OZ Archive - University of Wollongong Library Collections

The University of Wollongong Library OZ Archive comprises a collection of material relating to OZ magazine (1963-73) and also to the 1960s and early 1970s counterculture in Australia, with additional reference to the Sydney Yellow House artist community and exhibition / performance space during 1971-3, instigated by artist Martin Sharp. The OZ Archive is a resource for students and researchers interested in the various aspects of the  creation of OZ and the parties involved, including author Richard Neville and artist Martin Sharp. Items marked in reachable yet to be secured for the collection.

Publications, Prints and Archives

ABC Television, The Yellow House, George Negus Tonight, ABC, Sydney, 2003.

Anderson, Jim, Lampoon, an historical art trajectory, 1970 -2010, Dennis Publishing, 2010. Catalogue of artworks by former editor of OZ London and Australian artist and photographer, along with autobiographical text.

Anfuso, James, Rockin Australia - 50 Years of Concert Posters 1957-2007, Starman Books, 2014, 3 volumes.

Armstrong, David, A trumpet to arms : alternative media in America. Foreword by Ben H. Bagdikian.

Big O Posters, It must be art! Big O Posters Limited in 1971, Big O, London, 1971. [Ordered]

Bromell, Nick, Tomorrow never knows: rock and psychedelics in the 1960s, University of Chicago Press, 2000.

Dickinson, Bob, Imprinting the sticks : the alternative press beyond London.

Draffin, Peter, Pop, 1967. Work of fiction with illustrations by Martin Sharp. 

Evans, Mike and Palmer-Edwards, Paul, The Art of British Rock: 50 Years of Rock Posters, Flyers and Handbills, Francis Lincoln, London, 2010.

Farren, Mick, Get on down! A decade of rock 'n roll posters, Big O, London, 1976, 96p.

Fogg, Roger Foley, Yellow House Archives. Collection of manuscript and multimedia material.

Fountain, Nigel, Underground: the London alternative press, Routledge, London, 1988. [Collection] 

Glessing, Robert J., The underground press in America, Indiana University Press, 1970.

Green, Jonathon, Days in the life: voices from the English underground 1961-1971, Pimlico, 1998.

-----, All dressed up: the sixties and the counter culture, Pimlico, London, 1999.

Grunenberg, Christoph, Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era, Tate, London, 2005. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Tate Gallery, London, in 2005. Includes associated articles.

Grushkin, Paul, The Art of Rock - Posters from Presley to Punk, Abbeyville Press, 1999, 508p.

Hathaway, Norman and Nadel, Dan, Electrical Banana : Masters of Psychedelic Art. Includes an interview with Martin Sharp. 

Henke, James and Puterburgh, Parke (editors), I want to take you higher : the psychedelic era, 1965-1969, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. With essays by Charles Perry and Barry Miles.

Hill, Jonathan, Johnny: the world of psychedelic artist John Hurford, Sunrise Press, 2014.

Horne, Donald, Time of Hope : Australia 1966-72, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1980.

Hutchinson, Roger, High sixties : the summers of riot and love. Introduction by Richard Neville.

James, Rodney and McCulloch, Susan, After Van Gogh : Australian artists in homage to Vincent, An MRPG exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 6 September - 30 October 2005. Includes a discussion of Vincent Van Gogh-related works by Martin Sharp.

Julien, Olivier, Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: it was forty years ago today, Ashgate, 2007.

Kaplan, Geoff, Power to the people : the graphic design of the radical press and the rise of the counter-culture, 1964-1974.

Kee, Jenny, A Big Life, 2006.

Keen, Graham and  La Rue, Michael, Underground Graphics , Academy Editions, London, 1970, 80p.

Leamer, Laurence, The paper revolutionaries  the rise of the underground press.

Leary, Timothy, The Politics of Ecstasy, 1968. Cover illustration by Martin Sharp. 

-----, The Psychedelic Experience: a manual based on the Tibetan book of the dead, Citadel Press, 1976. 

Lewis, Roger, Outlaws of America : the underground press and its context.

Lindesay, Vane, The Way We Were: Australian Popular Magazines, Oxford University Press, 1983. [Collection]

Lowey, Ian and Prince, Suzy, The graphic art of the underground : a countercultural history.

McGregor, Craig, Profile of Australia, Sydney, 1966. 

-----, People, politics and pop : Australians in the sixties, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1968. Illustrated by Martin Sharp.

