Redback Graphix 1979

Michael Callaghan, If the unemployed....., Redback Graphix, 1979.

Redback Graphix - a chronological listing of works

Formed by printmaker Michael Callaghan in 1979, Redback Graphix quickly developed a reputation as one of the most vibrant and active of the print collectives operating in Australia during the 1980s and beyond. A catalogue of works has been published, and the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) online database of prints and posters includes a comprehensive listing of the majority of works. The following list builds on those resources and adds to them, hopefully working towards a definitive - though brief - listing of the output of Redback Graphix between 1979 and 2002. It aims to serve as a quick reference guide, with researchers referred to both the Anna Zagala Redback Graphix book of 2008 and the NGA website for more detailed information. All items listed below are posters, unless otherwise indicated. The first few posters were produced at Griffith University in Brisbane during 1979, before Callaghan moved back home to Wollongong where the majority of works were printed out of facilities in Stewart Park. Redback Graphix later moved to a former factory in Sydney. A large number of artists worked at Redback Graphix over the years, though Michael Callaghan was the founder and primary print maker through to its closing in 2002. Previous to Redback Graphix he had worked during the 1970s with the Earthworks Poster Collective at the Tin Sheds, University of Sydney. Some 289 Redback Graphix items are included in the listing below.

Michael Callaghan and Gregor Cullen, Redback Graphix, Wollongong, circa 1984. Source: Illawarra Mercury.

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Key to list

Year - date of production and / or event, whichever is know or earliest
Title / description - brief title and descriptive information
Zagala - published catalogue of works
UOWAC - University of Wollongong Art Collection
NGA - National Gallery of Australia
WCG - Wollongong City Gallery
LIB - University of Wollongong Library

