Guide to the Papers of Sidney Nolan

Untitled, 1949 (Item 1) - Box 1

Collins Engineers Diary No693- Diary includes descriptions of trip to the Kimberley and Central Australia, scenery and sights and photographs taken.

Untitled, 1951 (Item 2) - Box 1

The Autocar Motorist's Diary - Diary includes references to travel in England, Spain, Italy, France and Australia.

Untitled, 1953 (Item 3) - Box 1

Collins Pocket Diary No434 - Diary includes references to appointments in Sydney, Canberra and Cooma.

Untitled, 1953-1954 (Item 4) - Box 1

Notebook - Notes including: contact details, personal reminders and travel jottings. Includes time in London, France, sailing, Cairo, Colombo and Indonesia.

Untitled, undated (Item 5) - Box 1

Dyson & Horsfall Diary -Diary includes; appointments, reminders, book references and contact details and refers to time in London, Paris, Italy, Hydra, Athens and Ireland.

Untitled, 1956 (Item 6) - Box 1

The London Diary - Diary includes references to being in: London, Hydra, Athens, Santorini, Rome, Bangkok, Angkor Wat and return to Australia.

Untitled, 1957 (Item 7) - Box 1

Dataday Azure -Diary includes references to Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, San Francisco, Mexico City, New York, London, Venice , Greece, Hydra, Turkey including Anzac Cove and ), Paris.

Untitled, 1958 (Item 8) - Box 1

Leathersmith Engagements- Diary includes references to Paris, London and America.

Untitled, 1959 (Item 9) - Box 1

Leathersmith Engagements-Diary includes references to travel in America.

Untitled, 1960 (Item 10) - Box 1

Leathersmith Engagements-Diary includes references to travel in America and return to London.

Untitled, 1961 (Item 11) - Box 1

United Arab Airlines-Diary includes references to Egypt trip.

Untitled, 1961 (Item 12) - Box 1

Dataday Azure - small number of entries.

Untitled, 1962 (Item 13) - Box 1

W.H.Smith & Son - Diary includes references to London, travel within England, a trip to Poland including to Auschwitz), travel in Africa and visit back to Australia as well as ideas for painting.

Untitled, 1963 (Item 14) - Box 1

Ryman-Diary includes references to London, trips to Paris, Greece and Italy as well as paintings e.g. elephants).

Untitled, 1963 (Item 15) - Box 1

The British Petroleum Company Limited-Only one entry.

Untitled, 1964 (Item 16) - Box 1

Engagements : Bloomingdales- Diary includes references to London, trip to Antarctica, Tahiti,the Wimmera, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, Paris, Edinburgh, Zurich, Paris.

Untitled, 1964 (Item 17) - Box 1

Smythson of Bond Street- Diary includes references to London, trip to Antarctica, Tahiti, the Wimmera, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney and detailed descriptions of scenes and reflections in Antarctica and Tahiti.

Untitled, 1965 (Item 18) - Box 1

Smythson of Bond Street-Diary includes references to Sydney, Merrimbula, Canberra, trip to New Guinea and New York and ideas for paintings e.g. New Guinea themes).

Untitled, 1965 (Item 19) - Box 1

The British Petroleum Company Limited-Diary includes references to New York, Sydney, Canberra Adelaide and Central Australia, Indonesia, China, Taiwan and Paris and to work with Robert Lowell and ideas for paintings.

April May 1965, 1965 (Item 20) - Box 1

Croxley Notebook-Diary includes notes for a range of panel series e.g. Everard Rranges, Copper Hills, Gallipoli, Wimmera, St Kilda Beach and Kelly.

Aug 1965, 1965 (Item 21) - Box 1

Spirax Notebook-Diary includes travel notes in China and ideas for paintings e.g. chinese landscape, Kelly and Wimmera townscape.

Untitled, undated (Item 22) - Box 1

Croxely Notebook-Notebook includes contact details and thoughts for paintings including Pop", Leichardt and Mrs Fraser.

New York Sept 1965 Dec Feb 1966, 1965-1966 (Item 23) - Box 1

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook relates to time in New York. It includes references to paintings, e.g. St Kilda Baths, Wimmera, Dream of a Latrine Sitter and Kelly.

New York Feb 1966; Australia April 66; New York May 66; London June July 66, 1966 (Item 24) - Box 1

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook relates to time in New York, Australia and London. It includes notes about various meetings and discussions as well as exhibition items, ideas for paintings e.g. for Trojan Women and Kelly panels and opera settings.

London August 1962; New York September; November London, 1966 (Item 25) - Box 1

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook relates to time in London, Paris and New York. It includes references to discussions on art and literature, painting sessions e.g. carcass panels and ideas about works e.g. Gethsemane Doll and Auschwitz.

Untitled, 1966 (Item 26) - Box 2

Leathersmith Engagements-Diary includes references to time in New York, Australia, London and Paris. It includes notes about work undertaken, exhibitions, concerts and literary collaborations.

November 1966 London, November-December 1966 (Item 27) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook includes planning and ideas for artworks, reflections on exhibitions,books and music and discussions.

Untitled, 1967 (Item 28) - Box 2

Leathersmith Engagements- Diary includes references to time in London, Paris, Marrakesh, New York, Australia, Tahiti, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil. It includes notes relating to painting projects e.g. Chinese series, Central Australia paintings and Paradise Lost drawings.)

