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Manuscript Name | Papers of David Foster |
Manuscript Number | MSS 160 |
Last Updated | August 2021 |
Extent | 4.02 m (30 boxes) |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | The papers of David Foster include correspondence, notes, research material, manuscript and typescript drafts, notebooks, audio cassettes and photographs. The collection documents a significant number of Foster's works, including novels, poetry, short stories, essays, radio dramas and several unpublished pieces. |
The papers of David Foster include correspondence, notes, research material, manuscript and typescript drafts, notebooks, audio cassettes and photographs. The collection documents a significant number of Foster's works, including novels, poetry, short stories, essays, radio dramas and several unpublished pieces.
There are drafts and working papers of Foster's major works, including North South West : three novellas (1973), Escape to reality (1977), Moonlite (1981), Plumbum (1983), Dog Rock : a postal pastoral (1985), The adventures of Christian Rosy Cross (1986), Testostero (1987), The pale blue crochet coathanger cover (1988), Hitting the wall: two novellas (1989), Self portraits: fifteen interviews with Australian writers conducted by Hazel de Berg (ed. 1991), Mates of Mars (1991), The glade within the grove (1996), The ballad of Erinungarah (1997), Studs and nogs : essays 1987-98 (1999) and In the new country (1999).
The correspondence reflects Foster's extensive writing and publishing activities during the period 1971-1991. The collection includes letters regarding his work from a number of significant literary figures. Among the correspondents are Alison Broinowski, Michael Costigan, Michael Duffy, Geoffrey Dutton, Beverley Farmer, Ross Fitzgerald, Dorothy Green, Carl Harrison-Ford, Nicholas Hasluck, Nancy Keesing, Susan McKernan, Eric Rolls, Thomas Shapcott, Brian Stonier, Ian Templeman, Patrick White and Tim Winton.
1971-2008
The series arrangement of this collection has been artificially created by Special Collections staff.
David Manning Foster was born on 15 May 1944 in Katoomba, New South Wales. Born in the Blue Mountains to radio comedian parents, David Manning Foster studied Science at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1967 with the University Medal for Chemistry. Three years later he received his doctorate in inorganic chemistry from the Australian National University, and spent a year as a Fellow of the National Institute of Health in the United States in 1970. Foster then worked as a senior research scientist at the Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, 1971-1972, before retiring to begin writing full-time. He has also worked as a truck driver, postal worker, labourer, prawn trawler crewman, drummer and swimming pool manager.
His novels are satirical, frequently farcical and offer a cynical view of contemporary Australian culture and its postcolonial and imperial foundations. Nine of his novels have been nominated for the Miles Franklin Award and he has won many other prestigious prizes for his novels and poetry. A double black-belt in tae kwon do, Foster is an avid reader of classical literature; an influence clearly discernible in the mythical and literary allusions that can be found in much of his work.
Foster has won many prestigious prizes for his novels and poetry including:
The Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award, 1999: winner for In the new country
FAW Australian Literature Award, 1999: joint winner for In the new country
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Single Work of Fiction, 1998: shortlisted for The glade within the grove
Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1997: winner for The Glade Within the Grove
James Joyce Foundation Suspended Sentence Award, 1996: winner for The glade within the grove
NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1996: shortlisted for The glade within the grove
The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 1996: shortlisted for The glade within the grovee
National Book Council Award for Australian Literature, 1981: winner for Moonlite
FAW Barbara Ramsden Award for the Book of the Year, 1974: joint winner for The pure land
The Age Book of the Year Award, Imaginative Writing Prize, 1974: winner for The pure land
The Age Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year, 1974: joint winner for The pure land.
Foster's publications include:
North South West : three novellas (1973)
The pure land (1974)
The fleeing Atalanta (1975)
Escape to reality 1977, The empathy experiment (with D. K. Lyall, 1977)
Moonlite (1981)
Plumbum (1983)
Dog Rock : a postal pastoral (1985)
The adventures of Christian Rosy Cross (1986)
Testostero (1987)
The pale blue crochet coathanger cover (1988)
Hitting the wall: two novellas (1989)
Self portraits : fifteen interviews with Australian writers conducted by Hazel de Berg (ed. 1991)
Mates of Mars (1991)
Slab of Fosters (1994)
The glade within the grove (1996)
The ballad of Erinungarah (1997)
Studs and nogs : essays 1987-98 (1999)
In the new country (1999)
The land where stories end : as narrated by the angel depicted in Madonna con Bambino e due angeli by Filippo Lippi (2001)
A year of slow food : four seasons of growing and enjoying food in the Australian countryside, David and Gerda Foster ; photographs by Peter Solness (2002).
