Starboy

Ian Austin; Vivian Walker
Brisbane: Cameracraft Films, 1969.
First Edition.

30cm x 15cm. [12] pages, [25] colour photographs. Illustrated gatefold.

Promotional booklet pitching Starboy, an Australian children’s television series about a boy and his koala, to television networks. Written and directed by Ian Austin the series star actor was Vivian Walker, son of Aboriginal poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal, also known as Kath Walker, playing the duel roles of Starboy, a boy from the future, and Malek, his counterpart from the Dreamtime. Music for the series was performed by The 1863 Establishment. The booklet contains 25 pasted down photographs of the cast, crew, early production and location shots of Stradbroke Island, the Glass House Mountains, and Tamborine Mountain. The series never aired. The script for the first 3 episodes is held in the National Film and Sound Archives of Australia.

Very minor wear to edges. One photograph is loose and laid in. Very Good Condition.

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