Jan 1967 London May New York London, 1967 (Item 29) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook includes references to time in London, Marrakesh and New York and also includes notes relating to paintings, exhibition attendance and arrangements, travel observations.

May 1967 London Sept Australia, June- September 1967 (Item 30) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook- includes references to London, travel to Aldeburgh, New York, Sydney, Canberra, meetings with Albert Tucker in London, Hal Missingham and filming in regional NSW with the ABC.

Sydney Tahiti Mexico 1967 Sept-December, September-December 1967 (Item 31) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook includes references to time in Sydney, Tahiti, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, New York and London and also includes a range of ideas for paintings, drawings and sculptures, as well as work relating to Britten's Peter Grimes and reflections on literary themes.

Untitled, 1968 (Item 32) - Box 2

Smythsons Diary-Diary includes references to times in London, Paris, New York and Australia and also includes records of painting activity e.g. on Flower series and Central Australian landscapes.

Jan 1968, January-April 1968 (Item 33) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook includes references to time in London and New York and also includes references to painting and ideas for other projects e.g. St Kilda, Prometheus and documentary film.

April July 1968 New York London Aldeburgh, 1968 (Item 34) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook includes references to time in London and trips to Aldeburgh.

July 1968 Paris London, July-August 1968 (Item 35) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook includes references to time in London and short trip to Paris/Tours and also includes references painting e.g. Flower series and ideas for further works.

November 1968 New York Feb 1969 Australia, 1968-1969 (Item 36) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Notebook includes references to time in New York with visits to Boston and Nassau, London and short trips to Paris and also includes references to work with Lowell on illustrations for poetry, exhibition arrangements and planning, painting e.g. Flower series and ideas for further works.

Untitled, 1969 (Item 37) - Box 2

Smythsons Diary-Entries include references to time in London, Madrid, Aldburgh, New York and Australia and also includes references to painting e.g. Lowell illustrations, landscapes, New Guinea heads and flowers.

Panels E.M. Ern Malley, March 1969 (Item 38) - Box 2

Rowney Notebook-Few inclusions, mostly concerning Ern Malley work.

Feb- April 1969, 1969 (Item 39) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Includes reference to time in London and Madrid and ideas for painting e.g. Kelly and materials being used.

April 1969, 1969 (Item 40) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Includes reference to time in London and New York, reference to paintings e.g. Australian landscapes, New Guinea scenes and ideas for further work e.g. Ern Malley, Voss, Kelly.

April-June 1969, 1969 (Item 41) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries include references to time in London and Edinburgh and to painting e.g. New Guinea heads and for Lowell's Notebook and ideas for other works.

June- Aug 1969, 1969 (Item 42) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries appear based in London and include references to the Vietnam War, painting e.g. Birds, Flowers and Skulls and ideas for other works.

August-Sept 1969, 1969 (Item 43) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries based in London and include references to painting e.g.Flowers, ideas for other works e.g. Ern Malley, Convicts and Aboriginal Heads.

Sept 1969, September-November 1969 (Item 44) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries based mainly in London, US and Australia and nd include references to ideas for art works e.g. Snake, Vietnam War and Ern Malley and Flowers and Landscape paintings.

Nov Dec 1969 Jan 1970, 1969-1970 (Item 45) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Includes references to time in London and ideas for art works e.g. Ern Malley, Convicts, landscapes and flowers series.

1970 Jan April, 1970 (Item 46) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Includes references to time in London and Australia and to painting e.g. Flowers series, ideas for art work e.g. Ern Malley and ballet and exhibitions.

1970 April May, 1970 (Item 47) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries mainly in Australia and include references to various meetings.

1970 May July, 1970 (Item 48) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries based in London and include references to ideas for art works e.g. panels, St Kilda, Voss and Mrs Fraser and exhibitions visited and reading.

1970 July Sept, 1970 (Item 49) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries based mainly in London, with trip to Scandinavia and include references to ideas for art work e.g. Ern Malley, ballet, sculpture, Kelly and St kilda, painting landscapes and flowers and writing poems for Paradise Garden book.

Sept 1970 October, 1970 (Item 50) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Includes references to time in London and Aldeburgh and references to Paradise Garden flower paintings, drawings and poetry, reading and ideas for works.

Paris 1970 October December, 1970 (Item 51) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries based in London and include references ideas for and approaches to art and painting flowers and bats.

1970 December 1971 Feb, 1970-1971 (Item 52) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook- Entries based mainly in London and include gallery visits, ideas for paintings e.g. Phar Lap, Soldiers, Kelly and painting Snake panels. (snake panels)

Untitled, 1971 (Item 53) - Box 2

Smythsons Diary-Entries based in London with trip to Zurich and Venice and painting sessions of Snake.)

1971 Feb, February-April 1971 (Item 54) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries based mainly in London and includes references to painting Snake and drawing Mrs Fraser.

1971 June, 1971 (Item 55) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries include references to London and Aldeburgh, exhibitions, ideas about Ern Malley, contact with Patrick White, thoughts on painting Australian landscape and reading.

1971 July, July-August 1971 (Item 56) - Box 2

Easyrite Notebook-Entries based in London and include references to Snake, Nolan's daughter Amelda, painting sales and ideas.

Aug 1971 Oct, 1971 (Item 57) - Box 3

Easyrite Notebook-Entries based in London, Aldeburgh, Zurich and Venice and includes references to Snake, landscape painting, ideas for works, exhibition arrangements and reading.

