Performing Arts

Australian Playwrights

This site lists every playwright on the doollee database with Australian Nationality. Doollee is an online database of playwrights and theatre plays that aims to list every play written or produced in English since 1956. Click on the playwright’s name…

University of Melbourne, University Library, Digital Collections

The Cultural and Special Collections includes the following material online:• Architectural Atelier Drawings• Library’s Special Collections – includes the Australian Medical Journal 1856-1921• Map Collections – Historic maps from around the world. Emphasis is on Australian and historic maps• Programs…

History of Australian Theatre – HAT

This site has articles about theatre history, short biographies from newspapers, autographs , historic pictures of theatres and performers and links to other websites. The online database includes 18,500+ performers, managers, musicians, behind the scenes personnel, and others associated with…

Name Index to some members of Brass Bands in Victoria from 1890

This index is on the Family Treasures site. It lists surname, given name, year, date, band name, position and notes. There are also details the musical history of Hilda Tansey (1901-1975) Australia’s first lady brass band conductor in Sydney and…