Ray Barrett Collection

Baby's record book of Raymond Charles Barrett, compiled by Mabel Barrett, Ray Barrett's mother.

Press cuttings book compiled by Mabel Barrett, Ray Barrett's mother, 1939-1953. 

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, 1950-1958, compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1958-1959.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1960-1963.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1963-1965.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1965-1975.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1970-1977.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1977-1979.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1980-1982.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1983-1986.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1986-1988.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1988-1989.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1990-1994.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1994-1995.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 1996-1999.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife, 2000-2006.

Scrapbook containing material regarding 'Goodbye Paradise', 1981-1983, compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife.

Scrapbook containing material regarding 'Goodbye Paradise', 1981-1983, compiled by Gaye Barrett, Ray's wife.

Various newspaper clippings from 1970 - 2007.

Two albums containing personal photographs of Ray Barrett. Twenty-one large, loose personal photographs of Ray Barrett.

Five albums containing professional (theatre, television, and film) photographs of Ray Barrett. Twenty large, loose professional (theatre, television, and film) photographs of Ray Barrett.

Two theatrical, mounted, sepia photographs, 'A Different Drummer', Queensland Theatre Company.

Framed movie promotional colour photograph, 'In The Winter Dark'.

Theatre programme for 'Happy Returns', Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney.

Theatre programme for 'Hit and Run', Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney.

Theatre programme for 'Top of the Bill', Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney.

Theatre programme for 'The Happiest Days of Your Life' (with Margaret Rutherford), Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney.

Programme for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, 11th Annual Benevolent Fund Concert, narrator: 'Peter and the Wolf'. Signed by Ray Barrett.

Theatre programme for 'For Amusement Only', Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney.

Theatre programme for 'Look Back In Anger', Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney.

Theatre programme for 'Hey You, Light Man!', New Theatre, Bromley, UK.

Theatre programme for 'Touch of Purple', Wimbledon Theatre, London, UK.

Theatre programme for 'Touch of Purple', Globe Theatre, London, UK. Including two flyers.

Theatre programme for 'Touch of Purple', Empire Theatre, Liverpool, UK.

Theatre programme for 'Touch of Purple', Palace Theatre, Manchester, UK.

Theatre programme for 'Touch of Purple', Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, UK.

Theatre programme for 'Touch of Purple', Ashcroft Theatre, London, UK.

Theatre programme for 'Don's Party', Royal Court Theatre, London, UK. Includes flyer and postcard.

Theatre programme for 'A Different Drummer', Royal Queensland Theatre Company.

Theatre programme for 'Brilliant Lies', Royal Queensland Theatre Company. Includes opening performance programme, The Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre.

Theatre programme for 'Brilliant Lies', Melbourne Theatre Company.

Theatre programme for 'Brilliant Lies', Sydney Theatre Company.

Original full size movie poster for 'Don's Party', mounted on board.

Original full size movie poster for 'Goodbye Paradise', mounted on board. 

Original full size movie poster for 'Relatives', mounted and framed.

Original full size theatrical poster for 'Love Letters' - Karnak Playhouse, Far North Queensland, framed.

Original theatrical poster for 'Brilliant Lies' - The Playhouse, Adelaide Festival, framed.

Mock-up of Sydney Herald Sun cover for 'White Collar Blue', mounted and framed.

Original theatrical poster for 'Brilliant Lies' - Suncorp Theatre, unframed.

Original theatrical poster for 'Brilliant Lies' - The Playhouse, unframed.

Publicity poster for Ray Barrett's autobiography, unframed.

Original theatrical poster for 'Brilliant Lies' - Sydney Theatre Company, mounted.

Framed cartoon drawn by Jon, Daily Mail, UK - signed both sides.

Caricature drawn by Vines of Ray Barrett in a row boat.

Mounted caricature drawn by Rafty.

Framed watercolour caricature drawn by costume designer, Roger Kirk of Dwyer, 'On Our Selection'.

Philip Sharpe Benefit booklet (cricket), UK.

'Don's Party' press pack - accompanying letter, one flyer, one poster, production and casting information, credits.

'The Timeless Land' promotional booklet - ABC mini series.

'Theatre Australia' magazine - cover story and photograph (TV drama).

Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards presentation programmes, 1977, 1982 - 1984, 1995, 2003, 2005, and 2006 AFI yearbook.

