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12. Clown selling show bags as a side business. Burton's Circus, Pine Rivers, Qld
13. Circus lion. Burton's Circus, Pine Rivers, Qld
14. Contortionist. Burton's Circus, Pine Rivers, Qld
15. Trapeze artists and ringmaster. Burton's Circus, Pine Rivers, Qld
16. End of show with Australian flags and backflip to audience. Burton's Circus, Pine Rivers, Qld
17. Clown lowers his daughter to centre stage to perform with hula hoops. Circus Sunrise, Broadbeach, Qld
18. Clowns backstage. Joseph Ashton's Circus, Liverpool
19. Nicola, contortionist. Joseph Ashton's Circus, Liverpool
20. Ronny - organises horses, monkeys and elephants. Stardust, Gosford
21. Dancing horses and trainer. Stardust Circus, Gosford
22. Lion act. Lennon Bros Circus, The Entrance 
23. Stafford Bullen and elephants. Lennon Bros Circus, The Entrance
24. Circus audience. Robinson's Family Circus, Cowra
25. Child performer with dogs changes into costume in cattle truck. Perry Bros  Circus, Phillip Island, Vic.

Traditional travelling circuses, 2001 / photographed by Brendan Esposito

BOX 1
1. Alberto's Circus, ca. 1963-2003
Includes, photographs, flyers, programmes, tickets
2. Circus animals trainers (Australia), 1937-2003
Includes photographs, news clippings, flyers concerning trainers, Warren Lennon, Lindsay Lennon, Geoff Lennon, Tony Gasser, Shane Lennon, Steven Lavis, Jerome Kirwan, Stefan Krajcik, Mervyn King, Fred Maynard, Joe Perry, Lindsay Perry, Robin Howell, Marcel Peters, Tommy Chipperfield, Mervyn King, Franz Gasser, Alby Perry, Bruce Russell, Glenn West, Jules Bullen, Michael Wislang, Sonny Gasser Jnr, George Suter, Captain Lindo, Captain Alfredo (Perc Bullen), Fanny Espinosa, Andrew Sole, Mickey St Leon, Alwyn Silver, Captain Wizard and Captain Monzalo (Mervyn King), Charlie Wing Quay, Mike O'Connel, Michael O'Connor, Stevan Lavis, Steve Robinson, Michael Wislang, Serifan Rodriguez, Tony Ratcliffe, Wolfgang Watler Petersen
3. Circus animal trainers (International), 1913-2007
Includes magazines, programmes, photographs, news clippings concerning trainers, Alfred Court, Mabel Stark, George Schroeder, Leslie Speechley, Save Hoover, Damoo Dhotre, Gerald Hyde, Fritz Schulz (Frederic Olsen), Madame Nazarova, Jason Peters, Gunther Gebel-Williams, Naumann twins, Miritza and Walter Zapshny, Boris Denisov
4. Ashton's Circus, 1857-2005
Includes photographs, programmes, flyers, posters, tickets, Christmas cards, news clippings, condolescence letter from Jim Fogarty regarding Phyllis Ashton, letter concerning The Ashton's Order of Australia.
5. Circus Joseph Ashton, 2002-2007
Includes Photographs, flyers, posters, new clippings
6. Barton's Circus, 1909-2004
Includes photographs, news clippings, programme, correspondence
7. Burton's Circus (original), 1997-2007
Includes DVD, news clippings
8. Bullen Bros. Circus, 1939-2001
Eulogy for Cleo Bullen,Stafford Bullen news clippings, poster, programmes, photographs and a CD copy of Jim Fogarty's book `Wait till you see what we've got on the water: the history of the Bullen Circus Empire in Australia'
9. Harmston's Circus, 1890-1994
Includes news clippings, programmes featuring the Alton sisters (Daisy, Deany), Arthur Jandaschewsky
10. Fitzgerald's Circus, 1888-2006
Includes news clippings and programmes