Jan- Feb 72 London Africa, 1972 (Item 58) - Box 3

Memorandum Book No2-Includes references to time in London and trip to Africa and to Sweeney Tucker Reed and painting Snake.

Feb 72 Africa, 1972 (Item 59) - Box 3

Memorandum Book No2-Incudes references to trip to Africa and Australia as well as to Sweeney Tucker Reed.

Film 1 Australia March-April 1972, 1972 (Item 60) - Box 3

Memorandum Book No1-Entries based in Australia. Note: some doubling up of entries/dates covered with items 58 and 59.

Feb Africa 1972 April Australia, 1972 (Item 61) - Box 3

Memorandum Book No1-Incudes references to trip to Africa and Australia and to ideas for paintings e.g. Dante's Light and Ern Malley and film making.

New York April 72 London May 72, 1972 (Item 62) - Box 3

Vernon Notebook-Entries based mainly in New York and London and include references to Ern Malley, showing ideas for Paradise Gardens and Snake.

London June 1972, June-July 1972 (Item 63) - Box 3

Vernon Notebook-Entries based mainly in London, with visit to Saltwood and includes references to painting e.g. Snake and Miner Head, ideas for works e.g. Ern Malley and Dimboola and exhibitions.

London October 1972 December, 1972 (Item 64) - Box 3

Vernon Notebook-Entries based mainly in London and include thoughts re Eureka Stockade mural and Snake.

London December 1972, December 1972- January 1973 (Item 65) - Box 3

Vernon Notebook-Entries mainly based in London and include references to exhibitions, painting e.g. Flowers and Miners, ideas for works e.g. sculpture and African animals.

Jan 1973 London, January- February 1973 (Item 66) - Box 3

Vernon Notebook-Entries based in London and include references to painting e.g. New Guinea Men, Birds, Little Shark, Kelly and ideas for works e.g. Football Match, Ern Malley and Elephants.

Untitled, 1974 (Item 67) - Box 3

Smythsons Diary-Includes references to time in London and visits to Aldebergh and Saltwood, Mauritius, San Francisco and Vienna.

Untitled, November 1975- December 1976 (Item 70) - Box 3

The Wafer Notes-Entries based mainly in London with trips to the Canary Islands, Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Switzerland and includes references to exhibitions, painting e.g. Dimboola, ideas for works. This diary also includes enries relating to Cynthia Nolan's health and death in December 1976.

Untitled, 1977 (Item 71) - Box 3

WHSMITH Pocket Diary-Entries mainly based in London and Ruthland, with trips to Kenya and Australia.

Untitled, 1978 (Item 73) - Box 3

BADA60 Diary-Entries mainly based in London and Ruthland, with trips to Mexico, America, Tahiti, China and visit to Australia and also includes references to Mary Boyd Perceval, paintings e.g. Soldiers Heads and exhibitions.

Dec 1978, 1978 (Item 74) - Box 3

Vernon Notebook-Entries in London. Very few entries.

1979, June 1979 - March 1981 (Item 75) - Box 3

Vernon Notebook-Only two entries from Ruthland and on flight to Cairns.

Untitled, 1980 (Item 76) - Box 3

Smythsons Diary-Very few entries.

Untitled, February 1981 (Item 77) - Box 3

Silvine Memo Book-Only two entries.

Untitled, March- October 1981 (Item 78) - Box 3

Vernon Notebook-Two entries one Sydney, one Ruthland.

Untitled, 1981 (Item 79) - Box 3

Spirax Notebook-Entries includes ideas for works e.g. St Kilda, Fayrefield Hats, Silk Road, Mao, landscapes and exhibition planning.

Untitled, 1981-1982 (Item 80) - Box 3

Spirax Notebook-Entries mainly from Ruthland and flying over Central Australia and also includes ideas for works e.g. Mandrill and references to Patrick White.

Untitled, 1981-1983 (Item 81) - Box 3

Silvine Memo Book- Small number of entries, in Ruthland and Bundanon.

Untitled, 1982 (Item 82) - Box 3

Smythsons Diary-Very few entries.

Sept 1982 Australia, 1982-1983 (Item 83) - Box 3

Spirax Notebook-Entries include references to Ruthland, London, Australia, New Guinea, Bali, Athens and Spain, ideas for works e.g. Sleeping Stockmen, Carcasses, the Long March, collages, landscapes, exhibition details and painting sessions.

Untitled, 1983 (Item 84) - Box 3

Collins Index Diary-All entries in Mary Nolan's hand.diary.

Australia July 1983, July-December 1983 (Item 85) - Box 3

Spirax Notebook-Entries based in Australia, China and Ruthland and the Rodd/London and includes references to painting sessions and ideas e.g. related to China, Patrick White and exhibition discussions and arrangements.

Untitled, November 1983 (Item 86) - Box 3

Small writing pad- Few entries from the Rodd.

The Rodd Dec 83, 1983 (Item 87) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook-Few entries.

England Dec 1983, December 1983-March 1984 (Item 88) - Box 3

Spirax Notebook-Entries based in the Rodd/London, and include references to day trip to Paris, travels to Hong Kong and Australia, references to possible conversions to Rodd barn, reading and music, ideas for works e.g. memories of St Kilda, early work, mines and landscapes and painting a landscape.

