details about the origins of the song.
Box 25
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197 Waltzing Matilda - press cuttings and details about the origins of the song.
198 General information about QANTAS, Winton and Pyalong.
199 -Shearer’s strike 1891 - photocopy of article ‘Strike Interpretation Centre,
proposed development of a permanent historical exhibition for the Barcaldine
Shire Council’
-Copy of the ‘Barcaldine Shire Council feasibility study for the Shearer’s Strike
Interpretation Centre Barcaldine, final report, Dec. 1988’.
200 Shearer’s Strike 1891 - articles, clippings, notes, etc. Newspaper clippings
regarding Shearer’s Strike (see also Box 31, wallet 242).
201 -Old newspaper articles (photocopies) - Burning of the Rodney, 1894.
-Notes, clippings regarding Johannes Most.
-Notes, clippings regarding the bank crashes of 1891-1894. (see also Box, 31,
wallet 242).
202 Notes and newspaper clippings (photocopies) regarding Black Monday
bank crashes of 1897.
203 The Jolly Swagman by Frank Hardy - drafts of the story outline and historical
background for a two part TV mini series.
204 The Jolly Swagman by Frank Hardy - drafts of the story outline and historical
background for a two part TV mini series.
205 -The Jolly Swagman, by Frank Hardy - draft treatment structure for a TV
mini series.
-The Jolly Swagman a mini series concept for television ‘ by Frank Hardy –
draft.
Box 26
Folder
206 The Jolly Swagman by Frank Hardy - early versions.
207 -The Jolly Swagman by Frank Hardy - novel drafts and notes.
-Hoffmeister - research and background.
208 Queensland Press and library list.
209 Samuel August Hoffmeister - -Christening record, 20 Aug. 1862.
-Death certificate, 2 Sep. 1894.
-Inquest document, 27 Sep. 1894.
210 -Hoffmeister material - press clippings regarding 1894 strikes and insurrections
-Hoffmeister - secret telegrams, 1894 martial law period (only copies in
existence).
211 Retreat Australia Fair - drafts and manuscripts of book published in 1990.
212 Retreat Australia Fair - drafts and manuscripts.
213 Retreat Australia Fair - drafts and manuscripts.
214 Retreat Australia Fair - drafts and manuscripts.
Box 27
Folder
215 Retreat Australia Fair - drafts and manuscripts.
216 Retreat Australia Fair - drafts and manuscripts.
217 Retreat Australia Fair - correspondence, promotional material, interview
schedules, etc.
218 Notes regarding Brecht and Germany.
219 Notes regarding Brecht and Germany.
220 -‘The eviction of Ernie Lyle’ - draft
-Aboriginal Affairs (information from Gerry Hand’s office when he was
Minister for Aboriginal affairs)
-Copy of published work -
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs Annual Report, 1988-1989.
-Information regarding ATSIC - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Commission, and Aboriginal affairs in general..
221 -Aboriginal Affairs (information from Gerry Hand’s office when he was
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
-Copy of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act, 1989.
-Aboriginal Australia educational material.
222 Copy of published work Aboriginal Law Bulletin, Vol. 2, no. 30, Feb.
1988 and Vol. 2, no. 32, Jun. 1988.
Copy of thesis (original) ‘The Relationship Between History and Sociology :
Class, Welfare, and Capitalism and the Role Aborigines Have Played in the
State-building Processes in Northern Territory History’, by Gordon Briscoe
(B.A. Hons.), Dept. of History, ANU, November 1987.
Box 28
Folder
223 Copy of thesis ‘A History of Aboriginal Communities in NSW, 1909-1939’,
by Heather Goodall (B.A. Hons.), Dept. of History, Univ. of Sydney, 1982.
224 Personal press clippings, 1987-1991, including reviews of But the Dead
are Many.
225 Original newspaper clippings from wallet 224.
226 Original newspaper clippings from wallet 224.
227 -‘Ratbags’ - correspondence from Ken Saligari.
-Copy of - The New Concise Bible.
228 -The bloody law : legal matters.
-Bicentennial George Seelaf article.
229 ‘Songs and Verse’ by Frank Hardy.
230 ‘Songs and Verse’ by Frank Hardy.
Box 29
Folder
231 People Magazine - columns by Frank Hardy (photocopies).
232 People Magazine - original cuttings from copies in wallet 231.
233 People Magazine - sundry notes and columns - includes yarns and extensive
notes.
234 People Magazine - sundry notes and columns - includes yarns and extensive
notes.
235 People Magazine - press clippings - background information.
236 People Magazine - letters and yarns, 1987-1988.
237 People Magazine - letters and yarns, 1987-1988.
238 People Magazine - letters and yarns, 1987-1988.
239 People Magazine - letters and yarns, 1987-1988.
240 People Magazine - letters and yarns.
Box 30
Folder
241 -Calender diary, 1986.
-Photocopies of Frank Hardy’s columns from Australasian Post, 1988-1991
(originals housed in Box 10, wallet 74).
-Great Australian Legends - galleys.
-Theatre programs - Savoy Centenary, 1889-1989. An Evening With Dave
Allen, Touring Australia, Sep.-Nov. 1985.
Box 31
Folder
242 Photocopies of early newspaper articles regarding the Shearers’ strike.
-Photocopied newspaper clippings regarding the bank crashes of 1891-1894.
-Hoffmeister research documents and press clippings (photocopies).
-The Union Buries Its Dead poster regarding the death of William John
McLean.
243 -Press cuttings regarding 1894 strikes and insurrections.
-Hansard debates.
