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Papers relating to Film Australia/Pram Factory
MSS 322

Collection Title

Papers relating to Film Australia/Pram Factory

Collection Identifier

MSS 322

Inclusive date(s)

1970 to 1994

Extent and Medium

4 boxes + 7 AV boxes

Category

Literature

Collection Description

Original interviews, research, correspondence, scripts and photographs, copies of organisational papers, reviews, clippings and transcripts relating to the Pram Factory theatre group and the making of the 1994 documentary film

Administrative / Biographical history

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

The Pram Factor was an alternative theatre venue established in Carlton, Victoria in 1970. It became a base for Australian intellectual, artistic and political figures, most significantly The Australian Performing Group (APG). The resulting counter-cultural artistic community launched a new wave in Australian performing arts as well as the careers of many actors, writers, directors, musicians, artists, designers, poets, photographers, circus performers and filmmakers including Helen Garner, David Williamson, Max Gillies and Bruce Spence. The Pram Factory venue was demolished in 1980 but it's associated performing groups continued into the late 1990s. Film Australia created the documentary film 'The Pram Factory' (Anna Grieve & James Manche, Australia, 1994) discussing the history and impact of the community with its original members.

References:

https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/research/digital-studio/projects/the-pram-factory

http://shop.nfsa.gov.au/pram-factory

Acquisition Details

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Scope and Content

This collection comprises original research and content collated by directors Anna Grieve and James Manche during the making of the film 'Pram Factory', a 1994 Film Australia documentary on the Australian theatre group. It includes research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, organisational papers, scripts, interviews and photographs taken by Ponch Hawkes, Lloyd Carrick and others.

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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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: Copying of material for private study and research is approved

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Related Material

Further material relating to Pram Factory is located in the Papers of Max Gillies (MSS 265), the Papers of Phil Motherwell (MSS 168), the Papers of John Romeril (MSS 054), the Papers of Lex Marinos (MSS 327), the Papers of Graeme Blundell (MSS 097) and the Papers of Peter Corrigan (MSS 245).

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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