I regret to advise, Literature Board, Australia Council, 31 July, 1980.

Photo, London, Tottenham Court Road, Circa 1982.

Photo, London, Tottenham Court Road, Circa 1980. This is our backyard in our splendid ground floor squat in Tottenham Court Road, London, about 10 minutes from Trafalgar Square. The University of London was just over the back fence. it was a miraculous squat, owned by the City of London. We painted the walls, sanded the floors, left the heaters on throughout the freezing winters, and eventually passed it on to another group of Australians. Every year, the hollyhocks would bloom.

Photo, on a creek somewhere, Circa 1980.

Photo, somewhere, Circa 1980.

Photo, Ulladulla, Circa 1980.

Diary note, Circa 1980.

Letter to youngest brother Warren on the occasion of his graduation from Sydney University, Circa 1980.

ASH trying to send me a copy of their issue with One Moment The Street in it, 1980.

Letter from Johnny Allen, First Australian Festival of Cabaret, Circa 1980.

JOHNNY ALLEN
http://www.nimbinweb.com.au/nimbin/history/history2.htm

Aquarius
In 1972, scouts from the Australian Union of Students came to the village and persuaded the Nimbin Progress Association to allow a festival to be held here. Johnny Allen, Graeme Dunstan and Paul Joseph organised a celebration of the dawning of the `Consciousness' and `Protest' movements in the heady days of the Vietnam war, free love and marijuana - a festival of discovery .... It lasted 10 days and marked a watershed in Australian popular culture. Many decided to stay and bought up the cheap land available, settling in to a new lifestyle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_Festival

Aquarius Festival

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Aquarius Festival
Dates	12 to 23 May 1973
Location(s)	Canberra, Nimbin
Years active	1971, 1973
Founded by	Johnny Allen and Graeme Dunstan

The Aquarius Festival was a counter-cultural arts and music festival organised by the Australian Union of Students. It was the fourth in a biannual series of festivals, first organised by the National Union of Australian University Students (NUAUS). The First Australian Universities Arts Festival was held in Sydney in 1967, and the Second Australian Universities Arts Festival was held in Melbourne in 1969. The third added "Aquarius" to its name and was held in Canberra in 1971.^[1] The fourth and last was held in Nimbin, New South Wales in 1973.^[2]

The Aquarius Festival aimed to celebrate alternative thinking and sustainable lifestyles.^[3] The ten-day event was held from 12 to 23 May 1973 and co-directed by Johnny Allen and Graeme Dunstan. Vernon Treweeke also played a part in organising the event. It is often described as Australia's equivalent to the Woodstock Festival and the birthplace for Australia's hippie movement.^[4] Estimated turn-up at Nimbin was from 5,000 to 10,000 people.

Another letter to musician Ian Farr, Circa 1980.

Ian Farr (1941-2006) : Associate Artist

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Born in South Australia in 1941, Ian Farr trained at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He began work as a classical musician in 1961 with 4 years as a double bass player in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. This was followed by 5 years of music programming in the ABC's Federal Music Department. During this time he was active as a pianist, particularly in the area of contemporary classical music, giving a large number of first performances and and helping to form the group Project New Music, as well as composing songs and chamber music.

Since 1972 he worked mostly in the areas of improvised music and theatrical involvement, composing and performing music for radio drama, dance, theatre, mime, etc. Among the highlights of this work were participation in the 1972 South Pacific Arts Festival in Fiji and the 1973 Aquarius Festival at Nimbin.

He worked actively with singers and in cabaret, appearing frequently in Sydney and elsewhere with Margaret Roadknight, Jeannie Lewis and John Ewbank. In 1982 he came to the Adelaide Festival to perform at the Fringe Club with Mary Haire, and lived and worked there from then onwards, becoming a founding member of Etcetera and the Mambologists, and composing and performing for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

Ian Farr passed away on 26 August 2006.

Letter to Ian Farr, Circa 1980.

http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/farr-ian

Ian Farr (1941-2006) : Associate Artist

Random Audio Sample: Baby under the bridge (solo piano) by Ian Farr, from the CD Spin

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Born in South Australia in 1941, Ian Farr trained at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He began work as a classical musician in 1961 with 4 years as a double bass player in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. This was followed by 5 years of music programming in the ABC's Federal Music Department. During this time he was active as a pianist, particularly in the area of contemporary classical music, giving a large number of first performances and and helping to form the group Project New Music, as well as composing songs and chamber music.

Since 1972 he worked mostly in the areas of improvised music and theatrical involvement, composing and performing music for radio drama, dance, theatre, mime, etc. Among the highlights of this work were participation in the 1972 South Pacific Arts Festival in Fiji and the 1973 Aquarius Festival at Nimbin.

He worked actively with singers and in cabaret, appearing frequently in Sydney and elsewhere with Margaret Roadknight, Jeannie Lewis and John Ewbank. In 1982 he came to the Adelaide Festival to perform at the Fringe Club with Mary Haire, and lived and worked there from then onwards, becoming a founding member of Etcetera and the Mambologists, and composing and performing for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

Ian Farr passed away on 26 August 2006.

Letter to my brother Doug's wife Lee after they refused to invite my then partner to their wedding, Circa 1980.

Submission of a story on India to editor Phil, forgotten what publication he edited, Circa 1980.

Land's End, England. Circa 1980. I cycled from London to Land's End.

At the front gate of Finchley, Martin Portus and Dean, Circa 1980.

Photo, at the front gate, Finchly, London, England, Circa 1980.

Photo, with Martin Portus in England, Circa 1980.

Photo, England Circa 1980.