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Collections of the Australian Performing Arts Collection

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This is a list of collections held by the Australian Performing Arts Collection (APAC) at the Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, organised alphabetically. For a list of exhibitions held using the collection see: Australian Performing Arts Collection Exhibitions.

Collections[edit]

Collection Title Description Dates Covered Notes
3KZ Collection Contains booklets, ledgers, objects, photographs, and promotional material of radio station 3KZ, now Gold 104.3. 1950s-1990
A.R.T. Productions Collection
ABC Television Collection Costumes from various Australian Broadcasting Corporation television mini-series and comedy / variety programmes including from Bellbird, Lucinda Brayford, The D-Generation, DAAS Kapital, The Black and White Mistrel Show, and children's educational programmes. 1970s-1980s
AC/DC Collection Includes costumes, photographs, and posters relating to AC/DC. 1970s-2010
Ada Colton Collection Contains theatre costume, photographs, and receipt book for Ada Colton, seamstress for the Princess Theatre Royal, King's Theatre, and the Tivoli. c1917-1959
Ada Jacoby Collection Collection of over 200 photographs highlighting the early years of Australian television, in particular the live to air television plays produced by the ABC where Ada Jacoby was senior makeup in the 1960s.
Addie Pearce Collection Collection relating to actor Addie Pearce, comprising posters, programmes, flyers, a scrapbook, and two audio cassettes of a 1982 interview with Pearce's daughter Adey Marsden, describing her memories of working in Melbourne theatre with her mother.[1] 1887-1907
Adele Hardwick Collection Contains scrapbook, programmes, and an autobiographical document relating to dancer Adele Hardwick.[2] c1920-c1930
Adventure Island Costume Collection Includes puppets, props and accessories made by Axel Axelrad and photographs by Laurie Richards, relating to Magic Circle Club television program. 1967
Agnes Fulton Collection Contains photographs, scrapbooks, and sheet music related to Agnes Fulton.
Ainslie 'Babe' Williams Collection Contains photographs, and make-up case of Ainslie 'Babe' Williams. 1930s
Alan Benjamin Collection
Alan Charleston Collection Contains photographs of ballet performances in Australia. c1940s
Alan Hawking Collection
Alan Light Collection
Alex Jurman Collection
Alice Dolphin Collection Collection comprises photographs, sheet music, press clippings, correspondence, and original manuscripts including musical compositions, pantomimes, poetry, prose fiction, and autobiographical essays by Alice Dolphin.
Alicia Clements Collection Costume designs by Alicia Clements. 2010s
Almost Managing Company Collection Collection includes books, photographs, production files, props, scripts, and writers files. 1970s-1980s
Andrew and Lynne Trute Collection Contains content relating to musician Nick Cave.
Andris Toppe Collection
Angus Winneke Collection Includes over 350 set and costume designs for the Tivoli and the Lido theatres, as well as scrapbooks which include programmes and stage photographs. 1940-1966
Ann Church Collection Photographs by Ann Church of Australian ballet and theatre performances. 1940s-1950s
Anna Pavlova Collection Collection contains artworks, programmes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, costumes, correspondence, and promotional objects. Composed largely of items donated by The Australian Ballet in 1998.[3] 1896-1931
Anne Fraser Collection Contains over 2,000 objects, including letters, contracts, catalogues, correspondence, programmes, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, scripts, and hundreds of set and costume designs.[4] 1933-1994
Anne Haddy Collection
Annie Reid Collection
Anthill Theatre Collection (Australian Nouveau Theatre) Contains photographs, and promotional material for Anthill Theatre (Australian Nouveau Theatre Company) 1970s-1990s
Appleton and Inman Family Collection
Arthur Turnbull Collection Relating to choreographer Arthur Turnbull. Includes costumes, costume and set designs, and documents including their notes, correspondence, flyers, magazines & journals, news clippings, posters, and programmes.[5] 1938-1991
Ashton's Circus Collection Contains materials related to Circus Joseph Ashton, including posters, programmes, photographs, news clippings, and scrapbooks. c1890-1980s Donated by the Ashton family.[6]
Au-Go-Go Records Collection Collection of posters ad promotional material related to Au Go Go Records. 1980s-1990s
Aub Gamble Collection
Australian Ballet Society Includes photographs, concept drawings and designs, archives and musical scores and material relating to Australian Ballet Society, Australian Ballet Theatre, Ballets Russes, Borovansky, Bodenwieser, National Theatre Ballet, Ballet Rambert, Ballet Guild. Membership lists and documents relating to the growth of the Australian Ballet Society from 1945.
Australian Ladies Pipe Band Collection
Australian National Theatre Collection
Australian Performing Group Collection Collection items relate to Australian Performing Group/La Mama Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Lindy Davies, Laurel Frank, Robin Laurie, John Timlin, and more. Includes production information, programmes, publicity material, administrative records, newsletters, correspondence, photographs, audio tapes of performances and meetings, a vinyl record Songs from Dreamers of the Absolute, and the original Pram Factory sign.[7] 1967-1981
Ballarat Lyric Orchestra
Ballet Victoria Collection Includes photographs, programmes, designs and costumes. Also known as Ballet Guild Collection.[8]
Ballets Russes Collection Relating to Original Ballet Russe tours of Australia. Collection contains business records and correspondence, artworks and photographs depicting dancers, programmes, and official and personal scrapbooks relating to each tour. 1936-1940
Bangarra Dance Theatre Collection
Barbara Angell Collection Collection relating to Barbara Angell. Contains costumes, music arrangements and lyrics, news clippings, objects, photographs, programmes, scrapbooks, make-up, correspondence, and the manuscript for Tivoli Nights. 1949-1971
Barrasford Family Collection Collection includes photographs of early twentieth century British, French and Australian variety performers (c1930s-1950s), photos and personal records of the Barrasford family, programmes of early twentieth century British variety performances, financial records from the Harry Rickards company (1895) and the Glasgow Hippodrome (c.1905) with business correspondence, and souvenirs of events in Melbourne up to the 1960s. 1895-1960s
Barrie Kosky Collection Includes material relating to the productions by theatre and opera director Barrie Kosky for Victorian State Opera, Opera Australia, and Sydney Theatre Company.
Barry Gordon Collection
Barry Humphries Collection Collection documenting Barry Humphries' work on stage, film, and television. Includes programmes, posters, photographs, scripts, correspondence, costumes, and paintings and drawings by Humphries. 1940s- Barry Humphries collections are also part of George Fairfax Collection
Basin Theatre Collection
Bell Shakespeare Company Collection Contains prompt scripts, stage management records, programmes, posters and photographs from the Bell Shakespeare Company's productions and touring shows.
