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Papers of Billy Marshall Stoneking
MSS 119

Collection Title

Papers of Billy Marshall Stoneking

Collection Identifier

MSS 119

Inclusive date(s)

1970 to 1996

Extent and Medium

39 boxes + 10 AV boxes + 4 oversize

Category

Literature

Collection Description

Drafts of manuscripts, correspondence, reviews, financial records, video and audio cassette tapes, notes, posters, and photographs relating to the works of Billy Marshall Stoneking

Administrative / Biographical history

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Marshall_Stoneking

William Marshall Stoneking, also known as Billy, was an Australian-American writer, producer, poet and playwright. From 1978 to 1983, he lived and worked at Papunya Aboriginal Settlement, Northern Territory) where he collected and published stories and other materials in the local dialect (Pintupi/Luritja) for use in the Papunya outstations' bilingual reading programme. A graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Marshall Stoneking has written many plays, radio-plays and screenplays, including Lasseter: The Making of a Legend (1985). He has been very active in performance poetry, and has published several collections of poetry, novels and an 'auto-fictography', Taking America out of the Boy (1993). His poetry has appeared in journals such as Overland, Southerly, Northern Perspective, Phoenix Review, Prism International.

References:
Billy Marshall Stoneking, https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A47219?mainTabTemplate=agentAwards, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2002- Hyperlink retrieved 23 March 2021

Scope and Content

The papers of Billy Marshall Stoneking include correspondence with poets and editors, scripts, promotional material, and drafts of works such as Lasseter: the making of a legend, Sixteen words for water, Stringer, Singing the snake, The dreaming place and Taking America out of the boy. Audiovisual components comprise material relating to Call it poetry tonight as well as archival footage, audio recordings, and videocassettes

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Open Access

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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.

Copying: Check with Curator

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Disclaimer

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.

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