References:
AustLit : The Resource for Australian Literature, March 2003.
Papers of David Foster, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, MSS 160, Series [Number], Folder [Number].
Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Archives.
Australian literature -- 20th century.
This series consists of two alphabetical sequences of correspondence files. Letters within each folder are arranged alphabetically according to correspondent or subject. There is also one folder of family correspondence, and two general correspondence folders.
This series is closed. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters written to Foster, and generally concerns Foster's writing and publishing activities during the period 1971-1991. There are letters from editors, publishers and agents regarding publication of Foster's major works from North South West (1973) to Mates of Mars (1991). There is also correspondence with Andrew McLennan and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) regarding production of Foster's radio dramas.
Among the correspondents are such literary figures as Alison Broinowski, Michael Costigan, Michael Duffy, Beverley Farmer, Ross Fitzgerald, Dorothy Green, Carl Harrison-Ford, Nicholas Hasluck, Nancy Keesing, Susan McKernan, Eric Rolls, Thomas Shapcott, Brian Stonier, Ian Templeman, Patrick White and Tim Winton. There is also an extensive series of letters from Geoffrey Dutton, including editorial comments for many of Foster's writings.
Folder 1
A, 1977-1988
Including Adelaide Festival, Angus and Robertson, Antipodes, Articles Arts Management and Consultancy, Barry Oakley of The Australian, Australian Book Review, Australian Film Commission, Australian Independent Publisher's Association, Susan McKernan of the Australian National University, Australian Society of Authors and Australian Television and Radio School; together with a review by Foster of John Ellard's Some rules for killing people (1989)
Folder 3
Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, 1974-1989
Including Michael Costigan, Sandra Forbes, Mark Hertzberg, Nancy Keesing, Thomas Shapcott and Irene Stevens
Folder 4
B, 1977-1989
Including Geoff Baker, Ian Bedford, Big City Press, Tom Bissinger, Ruth Blair, Damien Broderick, Alison Broinowski and Nigel Butterley
Folder 5
C, 1976-1989
Including Geoffrey Cains, Michael Casey, Collins Dove, Contemporary Authors, Copyright Agency, Currey O'Neil Ross and Tim Curnow of Curtis Brown
Folder 7
D-E, 1981-1990
Including Helen Daniel, Department of Corrective Services, Stephen Murray-Smith of The Dictionary of Australian Quotations, Jeff Doyle, Michael Duffy and Elizabeth [?]
Folder 9
F-H, 1975-1989
Including Faber and Faber, John Fairfax and Sons, Ross Fitzgerald, James Fraser, Ian Templeman of Fremantle Arts Centre, Forum, Eric Glass Ltd, D. Graham, Dorothy Green, Lee Harding, Nicholas Hasluck, Susan Haynes and Julie Hunt
Folder 10
I-L, 1978-1989
Including The Illawara Mercury, Max Suich of The Independent Monthly, Guy Grant of International Sports Consultants, Nancy Keesing, Leonie Kramer, Gerard Lee and John Lewthwaite
Folder 11
M-N, 1975-1989
Including Martin [?], The Marten Bequest, Maximus Books, James McCarthy, Gaynor McGrath, Meanjin, Calvin Miller, Dennis Minogue, Mirror Australian Telegraph Publications, Dan Monte, Nation Review, National Library of Australia, The National Trust for Scotland, National Word Festival, New South Wales Film Corporation, Nimrod Theatre Company and Bill Noonan
Folder 13
O-P, 1975-1989
Including Office of the Minister for the Arts 1986 Writer's Fellowship, Bill O'Sullivan, Stephen Murray-Smith of Overland, Oxford University Press, Geoff Page, Pan Books, Claire Perry, John Poldy and the Public Lending Right Scheme
Folder 15
Q-R, 1974-1989
Including Quadrant, Fellowship of Australian Writers' Barbara Ramsden Award 1974, Ray [?], Rigby, Riverina College of Advanced Education, Les Robinson, Rodney [Hall?], Eric Rolls, The Rosicrucian Order, Routledge and Kegan Paul Books and Heather Rusden
Folder 16
S, 1976-1990