Belvoir Theatre Company
Ben Arnott Collection
Bernard Mullens Collection
Bert Irving Myer - Chevron Hotel Collection Includes display boards, photographs, set models, and promotional material relating to the Chevron Hotel. 1958-1983
Bert Spencer - Boomerang Entertainers Collection Contains costumes, instruction sheets, photograph, and vaudeville props. 1919
Bettina Welch Collection Contains correspondence, libretti, photographs, programmes, script, and sheet music. 1902-1992
Betty Coleman Collection
Betty Druitt Collection
Betty McQuade Collection Includes photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by Betty McQuade, with flyers, posters, contracts, tickets, and newspaper clippings. Collection also includes rare original recordings of Betty's releases on the Astor and Go!! labels, later compilation albums she appeared on, live concert recordings and interviews from the 1980s and 1990s, and costumes. 1950s-1990s
Betty Pounder Collection Contains materials relating to Betty Pounder's work on 60 productions including Paint Your Wagon (1954), Funny Girl (1966) and The Wiz (1976), photographs, news clippings, programmes, and scrap books. 1952-1988 Donated by her Estate in 1991.[9]
Betty Stewart Collection Includes correspondence, photographs, programmes, scrapbooks relating to the history of Australian theatre, and Betty Stewart's promotion and management of touring acts in the 1960s, including The Beatles Australian tour in 1964. 1950s-1970s
Betty Wood Collection Contains programmes, scores and libretti, costume accessories, and photo album relating to Betty Wood and Raymond Fehmel of Mont Albert Choral Society, later the Victoria State Opera Company.
Bland Holt Collection Contains book, correspondence, postcards, and programme related to Bland Holt. 1901-1979
Bob Murphy Collection
Bobby Mack Collection Collection includes photographs, documents, scrapbooks, photo albums, costume designs, programmes, and personal effects of vaudeville comedian Bobby Mack.
Bodenwieser Collection Collection relating to the career of Gertrud Bodenwieser includes photography, posters and handbills, props, costumes, and programmes, some with Bodenwieser's handwritten notes.[10]
Bonnie McCallum Collection Includes photographs, papers, and research notes. 1940s-1950s
Borovansky Ballet Collection Contains photography, programmes, costumes, scrapbooks, artworks and designs relating to the Borovansky Ballet.
Boy From Oz Collection
Brett Murphy Collection
Brett Randall Collection Autographs and correspondence relating to actor Brett Randall. 1916-1956
Brian James Archive Collection
Brian Thomson Collection Containing work by designer Brian Thomson, includes scrapbooks, posters, set models and set model pieces, concept and design reference folios, design drawings, and blueprints. 1965-2001
Brown Family Collection Contains circus handbills, news clippings, photographs, and programmes. 1920-1974
Browning Mummery Collection
Bruce Myles Collection Collection relating to actor and director Bruce Myles, with files related to theatre performances he directed. 1976-
Bruce Postle Collection 40 photographs by Bruce Postle.
Buddy England Collection
Cafe Boom Boom Collection
Cameron Mackintosh Collection
Carrillo Gantner Collection
Chamber Made Opera Collection Includes costumes, business documents, photographs, programmes, posters, and files on each production containing a copy of the orchestral score, libretto, publicity photos, stage manager's file, marketing file, newspaper clippings, reviews, and audience surveys. 1989-2009
Charles and Pat Norman Collection Collection contains photographs, scripts, scrapbooks, programmes, unpublished manuscripts, relating to Charles and Pat Norman's careers in theatre. 1925-1996
Children's Theatre Guild Collection
Chris Gregory Collection
Chris Sheil Collection
Chunky Move Collection Contains photographs and video of work by Gideon Obarzanek and other Chunky Move choreographers, dancers, and designers.[11]
Church Theatre Collection
Cid Ellwood Collection Contains musical scores, photographs, and Orchestra parts of composer Cid Ellwood. 1950s-1960s
Circus Oz Collection Includes photographs by Ponch Hawkes from 1979 - 1998, 53 costumes designed by Laurel Frank, and photographs, newspaper clippings, scripts, production and workshop notes, itineraries, budgets, reports and correspondences from Soapbox Circus and The New Ensemble Circus before they amalgamated into Circus Oz.[12] 1979-current
Claude Dampier and Billie Carlyle Collection Collection relating to comedy duo Claude Dampier and Billie Carlyle's career in Australia and Britain. Includes photographs, programmes, flyers, telegrams, scripts, biographical notes, newspaper clippings, sheet music, and two unpublished novels by Billie Carlyle. 1917-1970s
Claude Guest Collection
Cleopatra Records Collection Posters and flyers relating to Cleopatra Records. 1980s-1990
Clifford Hocking and David Vigo Collection A large business archive consisting of records, photographs, promotional material and artist files. 1960s-1990s
Colleano Family Collection News clippings, poster, photographs relating to the Colleano Family; Con Colleano, Maurice Colleano, Elsie Bower, Hoyce, George and Lyn, and Winnie Trevail, and Colleano's All Star Circus.[13] 1910-1974
Coral Browne Collection Collection includes documents, news clippings, diaries, correspondence, notebooks, handbills, posters, media releases, and photographs relating to Coral Browne. 1902-1986
Crawfords Collection Costumes from the television series Division 4, and other promotional material. 1960s-1980s
Crowded House Collection Includes magazines, newsletters, programmes, promotional material and fan clubs information for Crowded House. 1980s-1997
Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE Collection
Dame Nellie Melba Collection Collection includes costumes and accessories worn by the singer, photographs, programmes, correspondence, Opera scores, books, monogrammed items, and records.