-Retreat Australia Fair - galley proofs.
Box 32
Folder
244 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
245 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
246 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
247 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
248 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
249 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
250 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
Box 33
251 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
252 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
253 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
254 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
255 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
256 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
257 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
Box 34
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258 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
259 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
260 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
261 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
262 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
263 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
264 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
265 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
Box 35
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266 Power Without Glory - manuscript, 1/4.
267 Power Without Glory - manuscript, 2/4.
268 Power Without Glory - manuscript, 3/4.
269 Power Without Glory - manuscript, 4/4.
270 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
271 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
272 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
273 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
Box 36
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274 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
275 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
276 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
277 Power Without Glory - manuscript.
278 Power Without Glory - proof copies.
279 Power Without Glory - proof copies.
280 Power Without Glory - proof copies.
281 Power Without Glory - proof copies.
Box 37
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282 Power Without Glory - proof copies.
283 Power Without Glory - proof copies.
284 Card index of John Wren’s life and connections.
285 Card index of John Wren’s life and connections.
286 Card index of John Wren’s life and connections.
287 Card index of John Wren’s life and connections.
Box 38
Folder
288 Card index of political events in Australia, socialism, etc.
Box 39
Folder
289 Power Without Glory - early version of parts of manuscript.
Box 40
Folder
290 Power Without Glory, John Wren, etc, - background notes and
correspondence
291 Power Without Glory - indexed background notes.
292 Power Without Glory - indexed background notes.
293 Power Without Glory - indexed background notes.
294 Power Without Glory - indexed background notes.
295 Power Without Glory - indexed background notes.
296 Note books.
Box 41
Folder
297 Note books.
298 Note books.
299 Power Without Glory - newspaper clippings regarding the libel case
against Frank Hardy after publication.
300 Newspaper clippings mostly 1947, some late 1940’s and early 1950’s.
301 Newspaper clippings (photocopies of originals in wallet 300.)
302 Newspaper clippings (photocopies of originals in wallet 300).
303 Note book with newspaper clippings.
Box 42
Folder
304 Newspaper clippings - photocopies of originals in wallet 303.
305 Note book with newspaper clippings.
306 Newspaper clippings (photocopies of originals in wallet 305).
307 -Queensland Royal Commission Mungana, Chillagoe mines, 1930.
-News clippings from the Weekly Mirror, Queensland, on John Wren.
-Duplicated typescript on allegations of corruption by the Council of the
City of Williamstown, Victoria, 1930.
308 Copy of pamphlets:
-The Conscription Referendum of 1916, by Maurice Blackburn
-Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Victoria, no. 15, 1948.
-Catholic Action at Work.
-Jungle Justice : Victorian Police Scandals Exposed, by Neil Gibson.
-Catechism, Issued With Episcopal Authority for General Use in Australia.
-The Clerk - Report to Members on Conspiracy in the Clerks’ Union, special
ed., Vol. 5, no. 3, Feb. 1948.
309 Power Without Glory - background material for part one.
310 Power Without Glory - background material for part one.
Box 43
Folder
311 Power Without Glory - background material for part one.
312 Power Without Glory - background material for parts two and three.
313 Power Without Glory - background material for parts two and three.
314 Power Without Glory - background material for parts two and three.
315 Power Without Glory - business papers regarding the printing.
316 Power Without Glory - business papers regarding the printing.
317 Authors notes, etc.
Box 44 (44-54 on folio shelves)
Folder
318 Mary Hardy scrapbook 1, 1951-1954:
-Early career, goodgrits, musicals, Philip street and Royal Command
Performance, miscellaneous correspondence, theatre programmes,
newsclippings plus photocopies, photographs - personal, group, theatre
(b&w, all pasted in), theatre reviews plus photocopies, telegrams plus
photocopies.
Box 45
Folder
319 Mary Hardy scrapbook 2, 1959-1961:
Arlen Theatre - Moby Dick, Union Theatre Repertory, Phillip Street Theatre,
opening RussellTheatre, 1960 Erik Awards, newsclippings plus photocopies,
miscellaneous correspondence, theatre programmes, photographs - personal,
group and theatre (b&w), theatre reviews plus photocopies, telegrams plus
photocopies.
Box 46
Folder
320 Mary Hardy scrapbook 4, Feb.-Apr. 1964:
Photographs - personal, group, character (b&w), In Melbourne Tonight Show –
production notes and rehearsal order, newsclippings plus photocopies,
correspondence - miscellaneous.
321 Mary Hardy scrapbook 5, May-Oct. 1964:
In Melbourne Tonight Show - production notes and rehearsal order,
photographs - character (b&w), newsclippings plus photocopies.
322 Mary Hardy scrapbook 6, Jul.-Oct. 1965:
In Melbourne Tonight Show - production notes, newsclippings plus
photocopies, radio copy advertising, miscellaneous correspondence,
newsclippings plus photocopies for Noel Ferrier and Mary Hardy’s radio
programme on 3UZ.
Box 47
Folder
323 Mary Hardy scrapbook 7, Mar.-Jul. 1965:
In Melbourne Tonight Show - production notes, newsclippings plus
photocopies, miscellaneous correspondence, photographs - group –
individual and character (b&w).
324 Mary Hardy scrapbook 8, 1964-1964:
In Melbourne Tonight Show - production notes, newsclippings plus
photocopies, photographs - individual, group, character (b&w), Alice in
Wonderland pantomime, Tivoli Theatre - newspaper clippings and theatre
programmes.