Australia March 1984 to England June 1984, 1984 (Item 89) - Box 3

Spirax Notebook-Entries based in the Rodd/London and Australia including Central Australia and the Kimberley and includes references to painting e.g. Kelly, Landscapes, Mines and exhibition arrangements and attendance.

Sydney Sept 1984, September- December 1984 (Item 90) - Box 3

Spirax Notebook-Entries based in Australia and include ideas for works e.g. relating to Nolan's father and for films and visit to Xavier Herbert.

Untitled, February-April 1985 (Item 91) - Box 3

Ancol Pocket notebook-Entries mainly based at the Rodd and London and include reflections on modern art.

1985, March- September 1985 (Item 92) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook-Entries based in the Rodd/London with brief trip to Cologne for exhibition and include references to ideas for works and establishment of the Nolan Trust.

1985, March 1985-March 1986 (Item 93) - Box 3

Spirax Notebook-Entries mainly based in the Rodd and include references to personal memories of the 1930's and 1940's, spray painting and ideas for works.

Untitled, 24 July 1985 (Item 94) - Box 3

Single loose letter. Please refer to Series 1/ Loose material removed from Diaries and Notebooks/ File 222 for location information.

1985-86, September 1985-May 1988 (Item 95) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook- Entries mainly based in the Rodd/London and include references to barn concert, ideas for works and exhibitions. Mostly 1985, two entries 1986 and one 1988, many undated.

Untitled, 1986 (Item 97) - Box 3

Letts Diary-Entries based mainly in London and The Rodd with trips to Geneva and Gstaad, and Ireland and includes references to painting sessions and ideas for works.

Untitled, April 1986 (Item 98) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook-Entries based in London and The Rodd and includes references to spray painting and ideas for works.

1986, May-August 1986 (Item 99) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook-Entries based mainly in London and The Rodd, with trip to Gstaad.

Untitled, 1987 (Item 100) - Box 3

Smythsons Diary-Very few entries.

N-87, 1987 (Item 101) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook-Entries include contacts, ideas for works and thoughts on the impact of colonisation on Indigenous Australians peoples.

N-87, 1987-1990 (Item 102) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook-Entries include references to London, Italy and Australia and to exhibitions, working on abstract works and discussions on Ern Malley book. Text of some entries partly obscured by water damage.

1987-88, 1987-1988 (Item 103) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook-Entries mainly based in London, The Rodd and Australia and include thoughts on painting e.g. St Kilda memories, circumcision, the outback and exhibitions.

Untitled, May-July 1988 (Item 104) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook-Entries mainly based at the Rodd and includes ideas for works.

Untitled, 1989 (Item 106) - Box 3

Schaeffer Diary-Entries based mainly in UK with brief trip to Paris and includes references to painting e.g. Kimberley and Nolan family history.

Untitled, undated (Item 107) - Box 3

The Handy Tablet-Mainly messages, drafts of telegrams and book references. Appears to be 1980s, with one entry dated August 86.

Untitled, Undated (Item 108) - Box 3

Silvine Memo Book-Mostly contact details, telephone messages (1980s), book references and some artwork ideas.

Untitled, Undated (Item 109) - Box 3

Address book-Mostly contact details, reading references and personal reminders.

Untitled, Undated (Item 110) - Box 3

WHSMITH Notebook-Few entries.

Untitled, 1955 (Item 111) - Box 4

Large Notebook-Mostly affixed newspaper cuttings (annotated), some photographs and lists of works for exhibition. While titled 1955 on cover, items extend to 1962.

Untitled, 1956 (Item 112) - Box 4

Olaf Norlis Notebook-Small sketch front page and one entry only.

VSA 1959, 1959 (Item 113) - Box 4

National Notebook-One entry only.

Nights of No Moon, 1960 (Item 114) - Box 4

Purnell & Sons Notebook dummy copy- Handwritten title on front cover reads Nights of No Moon- remaining pages are blank blank.

Untitled, 1961 (Item 115) - Box 4

Seander Commercial Diary-Entries based mainly in London with trips to Egypt, Beirut, Kuwait and Tehran. Also includes references to filming in the Middle East, painting e.g. Leda and Swan and Flowers and ideas for works e.g. Gallipoli, and also references to film, ballet and sculptures.

Untitled, 1961 (Item 116) - Box 5

United Arab Airlines Diary-Entries based mainly in London and include exhibition arrangements.

Paintings 1963, 1963 (Item 117) - Box 5

Ryman Triplicate Book-Only one entry.

Gallipoli Notes, 1964 (Item 118) - Box 5

Boots Scribbling Diary-Entries based mainly in London with short trips to Edinburgh for Exhibition opening, Amsterdam and Paris. Also includes references to painting e.g. Heads of Women, Soldiers' Heads, Burke and Wills, Antarctica and Kelly.

Untitled, 1964 (Item 119) - Box 5

Bushey Sketch Book-Some sketches, mostly blank.

Untitled, 1965 (Item 120) - Box 5

Boots Scribbling Diary-Entries based in London and trip to New York and include references to painting e.g. Kellys and illustrations for Lowell poetry.

Sydney Opera House, 1966 (Item 121) - Box 5

Bushey Sketch Book-Book cover titled Sydney Opera House with only two pages of entries., then blank

Untitled, 1966 (Item 122) - Box 5

Notebook- entries include visiting the National Gallery in London, references to Patrick White, ideas about paintings e.g. Voss, New Guinea paintings, Leichhardt and painting sessions for Burke and Wills.