Dame Nellie Melba Collection - Beryl Fanning Collection
Dame Nellie Melba Collection - Podhragy Collection
Dame Nellie Melba Collection - Tommy Cochran Collection
Dance Works Collection Includes photographs, costumes, and programmes. 1992-2005
David McIlwraith Collection Contains booklets, magazines, and theatre programmes. c1950s-1970s
David Pledger - Not Yet It's Difficult (NYID) Collection Collection relating to Not Yet It's Difficult and their artistic director David Pledger. 1990s-2012
Dein Perry's Tap Dogs Collection Contains a costume, promotional ephemera, and photographs relating to the Tap Dogs theatrical dance show.[14]
Derek Holmes Collection
Dick Diamond Collection
Don Blackwood Collection Contains flyers, news clippings, photographs, programmes, and a script relating to Don Blackwood and Lido Cabaret Dance Band. 1929-1939
Don Nicol Collection Includes photographs, clippings, correspondence with J. C. Williamson Ltd, contracts, sketches and caricatures by Nicol of himself and his fellow performers, a typed narrative, and an oral history recording of his wife Oda Nicol’s reminiscences of Don Nicol. c1920s-1943
Donovan Joyce Collection Contains receipts, letters, business records, radio play scripts, production notes, recordings, music lists, correspondence, shipping records, contracts, recorded disks of  some of broadcasts, digital transfers of these, and a ledger detailing the broadcasting stations and dates by production. Relating to radio producer and writer Donovan Joyce. 1940s-1950s
Doreen May Collection Collection of photographs and promotional material. 1920s-1930s
Dorothy Harvey Collection
Dorothy Phillips "Thea Philips" Collection Collection of photographs of Australian Soprano Dorothea Phillips, known professionally as Thea Philips.
Dorothy Seacombe Collection
Doug Anthony Allstars Collection Include costumes, promotional material, and script donated by Doug Anthony All Stars and their members Paul McDermott, Tim Ferguson, and Richard Fidler.
Doug Duke Collection
E. Stanley Brookes Collection Collection of two boxes containing book of songs and stories, records, and radio scripts relating to radio broadcaster E. Stanley Brookes. 1920s
Edouin Bryer Family Collection
Earls Court Photographs and scrapbooks relating to the venue Earls Court.[15] 1931-1963 Earls Court, also known as Earl's Court, was located in St Kilda and later became The Venue.[16]
Edward and Magdalene Pipe Collection
Edward Pask Collection
Elizabeth Paterson Collection Includes the cart, props, costumes, a design and soundtrack tapes from The Haberdasher’s Cart. Also contains personal papers, scripts, correspondence, business papers and photographs of Elizabeth Paterson in theatre costumes.
Emerald Hill Theatre Collection
Eric Richards Collection Includes photographs of the horses that were created by Eric Richards for the J. C. Williamsons Ltd production of Camelot in 1963. Also includes programmes,photographs, scrapbook, and letters.
Ernie Bayly Collection
Ernst Grossman Collection Includes publications, and photographs. 1930-1981
Etsie Scerri Collection
Evie Hayes Collection Contains objects, photographs, programmes, and sheet music relating to musical and vaudeville star Evie Hayes, including items relating to her husband Will Mahoney. 1912-1988 Also known as Evie Hayes & Will Mahoney Collection.
Field Collection
Florence Austral Collection Includes news clippings, photographs, and programmes from Florence Austral's career in Opera. 1930-1961
Flying Fruit Fly Circus Collection Costumes, posters, photographs, and programmes related to The Flying Fruit Fly Circus. 1979-2001
Frances Saville Collection Includes an oil portrait of Frances Saville by Arthur von Ferraris, correspondence from Gustav Mahler, signed photographic postcards from contemporaries of Saville, and a small collection of documents.
Frank Hinder Collection Collection relating to stage designer Frank Hinder, including designs and concepts, research and documentation slides, photographs, staging plans, and a set model. 1950s-1960s
Frank Hosking Collection
Frank Lasslett Collection Includes photographs, documents, programmes, and recordings relating to the career of singer Frank Lasslett.
Frank Talbot Collection
Frank Thring Collection Collection includes photographs, programmes and correspondence. The collection also contains material relating to his father, entrepreneur F.W. Thring, who established Efftee Films, Efftee Players, and radio station 3XY. Frank Thring's mother's business Kreitmayers' Waxworks is also represented.
Frank Ward and Desle Ward Collection Archive of Frank Ward and Desle Todd, includes photographs, documents, and costumes. 1930s-1980s Also known as, Frank Ward and Desle Todd Collection.[17]
Fred Braid Colonial Circus Research Collection Research files, reference material and books relating to circus during colonial period compiled by Fred Braid.
Fred Russell Collection
Free Entertainment In Parks (FEIP) Collection
Fritz Hart Collection Includes correspondence, photographs, personal effects, and objects. 1920s-1930s
G. Cowling Collection
Garry Ginivan Collection Costumes for children's theatre produced by Garry Ginivan Attractions. 1980s-1990s
Garth Welch Collection Archive of dancer Garth Welch covering entire career. Includes personal documents like his baptism certificate, Royal Academy of Dancing reports, and correspondence, as well as costumes, news clippings, photographs, programmes and brochures.[18] 1939-1996
Geoffrey Jamieson Collection
Geoffrey Milne Collection
Geoffrey Parsons Collection
Geoffrey Rush Collection
Geoffrey Tozer collection Includes over 240 objects relating to pianist Geoffrey Tozer, including contracts, correspondence, handwritten music, photographs, programmes, and newspaper clippings spanning 1969 to 1984.
George Bryant Collection
George Dreyfus Collection
George Fairfax Collection Contains diaries, reviews, documents, photographs, recordings, and designs. Largely related to Fairfax's time as General Manager of the Victorian Arts Centre from 1980. 1980-1990s
George Upward Collection Includes paint brushes, designs, scenery by scenic artist George Upward. 1930s-1950
Gerald Taylor Collection Includes photographs, programmes, props, and publicity relating to magician Gerald Taylor. 1945-1963
Gerry Connolly Collection
Gertrude Johnson Collection Contains over 1,000 items, including Gertrude Johnson's own papers and photographs, her Queen of the Night costume, and various musical scores including works by composers and friends Esther Rofe, May Brahe, Cyril Scott, Landon Ronald, Percy Grainger, Molly Carew and Edith Harrhy.
Gilbert and Grace Parker Collection
Gladys Moncrieff Collection
Glynn Nicholas Collection
Googie Withers and John McCallum Collection Collection relating to Georgette "Googie" Lizette Withers and her husband John McCallum. Contains photographs, posters, scrapbooks, scripts, programmes, books, correspondence, and other documents relating to their careers. 1930s-2011
Grace & Stella Funston Collection The collection includes scapbooks of news clippings, diaries and notebooks, musical scores, programmes, correspondence, and Grace Funston's Ukulele.
Grace and Bobby Le Brun Collection Includes costume, photographic, hand written and printed ephemera material relating to George Sorlie's travelling vaudeville show George Sorlie's Musical Revue, George's wife Grace Sorlie, pantomime artist Bobby Le Brun, and his wife Grace Le Brun.
Grace Angelau Collection Collection from Grace Angelau's personal archive, includes a scrapbook, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, radio scripts. Grace Angelau's costumes are also included in the collection of the Australian National Memorial Theatre.
Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon Collection Includes awards, correspondence, costumes and accessories, drawings, scores, and personal artefacts.[19]
Graeme Webber Collection Contains work of photographer Graeme Webber. These items appeared in the APAC exhibition Ego Is Not A Dirty Word: The Skyhooks exhibition (1994)
Grundy Television Collection Set model from Sons and Daughters, and promotional material. 1990s
Guenda Abbott Collection Includes photographs, programmes, and scrapbook. 1935-1944
Gwenda Wilson Collection Includes photographs, programmes, and press clippings on actress Gwenda Wilson.
Handspan Theatre Collection Contains administration records, production material, programmes, publicity, photographs, and puppets from the Handspan Theatre. 1977-2002
Harry Jay Collection Photo negative and print collection documenting Harry Jay's career photographing live theatrical performances and portraits of performers. Also includes news clippings, photographs, programmes, reviews. 1927-1984
Harry McKenna Collection
Harry Rickards Collection Collection includes pay sheet and postcards relating to the Rickards Family. 1895-1908
Haydn Beck Collection
Helen Reddy Collection
Helene Jacoby Collection
Henry Bardon Collection Set designs, and working drawings. 1970s-1980s
Henry Herbert 'Hickey' Taylor Collection Contains photographs, programmes, and documents of J. C. WIlliamson Theatre Company stage manager Henry Herbert "Hickey" Taylor.
Herbert Browne Collection Includes programmes, scripts, vocal scores from Herbert Browne's work in Opera. The collection also contains stage make-up, set models, and a small collection of magic instruction sheets, props and programmes. 1929-1931
Hermia Boyd Collection
Hill and Dudley Family Collection
Holden Brothers Circus Collection Items from the travelling circus including maps, a journal detailing routes and places visited, travelling trunks, correspondence, musical instruments, photographs of the Holden Brothers' family and circus, costumes, stage props, posters, handbills, tickets, and horse riding items such as lasso ropes, horse bits, chaps, cuffs, spurs, whips and stirrups.[20] 1900s-c1970s
Hollywood Film Scrapbook Collection
Hugh Colman Collection Includes nearly 200 of his costume designs created by theatre, dance, opera designer Hugh Colman.[21] 1970-2009
Hunters and Collectors Collection Collection includes artwork and layouts for album covers, logo designs, posters and backstage laminated passes relating to Hunters & Collectors. 1981-1998
Ian B. Allen OAM Collection
Ian Toohill Collection
Irene Mitchell Collection Contains costumes, jewellery, news clippings, photographs, and programmes relating to the career of actor and director Irene Mitchell. 1909-1995
Irene Vanbrugh Collection Correspondence, photographs, and programmes relating to actor Irene Vanbrugh. 1923-1938
J. C. Westend Collection
J. C. Williamson Collection Records relating to James Cassius Williamson's theatre work, including a card file which lists every show staged by Williamson, as well as programmes, photographs, posters, contracts, royalty agreements, scripts, musical scores, set books, stage designs, press books, correspondence, and financial records.[22] Also includes costumes and designs annotated by Viola Tait.[23] Includes J. C. Williamson Archive, and J. C. Williamson Business Archive.
J. F. Ley Collection Scripts, promotional material, photographs, marionettes, and hand puppets relating to puppeteer J.F. Ley. 1940s-1960s
J. Sutton Crow Collection Includes memoirs, news clippings, photographs, programmes, and notes. 1939-1969
Jack O'Hagan Collection
Jack Rogerson Collection
Jane Clifton Collection
Jeanne Little Collection Costumes, photographs, scripts, and a recording relating to Jeanne Little's stage show Marlene a tribute to Marlene Dietrich.
Jeannie Lewis Collection
Jeff Warren Collection Contains correspondence, photographs, programmes, works on paper, and an autobiography of actor and director Jeff Warren. 1943-1999
Jennie Tate Collection Collected work of costume designer Jennie Tate, including work for companies Bell Shakespeare, Belvoir, Opera Australia, the Sydney Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre, and the film The Umbrella Woman. 1981-2007
Jesus Christ Superstar Collection
Jill Perryman Collection Consists of photographs, correspondence, programmes and newspaper cuttings kept by Patricia (Dawson) Owen, a friend of actress Jill Perryman. Also includes costumes donated by Perryman. 1950s-1970s Costumes and photographs relating to Jill Perryman also appeat in the Gordon Frost Organisation Collection and the J.C. Williamson Archive.[24]
Jim Davidson Collection Includes news clippings, programmes, objects, negatives relating to Australian band leader Jim Davidson. 1945-1963
Joan and Betty Rayner Collection Contains awards, flyers, news clippings, photographs, programmes, scrapbooks, and scripts relating to Joan and Betty Rayner. 1940s-1970s
Joan Hammond Collection Includes sound recordings, photographs, programmes, correspondence, objects, and sheet music, some dedicated to Joan Hammond by the composer. 1927-1996
Joan Henry Collection
Joan Sutherland Collection Includes 30 complete costumes donated by Opera Australia, with costumes designed by Michael Stennett, José Varona, Desmond Digby, Kristian Fredrikson, Kenneth Rowell, and John Truscott.
John Alden Collection
John Bell Collection
John Frawley Collection
John Lemmone Collection Includes instruments, flute, tuning forks, documents, magazines, manuscripts, music, objects, photographs, programmes, sheet music, and song albums. 1888-1971
John Pinder Collection
John Spooner Collection
John Timbers Collection Comprises 805 objects including slides, transparencies, proof sheets and prints, featuring the work of British photographer John Timbers with Barry Humphries. 1973-1997
John Truscott Collection Includes photographs, awards, scrapbooks, stage designs and costumes designed by John Truscott.
John Tyrrell Collection
Johnny Johnstone Collection
Jon Finlayson Collection Includes scripts, flyers, programs, photographs, contracts, correspondence, music, and press clippings for Australian actor Jon Finlayson.
Jonas Family Collection
Josie Melville Collection
Joyce Graeme Collection Contains correspondence, choreographic notes, costume and set designs, artworks, photographs, scrapbooks, programmes, and newspaper clippings. APAC hold holds two collections relating to Joyce Graeme, one from the estate of Rex Reid and the other from The Australian Ballet. Further material relating to Graeme is held in other collections too.[25]
Joyce Spears Collection
Judith Cobb Collection Collection relating to designer Judith Cobb, featuring original costume and set designs, photographs, and programs. 1982-2008
Judith Durham Collection
Juke Magazine Collection Approximately 3,000 files relating to Juke Magazine, including photographs, press releases, news clippings, correspondence, and advertising material relating to rock music between 1975 to 1992 while Juke was published. 1975-1992 Donated by The Age newspaper in 1995.[26]
June Bronhill Collection Consists of scrapbooks, costume accessories, costume designs, and photographs kept by June Bronhill.