Including Gloria Safier, John Scott, Scripsi, Selma Shapiro, Michael Sissons, Heather Stanton, State Library of New South Wales, St James Press, Stoney Creek Films, J.R. Stow and the Sydney Theatre Company
Folder 17
T-U, 1983-1989
Including Tasmanian State Institute of Technology, Ian Templeman, University of New South Wales/Australian Defence Force Academy, University of Sydney and University of Western Australia
Folder 18
V-W, 1975-1988
Including Viking Penguin, Vogue, Gerard W., Arthur Walton, Warana Festival 88, John Webb, Patrick White, Wild and Woolley, Ursula Winant and Tim Winton
Folder 19
A, 1982-1991
Including Antipodes, Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, The Australian, Australian Book Review, Colin Steele of the Australian National University, Australian Republican Movement and Australian Society of Authors
Folder 20
B-C, 1976-1991
Including Bruce Barclay, Leo Berkelouw, Jim Bernard, Geoffrey Blainey, Alison Broinowski, Bryan [?], Andrew Clegg, Collins Dove, Copyright Agency Ltd, Michael Cotter and The Currency Press
Folder 23
D-F, 1990-1991
Including Helen Daniel, Mickey Dewar, Geoffrey Dutton, Editions, Mac Evans, Heather F., Beverley Farmer and Ross Fitzgerald
Folder 24
G-H, 1990-1991
Including Guy Grant, Griffin Theatre Company, L.R. Hard, Nicholas Hasluck, Mark Hertzberg and Nancy Keesing, Barry Hill and W. Hyde
Folder 25
I-M, 1986-1991
Including Michael Duffy of The Independent Monthly, Island, Ursula Joussen, Clayton Joyce, Julie [Hunt?], Aidan Kelly, Kerryn Goldsworthy, Amanda Lohrey, Susan McKernan, Meanjin, Rose Molesworth, Mudgee Arts Council
Folder 26
N-R, 1981-1991
Including National Gallery of Victoria, Office of the Ombudsman, The Oral History Association of Australia, Bill O'Sullivan, Primavera Press, Public Lending Right Scheme, Andrew Riemer, Bruce Roberts, James Rolevink, Eric Rolls and Paul Rylance
Folder 28
S, 1990-1991
Including Alex Salewski, Paul Schaeter, Thomas Shapcott, Martin Smith, State Library of New South Wales, St James Press and Stout Research Centre
Folder 29
T-W, c. 1980s-1991
Including Tasmanian Writers Union, Ian Templeman, Lyn Tranter, Erica Travers, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania, Vincent [?], Warana Festival, John Webb and Michael Denholm of Writers at Tilleys
Folder 30
Family correspondence, 1980-1991
Including Robin Hodgson, Seth (son), Nat (daughter) and George Foster (father), together with a paper by Hodgson 'The evolution of Peppimenarti around the concept of an Aboriginal Cattle Station', 1987
Folder 31
General correspondence, 1983-1991
Including Carl Harrison-Ford, Dave Kain and Jacqueline Kent regarding Moonlite (1981), Plumbum (1983), Dog Rock (1985), The adventures of Christian Rosy Cross (1986), Testostero (1987), The pale blue crochet coathanger cover (1988) and Hitting the wall (1989)
Folder 32
General publishing correspondence, 1990-1991
Including Carl Harrison-Ford, Tim Curnow of Curtis Brown and Penguin Books regarding Mates of Mars (1991), and the National Library of Australia regarding Self portraits (1991)
Folder 33
General publishing correspondence, 1993-1997
Including Tim Curnow of Curtis Brown, Rose Creswell of Cameron Creswell, Jane Palfreyman of Random House, E. Annie Proulx, Peg McColl of Penguin Books Australia, Bettina Keil of Keil & Keil Literatur Agentur, Christopher Potter of Fourth Estate and Derek Johns of AP Watt Literary Agents
This series comprises notebooks, research material and manuscript and typescript drafts for North South West: three novellas (1973), Moonlite (1981), Plumbum (1983), Dog Rock: a postal pastoral (1985), The adventures of Christian Rosy Cross (1986), Testostero (1987), The pale blue crochet coathanger cover (1988), Hitting the wall: two novellas (1989), Mates of Mars (1991), The glade within the grove (1996) and In the new country (1999). There is also a typescript draft of Foster's unpublished novel 'Order from disorder'. The notes and notebooks reveal Foster's extensive preparation and meticulous research. The drafts are often extensively annotated by Foster, and include comments from such editors as Nicholas Jose and E. Annie Proulx.
