Papers of Jim and Pamela Crawford. [1917]-1997.

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Papers of Jim and Pamela Crawford. [1917]-1997.

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Bulk of collection is papers of Jim Crawford. Includes playscripts, work in progress note books, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, miscellaneous ephemera, and papers relating to the Communist Party of Australia, the Eureka Youth League, the arts, peace movement, labour movement, social issues. Also papers of Pamela Crawford, including correspondence, newspaper cuttings, articles and art exhibition catalogues . Many of these papers relate to Miya Studio and New Theatre.

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Libraries Australia

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Communist party of Australia

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The Communist Party of Australia has been interested in a range of issues from its inception in 1920 until it ceased to be a political party in 1991. These interests are reflected in its files on women's issues, trade unions, election campaigns, the environmental movement, peace and disarmament, unemployment and Aboriginal issues. From the description of Records [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225816752 The Communist Party of Australia was founded in...

Crawford, Pamela, 1921-1997.

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Crawford, Jim, 1908-1973.

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Jim Crawford played a significant role in Australian working class theatre, especially in Brisbane. He was born in Manchester and came to Australia as a teenager. During the 1930s, Crawford became a member of the Communist Party. He travelled the eastern coast of Australia as far north as Cairns, performing in The Roving Red Revue Company, of which he was a founder. By the late 1930s he was a columnist for the Victorian 'Guardian', and in the early 1940s he moved from Melbourne to Brisbane. He b...

Miya Studio

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New Theatre (Brisbane, Qld.)

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