325 Mary Hardy scrapbook 9, Oct.-Dec. 1965:
In Melbourne Tonight Show - production notes, newsclippings plus
photocopies, photographs - personal, character, group (b&w), The Dale
Dining Room Dinner Dance - souvenir menu, miscellaneous correspondence.
Box 48
Folder
326 Mary Hardy scrapbook 10, Jan.-Apr. 1966:
In Melbourne Tonight Show - production notes, newsclippings plus
photocopies, photographs, b&w, Logie Award - Best Female Personality
in Victoria, miscellaneous correspondence.
327 Mary Hardy scrapbook 11, Apr.-Jun. 1966:
In Melbourne Tonight Show - production notes, newsclippings plus
photocopies, photographs - personal, group (b&w).
328 Mary Hardy scrapbook 12, Jun. 1966 - Jan. 1977:
In Melbourne Tonight Show - production notes, newsclippings plus
photocopies, photographs - personal, group, character (b&w), Crayon
drawing - ‘A gift from Chadstone’, by Richard Comport, 1966, Christmas
card from ATV Channel 0.
Box 49
Folder
329 Mary Hardy scrapbook 13, 1967:
Noel Ferrier and Mary Hardy at Channel 0, at Moomba, their radio show
on 3UZ, newsclippings plus photocopies, photographs - personal, group
(b&w).
330 Mary Hardy scrapbook 14, 1968:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, Mame - theatre programmes and ticket,
photographs - character, group b&w, miscellaneous correspondence (typed).
331 Mary Hardy scrapbook 15, 1969:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, photographs - character, individual, group
(b&w), Rosa Ribush Award for Mame, telegram plus photocopy.
Box 50
Folder
332 Mary Hardy scrapbook 16, 1969:
Newsclippings plus photocopies (mainly Bellbird and Adventure Island),
photographs - personal, group (b&w), miscellaneous correspondence (typed).
333 Mary Hardy scrapbook 17, 1970:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, photographs - personal, character (b&w),
miscellaneous correspondence (typed).
334 Mary Hardy scrapbook 18, 1970:
Photographs - character, group, individual, landscape (b&w), newsclippings
plus photocopies relating to Penthouse Club HSV7.
Box 51
Folder
335 Mary Hardy scrapbook 19, 1971:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, photographs - group, individual (b&w),
Logie Award.
336 Mary Hardy scrapbook 20, 1974-1975:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, photographs - personal, group, character
(b&w), blurb on the introduction to colour TV in Australia, Control Board
actions against Mary Hardy for use of a four-letter word on TV, marriage
celebration pamphlet for Bert and Patti Newton.
337 Mary Hardy scrapbook 21, 1972:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, Logie Award - Victoria’s Best Female
Personality on TV, photographs - group, individual, character (b&w),
correspondence from Carol Channing (handwritten).
Box 52
Folder
338 Mary Hardy scrapbook 22, 1975-Jul. 1976:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, photographs - individual, group, character
(b&w), Mary Hardy as Tattslotto hostess.
339 Mary Hardy scrapbook 23, Jul.-Dec. 1976:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, photographs - individual, character, group
(b&w), celebration for Channel 9’s twentieth anniversary.
340 Mary Hardy scrapbook 24, Jan.-Jun. 1977:
Newsclippings plus photocopies (especially relating to plastic surgery on her
nose), photographs - individual, group character (b&w), Logie Award, Most
Popular Female Personality in Victoria, This is Your Life Presentation Channel
7.
Box 53
Folder
341 Mary Hardy scrapbook 25, Jun. 1977-Feb. 1978:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, miscellaneous correspondence (typed),
photographs - character, group, individual (b&w), Lord Mayor’s dinner
invitation.
342 Mary Hardy scrapbook 26, 1978:
Newsclippings plus photocopies, Logie Award, Victoria’s Best Female
Television Personality, 50th anniversary Oscar invitation plus colour
photograph of an Oscar.
Box 54
Folder
343 Mary Hardy scrapbook 30, 1979-1980:
Photographs - individual, group (b&w), newsclippings plus photocopies,
souvenir menu and program for TV Week 21st anniversary Logie awards,
Logie Award, Most Popular Female Personality, dinner invitation from the
Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne, Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, theatre
programme, An Alarmingly Funny Evening with Spike Milligan & Friends
Australasian Tour 1980, theatre programme (signed by Spike Milligan), Logie
awards 1980 - entree card, menu and program.
Box 55
Folder
344 Australian Biography II - Frank Hardy at his Home in North Carlton,
Vic., on Apr. 4, 5 and 6 1993, interviewed by Andrea Stretton, for Film
Australia - part 1, transcript of a filmed interview, revised 2-7-1993 (typed).
345 Australian Biography II - Frank Hardy at his Home in North Carlton,
Vic., on Apr. 4, 5 and 6 1993, interviewed by Andrea Stretton, for Film
Australia - part 2, transcript of a filmed interview, revised 2-7-1993 (typed).
346 Australian Biography programme - Frank Hardy - transcript of Camera
log of material, May 1993 (typed) - Title - (4 original videotapes in
Box A.V. 2).
347 Mary Lives (previous title - ‘Long Before the Fashions Came’) drafts -
-manuscript pre 1989 (typed).
-notes for further revision - after Janos MTC discussion (typed).
-Correspondence with Roger Hodgman (typed).
-Notes and lines of revision (typed and handwritten).
348 ‘Long Before the Fashions Came’ - drafts.
-Notes and lines of revision (typed, handwritten annotations).
-1st draft revision in computer (typed, handwritten annotations).
