Sourry and Sourris family papers.

Collection

Accession number
33499
Date
1900?-2016
Author / Creator
Sourris, James C., collector, contributor
Abstract
Collection of Brisbane businessman, philanthropist and art collector James C Sourris AM. The collection spans three generations of the Sourry/Sourris family, highlighting their contribution to the cinema industry in Northern New South Wales and southeast Queensland as well as the Greek community in those places. The material covers Mr. Sourris' successful career in cinema development, and his passion for and support of contemporary Australian art and artists.
System of arrangement
Arranged into 4 series
Description
approximately 30 boxes and albums of photographs and papers
Administrative / Biographical history

Following a successful career as a movie exhibitor and multiplex developer, James C. Sourris pursued an interest in collecting contemporary art. Mr Sourris and his sister Marica have been benefactors of the Queensland Library Foundation since 1998. Mr Sourris' association with film also provided the initial focus for his patronage of the Queensland Art Gallery. He began forming a contemporary art collection for the Gallery in 1999, in collaboration with then Director Doug Hall. He was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 2011 for service to the arts and to the community through the development of the motion picture industry and through philanthropic contributions, particularly to the Queensland Art Gallery and the State Library of Queensland.

Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status

Multiple copyright statuses.

Conditions of use
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Preferred citation
33499, Sourry and Sourris family papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
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