Greig Pickhaver papers and video recordings, 1974-1990

MLMSS 5511; VT 482-484

series

1974-1990

Textual Records, Clippings, Moving Images

447208

5 boxes - 0.85 Meters - 3 video recordings
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Clippings
Textual Records - (printed)
Moving Images - video recordings

1. PAPERS
Australian Performing Group (APG) papers, 1974-1980: APG Constitution, Jan. 1975; APG Newsletter, Nov. 1974, Nov. 1976; 'The Perambulator', APG newsletter, Jan., Apr., July 1979, July 1980; 'Pramocracy: the alternative theatre in Carlton' by John Timlin; 'The Story of Victor Frankenstein' [by Tim Robertson?]; Circus Oz program for Paris Theatre, Sydney, 1980 (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/1)
Scripts of episodes 4 and 5 of 'Chocabloc: a history of Australian rock and pop music, 1956-1976' broadcast on 3RRR in 1979, with related papers including Australian music chart lists; papers concerning a 3RRR radio program about English musician Nick Lowe, c.1978 (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/1)
Notes, ideas and outlines for films and television series including:'Write Off' and 'Pope', c.1983-1986 (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/1)
'Mouth to Mouth': drafts of a script for a recording to promote a record release by the band Mental As Anything, c.1987 (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/1)
'We Was Wrobbed': scripts for program broadcast on radio station Triple J, 1985-1986; drafts and printed copies of 'This Sporting Life' newspaper, 1985-1986 (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/1)
'This Sporting Life': scripts of radio programs broadcast by HG Nelson and Roy Slaven on Triple J, 1986-1989, including their first rugby league grand final call, 28 Sept. 1986; 'Grand Finals 88'; 'TSL One-Offs' and various race calls (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/2)
'Starts' and 'Nelson Reports', 1987-1990: scripts of HG Nelson's introductions and weekly reports on 'This Sporting Life' (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/3)
'This Sporting Life: Treatment for Television Pilot', 1987; 'TSL Ads', c.1987-1990; 'One-off radio work for Triple J and ABC', c.1988-1989 (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/4)
'The Bumper Sports Annual': notes and drafts of material for possible inclusion in a book which was published as 'Pants off, this sporting life' by Roy Slaven and HG Nelson, Sydney: ABC Enterprises, 1989; typescript draft with ms. annotations and corrections, and edited typescript draft of same (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/4)
'It's a Doddle with HG Nelson':(an ABC Spoken Word Cassette) scripts and related papers, c.1989-1990 (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/4)
Scripts for HG Nelson's presentations on television programs 'Business Today' on channel 9 and 'Live at Five' on channel 7, c.1988-1990 (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/5)
'One-Offs': mainly articles by HG Nelson for various publications including 'City Life', 'Follow Me', 'Inside League', 'Modern Motor' and 'Plenty' (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/5)
Fanmail: letters written to Roy and HG, 1989-1990 (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/5)
Newspaper cuttings, 1986-1989, mainly concerning Roy and HG (Call No.: MLMSS 5511/5)

2. VIDEO RECORDINGS:
World series cricket match between Australia and New Zealand [3 Feb. 1981] with 3RRR commentary by Greig Pickhaver and John Clarke (Call No.: VT 482)
1980 VFL Grand Final: Richmond v. Collingwood, with 3RRR commentary by Greig Pickhaver, John Clarke and Rod Quantock (Call No.: VT 483)
1982 VFL Grand Final: Carlton v. Richmond, with 3RRR commentary by Greig Pickhaver, John Clarke, Rod Quantock and Geoff Toll (Call No.: VT 484)