349 Mary Lives - draft, pp. 1-124 (typed, handwritten annotations)
350 Mary Lives - draft, pp. 89-127, p. 56 ‘Hudson’s knee’ (typed, handwritten annotations)
Box 56
Folder
351 Mary Lives - draft, pp. 1-130 plus poem 2 (typed, handwritten annotations).
352 Mary Lives - list of files kept by Jenny Barrington during the creation of
the play (typed and handwritten, with handwritten annotations).
353 Mary Lives - notes kept by Jenny Barrington
-Programme inserts.
-Family history chronology (computer printout).
-Notes for re-writes, miscellaneous notes, memos, photocopies.
354 Mary Lives - notes kept by Jenny Barrington
-Mary Hardy theatre career - draft, long version (typed, handwritten
annotations).
-Discussion notes - Frank Hardy and Malcolm Robertson (director) about
various pages.
-Workshop notes 19/11/1991.
-Mary Lives, act two - draft.
355 Mary Lives - notes kept by Jenny Barrington
-material sent to Ross Mollison Marketing, 23/12/1991 (typed, handwritten
annotations).
-music (typed).
-correspondence (typed).
-notes from meetings (handwritten).
-rehearsal notes (handwritten).
356 Mary Lives - press clippings sent to Playbox Theatre (photocopies, re-done
on acid free paper).
Box 57
Folder
357 Mary Lives - newsclippings (original copies of photocopies in wallet 356)
from: Australian Magazine, T.V. Week, Woman’s Day, leading newspapers and
Stage Whispers.
-computer printout of the Woman’s Day story for checking by Frank Hardy.
358 Mary Lives - newsclippings (original copies of photocopies in wallet 356)
from: Australian Magazine, T.V. Week, Woman’s Day, leading newspapers,
Stage Whispers.
-computer printout of the Woman’s Day story for checking by Frank Hardy.
359 Mary Lives published by Currency Press:
-correspondence (typed)
-Current Theatre series - Playbox no. 92.
-Proofs of play (typed, handwritten annotations).
-Currency Press advertising blurbs.
-Text of speech given by Katherine Brisbane, publisher of Currency Press,
15 Sep. 1991.
360 Mary Lives - correspondence re tapes given or lent (typed)
361 Mary Lives:
-correspondence - MTC and Playbox (typed).
-promotional material.
-theatre book (typed, handwritten corrections).
362 Mary Lives:
-correspondence - MTC and Playbox (typed).
-promotional material.
-theatre book (typed, handwritten annotations).
363 Mary Lives:
-plans to move
-correspondence.
-newsclippings plus photocopies.
Box 58
Folder
364 Mary Lives - draft script, latest copy at end of season (typed, handwritten
annotations in black ink, cuts in red).
365 Mary Lives, as submitted for Premier’s Award 1993 - final draft written
after end of premier season by Playbox Theatre, Melbourne (typed).
366 ‘Rehearsal for Immortality’ - draft script, one copy returned by MTC after
acceptance of play by Playbox Theatre (typed, handwritten annotations).
367 ‘Rehearsal for Immortality’ - draft before first reading (typed, two copies).
368 ‘Rehearsal for Immortality’ - draft script, as given to Jan Friedl and Joe
Spano at the end of March 1991; then a further re-write done before reading.
103 pages of script without title page, introductory comments and cast list
(typed).
369 ‘Rehearsal for Immortality’ - draft script:
-Act one reprinted after re-write done for reading on 7/4/1991, used for reading
by Jennie, 3/4/1991 (typed).
-reprint of few pages revised 3/4/1991 (typed).
370 Mary Lives - draft script; Act two reprinted after re-write done for reading
on 7/4/1991, used for reading by Jeannie 5/4/1991 (typed, pencil and ink
annotations).
371 ‘Long Before the Fashions Came’ - draft script, alternative title Mary
Lives, copy of script as used by Frank Hardy at 7/4/1991 reading (more up-to-
date than Jennie’s copy; typed, ink and pencil annotations).
Box 59
Folder
372 Mary Lives - draft script, version of play sent to Maryanne Fahey,
together with letter from Playbox, 19th Aug. 1991 (typed).
373 Mary Lives - draft script, copy of play used in revision in Oct. 1991
(typed, pencil annotations).
374 Mary Lives - draft script, copy of script as sent to Playbox 6/11/1991, for
workshop. Copy used by Frank Hardy during workshop and again in Jan.
1992 for re-writes (typed, pencil and ink annotations).
375 Mary Lives - draft script, Frank Hardy copy retained to check cuts, etc.,
at rehearsals May 1992, for Playbox Theatre.
376 Mary Lives - draft script, beginning of rehearsals 4 May 1992, Jennie’s
copy from computer as sent to Currency Press (typed, pencil annotations).
377 Mary Lives - draft script, master copy, marked not to leave Playbox under
any circumstances. Used by Jennie on first day of rehearsal May 1992, Playbox
Theatre (typed, ink annotations).
378 Mary Lives - draft script, submitted 25/5/1991, after Malcolm Robertson
requested that Frank Hardy shorten the script (photocopy, typed, ink and pencil
annotations).
Box 60
Folder
379 ‘Long Before the Fashions Came’, alternative title ‘Rehearsal for
Immortality’ - draft script
-13 p. 20/9/1990.
-12 p. 26/9/1990.
-gives complete document at this stage 11 p. and 9 p. 28/9/1990 and 1/10/1990.
-4 p. only 3/10/1990.
-32 p. 10/10/1990 (typed, pencil annotations).
-36 p. 16/10/1990.
