Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1974-1983 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box, 1 parcel.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mervyn Moriarty was born in northern New South Wales in 1937. He is an art teacher and an abstract and figurative painter working in oil, acrylic and pencil. In 1971 he founded the Eastaus Art School, which was later known in 1974 as the Australian Flying Art School (Eastaus), and from 1978 as the Australian Flying Arts School at Kelvin Grove, Brisbane. It is now part of the Flying Arts Alliance Inc. Moriarty's work is held at galleries around Australia and he has been interviewed on ABC's Conversations as well as presenting at The Wheeler Centre.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1974-1983
Collection alternatively titled as: Mervyn Moriarty Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photographs; art exhibition catalogues; correspondence from students; correspondence and documents of Australian Flying Arts School, newsclippings; video "Big Country-Nice things happen"; film "Sky Bridges"
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital copies of some items held in Fryer Library (Restricted) collection in UQ eSpace.
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Moriarty, Mervyn, 1937- (Subject)
- Australian Flying Arts School (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Migrated
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.