BOX 2
11. Circus historians, 1855-2006
Includes letter from Mark St Leon to Jim Fogarty regarding circus research.  A listing of Colonial circuses in Australia from Fred Braid M.B.E., a family history of Alfred Warren (Acrobat) and newsclippings 
12 (1) Lennon Family Circuses (Lennon's, Stardust, Burton's), 1981-2007
Includes flyers, photographs, news clippings, programmes
12 (2) Lennon Family Circuses (Lennon's, Stardust, Burton's), 1890-2007
Includes photographs, news clippings
13. Sole Bros Circus, 1926-2007
Includes programmes, photographs, slides & disc, news clippings, poster, family tree, letters from Craig Sole to Jim Fogarty regarding circus history
14. Great Moscow Circuses, 2002-2003
Includes news clippings, photographs regarding their Australian tour.
15. Circus Federation of Australia
Includes newsletters, circus fact pack information
16. Circus Fans of Australasia Inc, 1972-2003
Photographs, badges, newsletters, pamphlets
17. Circus Sunrise (Belli family), 1986-2001
Includes poster, news cuttings, photographs
18. Goldwyn Bros. Circus (Capt. Fred Ashton), 1941-2002
Includes photographs, news cuttings, flyers
19. Circus and rodeo, 1891-2006
Includes news cuttings, 1 photograph
20. Shows and showmen, 1909-2007
Includes photographs, news clippings, press realise for De la Guarda Theatre, Lucky Grills Tex Morton, Slim Degrey, Do Re Mi Troupe, Ronricco (Des Tocchini), Franquin, Legarde Twins, Mysterious Howards, Marconi, Anna Sonya Schulz, Durkin family, Alf Henson, Neville Johnson, Le Estrange, Capt Turner McFarlane, Matt Hayes, Max Reddy, Sorlies, Larry Dulhunty, Ro Rene

BOX 3
21. Cirque du Soleil, 1998-2001
Includes merchandise catalogue, promotional history
22. Circus Oz & Fruit Flies, 1995-1996
Includes programme, news cutting
23. Onzalo (Alfred Rowe), 1893-1993
Includes news cuttings, letters
24. Circus trains, 1892-1999
Includes photographs, news cuttings, journal articles, tour arrangements
25. Sundry Australian circuses, including the birth of circus in Sydney, 1892-2007
Includes flyers, publicity pamphlets, photographs and news cuttings regarding: Ivan Bros, Circus Edison, Bibbys Circus, Worth's Circus, LLoyd's Circus, Eden Bros, Donna Blaxter's Circus, St Leon's Circus, Pagel Circus & Zoo, Robinson's Circus, Eroni's Circus, Weber Bros Circus, Sells Brothers, Allan Baxter's Magic Circus, Adolphus Holden, Kodama's United Circus, Mrs Blanche Cells, Ivan Bros Circus, Fitzgeralds Circus, Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Siberian Circus, Bailey's Circus, Circus Sonelli, Russell's Free Circus, Gran Circo Americano
26. Overseas circuses, 1900-2004
Includes programmes, news cuttings, postcards, tickets regarding the following circuses. Bertram Mills Circus, Pagel's, Garden Bros Circus, Sarrasani Circus, Fillis family, W.W. Wilkie Circus, Zirkusmann Renz , Moscow State Circus, Chinese State Circus, Cirque D'Hiver Bouglione, Billy Smart's Circus
27. Circus Royale Inc Original Royal, 1965-2007
Includes flyers, posternews cuttings, program, circus rules,
28. Weber's Circuses (Australia & New Zealand), 1995-2005
Includes programe, news cuttings, photographs, business cards
29. Circus advertising, 1963-2000?
Includes tickets, passes, post cards, invitation cards, business cards, news cuttings for Bullens, Perry Bros, Circus Royal, Royale International Circus, Startime Circus.
30. National film and Sound Archives, Canberra
Listing of circus films in their collection as of 20/5/1997