380 ‘Long Before the Fashions, alternative title - ‘Rehearsal for Immortality’
Came’ - draft script
-60 p. (note J - please check with computer for changes) 24/10/1990 (typed,
pencil annotations).
-Maryg1, 42 p. 29/11/1990.
-Maryg2, 26 p. 29/11/1990 (typed, pencil and ink annotations).
-Maryg2, p. 24-36, 3/12/1990 (typed).
-Maryg1, p. 4-6, 3/12/1990 (typed, pencil annotations)
381 ‘Long Before the Fashions Came’ - draft script
-Maryg1, p. 7-37, 4/12/1990 (typed, pencil annotations).
-Act one p. 34-44, 9/12/1990 (typed, pencil annotations).
-Maryg1, 54 p. 17/12/1990 (typed, pencil annotations).
-Act two, scenes 3, 4, 5, 6, 30/12/1990 (typed, pencil annotations).
382 ‘Rehearsal for Immortality’, alternative title - ‘Long Before the Fashions
Came’ - draft script
-Act one 53 p. 3/1/1991 (typed, pencil annotations).
-Act two 65 p. 3/1/1991 (typed, pencil annotations).
‘Rehearsal for Immortality - draft script (typed, pencil annotations).
Alternative titles - ‘Long Before the Fashions Came’ and ‘Communing with
Freddie Prinze’.
-Act one 53 p. 4/1/1991.
383 ‘Rehearsal for Immortality - draft script
-Act two, 52 p. 4/1/1991 (typed, pencil and ink annotations).
-Act two, 52 p. 8/1/1991 (typed, pencil annotations).
-Act two, 57 p. 9/1/1991 (typed, pencil annotations).
-Act one, 57 p. 9/1/1991 (typed, pencil annotations).
384 ‘Rehearsal for Immortality’ - draft script
-Act two, 58 p. 10/1/1991 (typed, pencil annotations).
-as taken to MTC 58 p. in Act one and 54 p. in Act two, 14/1/1991 (typed,
pencil and ink annotations).
385 ‘Rehearsal for Immortality’ - draft script
-music for reading on 7/4/1991, 6/4/1991 (typed, annotations in red and blue
ink and pencil).
-Mary Lives - draft script. These pages are stages of the re-writing from
13/10/1991-1/11/1991 (typed, pencil and ink annotations).
Box 61
Folder
386 Mary Lives - draft script, copy of script nearly ready for workshop
15/10/1991-5/11/1991 (typed, pencil and ink annotations).
387 Mary Lives - draft script, copy of script submitted to Malcolm just prior
to sending a copy to Currency Press for printing, accompanied by a letter
asking for comment, 24/3/1992.
388 Mary Lives - draft script, copy of script used by Frank Hardy on 1st day
of rehearsal May 1992, Playbox Theatre (note - This copy given to Frank
Hardy as copy of final version sent to Currency Press for printing, 1992,
where as it is really a slightly earlier version, typed).
389 Mary Lives - draft script, copy of script used by Jennie during workshop
(typed, pencil and ink annotations).
390 Mary Lives - draft script, copy of script as sent to Playbox Theatre for
workshop Nov. 1991, annotations made during workshop printed and
added at end of script (typed).
391 Mary Lives - draft script., Frank Hardy’s copy (typed, pencil and ink
annotations).
Box 62
Folder
392 Mary Lives - draft script, possibly copy as sent to Currency Press, May
1992 (typed, ink annotations).
393 Mary Lives - draft script
-scene added 16/10/1991, altered 20/10/1991, Act one, scene eight, A.J.’s
copy of reading between Gerda and Maryanne on 21/10/1991 (typed).
-alterations as requested by Malcolm (director) at Playbox Theatre,
19/5/1992 (typed, ink annotations).
-taken to Malcolm Robertson on 25/5/1992, but not submitted, because he
then asked for substantial chunks to be deleted (typed, pencil and ink
annotations).
394 Mary Lives - draft script, copy used for revision before Nov. 1991
workshop (typed, pencil and ink annotations).
-Act two printed, 15/10/1991.
-Parts of Acts 1 and 2 added to printing of Act one dates - 29/10/1991,
30/10/1991, 1/11/1991 (note - took these dates to edit re-write), 13/10/1991.
395 Mary Lives - draft script, Jennie’s copy 22/1/1992 (typed photocopy,
pencil annotations).
396 Mary Lives - draft script, last printing of script before editing and printing
to send to Playbox Theatre on 6/11/1991, for workshop (typed).
397 Newspaper clippings late 1991 and 1992.
398 Photocopies of material in wallet 397.
Box 63
Folder
399 Newspaper cuttings late 1991 and 1992, part 1 (not photocopies).
400 Newspaper clippings late 1991 and 1992, part 2 (not photocopied).
401 Latest newspaper clippings, Aug. 1993, part 1 (not photocopied).
402 Latest newspaper clippings, Aug. 1993, part 2 (not photocopied).
403 Latest newspaper clippings, Aug. 1993, part 3 (not photocopied).
Box 64
Folder
404 Newspaper clippings, Sep. 1993-Jan. 1994 (not photocopied).
405 Newspaper clippings collected during Jul.-Aug., 1992 trip (not
photocopied).
406 Miscellaneous unsorted newsclippings, part 1 (not photocopied).
407 Miscellaneous unsorted newsclippings, part 2 (not photocopied).
408 Miscellaneous unsorted newsclippings, part 3 (not photocopied).
Box 65
Folder
409 Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper clippings, 1988-1990, part 1 (not
photocopied).
410 Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper clippings, 1988-1990, part 2 (not
photocopied).
