Series 01: Writings of Mungo Ballardie MacCallum, ca. 1930-1996

MLMSS 8091/Boxes 1-2

series

ca. 1930-1996

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings

943999

2 boxes of textual material - manuscript, typescript, duplicated typescript, printed, photocopies

BOX 1
Unpublished literary manuscripts:
Folder 1
‘Roger in Amaze’, novel, possibly his first novel written in the late 1930’s, brown paper typescript bound with string

Folder 2
Children’s book about the discovery and history of Australia, ca. 1959, includes letter from publisher Sam Ure Smith dated 1959 and illustrations, typescript on brown paper tied with string

Folder 3
‘Octopus waiting’, novel, no date, typescript

Folder 4
‘Stone-Bloody-Henge’ (Birra’s Line) a novel, later adapted as an Awgie award-winning radio play, 1972, laser print

Folder 5
‘Fatherlands’, 1991, 433 pages, includes correspondence with editor, Clare, 22 October 1991-2 December 1991, typescript

BOX 2
Radio scripts:
Folder 1
‘Five Days’, original script for radio, presented by the Australian Broadcasting Commission as an entry in the Prix Italia, 1966, printed

‘The Mariner’s Making’, radio script feature for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, no date, printed

Poetry:
Folder 2
Manuscript list of poems, includes printed copy of ‘Gentle Anna’s Song’, and excerpt from a play

Folder 3
‘Poetry published between 1958 and 1991’, laser print
‘The Dream’, published in Penguin book of Modern Australian Verse, first published 1958
‘Occasions’, published in ‘Weekend Australian’ 10 January, 1986
‘Draft epitaphs’, published in ‘the Australian’, 1 November 1986
‘Shostakovich’s Dream’, published in ‘the Australian’, 4 July, 1987
‘Don’s Party’, published ‘Weekend Australian’, 7 November, 1987
‘Roman Graffiti’, published in ‘The Sydney Review’, December, 1991
‘Shrine’, published in ‘Overland’, September 1996
‘Memoirs’, published in ‘Overland’, December 1996
‘Between Showers’, early effort recalled the sentiments of a young man in the 1930’s, appeared in ‘Plankton’s Luck’
‘Love Song’, appeared in ‘Plankton’s Luck’, ‘The Saxaphone Player’, ‘Cliché’, ‘Night plays the flute’, ‘Breughel’s ‘Winter’, ‘Message’, ‘N.e.w.s.’, ‘Origins’, ‘Body Search’, ‘Zoo masks’, ‘TV News’, 'Ageing aesthete', ‘Bee-web’, ‘Elephants’, ‘Eden’, ‘Halt’, 'Brand new', ‘The New Office’, ‘Men still at work’

Prose used as the basis for ABC Feature includes ‘Dreams of an Atheist’; ‘Reunion of Ithaka’; ‘Chartres Cathedral’ with ‘Gentle Anna’s Song’; ‘Palm’; ‘Life on a Plane’; ‘Darwin Denied’; ‘Lullaby’; ‘November 5’; ‘Reflections’; ‘Raider’; ‘Turning’ (in memory of D. W. M); ‘Plankton to Polly’; ‘Solstice’ published in the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, 2 August, 1987 and used to close ‘Plankton’s Luck’

Folder 4
Manuscript list of the dates of publication of poems, includes printed versions and photocopies of his published poems
‘Ageing aesthete’, written or published in 1960’s
‘Reunion of Ithaka’, written or published in 1950’s
‘Raider’, written or published in the 1970’s
‘Occasions’, photocopy from ‘the Weekend Australian’, January 10, 1986
‘Draft Epitaphs’, published in ‘the Australian’, 1 November, 1986
‘Shostakovich’s Dream’, published in ‘the Australian’, 4 July, 1987
‘Don’s Party’, published ‘Weekend Australian’, 7 November, 1987
‘Roman Graffiti’, published in ‘The Sydney Review’, December, 1991
‘Lately in the Park’ (ABC ‘Father and Son’) photocopy of typescript
‘1986’ (ABC ‘ Father and Son’) photocopy of typescript
‘Lee’ (ABC ‘ Father and Son’) photocopy of typescript
‘Treasure’ (ABC ‘ Father and Son’) photocopy of typescript
‘King Jackal Weds’ (ABC ‘ Father and Son’) photocopy of typescript
‘The Dream’ duplicated typescript

Folder 5
Manuscript of poem ‘Blood…?’

Folder 6
Annotated typescripts of poems used in ABC script for ‘Dreams of an Atheist’ and ‘Father and Son’, includes scripts and annotated newscutting crossword puzzle

Folder 7
Annotated original typescript drafts of poems, no date
‘November 5’, ‘Lullaby’, ‘Between Showers’, ‘Body Search’, ‘Breughel’s ‘Winter’, 'Centenary'
, ‘Darwin Denied’, ‘Don’s Party’, ‘The Enemy’, ‘The Failing Heart’, ‘Longreach West’, ‘Love Song’, ‘Lullaby’, ‘Message’, ‘New Office Building’, ‘Origins’, ‘Palm’, ‘Plankton to Polly’, ‘Saxaphone Player’s Son’, ‘Solstice’, ‘TV News’, First draft of an untitled poem about pirates including 'Blackbeard'

Notes for reviews:
Folder 8
Draft manuscript notes for a review of Lord Casey’s Australian Father and Son, Collins 1967. Draft manuscript notes for review of unidentified book which includes references to Don Carlos, mafia in Calabria