Papers of Colin Talbot
MSS 185
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Papers of Colin TalbotCollection Identifier
MSS 185Inclusive date(s)
1962 to 1994Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
Manuscripts of published and unpublished work, screenplays, diaries, news clippings, scripts, and audiovisual material relating to Colin Talbot
Administrative / Biographical history
Colin Talbot was born in 1948 and raised in South Australia, completing his education at Port Pirie High School. After beginning his work in journalism as a copy boy for The News in Adelaide in 1967, Talbot moved east and became a rock-music columnist for The Australian as well as writing columns and contributions for numerous publications, both traditional and counter-cultural. In 1974, he became an editor on Tabloid Story, whilst also editing The Digger. That same year, he also co-founded Outback Press. After the publishing of two novels (Massive Road Trauma in 1975 and Sweethearts in 1978) and the folding of Outback Press in 1980, Talbot continued to pursue opportunities within the creative arts, literary and journalism fields. Amongst his many achievements were the production of an album of original songs, publications about sport and cultural matters under the nom de plume Traven Collins, and in 1990 the directing of a feature-film adaptation of his novel Sweethearts
References:
Austlit : Colin Talbot https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A212 retrieved 18 September 2020
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
This collection relates to Colin Talbot and includes manuscripts of both published and unpublished works together with notebooks, proposed television series, song lyrics, audiovisual material, news clippings, scripts, and screenplays (including material written under his pseudonym, Traven Collins). It includes extensive manuscript material for The Zen Detective (1995), and the novel Sweethearts (1978), for which Talbot wrote a screenplay in 1987 and filmed with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission in 1990. The archive also includes song lyrics composed by Talbot related to his music, film and television collaborations with Australian musicians including Steve Cummings, Paul Grabowsky and Red Symons
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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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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.