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Eve Harris (1917-1995)
[Costume design for the Spirit of Australia in TerraAustralis,
Borovansky Ballet, 1946]
Manuscript Collection, MS 9610
Reproduced with kind permission of Jim Fullarton

The papers of Eve Harris (MS 9610) were donated to the Library by Harris’s husband, Jim Fullarton, in 2002. The collection comprises costume and set designs for Edouard Borovansky’s ballet Terra Australis. Terra Australis was created in 1946 as an all-Australian production and was danced by the Borovansky Ballet. Harris produced several drawings for the dress to be worn by the leading female character in Terra Australis, the Spirit of Australia. Her design in red, black and yellow ochre colours was never used but reflects the strength of Harris’s commitment to the Australian theme of the ballet.

October 2003 Volume XIV Number 1

FANNY RICHARDSON'S BROOCH

John Wade traces the circumstances of the repatriation of one of the first pieces of Australian gold jewellery to enter a public collection

TERRA AUSTRALIS

Michelle Potter describes Terra Australis, the Borovansky Ballet’s all-Australian creation of 1946

BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTLIGHTS: PERSONAL AND FAMILY NARRATIVES REVEALED THROUGH COLLECTIONS OF THEATRE PROGRAMS

Richard Stone recounts a series of individual stories brought to light by theatregoers' surviving collections of programs and other memorabilia

CHANGING THE WORLD: KENNETH MYER LECTURE 2003. PROFESSOR FIONA STANLEY

Diana Giese profiles Professor Fiona Stanley, Australian of the Year, who gave the recent Kenneth Myer Lecture for the Friends of the National Library

ASKNOW!

Penelope Layland examines the digital revolution occurring in the reference section of today’s libraries

FRIENDS

A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia

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