Rainbow Archives - further records of the alternative movement, 1967-1996

MLMSS 5057 ADD-ON 2059
MLOH 184
MLOH 185
VT 511

fonds

1967-1996

Textual Records, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Musical Sound Recordings, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Moving Images

18891

5.4 metres of textual material (30 boxes) - printed, manuscript, and typescript
Clippings
Photographs
Sound Recordings
Moving Images - video recordings
6 audiocassettes (4 hr., 52 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

The Rainbow Archives project was initiated by Pip Wilson, former editor of Simply Living magazine, as a means of preserving the culture of the alternative movement which emerged in the 1960s and continues to flourish in the 1990s. The collection was begun in 1985 and encompasses material from a wide range of sources documenting a variety of interconnected movements including counter culture, rural resettlement, communal living, permaculture, natural healing, conservation of the environment, new age, nuclear disarmament, peace, alternative religions, personal development, arts and crafts.

Sub-fonds 01: Material donated by Ross Parry of 'Christians'
Sub-fonds 02: Warwick Lawson, 1981, 1994


1976-1995; Material donated by Lionel Pollard of WWOOF (Willing Workers on Organic Farms). This organisation aims to give first hand experience of organic growing methods by arranging for volunteers to work on farms in exchange for food and somewhere to sleep. Newsletters and magazines received by Lionel Pollard including: Communes Network, 1980-85; International Communes Network, 1983; Otherways (Newsletter published by the Alternative Education Resource Group), 1984-88; Down to Earth (North-East Australia newsletter), 1988-1991; Down to Earth News, 1985-90. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057, ADD-ON 2059/2)

F & T Journal, 1981-82; Australasian Survivor, 1982-88. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD-ON 2059/3)

Nature's Doctor, 1982-83; Alternative Sources of Energy, 1976-77; Green Alliance Newsletter, 1980-87; The Communiversity Newsletter, 1982-83 (includes prospectus & minutes of meetings); Geergarrow Community Newsletter, 1983-85; Bodhi Leaf (Wat Buddha Dhamma), 1979-88; The Tableland Growth Centre Newsletter, 1985-89. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/4)

Maggie's Farm, 1980-87; World Goodwill Newsletter, 1985-86; Alternative Communities, 1984-85; Whole Life Times, 1983-85; The Crow (Dropouts Quarterly), 1978-80. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/5)

Chain Reaction, 1976-88; Uranium Deadline, 1976-77; Dharma, 1978-79. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/6)

Southern Crossings, 1982-88, 1995; Social Alternatives, 1982; Solar Progress, 1980; Expansion, 1983; Appropriate Technology for Health, 1985; One Earth (Findhorn magazine), 1982, 86; Ripples (Canberra Findhorn Group), 1986-87; Wholistic Massage News, 1989-90; We Are All One, 1986; Country Market, 1982-83; The Good Life, 1983-85; Collective Resource Media, 1983; Origins 1982; Groundswell, 1984; Common Ground, 1985; Health & Vision, 1978, 80; Health and Nature, 1981-82 (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/7)

Various newsheets produced by Michael Tobin in Ireland, including The Sacred Struggle, Soul-War, Starfire and The Torch, 1984-85; Appropriate Living Media, 1984; assorted newsletters and magazines concerning farming and food, mainly single issues, 1980-90. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/8)

Assorted newsletters and magazines on a variety of 'alternative' topics, mainly single issues, 1980s -1990. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/9)

1988-1990; Material donated by the Holistic Self Help Network. Connexions (New Age Information Exchange- Capricornia), 1988-90
1972, 1976; Material donated by Len Harper. 1. Letter to "Whom it may concern" from Len & Serena Harper regarding answers to a questionnaire on communal living, July 1972. 2. A Manual of Human Potential, 1976. Undated; Material donated by Russell Porter. A different vision - The real history of South Australia, written by Russell Porter & illustrated by Jim Cane.
1989-90; Material donated by Bett Taylor. 1. Letter from Julie Baigent, 6 November, 1989. 2. Short story titled Shelter between words and wood. 3. My time in Aquarius by Bett Taylor, 1990. An autobiographical account of an artistic family in northern NSW, 1970-80.
1989-1990; Material donated by Marg O'Connell. Brochures and flyers concerning health & lifestyle, human development, inner peace, organic growing, land care, Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, parenting, astrology etc.
1992; Material donated by Gail Robinson, Rainbow Concerns Inc. Issues of Rainbow - Networking & Resource Guide for Adelaide.
1985-1990; Material donated by Rose Wilder. Various magazines including Bundagen, 1985-88; Rainbow News, undated; Permaculture, 1985; Organic Growing, 1985-86.
1967-1991; Material donated by Pip Wilson. 1. ICA (Institute of Cultural Affairs) documents, 1990-91; 2.Posters and flyers advertising fairs, markets, balls, seminars, conferences, and other events in northern NSW (Nimbin, the Channon Craft Market, Lismore, Ballina, Byron Bay etc) and Sydney. 3. Books and booklets including Sappho in absence by John Crosby, 1970; Rehearsals for the apocalypse (Aquarius Festival May '73), 1983; Toward simple living by Robert F. Stowell, 1955; Beware of the normal people and their real world by Tom Trouble, undated; Sustainable Community Settlement Society, Feasibility Study by Pat Goldstone & Peter Cock, 1984; Session games people play, a manual for the use of LSD by Lisa Bieberman, 1967. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/10)