411 Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper clippings, 1988-1990, part 3 (not
photocopied).
412 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1992-1993, part 1 (not photocopied).
413 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1992-1993, part 2 (not photocopied).
Box 66
Folder
414 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1992-1993, part 3 (not photocopied).
415 Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper clippings, 1992-1993, part 4 (not
photocopied).
416 Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper clippings, 1992-1993, part 5 (not
photocopied).
417 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - TV, radio, films, actors, (not
photocopied).
418 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - recession, rural crisis,
industrial disputes (not photocopied).
419 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - theatre (not photocopied).
Box 67
Folder
420 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - education, schools and
universities, environment and conservation, women’s issues, USA (not
photocopied).
421 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - elections and politics (not
photocopied).
422 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - Aborigines, Advance Australia
Fair, AIDS, airline pilots to end of 1989, communism - Australian Communist
Party (not photocopied).
423 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - Australian politics (not
photocopied) plus handwritten ink note.
424 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - books and writers, part 1 (not
photocopied) plus Gaston Renard Australiana catalogue, no. 281.
425 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - books and writers, part 2 (not
photocopied).
Box 68
Folder
426 Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper clippings, 1988-1989 (not photocopied).
427 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - football (not photocopied).
428 Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper clippings, early 1993 (not photocopied).
429 Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper clippings - Eastern Europe, Sep.-Dec.
1989 (not photocopied).
Box 69
Folder
430 Mary Lives - Frank Hardy’s unsorted notes, part 1 (typed, handwritten,
ink and pencil; ink and pencil annotations).
431 Mary Lives - Frank Hardy’s unsorted notes, part 2 (typed, handwritten,
ink and pencil; ink and pencil annotations).
432 Mary Lives - Frank Hardy’s unsorted notes, part 3 (typed, handwritten,
ink and pencil; ink and pencil annotations), and Playbox 1992 brochure.
433 -Mary Hardy - Post letters about depression, 1989 (typed, handwritten
annotations).
-Mary Lives - title page and introduction pages, Mar. 1992 and old Judge scene
to be checked (typed, handwritten annotations).
-introductions - file containing names of people that Mary Hardy knew and
biographical details of Mary (typed, handwritten annotations).
-Mary Lives - revise after reading and people to invite to go to the play (typed,
handwritten annotations).
-Residue - Meg (and Jemima on Vestry).
434 -Mary Lives - notes, 1990 (typed, handwritten annotations).
-Mary, appears to date 1988.
-Mary Hardy letters, 1989-1990.
-Mary Lives - file, referring to notes after a discussion with Malcolm Robertson,
about suggestions for the actors (typed, handwritten annotations), brochure,
press clippings.
-Mary Lives - extra notes, workshop, 18/11/1991 (typed, handwritten
annotations).
-Mary Lives - revision 1992, with a letter from Daryl Emerson and notes from
Merle Jervis (typed, handwritten annotations).
435 -Mary Lives - residue papers Mar. 1992 (typed, handwritten annotations).
-residue scenes to be taken to workshop, Meg (Teresa) telephone scene (typed,
handwritten annotations).
-Mary Hardy article, Mary Lives, newspaper clippings National Times,
(photocopies).
-Mary Lives - sundry notes, checked May 1992. Contains pages of notes,
notebooks, rehearsal schedules, etc. (typed, pencil handwritten photocopy,
with handwritten annotations.
Box 70
Folder
436 -Mary Hardy - current notes, Mar. 1992, cast list and residue notes to
check with Malcom Robertson and Alan Hardy (typed, handwritten
annotations).
-Mary Hardy - 3AK - notes by Barbara Kapinski and Frank Hardy used for
Frank’s programme on 3AK when talking about Mary in 1989 (typed,
handwritten annotations).
437 Australian article Mary Lives - material gathered from Frank’s article in
the Weekend Australian about the play, newspaper clippings (typed and
handwritten, pencil annotations).
438 Australian article Mary Lives - material gathered from Frank’s article in
the Weekend Australian about the play, newspaper clippings (typed and
handwritten, pencil annotations).
439 Mary Hardy - programme, final notes and news clippings plus photocopy
(typed, handwritten annotations).
440 Mary Hardy - newspaper clippings, particularly reporting her suicide and
funeral and research material.
441 Mary Hardy - used notes, includes material sent by Gough Whitlam and
Ray Taylor (typed and handwritten, pencil annotations).
442 Mary Hardy - more notes, photocopies of newspaper clippings and notes
used on 3AK 12th-15th June.
Box 71
Folder
443 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - Eastern Europe, 1990 (not
photocopied).
444 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper cuttings - Eastern Europe, 1991 (not
photocopied).
445 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - Economy (not photocopied).
446 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - John Friedrich and Germany
(not photocopied).
447 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - High fliers, homeless, housing,
unemployment, poverty, India and South Africa (not photocopied).
Box 72
Folder
448 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - Letters to the editor, money,
money, money, parking fines, Persian Gulf War 1991, Petrov (not
photocopied).
449 Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings - Public Service, racing,
relationships, singers, sport (not football or racing), suicide (not photocopied).
450 Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper clippings, 1988-1989 (not
photocopied).
451 -Miscellaneous unsorted newspaper, Magazine and journal clippings (not
photocopied).
-handwritten notes.
-fax re biographical details for Joan Carden plus photocopies.
-Copy of published works -
Power of Discourse - Subordination of the Female, by Luce Irigaray - draft
(typed, handwritten annotations).
Blast, 4, Summer, 1987/88 index issue.
