Exhibition Item List
Henry Spencer Ashbee, Index librorum prohibitorum: Being notes bio – biblio – icono – graphical and critical, on curious and uncommon books by Pisanus Fraxi [pseudo]),Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Abdullah Azzam, Defence of the Muslim lands (refused classification 2006 to present),Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Abdullah Azzam, Join the caravan (refused classification 2006 to present), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
James Baldwin, Another country (banned 1963–1966), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Honore de Balzac, Droll stories (banned 1901–1923), Baillieu Library collection and Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Marjorie Barnard and Flora Eldershaw, Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow (abridged before publication, 1947; published in full, 1983), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Charles Berg and Clifford Allen, The problem of homosexuality, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron (banned 1923–1936), on loan from private collection
William S. Burroughs, The naked lunch (banned 1960–1973), on loan from private collection
Sir R.F. Burton (trans.), The Kamasutra (banned c.1900–1968), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Frank S. Caprio, Female homosexuality: A psychodynamic study of lesbianism, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Eustace Chesser, Love without fear: A plain guide to sexual technique for every married adult (restricted 1941), ERC collection, University of Melbourne Library
John Cleland, Memoirs of a woman of pleasure (Fanny Hill) (banned c.1920–1940; restricted 1940–1973), two copies from Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Robert Close, Love me sailor (banned 1946–1960; author and publisher convicted of obscene libel), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Jackie Collins, The stud (banned 1969), on loan from private collection
Peter Coleman, Obscenity, blasphemy, sedition, censorship in Australia, on loan from private collection
Dymphna Cusack and Florence James, Come in spinner, on loan from private collection
J.P. De River, The sexual criminal: A psychoanalytical study (restricted 1950), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders (banned 1930–1937; restricted 1940–1973), on loan from private collection
‘Anne Desclos’, The story of O (banned 1965), on loan from private collection
Jean Devanny, The butcher shop (banned 1926–1958), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Jean Devanny, The virtuous courtesan (banned 1935),Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
R. Dixon, Billy Hughes and censorship, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Geoffrey Dutton and Max Harris (eds), Australia’s censorship crisis, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Andrea Dworkin, Mercy, on loan from private collection
Brett Easton Ellis, American psycho (R-rated in Australia, banned in Queensland 1991 to date), on loan from private collection
Ian Fleming, The spy who loved me (banned 1962), on loan from private collection
Jean Genet, Funeral rites (banned 1970), Baillieu Library collection, University of Melbourne Library
Jean Genet, The miracle of the rose (banned 1966–1972), Baillieu Library collection, University of Melbourne Library
Jean Genet, The thief’s journal (banned 1965–1972), on loan from private collection
Lawrence Glassop, We were the rats (banned and publisher sued for obscenity, 1946), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
The Golden Lotus: a translation from the Chinese original, of the novel Chin p’ing mei by Clement Egerton London (restricted 1948–1969), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
James and Sandra Hall, Australian censorship: The XYZ of love, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Radclyffe Hall, The well of loneliness (banned 1928–1939), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Soren Hansen and Jesper Jensen, The little red schoolbook, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
J.M. Harcourt, Upsurge (banned 1934–1958), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Frank Hardy, Power without glory (withdrawn 1950, author charged with criminal libel; re-released same year on ‘not guilty’ verdict), Baillieu Library collection and Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Inge and Sten Hegeler, An ABZ of love (banned 1963–1969; banned in Queensland, 1969), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
George Henry, Sex variants: A study of homosexual patterns, (restricted 1950),Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
John Hill, Lucina sine concubitu: A letter humbly address’d to the Royal Society, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Abbie Hoffman, Revolution for the hell of it, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Bill Hornadge, Ern Malley and the Angry Penguins, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Aldous Huxley, Brave new world (banned 1932–1937), on loan from private collection
James Joyce, Dubliners (banned 1929–1933), Baillieu Library collection, University of Melbourne Library
James Joyce, Ulysses (banned 1929–1937, restricted 1941–1953), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Pauline Kohler, I was Hitler’s maid (banned then released on appeal 1941) Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Jerzy Kosinski, The painted bird (banned 1968), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s lover (banned 1929–1965), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library and on loan from private collection
Vladimir Lenin, The State and revolution (banned c.1930–1937), ERC collection, University of Melbourne Library
Norman Lindsay, Every mother’s son, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Norman Lindsay, Redheap (banned 1930–1958), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
‘Jay Little’, Maybe – tomorrow (banned 1955–1971), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Amanda Lohrey, The reading group, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Larry McMurtry, The last picture show (banned 1967–1973), ERC collection, University of Melbourne Library
Madonna, Sex, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Norman Mailer, Why are we in Vietnam? (banned 1968–1973),Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Ern Malley, ‘Young Prince of Tyre’, Angry Penguins, Autumn 1944, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Grace Metalious, Return to Peyton Place (banned 1960–1971), on loan from private collection