'Goodbye Paradise' press pack - accompanying note, eight press photos, synopsis, cast and crew list, production notes, reproduction of press advertisements, production stills.

'The Last Bastion - Australia 1942: Under Siege' press pack - cast list, production notes, series notes, historical notes, crew notes, cast photographs and character summaries.

National Film and Sound Archive official opening program, 3 Oct 1984 - accompanying letter, celebrities and special guests list, information brochure.

'Australia Day Live' program, 26 Jan 1984, Network 10 Australia.

Ray Barrett biography, devised and prepared by Gaye Barrett.

'Barefoot Boy' - original short stories by Ray Barrett for Ray Barrett's autobiography.

Programme for the 23rd International Film Festival in Wurzburg, Germany. Ray and Gay Barrett attended the festival by the invitation of Ingo Petzke. Includes telegram and promotional postcard.

'Aussie Post' magazine - cover story and photograph.

'After The Deluge' press pack - synopsis, cast list, character breakdown, key creative personnel, biographies.

'Woman's Day' magazine - story p.24.

'TV Week' magazine, 17-23 Apr 2004 - Logie viewing guide.

'Fab' magazine, issue 19 (vol. 4, no. 1) 1995. 'Fab' magazine, issue 54 (vol. 11, no. 2) Apr 2006. 'Fab' magazine, issue 57 (vol. 12, no. 4) Jul 2007. Gerry Anderson, co-creator of 'The Thunderbirds' is the Patron and a lifetime member of Fanderson. Ray Barrett voiced various characters in all 32 episodes during the mid 1960s.

Programme for the Grand Order of Water Rats annual ball, 27 Nov 1960, held at Dorchester Hotel, London. Autographed by the officers.

Programme for The Sun Television Awards Dinner, 14 May 1970, held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel.

'Puppet Theatre 72' booklet, London, 13 - 30 Mar 1972. A season of British puppetry for the National Puppet Theatre Centre.

Programme for 'Cricket to the Laws and in Costume of the Year 1884', 14 Jul 1973, at Hadley Field, Chalk Lane, Cockfosters.

Programme for the 'Help for the People of Darwin' gala variety show at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 9 Feb 1975.

'Pol' magazine - Jul / Aug 1978. Contains an article regarding 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith' (p.115).

'A Shifting Dreaming' press pack - accompanying letter and photocopied newspaper clippings.

'The Challenge' press pack - cast and production crew list, synopsis, production notes, production team.

'Australian Celebrity Homes' magazine, series 1. no.1. Includes accompanying letter.

Royal Queensland Theatre Company subscription season brochure, 1988.

The Premier's Gala Concert (Warana Salutes Australia) programme, 16 Sep 1989, held at the Concert Hall Performing Arts Complex. Ray Barrett was the host for this event.

Karnak Playhouse programme, inaugural season 1992. Includes Ray Barrett's name tag.

Three 'Movie Trader' magazines - Apr 1995, Aug 1995, and Aug 1996.

Phillip Edmiston's Theatrestrings, 'The Grand Adventure' programme.

The Phillip Street Theatre booklet - celebrating their first year.

'Emergency - Ward 10' commemorative booklet - 500th episode.

Fontana Records profile regarding Ray Barrett's musical career, Mar 1969.

News bulletin regarding Ray Barrett as Sergeant Gorman in 'Jigsaw'.

Personal script, crew / cast lists, call sheets and accompanying correspondence for 'Dalkeith'.

'Stingers 3' Episode 45 - Amended final shooting schedule for 19 Jan 2000 - 26 Jan 2000.

'Something In The Air' crew list, call sheets, and accompanying correspondence.

Ray Barrett's script of 'Goodbye Paradise'. First page is signed by Ray Barrett.

'After The Deluge' call sheet (13 Sep 2002), scripts (episodes 1 - 4), and crew and cast list.

'Hotel Sorrento' cast list, 'Blood Oath' cast list, 'On Our Selection' crew list, 'Brilliant Lies' crew list, 'Hotel de Love' crew list, unnamed cast list, 'Heaven's Burning crew and cast lists, 'In The Winter Dark' one line script summary.

'The best of Tintookies' LP record. 'The Tintookies' was a Peter Scriven puppet musical presented by the Marionette Theatre of Australia.

'The Grand Adventure' EP record and audio cassette tape. 'The Grand Adventure' was a Phillip Edmiston puppet musical presented by Theatrestrings.