Untitled, 1968 (Item 123) - Box 6

Letts Desk Diary-Only a few entries, mostly at start of year.

Lanyon, 1974 (Item 124) - Box 6

Bushey Sketch Book-Cover hand titled Lanyon with only a few entries mainly from May 1974.

Untitled, 1976 (Item 125) - Box 6

WHSMITH Diary-Entries based mainly in London and includes references to painting e.g. Dimboola and photograph composites. Diary also records Cynthia Nolan's death.

Nov 79, 1979 (Item 126) - Box 6

WHSMITH Jotter-Includes only a few entries from November 1979 and Kelly related sketches.

Untitled, 1979-1980 (Item 127) - Box 6

Notebook-Entries mainly based at Ruthland and in London and include references to working on pastiches, photographic slides and transparencies and ideas e.g. for ballet, St Kilda and Australia.

December 1981, 1981-1983 (Item 128) - Box 6

Notebook-Entries mainly based at Ruthland and includes a limited number of entries with references to poems written and ideas about Silk Route and Long March.

Untitled, 1982-1983 (Item 129) - Box 6

WHSMITH Duplicate Book-Entries mainly based in Ruthland and London and includes references to ideas for works e.g. relating to Patrick White, DC10 crash in Antarctica, paintings of birds, landscapes and heads of women and Auschwitz drawings.

Untitled, 1983 (Item 130) - Box 7

WHSMITH Duplicate Book-Few entries, all from Ruthland.

N- 1983, 1983-1985 (Item 131) - Box 7

Notebook-Entries based mainly at The Rodd and London and includes references to computer photograph montage workings, discussions on music and art and ideas from reading and for works e.g. Carcasses, St Kilda, Wimmera and memories of Northern Territory scenes.

Nolan 1983, 1983 (Item 132) - Box 7

WHSMITH Duplicate Book-Few entries, all from Ruthland.

Untitled, 1984 (Item 133) - Box 7

WHSMITH Reporters Notebook - entries are mostly appointments and phone numbers.

Untitled, 1984 (Item 134) - Box 7

WHSMITH Sketch Pad-Few entries. Some sketches.

Untitled, 1984 (Item 135) - Box 7

Silvine Artists Sketchpad-Few entries.

Untitled, 1984 (Item 136) - Box 7

Collins Notebook Diary-Entries mainly based in The Rodd and London and also includes ideas e.g. Kimberley and painting mines and birds.

1985 Australia, 1985 (Item 137) - Box 7

Spirax Notebook-Entries mainly based in the UK and Australia and include references to ideas for painting e.g. sleeping stockmen and fire fighting at Yallourn.

Untitled, 1985 (Item 138) - Box 7

Cambridge Duplicate Book-One entry only.

Nolan 1986, 1985-1986 (Item 139) - Box 8

Silvine sketchbook-Entries based in The Rodd and London.

Untitled, 1986 (Item 140) - Box 8

Crown Brand Notebook-One entry only.

Nolan 86, 1986 (Item 141) - Box 8

Sketchbook-Few entries, all from The Rodd.

1990 Nolan, 1990 (Item 142) - Box 8

Cambridge Notebook-Entries based in London and The Rodd, with trips to Vienna, Madrid and Paris and includes references to exhibition arrangements, gallery vistis and ideas for painting e.g. repainting Rosa Mutabilis.

Nolan 1986, 1986 (Item 143) - Box 8

Alwych Diary-Entries based mainly at The Rodd, and trip to GStaad and includes references to ideas for works e.g. relating to Patrick White, collage and computer manipulation of photographs).

Nolan 1986-8, 1986-1988 (Item 144) - Box 8

Silvine notebook-Entries based mainly at The Rodd, with trip to Paris and includes references to ideas for works e.g. ballet, Nolan's father, aboriginal themes, work on opera set and writing of poems.

Nolan, 1991 (Item 145) - Box 8

Notebook-Entries mainly based at The Rodd and include references to ideas for works e.g. relating to Patrick White and thoughts on the Gulf War.

Nolan March 19, 1991, 1991 (Item 146) - Box 8

Silvine Students Note Book-Two entries for March 1991 based at The Rodd.

Untitled, 1987 (Item 147) - Box 8

WHSMITH Desk Diary-Entries based at The Rodd, and consist mainly of poems written by Nolan relating to Patrick White and some of his works, spanning from Christmas Day 1986 to March 1989.

Untitled, undated (Item 148) - Box 9

WHSMITH Reporters Notebook-Entries are mainly contact details, messages and appointments.

Untitled, undated (Item 149) - Box 9

WHSMITH Shorthand Schools Reporters-Entries include mainly contact details, messages and appointments.

Untitled, undated (Item 150) - Box 9

WHSMITH Notebook-Entries include mainly contact details, messages and appointments.

Untitled, undated (Item 151) - Box 9

Silvine Notebook-Entries include mainly contact details, messages and appointments.

Anglo Saxon Coins, undated (Item 152) - Box 9

Sketchbook-Titled along spine Anglo Saxon Coins. Few entries.

Untitled, undated (Item 153) - Box 9

Rowney Sketchbook-Includes sketch of boat scene with Kelly, Moonboy, convict and Mrs Fraser together in a boat and collages, collages with sketch and various ppublished printshs, including beach, football and other scenes.