-----, In the Making: Australian Art and Artists, Thomas Nelson, Sydney, 1969.

McIntyre, Iain, Tomorrow is today : Australia in the psychedelic era, 1966-1970.

McMillan, John, Smoking typewriters : the Sixties underground press and the rise of alternative media in America.

Mellor, David Alan and Gervereau, Laurent (editors), The Sixties - Britain and France, 1960-1973 - The utopian years, Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 1996.

Mendellson, Joanna (ed.), Yellow House, 1970-1972, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996.

Muller, Paul, Le Livre Rose du Hippy, Union Generale d'Editions, Paris, 1968.

Nelson, Elizabeth, The British counter-culture, 1966-73 : a study of the underground press.

Neville, Richard, OZ magazine, Sydney, 1963-69, 41 issues.

-----, OZ magazine, London, 1967-1973, 48 issues. [Collection]

-----, Hippie Hippie Shake. Autobiography by Richard Neville. 

-----, Play Power, Jonathan Cape, London, 1970.

-----, The Living Daylights, 1973-4, Melbourne. 

Owen, Ted, High art : A history of the psychedelic poster, 1978 [1999].

Palmer, Tony, The trials of OZ. Drawings by Felik Topolski. [Collection]

Peck, Abe,  Uncovering the sixties : the life and times of the underground press, Pantheon Books, New York, 1985.

Romm, Ethel Grodzins, The open conspiracy: what America's angry generation is saying, by Ethel Grodzins Romm and many named and unnamed writers of these uncensored excerpts from the underground and movement press.

Sharp, Martin, OZ is a new magazine [poster], OZ Publications Inc., London, January 1967.  

-----, Blowing in the Mind [poster], Big O Posters, London, 1967.

-----, Sunshine Superman [poster], Big O Posters, London, 1967.

-----, Legalise Cannabis [poster], Big O Posters, London, 1967. [Purchased] 

-----, Live Give Love [poster], Big O Posters, London, 1968. [Purchased] 

-----, Catalog, Sydney, 1970. Catalogue of exhibition held at the Yellow House, Sydney.

-----, Art Book, London, 1972.

-----, The Everlasting World of Martin Sharp: Paintings from 1948 to today, Ivan Doughty Gallery, Sydney, 2006. [Received as part of the Roger Foley Collection, UOW Archives]

-----, The Sharp Edge : The Art of Martin Sharp, DVD, 2013.

Shead, Garry, The Experimental Films, DVD, 2006.

----- and Martin Sharp, The Arty Wild Oat, National Art School, Sydney, 1962. Student newspaper edited by Garry Shead and Martin Sharp.

Streitmatter, Rodger, Voices of revolution : the dissident press in America, Columbia University Press, 2001.

Suckling, Nigel, The Art of Big O, Big Vision Publishing, 2014, 272p. Includes a section on the posters of Martin Sharp.

Tarling, Lowell, 1967: This is it!, Generation Books, 2013, 186p. Fiction. Illustrated by Martin Sharp.

----- and Sharp, Martin, Tiny Tim - Tip Toe through a lifetime, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013, 248p. Illustrated by Martin Sharp.  

Thoms, Albie, Akai Ghost Poems [video], 1995, duration: 57 mins. Edit of Yellow TV video footage from July 1971.

-----, My Generation, Sydney, 2013. Autobiography of Sydney-based film maker, focussing on the 1960s.   

The San Francisco Oracle [facsimile], 1966-68.  Facsimile reproduction of San Francisco newspaper.

Tunnicliffe, Wayne and Jaspers, Anneke (eds.), Pop to Popism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2015.  

University of Wollongong Library, OZ [online exhibition], 2014.

Vickenoog, Simon, On wings of colour : Verkerke poster collection, Holland, 1970.

Walding, Murray and Vukovic, Nick, Plastered : the poster art of Australian popular music, Miegunyah Press, Carton, 2007. [Collection]

Walsh, Richard, Nation Review, Incorporated Newspapers, Melbourne, 1972-1981. [Collection]

-----, Ferretabilia - Life and times of Nation Review, Queensland University Press, 1993.

Woolley, Pat (ed.), The Wild and Woolley Comix Book, 1977. Includes work by Martin Sharp. 

Yuill, Katie, Girls at the Tin Sheds : Sydney Feminist Posters 1975-1990, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, 2015. [Collection]

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Last updated: 25 June 2016

Michael Organ