Correspondence regarding the development, editing and publication of the novels from North South West to In the new country is included in Series 1. Papers relating to Foster's epic poem The ballad of Erinungarah (1997), the companion piece to The glade within the grove, are included in Series 6.
2.1 North South West: three novellas (1973)
Typescript draft of North South West, comprising the novellas 'North South West', 'Mobil medley' and 'Time's arrow'. This work was published by Macmillan, South Melbourne, Victoria, 1973.
2.2 Moonlite (1981)
Page proofs of the novel, which was published by Macmillan, South Melbourne, Victoria, 1973. Photographs relating to Moonlite are included in Series 13.
2.3 Plumbum (1983)
Notes, research material and typescript drafts for the novel, which was published by Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria, 1983.
2.4 Dog Rock: a postal pastoral (1985)
Notes, research material, typescript drafts and page proofs for the novel, which was published by Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria, 1985. Dog Rock is the first in a series of works featuring the character D'Arcy D'Oliveres, together with the novels The pale blue crochet coathanger cover (1988) and The glade within the grove (1996), and the epic poem The ballad of Erinungarah (1997).
2.5 The adventures of Christian Rosy Cross (1986)
Typescript drafts and page proofs of the novel, which was published by King Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria, 1986. The radio drama version of the novel was produced by Rodney Wetherell for ABC Radio Helicon, 1986.
2.6 Testostero (1987)
Notes, research material, typescript drafts and page proofs for the novel, which was published by Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria, 1987. Parts of this novel were derived from the radio drama 'Water on the brain' and the unpublished drama 'Antipodeans', drafts of which are included in Series 4.
2.7 The pale blue crochet coathanger cover (1988)
Notes and typescript drafts for the novel, which was published by Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria, 1988. This novel is the second in a series of works featuring the character D'Arcy D'Oliveres, together with Dog Rock: a postal pastoral (1985), The glade within the grove (1996) and The ballad of Erinungarah (1997).
2.8 Hitting the wall: two novellas (1989)
Typescript drafts of the work, comprising the novellas 'Eyes of the bull' and 'The job', published by Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria, 1989. 'The job' was previously published in Foster's short story collection Escape to reality (1977). A photograph of the cover art for Hitting the wall is included in Series 6.
2.9 Mates of Mars (1991)
Notes and manuscript and typescript drafts for the novel, which was published by Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria, 1991.
2.10 The glade within the grove (1996)
Notes, editorial material and manuscript and typescript drafts for the novel, which was published by Random House Australia, Milsons Point, NSW, 1996. Foster's epic poem The ballad of Erinungarah (1997) was written as a companion piece to this novel. These works form part of a series featuring the character D'Arcy D'Oliveres, together with the novels Dog Rock: a postal pastoral (1985) and The pale blue crochet coathanger cover (1988). Folder 12 is restricted until November 2006.
Folder 3-4
Additional annotated manuscript and typescript early draft material, including 'Excerpt from Erinungarah' annotated typescript, 19 p.
Folder 6-7
Typescript first draft with minor annotations by Foster and Nicholas Jose, the novel's first editor, 764 p.
Folder 8-9
Typescript second draft photocopy, with Foster's annotated footnotes, 'To be further edited by E. Annie Proulx, as typeset by Random House Australia', p. 9, 11-13, 21-29, 42-735
2.11 'Order from disorder' [nd]
Typescript draft of Foster's unpublished novel 'Order from disorder'.
2.12 In the new country (1999)
Notebooks, notes, research material, typescript drafts and reviews for the novel, which was published by Fourth Estate, London, England 1999.