Peking Exhibition, undated (Item 154) - Box 9

Notebook-One entry only listing pictures/exhibitions.

Untitled, 1962-1963 (Item 155) - Box 9

Aquabee Quickie Sketchbook-Includes notes about paintings, sculptures, Burke and Wills, Paintings for Marlborough exhibition, Alan Morrhead, Rimbaud, Moby Dick and Auschwitz.

Untitled, undated (Item 157) - Box 9

Basildon Bond - entries are mostly appointments and phone numbers.

Untitled, undated (Item 158) - Box 9

Notebook- entries are mostly appointments and phone numbers.

Untitled, undated (Item 159) - Box 9

Notebook - entries are mostly appointments and phone numbers.

Untitled, undated (Item 160) - Box 9

Notebook (without covers) - entries are mostly appointments and phone numbers.

Untitled, undated (Item 161) - Box 9

Notebook - No entries

Untitled, undated (Item 162) - Box 9

Notebook (without front cover)- entries are mostly appointments and phone numbers.

Untitled, 1981 (Item 163) - Box 9

Silvine notebook- entries are mostly appointments and phone numbers.

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney Bridge, Motorway", 26 July 1974 (File 1) - Album 203

Black & White Polaroids- envelope labelled "Motorway, Shepherd's Bush, Putney Bridge", 27 July 1974 (File 2) - Album 203

Black & White Polaroids -envelope labelled "Chislehurst", 26 July 1974 (File 3) - Album 203

Black & White Polaroids-envelope labelled "Werter Street, Putney; Walt Disney transfers on back of cars; Cinema images; Irish road workers", 29-30 August 1974 (File 5) - Album 203

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled 'Shepherd's Bush', 26-27 August 1974 (File 7) - Album 203

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney High St", 19 August 1974 (File 8) - Album 203

Black & White Polaroids- unlabelled envelope, August 1974 (File 10) - Album 203

Black & White Polaroids- unlabelled envelope, August 1974 (File 11) - Album 203

Black & White Polaroids- unlabelled envelope, August 1974 (File 12) - Album 203

Colour and Black & White Polaroids- envelope labelled "Colour. Putney", August 1974 (File 13) - Album 204

Colour Polaroids- envelope labelled "Colour. Putney, High St", August 1974 (File 14) - Album 204

Colour Polaroids- envelope labelled "Colour. Chislehurst", 22 August 1974 (File 15) - Album 204

Colour Polaroids- envelope labelled "Colour. Motorway, Mounted Police, Hammersmith", 24 August 1974 (File 16) - Album 204

Colour Polaroids- envelope labelled "Colour. Still life. Cezanne", August 1974 (File 17) - Album 204

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Motorway, Shepherd's Bush, Rain", 1 September 1974 (File 18) - Album 204

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney, Rain, traffic, and police horses", 3 September 1974 (File 19) - Album 204

Black & White Polaroids -unlabelled envelope, 5 September 1974 (File 20) - Album 204

Black & White Polaroids -unlabelled envelope, 6 September 1974 (File 21) - Album 204

Black & White Polaroids -unlabelled envelope, 14 September 1974 (File 22) - Album 204

Black & White Polaroids -unlabelled envelope, 17 September 1974 (File 23) - Album 204

Black & White Polaroids -unlabelled envelope, 17 September 1974 (File 24) - Album 204

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 18 September 1974 (File 25) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 19 September 1974 (File 26) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 20 September 1974 (File 27) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 21 September 1974 (File 28) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 21 September 1974 (File 29) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 22 September 1974 (File 30) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 23 September 1974 (File 31) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 24 September 1974 (File 32) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 25 September 1974 (File 33) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 26 September 1974 (File 34) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney, Motorway, Rain", 27 September 1974 (File 35) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 28 September 1974 (File 36) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney Bridge enlarge? 'Work' Ford Maddox Brown", 29 September 1974 (File 37) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids -unlabelled envelope, 29 September 1974 (File 38) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney, Christie Cafe(Brett)", 30 September 1974 (File 39) - Album 205

Black & White Polaroids -unlabelled envelope, September 1974 (File 40) - Album 205

Colour Polaroids- envelope labelled "Putney, Studio, Toy figure and Kilim[sic] rug(curtain)", 21 September 1974 (File 41) - Album 206

Colour Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 5 September 1974 (File 42) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 1 October 1974 (File 43) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney, brewery horses, rain", 2 October 1974 (File 44) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 2 October 1974 (File 45) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 3 October (File 46) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Horses (Emily Dickinson's death would not stop for me' etc.), bridge, river, yachts 'BAR' reversed painting", 5 October 1974 (File 47) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 5 October 1974 (File 48) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Christies Café on Putney Bridge", 6 October 1974 (File 49) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 9 October 1974 (File 50) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 10 October 1974 (File 51) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 11 October 1974 (File 52) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 12 October 1974 (File 53) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 13 October 1974 (File 54) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 14 October 1974 (File 55) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 15 October 1974 (File 56) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 21 October 1974 (File 57) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 30 October 1974 (File 58) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 31 October 1974 (File 59) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, October 1974 (File 60) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, October 1974 (File 61) - Album 206