1979-1992; Material donated by Gordon Ballard mainly concerning the Down to Earth movement. Down to Earth (Queensland Newsletter), 1985-87; Down to Earth (North-East Australia Newsletter), 1986-92; Flyers, programs and information sheets for Down to Earth Confests, 1979-90 (Jim Cairns), Nimbin 73-83 Celebration, Homeland Festivals, 1991, and Peace Train, undated. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/11)

1970s-1980s; Material donated via the Nimbin News. Assorted newsletters and magazines mainly concerned with conservation of the environment and anti-uranium mining. Includes Ear to Ear, 1987-89; The Mumbulla Messenger, 1982-84; Terra Nuova, 1985-86; and single issues of many others. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/12-13)

1975-1986; Material donated by the Nmbngee Community near Nimbin. 'Farm Notes'. A communal diary (photocopy).
1982; Material donated by Yvonne Preston. Nimbin Centenary 1882-1992, compiled by D.S. Johnston (photocopy)
1982-1988; Material donated by Alan Coad. Five colour photographs showing the physical progress of Patanga Community, Darkwood Road, Upper Thora, NSW.
1986-1995; Material sent anonymously to the Rainbow Archives. 1. Newsletters including Land-Sharing News (Nimbin),1990-92; Pan Community Council (Nimbin), 1990; The Meeting Place Magazine (Nambour), 1991; RAIN 14 & 15, 1994; Janet's Planet, 1994; The Seed Saver and The Seed Savers' Network, 1986-94. 2. Flyers including Homeland Peace & Healing Festival, 1995; Astro Drama; The Plateau to Coast Events Calendar, 1994 etc. 3. Material concerning Greenpeace, 1994.
1975, 1978; Material donated by Robert Rosen of the Earthbank Society. 1. The Radical Ecology Network No. 5 August 1975. A directory of people, organisations and activities involved in the environment movement. 2. Catchment, Dec. 1978. A community newspaper in Bellingen, NSW. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/14)

1976-1994; Material donated by Chris Horsfall. 1. Newsletters and magazines including Cosmos, 1980; Nexus, 1987; Down to Earth News, 1986-1994; Greenpeace, 1989-1990. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057, ADD ON 2059/15)

Evidently, 1984-85; The Skeptic, 1981-84. 2. Files including 'Plant Variety Rights', 1980-84; 'Conspiracy Theories', 1987-88; 'Nuclear Issues', 'Aboriginal Issues including land rights', 1981-88; 'Pacific Ocean Issues', 1988; 'Alternative Technology', 1980s; 'Mebbin Springs', 1980s; 'Mt Oak, Bredbo and Jim Cairns', 1985-88; 'Street Poetry', 1980s; Miscellaneous newscuttings, brochures, booklets, flyers concerning conservation of the environment, communal living (Moora Moora Community Co-op.), disarmament, drugs, alternative religions, health, personal development etc., 1976-91. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/16)

1981-1990; Material donated by Martha Ansara. RESTRICTED.
Correspondence with Bill Ethell, captain of the 18 metre ketch, Pacific Peacemaker, which he sailed to Mururoa Atoll in 1981 to protest against the French atomic tests and subsequently to Seattle, USA in an attempt to blockade the first Trident nuclear submarine. This collection covers events prior to the voyage to Seattle in 1982, Bill Ethell's return and his work in trade unions in Western Australia and NSW. Also includes photocopy of his diary and the beginning of a book about the voyage, correspondence with other people on the voyage and related material. "Basically it is a correspondence between two left wing peace/trade union activists in the 1980s - also both parents of a little girl, Alice, born while Pacific Peacemaker was on its voyage." (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/17-18)

