Series 1: First Fleet Re-enactment further records

MLMSS 12184

series

1977-1988

Textual Records, Posters, Ephemera, Musical Sound Recordings

9681990

0.79 metres of textual material (5 boxes) - typescript

BOX 1
FOLDER 1
A proposal to purchase and operate the square rigged sailing ship Bounty, prepared by Ken Rosebery with associated telex message, October 1985
Correspondence between The Swedenborg Lending Library and Enquiry Centre and Jonathan and Jane King, 3 October 1986-2 November 1987
Pamphlet relating to Emanuel Swedenborg and The Swedenborg Lending Library and Enquiry Centre, 1988

Summary of material in Box 1 Folder 3 onwards provided by donor [printout]

FOLDER 2
Letter from the Australian Broadcasting Commission relating to Jonathan King's First Fleet Re-enactment idea, 1977

FIRST FLEET RE-ENACTMENT RECORDS
FOLDER 3
1978. Includes correspondence, photocopy newsclippings and journal with notes from history conference organised by Jonathan King, February 1978.

FOLDER 4
1979. Includes correspondence and photograph of first committee for the First Fleet Re-enactment Expedition and research on 18th century ships.

FOLDER 5
1980. Includes correspondence and First Fleet re-enactment feasibility study by Timothy Pascoe.

BOX 2
FOLDER 1
1981. Includes correspondence and seven year forecast timeline for the First Fleet re-enactment project and proposal to present to the Australian Bicentennial Authority.

FOLDER 2
1982. Includes correspondence, costings, First Fleet Committee minutes, brochures, '1788-1988 The re-enactment of the voyage of the First Fleet: A proposed bicentennial project for Australia', and 'First Fleet the television adventure of the decade'.

FOLDER 3
1983. Includes correspondence, records relating to First Fleet documentary, 'Bound for Botany Bay', listing of possibly ships for First Fleet re-enactment.

FOLDER 4
1984. Includes correspondence, list of Europeans arriving on the First Fleet to Australia, 1788; First Fleet re-enactment feasibility study prepared by Diana Kelly on behalf of Hoyts/Michael Edgley International; outline of a documentary/television series, 'Australia: the history of the last of the continents to be settled by European man' by Jonathan King; rough for television film, 'Bound for Botany Bay' used for marketing.

FOLDER 5
1985. Includes correspondence, rough artwork for official brochure, costings, contracts, meeting agenda minutes, proposed routes across the Indian Ocean report.

BOX 3
FOLDER 1
1986. Includes correspondence, Australia Day press kit, project development plan, First Fleet Festival programme, invitation and opening of 'Portsmouth: Birthplace of Australia' exhibition and associated photographs (6), First Fleet Re-enactment Company contract issued to ships for voyage, list of passengers on the First Fleet Re-enactment voyage

FOLDER 2
1987, January-June. Includes correspondence, brochures and ephemera, notes and plans for the First Fleet festival and publicity activities

FOLDER 3
1987, July-December. Includes correspondence, unsigned contract between First Fleet Re-Enactment Company and Helen Reddy Inc. relating to purchasing rights to television series, 'First Fleet', manuscript of 'The land of Oz: A true story' by Helen Reddy, First Fleet Re-Enactment port inspections, management and operations proposals draft study report, First Fleet Festival Fremantle report, Aboriginal activist cartoon and letter relating to the First Fleet and European settlement

BOX 4
FOLDER 1
1988. Includes correspondence, bicentennial First Fleet time line and voyage arrival program, 18 January 1988, First Fleet ball programme, Operation 'Birthplace': Visit of the First Fleet Re-enactment voyage to Botany Bay, 18-26 January 1988 plan report, ephemera relating to First Fleet Re-Enactment event and exhibition, First Fleet Re-Enactment Co. Pty. Ltd. financial report, 1988, decommissioning ceremony press release

FOLDER 2
1989. Letters relating to the drowning of sailor, Henrik Nielsen and Scandinavian Herald with memorial plaque notice, 1988 Australian of the Year Awards programme, and letters of congratulations relating to the First Fleet Re-Enactment

FOLDER 3
The Re-Enactment of the First Fleet, A national project to commemorate Australia's Bi-Centenary: 1788-1988, by Jonathon King, 1977

FOLDER 4
A submission to the Commonwealth Gov of Australia concerning: A scheme to commemorate the Bi-Centenary of Australia in 1988 by re-enacting the voyage of the First Fleet which arrived in 1788, submitted by Jonathan King, 1978
Bi-centennial project 1988: Submission, by First Fleet Re-Enactment Committee, 1978

FOLDER 5
Submission to the Federal Government Australian Bicentennial Authority from The First Fleet Re-Enactment Committee in support of an application for a feasibility study grant, 1979
Suggestions, concepts and guidelines for the Australian Centennial, 1979

FOLDER 6
Feasibility study proposal / Streeton Consulting Pty Ltd, April 1980
Proposal prepared for the First Fleet Re-Enactment Committee: An evaluation of the proposal to re-enact the voyage of the First Fleet and associated participation in Australia's Bicentennial celebrations / Economic Research Unit Pty Ltd, April 1980
Proposal prepared for the First Fleet Re-Enactment Committee: An evaluation of the proposal to re-enact the voyage of the First Fleet and associated participation in Australia's Bicentennial celebrations / Economic Research Unit Pty Ltd, 1980 or 1981?
Proposal: Feasibility of Re-enacting the arrival of the First Fleet, January 1988 / Peat, Marwick, Mitchell Services Management Consultants Sydney, June 1980
First Fleet Re-Enactment feasibility study / Dr. Timothy Pascoe, September 1980

BOX 5
FOLDER 1
Draft submission to Australian Bicentenary Authority by First Fleet Re-enactment Committee, September 1981
Submission to Australian Bicentennial Authority by The First Fleet Re-Enactment Committee, 7 September 1981
Submission to Australian Bicentennial Authority by The First Fleet Re-Enactment Committee, 16 September 1981
Submission to Australian Bicentennial Authority by The First Fleet Re-Enactment Committee, 17 September 1981

FOLDER 2
First Fleet Re-Enactment Committee, UK operation, 1981
The First Fleet Re-enactment Project: A proposed event for the 1987/8 Australian bicentennial celebrations. Explanatory documents and letters of support or interest, 1981

FOLDER 3
1788-1988 Australia's Bicentennial First Fleet Re-enactment, booklet in Latin, 1982

FOLDER 4
The Bicentennial project / First Fleet Re-Enactment Committee, 1983

FOLDER 5
First Fleet Re-Enactment 1978/88 initial ideas / City Planning Department, January 1982. Label on cover inscribed, 'voyage report, April 1984
Correspondence relating to ships selected for re-enactment, 1984

EPHEMERA
Eight posters promoting the First Fleet Re-Enactment voyage 1987/88
1787-1987 Britain-Australia celebration calendar (Isle of Wight, United Kingdom : E.L. Australia Ltd, 1986) (Mitchell Library call number EPHEMERA/CALENDARS/Box 7: Oversized calendars)

FILE 1
The Portsmouth Shanty Men sing The song of the First Fleet [gramaphone record]

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