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 1 November 1974 (File 62) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 3 November 1974 (File 63) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 6 November 1974 (File 64) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 10 November 1974 (File 65) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 11 November 1974 (File 66) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Fulham Palace Road, Christies Café Enlarge", 12 November 1974 (File 67) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - unlabelled envelope, 12 November 1974 (File 68) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Raining, Shepherd's Bush, Enlarge? Mounted policemen", 13 November 1974 (File 69) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Raining, Shepherd's Bush", 13 November 1974 (File 70) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Shepherd's Bush", 14 November 1974 (File 71) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Shepherd's Bush", 15 November 1974 (File 72) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney; Elegy, London a city destroyed", 19-25 November 1975 (File 73) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Fulham Palace Road, Enlarge", 1974-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 (File 74) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Fulham Palace Road", November 1974 (File 75) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Rain, Shepherd's Bush", November 1974 (File 76) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Putney", 3 December 1974 (File 77) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Shepherd's Bush", 4 December 1974 (File 78) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Shepherd's Bush, enlarge?", 4 December 1974 (File 79) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Shepherd's Bush, Nolan", 6 December 1974 (File 80) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled "Shepherd's Bush", 8 December 1974 (File 81) - Album 207

Black & White Polaroids - front of envelope labelled "Café near Putney Pier(Christies Café). Gordon enlarge". Reverse of envelope labelled "My self Portrait in car side-window. Brett Whitely Christie Murder series. Putney Bridge", 12 December 1974 (File 82) - Album 208

Colour Polaroids - Reverse of envelope labelled "Manoly flea on cross PW as horseman with spear", 16 July 1975 (File 83) - Album 208

Colour Polaroids -unlabelled envelope, 16 July 1975 (File 84) - Album 208

Colour Polaroids -Reverse of envelope labelled "Large scale like 'Snake' 'abstract' jumble of horse and cranes. Sky-hook M.H. (chain E.L.) sculpture;Abo cart black hole central Australia", 6 October 1976 (File 85) - Album 208

Projections onto paintings, double exposures

Colour Polaroids -Reverse of envelope labelled "Gove mist sun trees mining, feeding horse bag, stockman- rising sun, morning gallop, Prometheus Thwaites 'Tusker' elephant Peter", 9 October 1976 (File 86) - Album 208

Projections onto paintings, double exposures

Colour Polaroids -Reverse of envelope labelled "Lassiter crafter Aeroplane card Damage tank N.T. Capricorn, Black Hole, Kelly painting TH photograph, dig, miners", 2 November 1976 (File 87) - Album 208

Projections onto paintings, double exposures

Black & White Polaroids - no envelope. Annotations on back of some Polaroids mostly read Putney Bridge, August 1973 (File 88) - Album 208

Includes 4 Polaroids of artworks taken in studio.

Black & White and Colour Polaroids- no envelope. Annotations on back of some Polaroids read Putney Bridge, Orford, Studio, September-October 1973 (File 89) - Album 208

Blank Art postcards from the National Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Includes loose note relating to Ern Malley series in Nolan's handwriting, April 1973 (File 90) - Album 209

Black & White Polaroids - Composite. Handwritten subject label on archive file read 'Composite polaroids Black and White'. Contains what appears to be projections of photographs/paintings on paintings, February 1974 (File 91) - Album 209

Black & White Polaroids - Composite. Annotations on reverse of some Polaroids read "Ern Malley".Contains what appears to be projections of photographs/paintings onto paintings, November-December 1973 (File 92) - Album 209

Black & White Polaroids - Composite. Annotations on reverse of some Polaroids read " For Dust Book". Contains what appears to be projections of 1940's drought photographs onto paintings, December 1973 (File 93) - Album 209

Black & White Polaroids - Composite. Annotations on reverse of some Polaroids read "Thames Series", "Paradise Garden", "Troopship Gallipoli", "Ern Malley","Apocalypse Horse", "Tree of Life", "Horse galloping on Snake", "Putney Bridge", "Goya", November 1973 (File 94) - Album 210

Black & White Polaroids - Composite. Annotations on reverse of some Polaroids read " Ern Malley", Baudelaire, Lowell", " Young Prince of Tyre", December 1973 (File 95) - Album 210

Photographs of Sidney Nolan with Nolan family (File 97) - Album 212

Includes photographs of Nolan as a young boy and later in life; Nolan departing for England on ship; early Nolan family photographs; Diggers Rest pub owned by Nolan family; Amelda Langslow as baby with Dora Nolan. Also includes newspaper clippings and letter from Nolan's sister Lorna.Black and White prints and medium format negatives

Africa - labelled 'Tanganyika', 1962 (File 99) - Album 213

Unmounted colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Ethiopia', 1962 (File 100) - Album 213

Unmounted colour transparencies 35mm

Africa -labelled 'Tanganyika and Zanzibar', 1962 (File 101) - Album 213

Unmounted colour transparencies 35mm

Africa -labelled 'Axum, Ethiopia', 1962 (File 102) - Album 213

Unmounted colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Ethiopia', 1962 (File 103) - Album 213

Unmounted colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti , Leopard in tree', 1962 (File 104) - Album 213

Unmounted colour transparencies 16 mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Africa - unlabelled, 1962 (File 105) - Album 213

Unmounted colour transparencies 16 mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Africa - unlabelled, 1962 (File 106) - Album 213

Unmounted colour transparencies 16 mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Africa - labelled '616148- 4'- 1 film strip, 1962 (File 109) - Album 213

Black and White negatives 16 mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Africa - labelled '616148- 5'- 3 film strips, 1962 (File 110) - Album 213