June Clyne Collection
Justine Rettick Collection
Karen Ansel Collection
Karin Saar Collection Containing Karin Saar's choreography book, correspondence, flyers, material relating to Fiesta, news clippings, and note books.[27] 1984-1985
Kathleen O'Brien Collection Contains over 3,500 black and white negatives, 56 proof sheets, and 88 prints of Sydney's music scene by Kathleen O'Brien. 1970s-1980s
Kearns Family Collection Contains correspondence, news clippings, photographs, programmes, and scrapbooks relating to the careers of vaudeville performers Jack, Ida, and Vera Kearns. 1886-1929
Ken Swadesir Collection
Kenn Brodziak Collection
Kenneth Laird Collection
Kenneth Rowell Collection Collection relates to stage designer Kenneth Rowell's work on the productions Homelands (1982), Lohengrin (1985), and Don Giovanni (1986).[28] 1982-1986
Kevin Callaghan Collection
Kevin Stanton Mi-Sex Collection
Kolobok Dance Collection Includes business records, newsletters, and photographs relating to the Kolobok Dance Company. 1974-1985 Also known as Kolobok National Folk Dance Company.[29]
Kristian Fredrikson Collection Relating to theatre designer Kristian Fredrikson.[30]
Kylie Minogue Collection The collection contains over 1,000 items relating to Kylie Minogue, with early costumes from Locomotion, to the later Aphrodite Tour, with costumes designed by Jean Paul Gaultier, Stella McCartney, Dolce & Gabbana, and Alexander McQueen. 1987-2015
La Mama Collection Posters, photographs, production lists, and programmes from La Mama Theatre from the early 1980s. 1980s
Lady Tait Collection
Lady Viola Tait Design Collection
Laurel Martyn Collection Includes over 200 photographs dated 1932-1986, and 130 costume and set designs datied 1946-1975.[31] 1932-1986 Donated by Laurel Martyn in 2001.
Laurie and Margaret Robinson Collection
Laurie Carew Collection
Laurie Richards Collection Includes around 30,000 negatives from the business of Laurie Richards, with logbooks documenting negatives with contextual information including date, event and client. Includes photographs of the Easybeats, audiences screaming at Normie Rowe, Hoadley’s Battle of the Bands, and international acts such as the Beatles, Roy Orbison and the Rolling Stones. 1950s-1970s
Lena Sturrock Collection Includes certificates, correspondence, photographs, programmes, and scrapbook. 1922-1982
Liliane Gay Collection
Lily Brayton Collection
Linda Parker Collection Collection includes correspondence, personal documents, scrapbooks, sheet music, programmes, LP's, recorded interviews, medals, photographs, and an unpublished autobiography.
Lindy Davies Collection
Lionel Hart Collection Includes correspondence, photographs, radio interview, and scrapbook. 1912-1941
Little River Band Collection Includes magazines, objects, photographs, and a poster relating to Little River Band. 1975-1978
Lloyd Lamble Collection Collection relating to Australian actor Lloyd Lamble, including a photograph album and programmes.
Lola Montez Collection
Lorna Forbes Collection Contains photographs of actor Lorna Forbes (1890-1976). c1910-c1940
Louis Kahan Collection Collection contains set models, masks and drawings by Louis Kahan, in addition to an extensive collection of designs from productions including Otello (c1957), Ariadne Auf Naxos (1962), Cosi Fan Tutte (1953), I Lombardi (1957), Il Tritico (1959), Tales of Hoffman (1954), L'Elisir d' Amore (1974), Lucia di Lammermoor (1952), Rigoletto (c1960), and The Misanthrope. 1952-1974 105 sketches by Louis Kahan are also held in the Public Art Collection.
Lynne Golding Collection Collection of over 600 items including costumes, photographs, documents and correspondence.[32] 1920s-2000s
Madge Elliott & Cyril Ritchard Collection Contains correspondence, magazines, news clippings, photographs, programmes, and scrapbooks relating to actors, singers, and dancers Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott. 1927-1967
Maggie Fitzgibbon Collection Includes correspondence, journals, news clippings, photographs, programmes, publicity, and scrapbooks relating to Australian actress and singer Maggie Fitzgibbon. 1950s-1980s
Maggie Stirling Collection
Malcolm Robertson Collection Contains costumes, production notes, programmes, and scripts relating to actor Malcolm Robertson (1933-2016). 1970s-2000
Mardi Sommerfeld Collection
Margaret Draeger Collection
Margarita Helios Collection
Margo Braybrook Collection
Margret RoadKnight Collection Includes Margret RoadKnight's first guitar.[33]
Marie Bremner Collection
Marie Collier Collection Includes photographs, scrapbooks, costumes, and programmes from Marie Collier's career. 1952-1972
Marjorie Cronin Collection Collection relating to Marjorie Cronin, née Rodgers, including letters from Olga Petrova, photographs, theatre programmes, and newspaper clippings.
Marjorie Dalwood (Sweeney) Collection
Marjorie Head Collection
Mary Coustas Collection
Mary Gill Collection
Mary Hardy Collection
Maurice Latimer Collection
Maurice Rooklyn Collection Collection relating to Maurice Rooklyn, aka The Amazing Mr Rooklyn, includes magazines, photographs, and programmes. 1930-1992
Maurice Sullivan Collection
Max Gillies Collection Actor Max Gillies' personal archive, including photographs, scripts, correspondence, press clippings, posters, magazines, and ephemera.
Mel Drummond Collection
Melba Mini Series Collection Is this related to Dame Melba?