'No Trouble Now!' CD, songs sung by Ray Barrett.

'Large As Life' CD, songs sung by Ray Barrett.

'The Bicentennial Celebration Collection of Henry Lawson's Short Stories' - two audio cassettes, read by Ray Barrett.

Starlight Theatre (Rex), Sydney radio audio cassette; also with Ray Barrett as Robin Hood on Side B.

'Capriccio' audio cassette - SSO rehearsal.

2CC Canberra radio interview. Includes accompanying correspondence.

'Top of the Bill' at the Phillip Street Theatre, 1954?.

ABC interview with Andy Ross, Jul 1983.

Side A: 4QR interview with Rod Henshaw, Jim Killen, Fred Daly, Ray Barrett, Richard Farmer, Ian Skidmore. Side B: 4QR interview with Rod Henshaw, 29 Apr 1988. Matt Munro obituary - Ray Barrett's old friend.

Side A: Killen, Henshaw and friends - 4QR, 26 Oct 1990. Side B: Obituary to Matt Munro played on 4BH on Munro's death, 1985. Compiled, produced and presented by Rod Henshaw.

UK interview with John Craven.

UK interview.

Side A: Ray Barrett on 'Film Buff's Forecast', 1990. Side B: 'Thunderbirds' soundtrack, c. 1966.

'State of the Arts' interview with Jason Copeland, 30 Apr 1993 - 4MBS FM, Melbourne and 103.7 FM, Brisbane. Including feature on 'Brilliant Lies' with David Williamson.

Radio interview in Melbourne, 1993.

Interview with Jan Power, ABC.

Interview with Anthony Frangi.

Interview with Margaret Throsby - ABC Classic FM, 21 Apr 1997.

'Rod and Friends' final breakfast programme - 612 ABC, Brisbane, 10 Jan 2003.

'Rod and Friends' final breakfast programme - 612 ABC, Brisbane, 10 Jan 2003.

2GB radio interview, Sydney.

Barrett, Ray (and Corris, Peter), (1995), 'Ray Barrett, An Autobiography'. Random House : Milson's Point, NSW.

'A Different Drummer' SBS television interview, 1988, VHS.

• 'Wogan Show Live' BBC television interview, 1991, (39.18 minutes). With other guests - Germaine Greer and Rod Stewart.
• Ray Barrett Tribute, various clips, 1995, (4.04 minutes).
• '60 Minutes : Face Value' Nine Network television interview with Charles Woolley, 1995, (12.44 minutes).
• 'Autobiography : Book Launch', co-launched by Bob Ellis and David Williamson, filmed by D. Nettheim, 1995, (34.36 minutes).
• '70th Birthday', filmed by David Nettheim, 1997, (15.44 minutes).

'Sunday Afternoon', ABC television, 1991 and 1995, VHS.

'Tonight Live' with Steve Vizard, ep: 93.05.746, 15 Jul 1993, VHS. Includes producer's note and running order.

'Good Morning Australia' with Bert Newton, 1994 and 1995, VHS.

'Book Mark', 1995, VHS.

'Extra', Channel Nine television, 17 Jul 1995, VHS.

Popcorn' interview regarding 'Brilliant Lies', Channel Seven television, 9 Sep 1996, VHS.

'Revenge' with Joan Collins, VHS.

'Don's Party', DVD.

'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith', VHS.

'A Dangerous Summer' with James Mason and Tom Skerritt, VHS.

'Goodbye Paradise' and 'This Is Your Life' with Roger Climpson, VHS.

'Frenchman's Farm', VHS.

'As Time Goes By', VHS.

'Contagion', VHS.

'Blood Oath', VHS.

'Waiting', VHS.

'No Worries', VHS.

'Hotel Sorrento', VHS.

'Dad and Dave - On Our Selection', VHS.

'Hotel de Love', VHS.

'Brilliant Lies', DVD.

'Dalkeith', VHS.

'Visitors', DVD.

'Heaven's Burning', VHS.

'In The Winter Dark' with Brenda Blethyn, VHS.

'Dr Who - The Powerful Enemy', VHS.

'Thunderbirds', DVD (two discs) - 'Martian Invasion' (vol 5) and 'The Duchess Assignment' (vol 6).

'The Timeless Land', three DVD set in one box.

'Correlli', DVD.