Henry Miller, Sexus (banned 1955–1973), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer (banned 1949–1956; restricted 1956–1971), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn (banned 1949–1956; restricted 1956–1971), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Alberto Moravia, The woman of Rome (banned 1950–1958),ERC collection, University of Melbourne Library
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (banned 1958–1965), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library and on loan from private collection
Muhammad Ibn Umar al-Nefzaoul, The perfumed garden (1929–1968), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Philip Nitschke and Fiona Stewart, The peaceful pill handbook (refused classification 2007)
George Orwell, Down and out in Paris and London (banned 1933–1953), on loan from private collection
George Orwell, Keep the aspidistra flying (banned 1936–1954), ERC collection, University of Melbourne Library
George Orwell, Nineteen-eighty four, Lenton Parr Library collection and on loan from private collection
His Holiness Pope Pius XI, Index of prohibited books, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Katherine Pritchard, Coonardoo: The well in the shadow, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
‘Pauline Reage’, The story of O (banned 1972),on loan from private collection
John Rechy, City of night, on loan from private collection
Harold Robbins, The carpetbaggers (unabridged edition banned 1961–1971), on loan from private collection
John Rodgers, Report on the Soviet Union: The speech which was banned by the Melbourne City Council, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
C.H. Rolph, The trial of Lady Chatterley (banned 1961–1965),Baillieu Library collection and Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Philip Roth, Portnoy’s complaint (banned 1969), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library and on loan from private collection
Jerry Rubin, Do it: Scenarios of the revolution, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Salman Rushdie, The satanic verses, on loan from private collection and Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Marquis de Sade, The 120 days of Sodom (banned 1957; restricted release 1973), on loan from private collection
J. D. Salinger, The catcher in the rye (banned 1956; ban lifted after copies seized from Commonwealth Parliamentary Library 1957), on loan from private collection
George Scott, Modern birth control methods (banned 1936–1956), ERC collection, University of Melbourne Library
Hubert Selby, Last exit to Brooklyn (banned 1965–1973), on loan from private collection
Andres Serrano, Body and soul, essays by Bell Hooks, Bruce Ferguson,Amelia Arenas, edited by Brian Wallis, Lenton Parr Library collection, The University of Melbourne Library
Thorn Smith, The Thorn Smith triplets, on loan from private collection
Terry Southern and Andy Warhol, Blue movie (banned 1971), Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne Library
Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenburg, Candy (banned 1960–1973), Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne Library
Christina Stead, Letty Fox: Her luck (banned 1947–1958), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Wilhelm Stekel, Impotence in the male, London: Vision, 1953, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Wilhelm Stekel, Sadism and masochism: The psychology of hatred and cruelty (restricted 1940), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Bernhard Stern, The scented garden: Anthropology of the sex life in the Levant (restricted 1935–1971), Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Kenneth Tynan, Oh! Calcutta (banned 1969) Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Gore Vidal, Myra Breckenridge (banned 1968–1973) Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
W.J. Weatherby, Salman Rushdie sentenced to death, on loan from private collection
Kathleen Winsor, Forever amber (banned 1945–1958), on loan from private collection
Helen Zahavi, Dirty weekend, on loan from private collection
Other
Bruce Petty cartoon which appeared in Truth on the 14 of March, 1964, reproduction courtesy State Library of South Australia
Art World: A new art magazine for Australia and New Zealand, issue 3, June/July 2008, on loan from the Centre for Contemporary Photography Archive
Invitation card to Bill Henson exhibition, 2008, on loan from the Centre for Contemporary Photography Archive
Art Monthly Australia, issue 211, July 2008, on loan from private collection
The Liberator: A weekly radical and freethought paper, vol. 3, no. 1, 31 May 1885, edited by Joseph Symes, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
The Star, That political censorship be abolished: Report of The Star public debate held in the Melbourne Town Hall, February 26, 1935, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Ross’s Magazine of Protest, Personality and Progress, vol. 1, no. 1, 1 December 1915, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Two letters between John Malcolm Fraser and Mrs Mack concerning The Little Red Schoolbook, 1972 University of Melbourne Archives
‘Why is Frank Hardy, author of Power without glory branded guilty before trial?’, flyer printed by Realist Printing Co., Melbourne, 1950, Meanjin Archive, University of Melbourne Archives
Newspaper Clippings
Front page stories, The Truth, 2 December 1950, Meanjin Archive, University of Melbourne Archives
‘Muck-raking book attacked’, The Age, 27 June 1951, Meanjin Archive, University of Melbourne Archives
‘Serrano snaps at “spineless” art chief’, The Australian, 14 October 1997, on loan from private collection
Josephine Tovey and Philippa Hawker, ‘Art or porn? Photographer facing obscenity charges’, The Age, 24 May 2008, p. 3, on loan from private collection
John Dickie, ‘Restriction a first for the mainstream’, The Sunday Age, 26 May 1991, p. 15, on loan from private collection
Norman Mailer, ‘Is this bad art, or is it just bad?’ The Sunday Age, 26 May 1991, p. 15, on loan from private collection
Artwork
Bev Bills, C Through, artist book on loan from the artist
Jenny Chang, Contemporary banned books, 2010, artist book on loan from the artist
Inga Hanover, To the retired librarian, 2010, artist book on loan from the artist
Kate Hughes, The lady’s garden, 2010, artist book on loan from the artist
Anne-Maree Hunter, The Rumsfeld diaries, artist book on loan from the artist
Cindy Mann, Drawing a fine line, 2010, artwork on loan from the artist
Penelope Richardson, Home story, 2010, artist book on loan from the artist
Theo Strasser and Peter Lyssiotis, Eyewitness, Melbourne: T. Strasser & P. Lyssiotis, 2008, Special Collections, University of Melbourne Library
Carolyn Thompson, Winston and Julia: A love story, 2003, artist book on loan from the artist
Gary Willis and Ronn Morris, Sonnets for the pain – (ii) Poetry, you too dislike it, 2003, painting on loan from the artist