Melbourne International Arts Festival Archive Includes publications and documents from the Melbourne International Arts Festival. 1986-2005
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Includes posters, programmes, and photographs from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. 1988-
Melbourne Theatre Company Collection
Melbourne Workers Theatre Collection Contains scripts, production documentation, photographic material, programmes, posters, flyers and media coverage of shows, funding information, meeting minutes, and audiovisual items such as videos, CDs and DVDs, relating to Melbourne Workers Theatre. 1987-2010
Michael Reason Collection
Michel Lawrence Collection 79 photographs taken by Michel Lawrence including subjects Nick Cave and the Boys Next Door, Jane Clifton, Los Trios Ringbarkus, Sam Angelico, and others. 1978-1985
Milk! Records Collection
Mimi Nicholson Collection
Mischa Kogan Collection
Moeran - Coetmore - Knott Collection Contains the family papers of Peers Coetmore, Ernest John Moeran, and Maurice Walter Knott, including a book, documents, correspondence, photographs, programmes, and sheet music. 1943-1950
Moi-Yo Miller Collection Collection relating to Loretta Miller, aka Moi-yo. Contains booklets, brochures, and photographs. c1934-1940
Mona Ferguson Collection
Monte Carlo Russian Ballet Collection
Murray Copland Collection
Myrtle Roberts Collection Collection of actor, vaudeville, magician Myrtle Roberts, includes magic props. 1930-1992
Nada Brozel Collection Classical Music Programmes and publicity material relating to musicians in Melbourne during the 1970s. 1972-1990
Naeidra Torrens Collection
Nance Grant AM MBE Collection
Nancy Lee Collection
Nancye Hayes Collection
National Theatre Collection Includes correspondence, documents, memoirs, photo album, and scrapbooks. 1935-1973
Neill Gladwin Collection News clippings, programmes, scripts relating to the comedy act Los Trios Ringbarkus. 1982-1988
Neilma Gantner Collection
Nellie Payne Collection
Nellie Stewart Collection Collection contains photographs, scripts, programmes, costume pieces, and personal items relating to actor Nellie Stewart. Objects from the collection were used in the Arts Centre's 2001 exhibition Nellie Stewart: Australia's Darling of the Stage.
New Theatre Collection contains posters, programmes, photographs, set and costume designs, scripts, sheet music, clippings, flyers, press releases, financial records, scrapbooks, audiovisual material and production files relating to New Theatre productions and personal papers of Dot Thompson. 1935-1998
Nick Cave Collection Collection includes handwritten lyrics, book cover designs, photographs, notebooks, and artwork. Contains donations from Andrew & Lynne Trute of material relating to Nick Cave and the Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party, Immaculate Consumptives, Man or Myth and the Bad Seeds. Photographs of Nick Cave by Peter Milne, Shellie Tonkin, Kathleen O'Brien, Michel Lawrence, and Tony Mott, are held across the APAC collections.
Nigel Triffitt Collection Collection of set models representing Nigel Triffitt's artistic contribution to 17 productions, including for Momma's Little Horror Show, Secrets, and The Fall of Singapore. 1980-1995
Nineteenth Century Theatrical Scrapbook Collection
Nitocris Collection Collection includes backstage passes, DVDs, CDs and promotional ephemera for Nitocris. These items were originally loaned to APAC by Nitocris for inclusion in the Rock Chicks exhibition.
Noel Mangin Collection
Olive and Frank Andrewartha Collection Contains certificates, objects, and photographs relating to the Victorian Arts Centre Site and Wirth's Roller Skating Palais.[34] 1931-1943
Olive Wallace Collection Contains photographs relating to performer Oliver Wallace. c1922-1950s
Olivia Newton-John Collection Includes over 500 items, including memorabilia, awards, accessories, costumes, and sketches by costume designer Fleur Thiemeyer.[35]
Opera Australia Collection Contains over 40 costumes and nearly 100 designs from Opera Australia. Includes set designs by William Constable, costumes worn by performers such as Lisa Gasteen, John Wegner, Donald Shanks, Deborah Riedel, Robert Gard, Nance Grant and Marilyn Richardson, featuring work of designers Roger Kirk, Jennie Tate, Angus Strathie, Mark Thompson, Dan Potra, and Gabriela Tylesova. 1955-2000s
Oscar Asche & Lily Brayton Collection Collection relating to actors John Stranger Heiss Oscar Asche and his wife Lily Brayton, containing business records, correspondence, and magazine news clippings. 1871-1974
Parry-Marshall Collection
Pat Hanna Collection Includes photographs of Pat Hanna, news clippings and press books documenting Hanna's career in theatre, poetry, scripts, sketches, and material relating to his involvement with Efftee Film Productions. 1915-1974
Patricia Kennedy Collection Collection of correspondence, news clippings, photographs, programmes, scrapbooks, and scripts relating to the career of actor and radio personality Patricia Kennedy. 1935-1995
Paul Capsis Collection Collection includes photographs, costumes, recordings, and promotional material of performer Paul Capsis.
Paul Cleveland Collection Includes set and costume designs by Paul Cleveland. c1960-1970s
Paul Dainty Corporation Collection
Paul Kelly Collection
Peggy Shea Collection
Peggy van Praagh Collection Archive of dancer Peggy van Praagh, includes personal documents and correspondence, photographs, costume designs, an award, news clippings, and 125 annotated programmes for performances attended by van Praagh.[36] c1875-1991 Part of The Australian Ballet Collection
Peking Opera Costume Collection Includes costumes, masks and ephemeral items used in performances of Peking Opera. c1930s-1980s
Peter Allen Collection Includes Peter Allen's sheet music from his Allen Brothers years as well as his solo career, handwritten lyrics, programs, posters, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, awards and certificates, Hawaiian shirts, costumes, press books, and performance contracts.
Peter Charlton Collection
Peter Corrigan Collection
Peter Gill Collection
Peter Milne Collection Includes photography by Peter Milne of Melbourne Comedy Festival (1987-1998), and the 1992 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds tour. 1987-1998 The Nick Cave Collection contains further work by Peter Milne.
Peter O'Shaughnessy Collection Contains news clippings, copies of programmes, and reviews relating to actor and theatre producer Peter O'Shaughnessy. 1958
Peter Pinne Collection Contains magazines, scripts, and t-shirts relating to actor, writer and composer Peter Pinne. 1953-1990 Also known as 'Peter Pinne and Don Battye Collection'
Peter Spurrier and the Viaduct Collection See also, Viaduct Theatre Collection
Peter Wilson Collection
Phillip Lennon Collection
Phyllis Wilson Collection
Pilgrim Puppet Theatre Collection
Playbox Theatre Collection Contains documents relating to every production by Playbox Theatre, Melbourne including 124 archive boxes with material relating to 410 productions, including images, scripts, promotional material, correspondence, prompt copies, front of house, script drafts, staging, touring information and some audio visual material. 1976-2004
Players and Playgoers Association
Pollard Opera Companies Collection
Polyglot Puppet Theatre Collection
Ponch Hawkes Collection 200+ photographs including 29 of Circus Oz from between 1979-1998 taken by Ponch Hawkes. 1979-1999
Queenie Paul Collection Collection relating to Evelyn Pauline "Queenie" Paul, includes correspondence, diaries, photographs, programmes, news clippings, sheet music, costumes, and accessories. 1926-1986
Radclyffe Theatre Productions Contains costumes, photographs, and production documents relating to Radclyffe Theatre Productions which ran between 1989-2002.