Box 73
Folder
452 -Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings for background research (not
photocopied).
-Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings for 3AK, only daily topical issues as
reference points and guides, current from 27th Jul. 1989 (not photocopied).
-Miscellaneous sorted newspaper clippings, general 1988 (not photocopied).
453 -Published Magazine columns - Frank Hardy’s last batch for Post and
People Magazine.
-People Magazine columns - drafts (typed and handwritten, pencil and ink
annotations).
454 People Magazine columns - drafts (typed and handwritten, pencil and ink
annotations).
455 -People Magazine articles - drafts - yarns, correspondence and cards
(typed and handwritten).
-People Magazine - used yarns (typed and handwritten).
456 -People Magazine - used notes and newspaper clippings (not
photocopied).
-People Magazine, Dec. 1993 - article dealing with the Hollows Foundation
and Land Rights -Mabo - newspaper clippings (not photocopied) and ideas list
(typed, handwritten annotations).
457 People Magazine columns, 1993 - draft material for, newspaper cuttings
(not photocopied) ( typed, handwritten notes).
Box 74
Folder
458 -Tax expenditure, Jul. 1984-Jun. 1985.
-Income and bank statements, Jul. 1984-Jun. 1985.
Taxation statements, Jul. 1983-Jun. 1984.
459 -Taxation statements and paid before Jun. 1983.
-Income and bank statements, Jul. 1983-Jun. 1984.
460 -Income taxation file, Jul. 1985- Jun. 1986.
-Income taxation file expenditure, Jul. 1985-Jun. 1986.
461 -Income and bank statements, Jul. 1985-Jun. 1986.
-Income and bank statements, Jul. 1986-Jun. 1987.
-Statements and accounts expenditure, Jul. 1986-Jun. 1987.
462 Accounts to be paid, 1987-1988.-Tax accounts to be filed,
Jul. 1987-Jun. 1988.
463 Accounts to be paid, 1987-1988.-Tax accounts to be filed,
Jul. 1987-Jun. 1988.
464 -Hickson Associates Taxation, 1987-1988.
-Accounts current, Feb. 1988.
-Non claimable expenditure to Jun. 1988.
Box 75
Folder
465 Accounts - tax, etc., 1987, 1988, 1989.
-Income taxation returns, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86,
1986/87, 1987/88.
466 Income taxation, 1988-1989.
467 -Frank Hardy’s accounts from overseas trip, 23/6/1989-22/7/1989.
-Income 1989-1990.
468 -Frank Hardy’s accounts from overseas trip, 23/6/1989-22/7/1989.
-Income 1989-1990.
469 Receipts, 1989-1990.
470 Receipts, 1989-1990.
471 Cheque butts and Petty Cash Book, 1988/1989 and 1989/1990.
Box 76
Folder
472 Cheque butts, bank book and keycard, Radio Rentals payment book, car warranty information booklet, AGC account book.
473 Printed copy of Post columns plus photocopies.
474 Printed copy of Post columns plus photocopies.
Box 77
Folder
475 Post column - various drafts to Sep. 1992 (typed, handwritten, with
handwritten pencil and ink annotations).
476 Post column - various drafts to Sep. 1992 (typed, handwritten, with
handwritten pencil and ink annotations).
477 Post column - various drafts to Sep. 1992 (typed, handwritten, with
handwritten pencil and ink annotations).
478 Post column - various drafts to Sep. 1992 (typed, handwritten, with
handwritten pencil and ink annotations).
479 -Post column, Oct. 1992-Jan. 4, 1993 - final drafts (typed, handwritten,
with pencil and ink annotations).
-Business correspondence with Terry Carroll, Australasian Post, 24/9/1991.
-List of all Frank Hardy’s Post computer files.
480 Post column - final drafts to Sep. 1992 (typed).
481 Post column - final drafts to Sep. 1992 (typed).
Box 78
Folder
482 Post column final drafts to Sep. 1992 (typed).
483 -Entries for competitions - republic, etc. (typed and handwritten).
-Business correspondence.
484 Post column - used yarns - originals and typed copies (typed, handwritten,
with pencil and ink corrections).
485 -Post column yarns, 1992-1993 (typed and handwritten).
-Postcards.
Box 79
Folder
490 -Post column yarns still to be considered, 1990-1991.
-Newsclippings plus photocopies.
-Postcard.
491 -Post columnyarns - latest, 1992.
-Poetry competition correspondence.
-Christmas cards.
492 -Post column notes - used, 1992.
-Postcards.
-Newspaper clippings.
-Copy of published work - Tall Tales But True, Greg Shalless, Malvern,
Vic. - Shalless Software, 1990. Inscribed to Frank Hardy by the author.
493 -Post column notes - used, 1992.
-Newspaper clippings.
-Tales from the Ettamogah Pub, special issue of the Australasian Post.
494 -Post column clippings - various - to be checked.
-Newspaper clippings.
495 Post column lists ideas, 1992 (typed, pencil and ink annotations).
-Miscellaneous correspondence (typed).
-Newspaper clippings.
496 Articles and photocopies of material on privatisation - published and
draft (typed).
Box 80
Folder
497 -Post column clippings for - Who are we, AFL - TV and sport, Ross
Perot, Oscar Oswald review - unemployment, Hard way, Fight back;
L.A. riots, Jim Cairns, VS influence.
-Ideas list.
-Copy of published work - Dr Jim Cairns - the Untried Road, Jim Cairns,
Narre Warren East, Vic, - Nakari Publications, 1990.
-Sticker for Oscar Oswald (publicity material).
