Guide to the Papers of Mudrooroo Nyoongah
MS 7600, MS Acc01.036, MS Acc13.042
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Nyoongah, Mudrooroo
- Title
- Papers of Mudrooroo
- Date Range
- 1979 - 2012
- Collection Number
- MS 7600, MS Acc01.036, MS Acc13.042
- Extent
- 2.34 metres (15 boxes + 3 folders)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 7600 comprises the typescript and galley proofs of Mudrooroo's second novel Long live Sandawara which was published in 1979 by Quartet Books (3 folders).
The Acc01.036 instalment comprises letters, diaries, notebooks, drafts, reviews, cuttings, photographs, videos and cassettes (13 boxes).
The Acc13.042 instalment comprises a collection of journals predominantly written while the author was in self-imposed exile in Nepal, titled the "Asian Journals"; photographs; manuscript drafts including multiple versions of Nyoongah's biography (2 boxes).
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2947390).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as Papers of Mudrooroo, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number].
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Collection Retrieval Advice
Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 7600. Original consignment - Box (Shared), Folder (3 folders - MS 7600)
Typescript and galley proofs of Mudrooroo's second novel Long live Sandawara which was published in 1979 by Quartet Books.
Comprises 3 folders.
Class MS Acc01.036. Consignment received 2001 - Box 1-13 (MS Acc01.036)
Letters, diaries, notebooks, drafts, reviews, cuttings, photographs, videos and cassettes.
Comprises 13 boxes.
Series. Printed material
Western Australian Premiers's Book Award certificate, published poems as Colin Johnson, notes, manuscript fragments, ephemera, 1985-1993 (File) - Box 1
Unsorted loose printed material notes, correspondence, minutes of meeting of AWOLDA (1986), short story "After the War" as Colin Johnson, artwork for publications (Calcutta), 1982-1997 (File) - Box 2
Series. Manuscript
Drafts of poems, Western Australian Premier's Book Award Certificate "The Garden of Gethsemane" printed, 1992-1994 (File) - Box 5
"Master of the Ghost Dreaming III: Underground" (Draft) (Finished December 1997), 1997 (File) - Box 6
"Master of the Ghost Dreaming III: Underground" (first draft) (annotations on front cover), 1998 (File) - Box 6
"The Promised Land: Master of the Ghost Dreaming Book IV", last revised version, 1998 (File) - Box 8
Series. VHS Video
Item 76. Unlabelled (Item NLA.MS-SAV012167) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-025
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etcItem 77. "The Book Show" interview "Muddy" (Item NLA.MS-SAV012168) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-025
1 item, E180, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etcItem 78. HSC English: Aboriginal Experience (Item NLA.MS-SAV012169) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-025
1 item, Scotch E90, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etcOpen training and Education Network
Item 79. Colin Johnson ABC Interview (Item NLA.MS-SAV012170) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-025
1 item, E180, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etcItem 80. The Book Show Episode 9/89, 1989(?) (Item NLA.MS-SAV012171) - Shelf-Tall OH1-19-025
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etcSBS
Series. Audio cassette
Item 83. Subject Code EN262. Cassette No 1. Student No 81 (Item NLA.MS-SAV012162) - Cassette-Box 671
1 item, Maxell LN90, Compact cassette tapeSchool of External Studies and Continuing Education, University of Queensland.
Item 85. Mudrooroo VPRO Radio 5, Radio Netherlands, World Service, 9/5/1995, April 1995, 23/3/1995 (Item NLA.MS-SAV012164) - Cassette-Box 671
1 item, Sony HF 90, Compact cassette tapeAmsterdam .FM Local radio March 23, 1995
Series. Floppy disc - 3"
Man novel, Man who wasn't there 1990 version, 1990 (Item NLA.MS-DM001227) - Digital-Carriers-Box 23
1 item, HMC, 3.5 inch floppy diskA B Studie, Letter for 1993 Conferences, short critiques, 1993 (Item NLA.MS-DM001228) - Digital-Carriers-Box 23
1 item, 3M DS, DD 800KB, 3.5 inch floppy diskMore info on disc
Man, Wildcat, Dreaming + Kwinkan? (Item NLA.MS-DM001229) - Digital-Carriers-Box 23
1 item, HMC, 3.5 inch floppy diskMore info on disc
Tuchiar W.P.F, Tuchior 1 W.P.F., Bagan [?], W.P.F., Play & poems (Item NLA.MS-DM001230) - Digital-Carriers-Box 23
1 item, Nashua MF-2DD, 3.5 inch floppy diskMore info on disc
Item 87. ABART Issues. Sam. Bibliogr. Issues 1. Black Jan Joyce Kevin. Ed Keori Lynette. Film play poems press. Hawaii Ruby, 1987 - 2000 (Item NLA.MS-DM003778) - Digital-Carriers-Box 68
1 item, Nashua MF 2DD, 3.5 inch floppy diskThese disks are important in that they contain much of my correspondance from 1989. The earlier material uses and Enable programme which leaves formatting and printing instructions through the document. The others were typed using NOTA BENE (ASCII) which produes a less cluttered text. It seems all can be brought up using Word 97.
Item 88. Disc 2. Contains letters, Poems notes on entries to David. Uniaden(?) Award dates end of 80s into 1990s, 1987 - 2000 (Item NLA.MS-DM003779) - Digital-Carriers-Box 68
1 item, 3.5 inch floppy diskThese disks are important in that they contain much of my correspondance from 1989. The earlier material uses and Enable programme which leaves formatting and printing instructions through the document. The others were typed using NOTA BENE (ASCII) which produes a less cluttered text. It seems all can be brought up using Word 97.
Item 89. Mutingga (Version). Letters and peoms from Qld. In Enable Format. Can be brought up with Word 97. 1988 to early 90s, 1988 to early 90's (Item NLA.MS-DM003780) - Digital-Carriers-Box 68
1 item, Nashua MF 2DD, 3.5 inch floppy diskThese disks are important in that they contain much of my correspondance from 1989. The earlier material uses and Enable programme which leaves formatting and printing instructions through the document. The others were typed using NOTA BENE (ASCII) which produes a less cluttered text. It seems all can be brought up using Word 97.
Item 90. Letters, itinerary, biography, etc. (Item NLA.MS-DM003781) - Digital-Carriers-Box 68
1 item, Nashua MF 2DD, 3.5 inch floppy diskThese disks are important in that they contain much of my correspondance from 1989. The earlier material uses and Enable programme which leaves formatting and printing instructions through the document. The others were typed using NOTA BENE (ASCII) which produes a less cluttered text. It seems all can be brought up using Word 97.
Item 91. Letters, lectures etc from early 90s. Disk 4, Early 1990s (Item NLA.MS-DM003782) - Digital-Carriers-Box 68
1.87 metres, (7 ms boxes + 2 A3 cartons + 3 folders + 12 sound/av carriers + 9 digital carriers)These disks are important in that they contain much of my correspondance from 1989. The earlier material uses and Enable programme which leaves formatting and printing instructions through the document. The others were typed using NOTA BENE (ASCII) which produes a less cluttered text. It seems all can be brought up using Word 97.