Radic Collection
Ralph Errolle Collection
Raymond Mow Collection
Reactor Records Collection Posters and t-shirt of Reactor Records. 1980s-1990s
Reg Lewis Collection Includes instruments, bongo drums, hat, maracas, and travelling trunk. c1940s
Reg Livermore Collection Collection contains costumes and support material including photographs and posters related to performer Reg Livermore.
Renee Maree Mooney Collection
Renee Maree Robinson Collection Includes the Renee Robinson Costume Collection
Rex and Bessie Lindsay Collection Includes news clippings, photographs, and programmes relating to vaudeville acrobatic dance duo Rex and Bessie Lindsay. 1923-1944
Rex Reid Collection Collection includes costumes, personal documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, appointment diaries, programmes, costume and set designs, correspondence, and posters relating to Rex Reid's career.[37] 1938-2000 The Australian Ballet Collection also holds items relating to Rex Reid.
Richard Jeziorny Collection Includes work by stage designer Richard Jeziorny created for Melbourne Theatre Company, Victorian College of the Arts, the Arts Centre, Malthouse, Melbourne Town Hall, WA Theatre Company, Melbourne Festival, and Oz Opera.
Richard Prins Collection Collection covering work of costume and set designer Richard Prins for the Melbourne Theatre Company, including costume designs with annotations by Prins. 1960s-1970s
Rita Hilton Collection
Robert Chuter Collection
Robert Colvin Collection Includes work by photographer Robert Colvin of the Melbourne comedy scene. 1970s-1980s
Robert Helpmann Collection Includes photographs and postcards. c1940s-c1960s
Robert McLeish Collection Collection includes a portrait, news clippings, photographs, and programmes relating to Robert McLeish and the Rivoli Cinema, Camberwell. 1879-1990s
Robert Mitchell Collection
Robert Sturgess Collection Includes correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and scripts, relating to music promoter Robert Sturgess. 1957-1980
Rod Quantock Collection
Rod Stone Collection
Roger Kirk Collection Collection covers designer Roger Kirk's career including drawings, annotated photocopies, costumes, costume designs, extensive research files, wardrobe bibles, floor plans and elevations, posters, brochures, photos, correspondence, and a selection of production budgets, schedules and correspondence. 1970s-2013
Ron Blaskett Collection
Ron Danielson Collection
Ron Shand Collection Contains contracts, news clippings, programmes, and a script relating to Ron Shand. 1934-1984
Ronnie Burns Collection
Rosa Ribush Collection Contains photographs of Sonia Revid, on stage photographs of The Cherry Orchard (1938), material relating to the Moscow Art Theatre and other Soviet theatre of the 1930s, newspaper clippings, programmes, correspondence from the 1970s, and scripts by Douglas Stewart and Simon Gantillion. 1930s-1970s
Rosie Sturgess Collection Collection consists of 701 televisions scripts written for In Melbourne Tonight. 1960-1965
Rowland S. Howard Collection
Roy Rene Collection Collection relating to Roy "Mo" Rene, includes costumes, memoirs, news clippings, and promotional material. 1891-1986
Rutherford and Son
Santina Musumeci Collection
Sharon O'Neill Collection
Sheet Music Collection - Australian Series
Sheet Music Collection - General Series
Sheila Florance Collection Collection includes awards, photographs, programmes, and scripts relating to actress Sheila Florence. 1951-1991
Shellie Tonkin Collection Black and white photographs commissioned for two Arts Centre Melbourne exhibitions on Australian music.[38] 1996-1999
Simon Thorpe Collection
Simonsen Family Collection Relating to Simonsen's Opera Company, collection includes newspaper clippings, programmes, scrapbooks, and photographs. 1865-1880s
Skyhooks Costume Collection Collection includes costumes worn by Skyhooks, and photographs of the band by Graeme Webber. These items appeared in the APAC exhibition Ego Is Not A Dirty Word: The Skyhooks exhibition (1994)
Snub Pollard Collection Collection relating to Australian actor Harry "Snub" Pollard. Includes photographs, personal correspondence, and papers.
Solrun Hoaas Collection Contains objects relating to the career of Solrun Hoaas such as masks and additional biographical and contextual information. These masks were included in the exhibition Manipulating Reality: The mask and the puppet as theatre, presented by the Performing Arts Museum, Victorian Arts Centre and National Gallery of Victoria in 1981.
Sonia Revid Collection
Splendid Outcasts Collection
Split Enz Collection Includes extensive collection of Split Enz costumes by Noel Crombie, with additional photographs, costume designs, a make-up case, album covers, and posters. 1974-1984 The Split Enz Costume Collection featured in the APAC exhibition Sew this is the Enz (1986) and in the Arts Centre Melbourne's virtual exhibition Drawn, Worn, Reborn (2003).
St Martins Theatre Collection
Stanley Allan and Jocelyn Sturley
Stella Power Collection Contains correspondence, Edison records, memorabilia, news clippings, objects, photographs, and programmes. 1918-1977
Stephen Lane Collection
Stop The Drop Concert Collection Includes T-shirt, business documents, flyers, news clippings, press releases relating to Stop The Drop. 1983-1984
Strand Lighting Collection
Strauss Sound System Collection
Street Poetry Collection
Strella Wilson Collection Includes news clippings, photographs, programmes, photographs, sheet music. 1916-1985 Includes photographs from the Sydney Opera House collection.
Sue Nattrass Collection Includes scripts, designs, photographs, programmes, and administration documents relating to the theatre career of Sue Nattrass. 1970s-1980s
Sunbury Collection Relating to the Sunbury Pop Festival, includes colour photographs and slides, planning documents, correspondence, payment schedules, design layouts, and merchandise. 1972-1975
Suzanne Steele Collection Includes a collection of 48 gowns plus accessories, scrapbooks, photographs, vocal scores, programmes and personal ephemera relating to Suzanne Steele's work. 1956-1989
Sydney Dance Company Collection Includes 300 items from the Sydney Dance Company, includes items from the personal collection of former Director Graeme Murphy and Associate Director Janet Vernon, photography by Jeff Busby, costumes and designs by Akira Isogawa, Kristian Fredrikson, Jennifer Irwin, and Kenneth Rowell, props, and awards.[39]
Sydney Opera House Collection
Tex Glanville Collection
The Allstars Collection Relating to The Allstars, collection includes correspondence, discography of hits, and posters. 1950s-1994
The Australian Ballet Collection Transferred to the Performing Arts Collection in 1998. Originally The Australian Archives of the Dance.[40]
The Beatles Collection Contains scrapbooks relating to The Beatles, as well as artwork, booklet, invitation, programmes, and souvenirs from their 1964 Australian tour. 1964-1988
The Beatles Collection - Kenn Brodziak Collection Collection covers all aspects of The Beatles 1964 Australian Tour, including documents relating to accommodation, security, publicity and endorsement requests as well as letters from various Beatles fans and fan clubs. Also included are photographs, tour merchandise, film footage, and John Lennon's cap. 1964 Also known as The Beatles Australian Tour Collection. Part of Kenn Brodziak Collection.