BOX 4
31. Flying trapeze, 1926-2006
Includes photographs, correspondence and unpublished manuscript regarding the history of Australian and International trapeze acts.
32. Heinz Naumann Diving Tigers, 1968
Photographs of Heinz Naumann and his twin sons Billy & Peter with tiger, Zita.
33. Wirths Circus
Notes regarding the publication of `The wonder of Wirths'
34. Perry Bros. Circus, 1889-2005
Includes tickets, news cuttings, correspondence, programmes, family tree
35. Silver's Circus (original), 1949-2003
Includes news clippings, programmes
36. Silver's Grand Magic Circus, 1965-2006
Includes flyers, news cuttings, tickets
37. Circus and cabaret acts, 1841-2007
Includes exhibition pamphlets, news cuttings, photographs featuring artists and acts: Trisha May,Helen de PaulTheo Zacchini, Con Colleano, The Jandasckewskys, The Four Kelroys, The Martinettes, Pearl Dicinoski, Jonaas Zilinska, Lotah family, Phil St Leon, Ralph Marchenko, Perry Bros, Tony Hanlon, Bepo the clown, Brophy Bros, Christel Zacchini, Burtons Circus, Stefan Kiajcik, Francisco Brothers, Rudi Belli, Gus St Leon, Ashton's Circus, Antonio & Kitty Reggiardo, Bullen Brothers, Frank Hosking, Clyde Beatty, Charles Siegrist, Alan Took, Bakers Circus, Seymour Family Circus, Sells Brothers, Wirth's Circus, Jack & Millie Williams, Daniel Fitzgerald
38. Ridgway's Circus New Zealand, 1860s-2001
Includes photographs, news clipping, chronology
39. Circus elephants Australia, 1957-2006
Includes news cuttings, letters, photographs and slides
40. St Leon's European Circus, 1948
Includes news cutting, family tree of May Wirth
41. Capitol Theatre Sydney (originally Wirths Hipprodrome), 1992-1995
Includes photographs, news cuttings, brochures 
42. Paul R. King re Thomas King (Port Melbourne Victoria), 1914, 2001-2007
Includes correspondence, family history, news cuttings
43. Circus postage stamps, 1997
Postcards with some sample stamps advertising the 150 year anniversary of Circus in Australia in 1997

SERIES 01: Jim Fogarty research folders, 1841-2007

BOX 1
Folder 1
Bostock & Wombwells
English circus/vaudeville/menagerie toured Australia, 1906
"A Zoo On Wheels - Bostock and Wombwells Menagerie" by Dr J. L. Middlemiss, 1987
Photocopy of "Menageries, Circuses and Theatres" by E. H. Bostock, 1927

Folder 2
Cardoza
Correspondence from Sheila Ryan, (a descendant of the early colonial performer Cardoza) to Mark St. Leon

Folder 3
Letters from Viv Carter (Australian circus collector) to Mark St. Leon, 2005

Folder 4
Chefalo, American performer with Wirth Bros. Circus early 1900's; letters from granddaughter, Ms Kelly Shields to Mark St. Leon, 1995-1996. Includes copies of newscuttings on Chefalo

Folder 5
Colleano family correspondence and photocopies of photographs and newscuttings of family and circus performers 

Folder 6
George Croft - Correspondence with descendants of first ropewalker seen in the colonies, 1983-1991

Folder 7
Hermine Demoriane - French/English performer and author of "The Tightrope Walker" (Secker & Warburg, 1989); letters from Hermine Demoriane to Mark St. Leon, 1991-1998

Folder 8
Peter Downes - New Zealand performing arts historian, mostly concerning activities of W.H. Foley, 1993-1998

Folder 9
Dan Draper - US circus historian; letters from Dan Draper to Mark St. Leon, 1989-1996

