Richard Walsh papers and pictorial material

MLMSS 10707
PXA 7665

fonds

1950-2000

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings, Moving Images

412242

4.0 metres of textual material (25 boxes), includes photographs, drawings and 4 films

Richard Walsh (born 1941) was educated at Barker College and University of Sydney. He co-founded OZ magazine in the 1960s with Richard Neville and Martin Sharp, with all three infamously sentenced to prison for obscenity (later quashed). He was editor of POL Magazine and Nation Review before being appointed as Chief Executive of Angus & Robertson Publishers in 1972. In 1986 Walsh was appointed as publisher and later chief executive of Australian Consolidated Press. He has authored several books and written for both television and the stage.

Comprises personal and business correspondence and material relating to Walsh's career as a publisher, journalist and editor at Oz Magazine (including original artwork by Martin Sharp), Nation Review, Angus and Robertson and other publications. It also includes material relating to his role as Chief Executive of Australian Consolidated Press. Boxes 1 and 3 contain films. Early issues of Honi Soit have been removed for assessment.


PXA 7665
52 Bruce Petty Cartoons, original, ink on paper

"You Tarzan, Me Jane", Senate Election, 15 November 1967 (PXA 7665/1)
"Your ‘Add-ups’ will have to wait until Daddy’s finished with Mr Wilson", UK Common Market (PXA 7665/2)
"See the Holy relics", Six Day War, 1967 (PXA 7665/3)
"The ‘olds’ are restless tonight", Teenager crisis (PXA 7665/4)
"You’ll get a warped mind reading this sort of rubbish", World events (PXA 7665/5)
"It’s alright for you. You came from nothing. I’m already here!", Student protests (PXA 7665/6)
"Frankly, I reckon this efficiency image will fool no one!", Post Office efficiency (PXA 7665/7)
"Someday I’m going to marry a rich man and move into the slums", Poverty, homelessness (PXA 7665/8)
"I came top in sex!", Sex education in schools, June 1967 (PXA 7665/9)
"All I can say is that they had too many chromosomes on the day", School sport (PXA 7665/10)
"I can’t stand his more ecumenical than thou attitude", Religion (PXA 7665/11)
Church Unity committee. Religion (PXA 7665/12)
Daylight Robbery. United Nations efficacy (PXA 7665/13)
Bold New Breed. Will of the people (PXA 7665/14)
Power Noire. French Canada Imperialism (PXA 7665/15)
"He claims he’s only demonstrating our closer relationship with Europe", George Brown, Common Market (PXA 7665/16)
"A lotus, A lotus, My Kingdom for a Lotus". Liberal Party politics (PXA 7665/17)
The Relief of Singapore. International relations (PXA 7665/18)
"We find ourselves turning more to Asia", Harold Holt Vietnam War (PXA 7665/19)
"Alternatively, there’s this peace set", United Nations efficacy, 7 December 1967 (PXA 7665/20)
"On my calculations we need a smaller enemy than Vietnam or a bigger force than U.S.", Defence self-reliance, 21 August 1968 (PXA 7665/21)
Fatigue failure. 10 September 1968 (PXA 7665/22)
"On second thoughts, let’s wait until we’ve had more practice", War mediation, 26 September 1968 (PXA 7665/23)
"We haven’t lost a war yet and we’re not going to lose one now!", Censorship of the Vietnam War, 2 October 1968 (PXA 7665/24)
"‘Ours’ or ’theirs’ It’s the sort of game we’re good at", US attack on HMAS Hobart, 21 June1968 (PXA 7665/25)
"It’s too late to read it now – eat!", F 111 contract, 20 September 1968 (PXA 7665/26)
Aboriginal Rights protest, Canberra. Domestic ambivalence, 8 May 1968 (PXA 7665/27)
"Well that leaves Andrew Jones!!", Liberal Party leadership, 27 December 1967 (PXA 7665/28)
"I think we may have found a new route around Asia", White Australia Policy, 16 July 1968 (PXA 7665/29)
"Sic ‘em", National Service Act, 9 May 1968 (PXA 7665/30)
"How can we turn round now and ask them to do a ‘holding operation’?", Service recruitment policy, 23 January 1967 (PXA 7665/31)
Although we don’t have divine right of succession, we’ve got the ALP. Haile Selassie visit, 15 May 1968 (PXA 7665/32)
Dangerous Lunatic Policy. DLP Nuclear policy, 24 October 1967 (PXA 7665/33)
South Australian Redistribution. Playmander, 25 June 1968 (PXA 7665/34)
"How come can you run a country without a policy, but you can’t run an election without one?" Gorton Government, 17 October 1968 (PXA 7665/35)
"Sir, is there any truth in the rumour that you’re worried about redistribution?", Electoral redistribution, 19 July 1968 (PXA 7665/36)
"You realise it’s going to cost us millions to stand out here listening to Timbertop anecdotes', UK exclusion from Vietnam talks, 21 December 1967 (PXA 7665/37)
"Well what will it be this time – frank and fruitful noughts and crosses or useful and friendly ludo? "Minority white rule (PXA 7665/38)
The old magic. UK politics, 4 October 1968 (PXA 7665/39)
"Sometimes I wish I’d been a simple General", Greek Royal family, 28 December 1967 (PXA 7665/40)
"I wonder if you gentlemen could stop denouncing Stalinism long enough to get Czechoslovakia producing again", Prague Spring, 23 July 1968 (PXA 7665/41)
"Let me make it clear: we are only bombing Chicago to protect our troops there", 1968 Democratic convention protests, 29 August 1968 (PXA 7665/42)
Assassination. US politics , 3 July 1968 (PXA 7665/43)
"I haven’t seen the play but I read the graffiti!", Censorship, 26 July 1968 (PXA 7665/44)
"This is the age of the knocker", Sir Arthur Lee, Asia. 30 October 1968 (PXA 7665/45)
"Maybe we could form a strong central body and smash the Federal government", State Premiers conference, 26 June 1968 (PXA 7665/46)
We are Asian. White Australia Policy, 12 June 1968 (PXA 7665/47)
Mexico Olympics. Sport/politics, 5 October 1968 (PXA 7665/48)
Decisions, Decisions. Election rumours, 31 August 1968 (PXA 7665/49)
Our Man in America. ANZUS talks, 12 October 1968 (PXA 7665/50)
US Freedom of Choice. US Politics/election, 2 May 1968 (PXA 7665/51)
Liberal/Country party leadership, 27 November 1967 (PXA 7665/52)

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