Papers of Neil Murray
MSS 278
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Papers of Neil MurrayCollection Identifier
MSS 278Inclusive date(s)
1982 to 2001Extent and Medium
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Collection Description
Literary papers, including drafts of poems and songs, scrapbook material, manuscript collections. Also includes published words, including CDs, VHS, and audio tapes. Oversized material consists of posters and promotional material.
Administrative / Biographical history
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Murray_(Australian_musician)
Neil Murray is an Australian singer/songwriter, poet, novelist and playwright. He is a founding member of Warumpi Band (1980), and played with them until 1999. Warumpi Band was the first major rock group with mostly Indigenous members and to use Aboriginal languages in their lyrics. Murray has also had a solo career.
His works include the poetry collections Starting Procedure: Poems & Prose (To Read Aloud) (1980) and One Man Tribe (1999), the latter also published a spoken-word album. Musically, he has released two albums with Warumpi Band, Big Name No Blankets (1985), Go Bush! (1987), Too Much Humbug (1996). His first novel, Sing for Me, Countryman, was published in 1993. His solo albums include Calm & Crystal Clear (1989), These Hands (1993), Dust (1996), The Wondering Kind (2000). He also wrote the play King for this Place (1999), commissioned by and performed at Deckchair Theatre, Fremantle.
Murray was awarded the APRA Song of the Year Award in 1995 for My Island Home, also listed in the APRA Top 30 Australian Songs of All Time in 2001.
References:
Author record, Neil Murray, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2002-. [Retrieved from https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A14955 15/10/2018].
Island Home Music. (2018). Neil Murray: Biography. Retrieved from http://www.neilmurray.com.au/pages/bio.html, 15/10/2018.
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
A collection of literary papers of Neil Murray, created principally between 1992 and 2000, but including material dating back to the early 1980s. The collection includes drafts of poems and songs, notebooks, general and literary correspondence, published works containing reviews, articles and advertisements, programs, posters, compact discs, and both audio and video cassettes.
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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.