Margot Hilton papers concerning the book Brett Whiteley: An Unauthorised Life by Graeme Blundell and Margot Hilton

MLMSS 8635
MLOH 676

fonds

approximately 1990-1996

Textual Records, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Clippings

401875

Digitised : Applies to MLOH 676

1.33 metres of textual material (8 boxes)
34 audiocassettes (25 hr., 1 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

Margot Pamela Hilton, writer and radio producer and graduate from University of Leeds, was born in the United Kingdom on 18 August 1947. She came to Australia in 1974 and became an Australian citizen in 1983. She has worked as Publicity Manager for Angus & Robertson, Executive Secretary Victorian Premier's Literature Award, Executive Officer Australian Society of Authors and Drama Officer for the Victorian Ministry for the Arts.

Hilton has written film scripts, speeches, songs and articles, as well as several books. She edited two books: Women on men, 12 well-known Australian women talk to Margot Hilton about their men (1987) and Jokes about blokes (1990), and was co-author with her then husband Graeme Blundell of Brett Whiteley - an unauthorised life (1996). She has also written the play Potiphar's wife (1979, published 1987), scripts for the television series Young doctors (1980) and 'til ten (1989), and for radio the Great wall of China (1991). She has contributed articles to The Bulletin, The National Times, The Sunday Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun Herald. Hilton was the recipient of an Arts Council Great Britain Grant in 1974 and a Literature Board Grant in 1980.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

BOXES 1-2
Typescript drafts with manuscript corrections and annotations, ca. 1990-1996

BOX 2
Draft typescript research notes and fragments of text with manuscript corrections and annotations, 1994

Eight floppy computer disks, May 1995-June 1995

BOXES 2-3
Complete typescript drafts and proofs, December 1994-June 1995

BOXES 3-4
Galley proofs, second and third set proofs, with manuscript notes, ca. March 1995-January 1996

BOXES 5-6
Research material mainly photocopies of newscuttings, legal documents, notes and floppy disks, printed material and correspondence relating to public aspects of Brett Whiteley’s life and death by heroin overdose and legal dispute over his will, ca. 1991-1996

Coroners file with transcriptions and notes, police statements, reports and interviews with Whiteley’s friends and acquaintances, ca. 1987-1995. These include curator Barry Peace, artist Timothy Austin Storrier, art dealer Robin Fraser Gibson, model Janice Ellen Spencer, police sergeant Paul Francis Cole, constable John Peter McInally, Vincent Verzosa, coroner T Phillips and G O’Rouke, Jennifer Caroline Easson, and Alex Boceski

Correspondence with literary agents, publishers and editor including Joanna Mendelssohn and Julie Taylor relating to corrections to proofs, legal agreements an contracts, television appearances, film rights, publication and copyright permissions, ca. 1992-1996

Transcripts of interviews with publisher Nikki Christer, ca. 1995

BOXES 7-8
Letter enclosing drafts to actress Kate Fitzpatrick, 1992

Annotated notes and transcripts of interviews with singer, songwriter and poet Michael Driscoll, ca. 1992-1993.

Annotated notes and transcripts of interviews with poet Kate Lilley, Juno Gemes, Lenore Nicklin, James Ricketson, Jeff Makim, Jan Sembergs, Jan Van Wieringen, Greg Weight, Tony Woods, Jenny & Michael Driscoll, Robert Jacks, Johnny Lewis, Martin Sharp, Bruce Gould, Richard Neville, Peter Kingston, Ken Horler, Dorothy Mitchell, Barry Abel, Robyn Brentnall, ca. 1992-1995

Annotated/corrected proofs and notes by Jon Lewis and Martin Sharp, ca. 1995-1996

Sound recordings (Call No.: MLOH 676)
Series 01: Margot Hilton interviews with friends and associates of Brett Whiteley relating to his life and death

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