Folder 10 - Jim Fogarty - International Circus Correspondent and Circus Historian; authority on Wirth's Circus; author of "The Wonder of Wirth's"; mainly letters from Jim Fogarty to Mark St. Leon, 1984- 2011 

BOX 2
Folder 1
General Enquiries A-F sent to Mark St. Leon, 1985-2003

Folder 2
General Enquiries G-L sent to Mark St. Leon, 1987-2006

Folder 3
General Enquiries M-R sent to Mark St. Leon, 1986-2012

Folder 4
General Enquiries S-Z sent to Mark St. Leon, 1987-2006

Folder 5
Steve Gossard - U.S. circus historian; letters from Steve Gossard to Mark St. Leon, 1989-1995

Folder 6
Geoff Greaves - Australian circus historian and author of "When the circus came to town"; letters from Geoff Greaves to Mark St. Leon, 1982-1996

Folder 7
Herbert family - English trapeze family

Folder 8
Anthony Hippisley Coxe - Eminent British circus historian, deceased, author of "A Seat at the Circus" (Macmillan, 1980)

Folder 9
Howson family - prominent English circus family, active in colonies 1840s-1860s; musicians in early circuses

Folder 10
Hyland Family Circus - major Australian regional circus, 1890s-1920s

BOX 3
Folder 1
Japanese troupes - correspondence concerning Japanese circus artists in Australia

Folder 2
Joyce family - Australian circus and show family, early 1900s

Folder 3
Miller family - Australian circus and sideshow family

Folder 4
Loreley Morling - WA performing arts historian; letters from Loreley Morling to Mark St. Leon, 1992-1993

Folder 5 - Mervyn Nairn 
Scrapbooks (2) prepared by Australian circus man, Mervyn Nairn, before his death

Folder 6
Valantyne Napier - Australian vaudevillian, deceased, and author of "Act as known" (Globe Press, ca. 1987); letters from Valantyne Napier to Mark St. Leon, 1992-1995

Folder 7
NSW Annual School Band Festival, 1998-1999
Festival programs, non-circus specific

Folder 8
Keith Paterson
Illawarra circus historian, author of "The circus and other travelling tent shows in the Shoalhaven, 1855-1955" (Shoalhaven Historical Society, 2005); letters from Keith Paterson to Mark St. Leon, 2006-2008

Folder 9
Perry/Eroni Circuses - major Australian circus family

Folder 10
Fred D. Pfening - eminent US circus historian; letters from Fred D. Pfening to Mark St. Leon, 1985-1993

Folder 11
Robert Avis Radford
Inaugurated Australia's first successful circus in 1847

BOX 4
Folder 1
Professor John Ramsland
Co-author (with Mark St. Leon) of 'Circus Children: The Australian Experience' (Butterfly Books, 1993)

Folder 2
Russian Circus 
Circus Museum, St Petersburg

Folder 3
The Shipways
Australian acrobatic duo; eulogy for Stan Shipway by Phil St Leon

Folder 4
Adrienne Simpson - NZ performing arts historian

Folder 5
Sole Bros Circus - major Australian circus.  Includes photographic copies of correspondence of South African Tour, 1926-1928

Folder 6
South African Circus

Folder 7
George Speaight - eminent UK circus historian, author of "The Circus" (Tantivy Press, 1980)

Folder 8 [RESTRICTED]
Gayle Speight - Wirth circus family descendant

Folder 9
Dr John M Turner - eminent UK circus historian (deceased)

Folder 10
US Civil War Veterans in Australia
Notes and correspondence, chiefly concerning Col Ike Austen, circus sharpshooter and US civil war veteran. Includes correspondence with Major Roy W. Parker and also correspondence re the CSS "Shenandoah"

Folder 11
Carl Von Der Mehden - Bandmaster for FitzGerald Bros Circus, ca. 1892-1905. Includes correspondence with Arthur Stirling