Folder 2
Research material including photocopied newspaper cuttings and copies of magazines, 1997-1998
Folder 5
Annotated computer typescript draft, 190 p., edited by Christopher Potter of Fourth Estate; editorial notes written by Foster after a discussion with Potter, 1998
Folder 6
Annotated penultimate computer typescript draft, 206 p., with changes from the copy editor and desk editor, 1998
Manuscript and typescript drafts and journals and newspaper cuttings of published and unpublished short stories by Foster including 'The elixir operon', 'Why creativity declines with age', 'Where none pursueth', 'The token of the covenant', 'A beast without two backs', 'Tunnelling into the free flown fact', 'Ed the head - Manson of the mangroves' and 'Bananas : prawning in the gulf', published in An Anthology of Australian fishing (1991) edited by Eric Rolls, and published journal and newspaper versions of short stories including four from Escape to reality, which was published by Macmillan, South Melbourne in 1977.
'The elixir operon', adapted from a radio drama first produced by Foster and Andrew McClennan in 1980, was published in Strange attractors: original Australian speculative fiction (1985) edited by Damien Broderick. The series also includes a typescript draft review by Foster of The Kadaitcha sung (1990) by Sam Watson.
Folder 1
'Why creativity declines with age' annotated typescript draft, [c. 1980-1984] and newspaper clipping; 'Where none pursueth' manuscript draft, 1 p., typescript draft, 8 p. and newspaper clipping, [c. 1980-1984]
Folder 2
'The elixir operon' manuscript draft; annotated typescript drafts (2); typescript photocopy of the radio drama version produced with Andrew McLennan for ABC Radio (1980)
Folder 3
'The token of the covenant' typescript draft, 52 p; Understanding women [nd] booklet by Jim Bernard; typescript draft review by Foster of The Kadaitcha sung (1990) by Sam Watson
Folder 4
Published journal versions of four short stories from Escape to reality, including 'The longest milkrun in the world', 'Murray River breakdown', 'Green Dolphin street' and 'Going about', 1974-1975
Folder 5
Annotated typescript photocopy of 'Bananas : prawning in the gulf ', published in An Anthology of Australian fishing (1991) edited by Eric Rolls; published journal and newspaper versions of short stories including 'A beast without two backs', 'Tunnelling into the free flown fact' and 'Ed the head - Manson of the mangroves', 1975-1991
Manuscript and typescript drafts of radio dramas including 'Water on the brain', 'As it was', 'Knight's move' and 'Bananas'. These radio dramas were produced by Foster and Andrew McLennan for ABC Radio from 1977 to 1990. There are also drafts of two abandoned radio dramas, 'Anti-gravity machine' and 'QF 7', an unpublished radio drama 'Antipodeans', and an unpublished stage drama based on the novel Dog rock . Audio cassettes featuring readings of 'Water on the brain', 'As it was' and 'Knight's move' are included in Series 12.
Folder 1
'Wet dream' (produced as 'Water on the brain', 1977) annotated typescript and typescript photocopy drafts (3)
Folder 2
'As it was' (1981) manuscript draft; 'Knight's move' (1983) typescript draft photocopy, 59 p.
Folder 3
'Bananas' (c. 1990) annotated typescript and typescript photocopy drafts (2); notes regarding music, 2 p.
Folder 4
'Anti-gravity machine' (abandoned radio drama) annotated typescript draft, 46 p.; photocopies of several book reviews
Folder 5
'QF 7' (abandoned radio drama) annotated typescript draft, 60 p.; notes and research material
Folder 6
'Antipodeans' (unpublished drama) manuscript draft, annotated typescript draft photocopies (3)
Notes, research material and manuscript and typescript drafts of Foster's introduction for Self portraits, an anthology of oral history interviews selected by Foster, and published by the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1991. The transcripts are from the Hazel de Berg oral history recordings held by the National Library.
This series comprises editorial material, typescript drafts and page proofs for The ballad of Erinungarah, which was published by Random House Australia, Milsons Point, NSW, 1997. There are also three newspaper cuttings of poems and three typescripts of unpublished poems, two of which 'Judgement' and 'Song for Solomon' are the only surviving pieces from a collection of sixty lyrics, later destroyed by Foster.
6.1, The ballad of Erinungarah (1997)
The epic poem is a companion piece to Foster's novel The glade within the grove (1996). Together with the novels Dog Rock: a postal pastoral (1985) and The pale blue crochet coathanger cover (1988), these works form part of a series featuring the character D'Arcy D'Oliveres.