1991-1994; Material donated by Graeme Dunstan. RESTRICTED.
A freelance festivals and events organiser based in Lismore, he is best known as director of the Aquarius Festival in Nimbin in 1973. He has also worked as a community arts officer and tourism consultant. 1. Work files: 'Heritage Centre Advisory Panel', 1992-94; 'Bioregional Forum', 1991-93; 'Theatre of Social Action' (2 files), 1991-94; ) 'Images from the Edge - Let's get Coastwise', 1993-94; 'Images from the Wall' (flyers, postcards letters, photos from the wall above Dunstan's desk), 1992-95; 'Spring Arts Ball', Lismore, 1992-93; 'Juicy Peach Tree Committee', 1990-91. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/19)

'Bangalow Artspace', 1989; 'Bangalow Festival Mail Lists', 1991; 'Bangalow Festival Accountability', 1991; 'Bangalow Festival', 1991; 'W.S.I. Project' (Bangalow Festival), 1991; 'Street Live Performances', undated; 'Fire in the Belly & the Green Man' (Lismore Men's Centre), 1993; 'Fire Event Lismore Folk Festival', 1994; 'Hyperlearn', 1993; 'End of the Prohibition Era', 1993; 'Goal Setting for the Nineties', 1992; 'Dancing in the Web', 1991; 'Rainforest Politics', 1990; 'Ethical Security', 1991; 'Sustainable Tourism', 1989-90; 'Sarkissian & associates', 1990; 'Progress', 1992; 'North Coast Entertainment Industry Association', 1992; 'Brambuk Consultancy', 1990; 'Gilmour & Associates GYSA', 1989; 'Trusting Our Knowing',1990; 'Heart Politics Institute', 1990-991; 'Journey to India', 1990. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/20)

2. Personal Correspondence, 1990-94. Includes photographs. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057, ADD ON 2059/21)

1973-1994; Material donated by Benny Zable ("Zany Bubbles"), an artist and prominent figure in the peace, enviromental and anti-nuclear movements. 1. Diaries, note books and address books. Include photographs, newscuttings and sketches. RESTRICTED (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/22-24)

2. Files, 1977-90: "Uranium Mines"; "Street Poetry"; "P.E.A.C.E. Initiatives"; "Earth Repair"; "Environment"; "Canberra 120 Hour Rally"; "Family File"; "A.B.C. Campaigns, Forest Campaigns"; "Down to Earth"; "Poems"; "Pacific Peacemaker". (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/25)

"Wellbeing"; "Planetary Citizens Earth Live"; "Aboriginal"; "Rainbow Archives"; "Letters"; "Petitions"; "Nuclear"; "Peace"; "World Bike Ride"; "Videos, films"; "Rain Forests"; "Nimbin"; "Earth Day"; "Earth Repair Action". (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/26)

"Festivals, Dances, Workshops etc"; "Terania, Tuntable"; "General". (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/27)

3. Newsletters and Magazines: Nimbin News, 1981, 1988-94; The Lismore Echo, 1992-94; Casuarina Healing Sanctuary, 1988-93; and a variety of other titles mainly single issues. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/28-29)

4. Songbooks, handbooks, guides, directories, catalogues etc., 1979-95: Franklin River Blockade Song Book; Warriors of the Rainbow (song book); Activist Handbook (Nurrunga US Base 1993); The Honeymoon Handbook; Watsonia Peace C From Bikini to Belau by Peter D. Jones, 1988; World Symposium on Humanity, 1979; Free Funnies; South Australian Energy Future - The Sustainable Option, 1986; The Green Independents' Business & Industry Strategy, 1992; NY Open Center of Holistic Learning and Culture, 1994; River Sounding Guidebook, 1994; The Forests of East Gippsland, 1983; Rainbow Guide, 1994; The Esalen Catalog, 1995; International NGO Directory, 1989; The State of the World Atlas by Michael Kidron, 1981; The War Atlas by Michael Kidron, 1983; Resource Directory for Self Help Groups, 1984. (Call No.: ML MSS 5057 ADD ON 2059/30)

1995; Material donated by Brian McDonald. Video of the Nimbin 95 Mardi Grass. (Call No.: VT 511)

Audiocassettes:

Material donated by Greta Seed of Bodhi Farm (CALL NO.: MLOH 184/1-5):
Item 1: Janos Demo ... BeBop 'n' Julie (songs)
Item 2: Professor Gumboot Promo - Paul Landa
Item 3: Rainbow Players music - songs of Paul Josef
Item 4: Episodes of the radio program ‘Up the Creek’, performed by the Rainbow Players
Item 5: Bee and Jules
Item 6: Radio interview with Paul Landa on planning regulations, local council, and Bodhi Farm

Material donated anonymously (CALL NO.: MLOH 185/1):
Item: Interviews with and recordings by Warwick Lawson

English, Italian

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 5057 Add-on 2059/Boxes 17-24

Reproduction Restricted

The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017, of the Library's oral history collections.

Copy available at CY MLOH 184 and CY MLOH 185