Black and White negatives 16 mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Unknown location labelled '616148- 6'- 3 film strips (File 111) - Album 213

Black and White negatives 16 mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Africa - labelled '616148- 17'- 3 film strips, 1962 (File 112) - Album 213

Black and White negatives 16 mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Africa - labelled '616148- 19'- 3 film strips, 1962 (File 114) - Album 213

Black and White negatives 16 mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Africa - labelled '616148- 20'- 3 film strips, 1962 (File 115) - Album 213

Black and White negatives 16mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Africa - labelled '20'- 3 film strips, 1962 (File 116) - Album 213

Black and White negatives 16 mm. CamBinox Binocular Camera

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti, pelicans', 1962 (File 117) - Album 213

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Leopard, (illegible) Serengeti', 1962 (File 118) - Album 213

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti, birds, lion, trees, pelican sick, wild dog', 1962 (File 119) - Album 213

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti, giraffes, elephants', 1962 (File 120) - Album 213

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled '(illegible) etc. Serengeti', 1962 (File 121) - Album 213

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti, leopards, cheetah', 1962 (File 122) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Murchison Falls, birds, elephants', 1962 (File 123) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled '(illegible) etc. Serengeti', 1962 (File 124) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti, birds, animals', 1962 (File 125) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'Birds, dead, Serengeti', 1962 (File 126) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa - labelled 'dead birds, Serengeti', 1962 (File 127) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa- loose slides x 2, unidentified, birds, 1962 (File 128) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies 35mm

Africa- labelled 'Kisoro, [illegible]', 1962 (File 129) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa- labelled 'Kisoro, landscape from house [illegible], hide stretched, travellers rest', 1962 (File 130) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti 1962 dry river bed [illegible]', 1962 (File 131) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti, trees, lions', 1962 (File 132) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti, Lake Manyara', 1962 (File 133) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti, lion, landscape from [illegible] tree, Sept 1962', 1962 (File 134) - Album 214

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Serengeti, Kopjes picnic', 1962 (File 135) - Album 215

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Uganda, Zoo at Entebbe', 1962 (File 136) - Album 215

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Murchison Falls, Nile, Hippo', 1962 (File 137) - Album 215

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Murchison Falls, Elephants', 1962 (File 138) - Album 215

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Murchison Falls, from on top', 1962 (File 139) - Album 215

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Africa - labelled 'Murchison, croc [illegible]', 1962 (File 140) - Album 215

Mounted Colour transparencies medium format (6x6cm)

Package labelled 'Middle East? Sharks' (File 141) - Album 215

Negatives are of snow covered landscapes and what appeatrs to be Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland. Black and White 35mm negatives. Negatives arrived at NLA damaged and uncut wrapped around a cardboard core. NLA Preservation staff treated negatives and cut into strips for permanent storage

Envelope labelled - 'Self portrait material, Kuringai Chase, candle black, wild plant pics' (File 142) - Album 215

Black and White Large Format negatives (5"x 4"). Negatives arrived at NLA damaged and stuck together and have been separated by NLA Preservation staff.

Australia - envelope labelled ' Negatives to be printed. Unidentified ? Place'. (File 186) - Album 219

Negatives appear to be be from 4 different rolls of film including one roll of duplicate negatives. Subject matter includes images of young girls on farm or coastal house; images of dog; river scene; young girls in swimsuits; coastal landscapes.Black and White negatives medium format (127 negatives)

Black & White Polaroids - 2 envelopes. First envelope labelled 'For enlargement 23 Dec 73. Ern Malley'. Second envelope labelled '7th July 1974 London. Black and White Polaroid Thames and Expressway at Shepard's Bush', 1973-1974 (File 201) - Album 222

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled 'Adelaide Ern Malley', 1973 (File 202) - Album 222

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled 'Nolan 1 set 14 Ern Malley' (File 203) - Album 222

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled ' Studio 1973', 1973 (File 204) - Album 222

Black & White Polaroids - 2 envelopes both labelled ' 1973', 1973 (File 205) - Album 222

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled ' Carcase and PG drawing. Drought animal.Goya.Windmill.Maison Tellier.Ladies of Avignon', 1973 (File 206) - Album 222

Composite images - projections on drawings/paintings. Date taken from annotations on verso

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled ' Nijinsky Degas 1973'.Date taken from annotations on verso, 1973 (File 207) - Album 222

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled ' Ballet Nijinsky. Degas Maison Tellier.Face with bandages'.Date taken from annotations on verso, 1973 (File 208) - Album 223

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled 'Russian Ballet. Degas Maison Tellier 2nd Dec 73.Goya painting engraving on the wall "I want the one". Degas bronze dancing girl with skirt.[Illegible]. Nijinsky as Après Midi Fawn. Degas monotype two figures'.Date taken from annotations on verso, 1973 (File 209) - Album 223

Black & White Polaroids - envelope labelled 'Carcase and PG drawing'.Date taken from annotations on verso, 1973 (File 210) - Album 223

Black & White Polaroids - two envelopes both unlabelled. Some annotations on verso read 'Paradise Garden' and 'Ern Malley'.Date taken from annotations on verso, 1973 (File 211) - Album 223

Black & White Polaroids - envelope unlabelled. Images taken in studio of artworks. Annotations on verso read 'Ern Malley Egyptian register' and 'Nude'.Date taken from annotations on verso, 1973 (File 212) - Album 223