The Continental Cafe Collection Includes posters. 1993-1994
The Gordon Frost Organisation Collection Includes scripts, costumes, props, sets, lighting, sound & music details, performance reports, touring schedules, legal agreements for production rights, financial records, budgets and accounts, company personnel lists, contracts, correspondence, travel and accommodation accounts, audio visual material, programmes, press clippings, media reports, promotional material, posters, brochures, and merchandising. 1987-1999
The Great Levante Collection Collection of magician Les Levante (The Great Levante), comprises photographs, Levante's autobiography, programmes, posters, costumes, and large stage props. 1940-1958 APAC also holds the collection of Les Levante's daughter Esme Levante.
The Jahn Family Collection Collection includes books, booklets, news clippings, business documents, photographs, and programmes relating to the Jahn family, including performer Olive Jahn, musician Marjorie Jahn, actor Dorothy Jahn, and Olive's husband Fred Caroll. 1908-1993
The Planets Collection Includes flyers, news clippings, photographs, publicity kit, scrapbooks relating to The Planets. 1950s-1960s
Theatre Lovers' Club Collection
Thomas Rome Collection
Tim Walton Collection Includes artwork, correspondence, costume lists, news clippings, photographs, programmes. 1952-1975
Tim Webster Collection
Tivoli Theatre Collection Contains programmes, set and costume designs relating to the Tivoli Theatres. 1901-1966
Tom Lingwood Collection
Tommy Parer Collection Collection of magician Tommy Parer, aka Parer the Magician, includes costume, cards, correspondence, flyers, and photographs. 1941-1948 Also known as Parer the Magician Collection
Tommy Torrens Collection
Toni Lamond Collection Contains news clippings, photographs, programmes, scrapbooks, and scripts for vaudeville, musical, and television star Toni Lamond. c1937-1997
Tony Cohen Collection
Tony Ward Collection
Trevor McKay Collection
Trina Parker Collection Cover the career of Trina Parker, the collection includes photographs, technical drawings, designs, set models, and production documents.
Union Theatre Collection
Ursula Irving Collection Collection of photographs, programmes, flyers, and other ephemera related to Ursula Irving and her husband Gordon Girdwood.
Val Colquhoun Collection
Val Jellay Collection Contains objects, photographs, and poster related to performers Val Jellay and her husband Maurie Fields. 1949-1995
Valantyne Napier Collection
Viaduct Theatre Club Collection Collection includes a scrapbook containing programmes and clippings from the full duration of the Viaduct Theatre Club’s existence, as well as administrative files, scores, scripts, material from Spurrier’s CAE courses, posters, and photographs of Viaduct Theatre productions. 1960s-1970s
Victoria Lamb Collection
Victoria State Opera Collection
Victorian Arts Centre (VAC) Collection Includes documentation of the formation of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust, the selection of the site and construction of its buildings, and the organisation’s performing arts programs and operations since opening, covering each of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust’s venues: Hamer Hall (formerly the Melbourne Concert Hall), the Theatres Building, and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. 1970s-now
Vincent Aiden Russell Collection
Walter Stringer Collection
War Horse and The Breath of Life
Warrandyte Arts Association Collection Includes newsletters, correspondence, programmes, costumes, set designs, and material relating to plays written or directed by Dr Emil Aldor, relating to the Warrandyte Arts Association.
Warwick Armstrong Collection
Wendy Harmer Collection
Will Mahoney Collection
Will Quintrell Collection Collection includes photographs, programme, scrapbook. 1909-1946
William Constable Collection Costume and set designs, as well as artworks by William Constable. APAC holds further work by Constable in other collections.[41]
William Little Collection
William Paterson Collection
Wilma Berkeley Collection
Wilma Hokin Collection
Winifred Atwell Collection
Winnie Gill Collection Contains theatre programmes. 1950s-1960s
Wood Family Collection Books, correspondence, magazines, photographs, and sheet music. 1869-1940
Xenia Borovansky Collection
Zeus Merfield Collection Collection is made up of over 1000 colour slides by photographer Zeus Merfield of Melbourne's theatre scene. 1958-1964
Zoe Caldwell Collection

References[edit]

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  2. "Adele Hardwick Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  3. "Anna Pavlova". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
  4. "Anne Fraser Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  5. "Arthur Turnbull Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
  6. "Ashton's Family Circus". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 22 Aug 2022.
  7. "Australian Performing Group". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 7 Sep 2022.
  8. "Ballet Guild/Ballet Victoria". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 22 Aug 2022.
  9. "Betty Pounder Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
  10. "Gertrud Bodenwieser". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  11. "Chunky Move Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  12. "Circus Oz Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 22 Aug 2022.
  13. "Con Colleano Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 7 Sep 2022.
  14. "Dein Perry Tap Dogs Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
  15. "Venues: Earls Court". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
  16. "St Kilda Music Walking Tours / the Venue". St Kilda Music Walking Tours. 2013. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
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  18. "Garth Welch Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
  19. "Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  20. "Holden Brothers' Circus Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 7 Sep 2022.
  21. "Hugh Colman Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  22. "J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  23. "J. C. Williamson Design Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  24. "Jill Perryman Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 26 Sep 2022.
  25. "Joyce Graeme Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  26. "Juke Magazine Collection". Arts Centre Melborune. 2018. Retrieved 15 Aug 2022.
  27. "Karin Saar Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
  28. "Kenneth Rowell Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
  29. "Kolobok National Folk Dance Company". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  30. "Kristian Fredrikson Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  31. "Laurel Martyn Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
  32. "Lynne Golding Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 6 Sep 2022.
  33. "Guitar used by Margret RoadKnight, c.1960s". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 8 Sep 2022.
  34. "Olive & Frank Andrewartha". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 7 Sep 2022.
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  37. "Rex Reid Collection". Arts Centre Melbourne. Retrieved 5 Sep 2022.
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