Twenty-one episodes of 'Something In The Air', VHS. (Episodes 1-12, 14-36 on twenty tapes). Box 14791: Episodes 1-8. Box 14792: Episodes 11, 12, 14-36.

'After The Deluge', VHS - two tapes.

Three episodes of 'White Collar Blue', VHS. (Episodes 24, 37, 38 on three tapes).

'All Saints', VHS. (Episode AST/280-03).

• Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, VHS - two tapes. Recipient Best Actor award, 1982. Recipient Best Supporting Actor, 1995.
• Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards with Raymond Longford, DVD, 2005.

'Sydney.... Heart of a Continent', BETA. Narrated by Ray Barrett.

Sunday Mail television advertisement - Bumper sticker special, 14 Jan 1988, VHS.

'Celebrity Backyard' with Don Burke, Channel Nine, VHS.

Warana concert 1989, VHS.

'The Hancock Legacy' - Presenter: Ray Barrett, commissioned by Rose Hancock, VHS.

'ACP Speed Freak' television commercial, VHS.

'This Is Your Life' with David Williamson, 18 Aug 1997, VHS.

'CBT At Its Best : Best Practice in Competency Based Training' - corporate video, VHS.

Framed Australian Film Institute (AFI) certificate for Best Supporting Actor, 'Hotel Sorrento', 1995.

Framed Australian Film Institute (AFI) certificate for Best Supporting Actor, 'Brilliant Lies', 1996.

Framed Australian Film Institute (AFI) certificate for Best Actor in a Leading Role, 'In The Winter Dark', 1998.

Stainless steel and perspex award - Australian Film Institute (AFI) awarded to Ray Barrett for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith', 1978.

Stainless steel and perspex award - Australian Film Institute (AFI) awarded to Ray Barrett for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, 'Goodbye Paradise', 1982.

Framed Sydney Film Critics Circle award to Ray Barrett for Best Performance by an Actor/Actress, 'Goodbye Paradise'.

Mounted Television Society of Australia - Certificate of Commendation awarded to Ray Barrett, 'The Last Bastion'.

Stainless steel and perspex award - Australian Film Institute (AFI) awarded to Ray Barrett for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, 'Hotel Sorrento', 1995.

Pewter on teak Eastman Kodak award to Ray Barrett for Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Film Industry, 1995.

Brass on black wood Australian Cinematographers Society Gold Award Honorable Membership to Ray Barrett, 1995.

Silver Logie (TV Week) award to Ray Barrett for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series on Australian Television, 'After The Deluge', 2003.

Stainless steel and perspex award - Australian Film Institute (AFI) Raymond Longford Lifetime Achievement Award to Ray Barrett, 2005.

Ray Barrett's correspondence and papers from 1962 - 2006, including correspondence from Sylvia Anderson, Wolf Blass, Diane Cilento, Justin Fleming, Werner Herzog, Baz Luhrmann, Spike Milligan, Fred Schepisi, and Carl Schultz. Includes correspondence and papers from the Queensland Film Industry, Queensland Film Corporation, and the Immigration Review Panel.

Music manuscripts - 'Annie Get Your Gun', 'Goin' Home', 'Love's Old Sweet Song', 'Oklahoma', 'Ol' Man River', 'Peter and the Wolf', 'The Pick of the Bunch for Contraltos', 'Sea Fever', 'Swing That Melody', and 'Wandering the King's Highway'.

Various speeches made by Ray Barrett.

'This Is Your Life' book presented to Ray Barrett as a memento containing black and white photographs.

Five passports (Australian and British) issued to Ray Barrett.

• Miscellaneous items pertaining to Ray Barrett.
• Wold Expo '88 pack (includes pin and invitation) and certificate appointing Ray Barrett as an honorary ambassador.
• The Variety Club of Great Britain xmas luncheon menu, 1967.
• 'The Avengers Forever' biography of Ray Barrett by Pete Stampede, 2006. (6pp).
• Two letterheads - 'The Tusitala', Western Samoa.
• 'Keen Kuts' advertisement featuring Ray Barrett, Aug 1958.
• Booklet - 'The Routes of al-Andalus : Journeys through history'.
• Guest pass for the Regent Cinemas.
• Greeting card from Ray and Gaye Barrett.
• London Film Festival highlights calendar, 5 - 19 Nov, 1998.
• Australian Film Institute (AFI) 2003 Awards invitation, including tickets stubs for the event and the official after party.