-Clipping The Sydney Morning Herald - ‘The Festival of Sydney - the Best
Value for the Best Entertainment, January-February, 1988.
498 Up the Garbos, a novel by Frank Hardy - annotated copy of manuscript
(from Gai Steele, Smart St. Films Pty. Ltd.).
Audio Visual Material
Box AV1
Folder
1 Slides Faces in the Street.
2 -Videotape Faces in the Street (need to check numbering)
-Cassette Faces in the Street.
3 Cassette - Frank Hardy 10 May 1989. Tenancy Union and RudallRiver
Aboriginal community.
4 Videotape of a performance - Shelley, Lawson and Hardy.
5 Cassette Thread of Hope, by Fr Gerard Dowling.
6 Cassette - Manning Clark and Frank Hardy 1984 interview regarding
correspondence with Manning Clark about Salt : Army Education Journal,
1946 feature and Henry Lawson. Jane Singleton, ABC Radio.
7 Videotape Australia’s Germans, by Jurgen Corleis.
8 Record (single) Heaven’s the Place, by Bullamakanka and The Two-buck
Meat Tray, by Roger Corgett and Big Red, True Blue Records, 1989.
9 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
10 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
11 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
12 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
13 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
14 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
15 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
Box AV2
Folder
16 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
17 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
18 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
19 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
20 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
21 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
22 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
23 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
24 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
25 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
26 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
27 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
28 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
29 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
30 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
31 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
32 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
33 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
34 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
35 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
36 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
37 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
38 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
39 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
40 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
41 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
42 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
43 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
44 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
45 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
46 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
47 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
48 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
49 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
50 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
51 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
52 Cassette - Frank Hardy on 3AK.
53 Videotapes (4) - Australian Biography 2 - Frank Hardy (transcript in
Box 55, wallet 346).
54 Cassette - Mary Hardy show, 3AK 1989, including Mary singing Dirty
Hands, Dirty Face.
55 Cassette - Mary Hardy show 3AK 1989.
56 Cassette Tribute to Mary Hardy by Frank von Stratton, 3AK.
57 Cassette - 3AW, includes Max Kirwan advertisement for use in Mary
Lives. From Bruce Mansfield.
58 Cassette - 3AW talkback of Mary Hardy.
Box AV3
Folder
Photograph Albums
Album 1
-Photographs - New England Theatre production of Who was Harry
Larsen?, 1985 (b&w).
-Miscellaneous photographs of Frank Hardy with notable Australian’s,
family and friends (colour, b&w).
-Negatives.
-Ink drawing of Frank Hardy.
-Photographs of Freddie Prinze (b&w).
Folio Material
Cabinet
Poster
1 Bicentennial Festival of Sydney -
-Faces in the Street, 1988 (2 posters).
2 Who Was Harry Larsen?, 1985.
3 People Magazine front page featuring Frank Hardy’s jail
diary after he was jailed for non-payment of parking fines.
4 Who Shot George Kirkland ?(3 posters).
5 WEG cartoon.
6 Outside North Head - painting.
7 Nana Mouskouri (Philips).
8 CYSS Workshop.
9 Power Without Glory, Channel 10.
10 Coalition Against Poverty and Unemployment.
11 Summer Exhibition, 1981.
12 But the Dead are Many.
Published material now held in the Library’s general collection
1 Department of Aboriginal Affairs Annual Report, 1988-1989,
Canberra - AGPS.
2 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 7, 1
9 Jun. 1989.
3 Australian Feminist Book Fortnight, 1-17 Sep. 1989 (catalogue).
4 John Blackman’s Australian Slang Dictionary, John Blackman,
Melbourne - Sun Books, 1990.
5 Stop the Verbal (Stop police verbal pamphlet), Breakout (printer).
6 It’s Easy Being Green, Rob Gell and Rossyln Beeby, Melbourne –
McCulloch Publishing, 1989.
7 Saving the Future, Alan Gourley, First & Last Christian Publishing
for the Constitutional Heritage Protection Society and the Campaign
to Restore Government in Australia, 1991.
8 Faces in the Street, Frank Hardy, Westgate, NSW - Stained Wattle
Press, 1988.
9 A Frank Hardy Swag, Frank Hardy, ed. by Clement Semmler,
Sydney - Harper and Row.
10 Goanna Down the Shaft, Tibby Jeynes, Queensland - Aviccenia
Enterprises, 1989.
11 Crowful, Kerry Loughrey, Melbourne, 1989.
12 The 38th Melbourne International Film Festival, 1989.
13 The Melbourne Report, Sep. and Oct. 1989.
14 Modern Trends in Infertility Treatment, Singapore - Ares-Serono
Services Pty. Ltd.
15 Australian Short Stories, Pascoe Publishing, No. 23, 1988 and
No. 34 1991.
16 Australian Playboy, Feb. 1989.
17 Police Life, May 1988.
18 Readers Digest, Oct. 1989.
19 Rogues from the CIPLongBay Prison, Vol. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, 1989.
20 Vogue Living Australia, Sept., No. 7, 1989.
21 Something Familiar, Writers’ Gallery, 1987.
22 Whimsical Wanderings, Wilbur G. Howcroft, SeaLake, Vic. –
Mallee Printers, 1992.
23 Towards Peace - a Worker’s journey, Brisbane - Shape, 1992.
24 Response to Deregulation - the Recent and Future Role of the
Commonwealth Bank, Kensington, NSW - Public Sector Research
Centre, Univ. of New South Wales, 1991 (Discussion paper,
ISSN 1034-4047, No. 13, Feb. 1991)