Folder 12
West/Sooby - Aboriginal circus family. Correspondence with Kathleen M. West-Sooby and Betty Lockwood

Folder 13
Dr John Whiteoak
Australian musicologist, author of "Playing Ad Lib" (Currency, 1999)

Folder 14
Wild West Shows
Notes and correspondence concerning U.S. shows that visited Australia in the 1890s to early 1900s (Texas Jack, Bud Atkinson, Will Rogers, Broncho George and Martinis Rough Riders)

Mark St. Leon further papers, 1969-2011

This series comprises mainly printed items which have been annotated by Graham.
1976-1993;  Exhibition catalogues, including notes and correspondence concerning exhibitions by Graham or for which Graham lent items from her collection, 1976-1989;  copies of Australiana (pub. by The Australiana Society) with articles by Graham, 1978-1993 (Call No.: ML MSS 6210/46)
1971-1992;  Printed Ceramics in Australia by Graham (pub. 1978);  Bottles in Collection by James Lerk (pub. 1971), together with correspondence between Graham and Lerk, 1971;  various publications of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, 1971-1992 (Call No.: ML MSS 6210/47)
1965-1994;  Various journals (mainly single issues) including Pottery in Australia, Canadian Collector, Refractory Girl, and Discovering Art;  Art Deco Society Newsletter, together with related correspondence, 1990-1994
1922-1974;  Printed books annotated by Graham or accompanied by research notes. Titles include Lithgow Pottery, edited by Judy Birmingham, annotated by Graham with 1889 prices;  Compliments of the Season by L.D. Ettlinger and R.G. Holloway, London, Penguin, 1947;  The Wilderness by Amy Eleanor Mack, Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1922;  The Story of Dundas, edited by James Jervis, Municipality of Dundas, 1939 (Call No.: ML MSS 6210/48)
ca. 1879-1886;  The Song of the Day, Redfern to Circular Quay, a broadside comprising four verses and chorus, urging the public to sign a petition to extend the railway from Redfern to Circular Quay;  printed by Gibbs, Shallard & Co.;  dated by Graham  (Call No.: ML MSS 6210/45X)
ca. 1921;  Poster with text: Newcastle District Leading Footballers issued by Davies & Herbert Ltd Newcastle's Leading Confectioners, "The Sweetest Spot in Town". Reverse has typescript notes by Graham, 1984, identifying the players  (Call No.: POSTERS 705/1)
1988;  Poster advertising Lennon Bros Circus. Reverse has typescript notes by Graham concerning her acquisition of the poster at West Ryde in 1988 (Call No.: POSTERS 705/2)
1989;  Small poster advertising Perry Bros Circus, appearing at Rhodes in October 1989 (Call No.: POSTERS 705/3)

Marjorie Graham - exhibition catalogues, pamphlets, printed books, posters and ephemera, ca. 1879-1993

CARD INDEX
Series of cards containing references in newspapers and magazines etc. to circuses, circus performers and towns visited  The cards are arranged, firstly in alphabetical order, and secondly, in date order according to the date of the first item of information listed on a card. 
The index mainly covers the period 1841 (arrival of Luigi Dalle case's gymnastic troupe in Sydney) and 1942 (the year most travelling shows closed because of wartime restrictions). However there is some material that pre-dates 1841 and some entries that post date 1942. Most of the material is Australia-specific although there are references to circuses in England, USA and elsewhere. Further information on the background, scope and organisation of the index is available from the Manuscripts Section.

BOX 1 
A-Br

BOX 2
Bu-D

BOX 3
F-I

BOX 4
J-P

BOX 5
Q-St Leon, 1880

BOX 6
St Leon, 1881-1968

BOX 7
St Leon, 1969

BOX 8
U-Z

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Traditional travelling circuses, 2001 / photographed by Brendan Esposito

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SERIES 01: Jim Fogarty research folders, 1841-2007

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Mark St. Leon further papers, 1969-2011

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