Papers of Larry Buttrose
MSS 006
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Papers of Larry ButtroseCollection Identifier
MSS 006Inclusive date(s)
1969 to 1999Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
This collection comprises manuscript papers and related material produced and accumulated by Larry Buttrose.
Administrative / Biographical history
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Buttrose
Larry Philip Buttrose was born on December 16 in Adelaide, South Australia in 1952. He attended Saint Ignatius College, Norwood and Athelstone in Adelaide, 1957-1969, and graduated from the University of Adelaide in May 1976, with a B.A. in Politics and Anthropology.
Buttrose is a playwright, screenwriter, author and poet whose work within these media covers a wide range of genres. He worked as a freelance journalist and travel writer for publications in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Europe and the United States.
Buttrose co-edited:
Dharma with Stephen Measday and Donna Maegraith (1971-1975)
Real poetry (1978-1979). Real poetry was an Adelaide-based poetry journal which was published for only two issues, one in 1978 and one in 1979, and continued the journal Dharma which was published by the same editorial team
Number three Friendly Street poetry reader (1979)
He co-founded:
Salomon Buttrose Productions in December 1983 with Mandy Salomon
The Gap, renamed The Gap Club a cabaret venue within the Sydney Trade Union Club at Surry Hills with Mandy Salomon and Judy Barnsley in 1983
He was director of Foreign Books established in July 1986
Director/secretary of the film production company Fatuxa from 1987.
Buttrose has received the following awards:
Winner Paul Tonkin Prize for Radio and TV Cadets, 1971
Australian Film Commission Distinctly Australian Fellowship, 1995 for an attachment with the USA film director John Feldman in New York.
Larry Buttrose's works include:
One steps across the rainbow : poems Dharma poetry series (1974)
Random leaves (1976)
Number three Friendly Street poetry reader, edited by Larry Buttrose and Peter Goldsworthy (1979)
Meetings with remarkable women (1979)
The Leichhardt heater journey (1982)
Learning Italian : poems (1986)
Innovative theatre in Australia and the new wave in comedy, [videorecording], Larry Buttrose and Mandy Salomon (1987)
Movietone memories [videorecording], written by Larry Buttrose and Alec Morgan (1988)
The King Neptune day & night club (1992)
Gino [feature film], written by Vince Sorrenti and Larry Buttrose (1992)
Cafe Royale : tales of love & travel (1997)
The maze of the muse (1998)
The blue man : tales of travel, love & coffee (1999)
Sweet sentence (2001)
References:
Rick Raftos Management Larry Buttrose curriculum vitae
AustLit Australian Literature Gateway database, 2004
ScreenSound Australia National Screen and Sound Archive
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers of Larry Buttrose is a comprehensive collection providing an extensive record of his works and provides a very good picture of the many directions his work has taken. They provide a valuable insight into the creative process and the difficulties encountered by a writer in having his work performed or published.
The papers include correspondence, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, novels, travel writing and dramatic works; notebooks, research material, newspaper cuttings, audio-visual material, photographs and posters.
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Awaiting processing: 10 boxes
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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.
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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 above. 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.