This series comprises published and unpublished essays and editorial material, manuscript and typescript drafts, published versions of essays in anthologies, journals and newspapers. Correspondence relating to this series is included in Series 1.
7.1, Studs and nogs : essays 1987-98 (1999)
Research material and manuscript and typescript drafts, published versions of essays in journals and newspapers for Studs and nogs : essays 1987-98, which was published by Random House, Milsons Point, NSW, 1999.
7.2, Miscellaneous Essays, 1990-1992
Manuscript and typescript drafts, published versions of essays in journals and newspapers, and drafts of unpublished essays by Foster.
Folder 1
Manuscript and annotated typescript and photocopy typescript drafts of essays published in journals, 1989-1992
This series comprises published reprints from journals of various scientific articles co-authored by Foster, a book review and a lecture by Foster.
Newspaper cuttings and journals containing reviews of works by Foster.
Folder 1
Reviews, 1974-1977
Including The pure land, Escape to reality and The empathy experiment (with D.K. Lyall)
This series includes journals and newspaper cuttings of interviews with Foster, together with criticisms, articles and other writings regarding Foster and his work.
Folder 5
Cuttings of articles re Foster's receipt of various awards, 1984-1996
Including Australian Council for the Arts Literary Fellowship (1984), Australian Artists' Creative Fellowship (known as the Keating Fellowships) (1992) and the James Joyce Suspended Sentence award (1996)
Folder 7
David Foster : the satirist of Australia, by Susan Lever; published by Cambria Press, Youngstown, N.Y., 2008, 2005-2008
Including:
Correspondence including emails from Foster to Lever, together with copies of articles by Foster, 2005-2008
Correspondence and typescript draft with annotations by David Foster, 21 June 2006, various pagings
Annotated draft of Jeff Doyle's book launch speech, Academy Library, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, 5 June 2008, 11 p.
This small series comprises cuttings and photocopies of articles collected by Foster on various topics. Photographs relating to this series are located in Series 13.
Folder 1
Article by Rosemary Sorensen entitled 'You be the judge'; typescript of poetry translations and typescript of 'New York nowhere' by Geoffrey Dutton; photocopy of an article by Jacqueline Kent entitled 'Out of the Bakelite box : the heyday of Australian radio'; news cutting of the Sydney launch by David Marr of Yellow Press,1983-1997
This series comprises audio cassettes featuring readings of Foster's radio dramas 'Knight's move', 'The elixir operon', 'As it was', 'Water on the brain', 'Bananas' and 'Hugo's Turkish travel pack', together with radio interviews of Foster and a reading by him for the Friends of the ADFA Library. Manuscripts relating to the radio dramas are included in Series 4.
Folder 1-11
'Knight's move' (2 cassettes)
'The elixir operon' (2 cassettes)
'As it was' (2 cassettes)
'Water on the brain' (4 cassettes)
'Bananas' (1 cassette)
'Hugo's Turkish travel pack' (1 cassette)
David Foster reading at ADFA for the Friends of the ADFA Library, 26 June 1997 (1 cassette)
ABC Radio National interviews with Foster for 'Books and writing', 1996-1999 (3 cassettes)
Radio interview with 2BL, 25/3/1999 (1 cassette)
Radio interview for 'Booktalk', 2/3/1996 and 5/3/1996 (1 cassette)
This series comprises colour photographs relating to Foster's novels Moonlite (1981) and Hitting the wall (1989), together with a colour photograph of Robin Lucas, black and white photographs of the Sydney launch of Yellow Press and colour photographs of the James Joyce Suspended Sentence Award.
Folder 1
Photograph used for Moonlite, p. iv, featuring Foster at Hill End, Australia
Photograph used for Moonlite, p. iv, featuring Foster at St. Kilda, United Kingdom
Photographs (2) of Moonlite cover rough and cover art
Photograph of Hitting the wall cover art
Photograph of Robin Lucas, Glass House Mountains, Queensland, from Geoffrey Dutton, April 1990
Photographs (4) of the Sydney launch by David Marr of Yellow Press, Michael Duffy's first publishing venture, 1994
Photographs (2) of the James Joyce Suspended Sentence Award 1996