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Item	Year	Title / description	Zagala	UOWAC	NGA	WCG	LIB
	1979	If the Unemployed are Dole Bludgers, what the fuck are the idle rich?, colour screenprint on paper	1	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
	1979	What Now Mr Mao Dance?, colour screenprint on paper	2		NGA	WCG
3	1979	Greetings From Wollongong Postcards (1), colour screenprint on paper	3	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
	1979	Onward Christian Soliders, colour screenprint on paper	4	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
	1979	Prostitution is the rental of the body, colour screenprint on paper (Tin Sheds)	5		NGA
	1980	Salt of the Earth, colour screenprint on paper	6		NGA	WCG	LIB
	1980	Nice Poster, colour screenprint on paper	7	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
8	1980	With Babes & Banners, colour screenprint on paper	8		NGA	WCG	LIB
9	1980	South-East Region Pollution Control Committee, colour screenprint on paper (Tin Sheds)	9		NGA
	1980	Earth Week : Art Competition, colour screenprint on paper (Tin Sheds)	10		NGA
	1980	A migration film festival, colour screenprint on paper	11	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
12	1980	Art & Working Life, colour screenprint on paper	12		NGA	WCG
13	1980	Art Workers Union Benefit, Graphic Arts Club, screenprint (Tin Sheds)	-		NGA
	1980	At home in the postwar dream, colour screenprint on paper	-		NGA
	1981	Kick our Fraser! Rally, colour screenprint on paper	13		NGA
16	1981	Art & Working Life Conference, colour screenprint on paper	14		NGA
	1981	A Pena in support for Elsalvador, colour screenprint on paper	15	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
	1981	Rosie the Riveter - support jobs for women at the Steelworks, colour screenprint on paper	16		NGA
18	1981	Steel City Pictures Benefit Dance (Tin Sheds)	-		NGA		LIB
	1982	Australia Vietnam Calender (83), colour screenprint on paper	17	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
	1982	Liberation /Reconstruction, colour screenprint on paper	17		NGA	WCG
	1982	US Occupation/Fall of French Colonialism, colour screenprint on paper	17		NGA	WCG
23	1982	Nyuntu anangu maruku ngurangka ngaranyi - You are on Aboriginal Land, colour screenprint on paper	18	UOWAC	NGA
24	1982	Nyuntu anangu maruku ngurangka ngaranyi - You are on Aboriginal Land, colour screenprint on paper	18	UOWAC	NGA
25	1982	Pay the Rent, colour screenprint on paper	18		NGA	WCG
	1982	You are on Aboriginal Land (without Pay the Rent text), offset lithograph	18	UOWAC	NGA
27	1982	Pay the Rent, colour screenprint on paper	19		NGA
28	1982	Marxist Summer School, colour screenprint on paper	20		NGA	WCG
29	1982	Aboriginal Radio in Aboriginal Country, colour screenprint on paper	21		NGA	WCG
	1982	Renaissance Players, colour screenprint on paper	22		NGA	WCG
31	1982	Renaissance Players, colour screenprint on paper	22		NGA	WCG
	1982	Vocations, colour screenprint on paper	23	UOWAC	NGA	WCG	LIB
33	1982	Daily Oppression, colour screenprint on paper	24		NGA	WCG
34	1982	5th Festival Del Sol - Latin American Dance Festival, colour screenprint on paper	25		NGA	WCG
35	1982	Greetings From Wollongong Postcards (2), colour screenprint on paper	26	UOWAC	NGA
36	1982	Greetings from Wollongong , colour screenprint on paper	27	UOWAC	NGA	WCG	LIB
37	1982	Man into Woman, colour screenprint on paper	28	UOWAC	NGA
38	1982	Connor Conference, colour screenprint on paper	29	UOWAC	NGA	WCG	LIB
39	1982	SLUDGE, colour screenprint on paper	30	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
40	1982	Wollongong Festival , colour screenprint on paper	31		NGA	WCG
41	1982	Women and Arts Festival, colour screenprint on paper	32		NGA	WCG
42	1982	Right to Work March, colour screenprint on paper	33		NGA	WCG
43	1982	Patterns of Infinity, colour screenprint on paper	34		NGA
44	1982	Reject the System, colour screenprint on paper	35		NGA	WCG
45	1982	End the state of oppression, colour screenprint on paper	36		NGA
46	1982	Art & Working Life in Australia - Cassidy report, booklet cover	-
47	1982	Demand Action - Create Jobs Not Unemployment, banner on cloth	-
48	1982	How do you get ahead on the dole?, colour screenprint on paper	-			WCG
49	1982	Saga - A Protest in Linocuts, screenprint on paper	-
50	1982	Saga - A Protest in Linocuts, t-shirt print	-
51	1982	South Coast Miners Federation, banner on cloth	-
52	1983	Australia Vietnam Calender (82), colour screenprint on paper	37	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
53	1983	Looks and Smiles, colour screenprint on paper	38	UOWAC	NGA
54	1983	Looks and Smiles (2), colour screenprint on paper	39		NGA	WCG
55	1983	BHP - Strike Back!, screenprint on paper	40		NGA
56	1983	Big Australian Destroys Jobs, colour screenprint on paper	41		NGA	WCG
57	1983	Over the Top, colour screenprint on paper	42	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
58	1983	A Different Perspective, colour screenprint on paper	43	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
59	1983	Flamenco Guitar, colour screenprint on paper	44		NGA	WCG
60	1983	Keep state schools great schools, colour screenprint on paper	45		NGA
61	1983	Fishers Ghost Festival 83, colour screenprint on paper	46	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
62	1983	Housing Information Service, colour screenprint on paper	47	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
63	1983	The Seymour Group , colour screenprint on paper	48		NGA	WCG
64	1983	Wollongong Antique Fair, colour screenprint on paper x 3	49	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
65	1983	Migrant Resource Centre Party colour screenprint on paper	50	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
66	1983	Music from Other Cultures, colour screenprint on paper	51	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
67	1983	Tenosynovitis and overuse injuries, colour screenprint on paper	52		NGA
68	1983	Industrial noise, colour screenprint on paper	53		NGA
69	1983	Disappeared = Dead?, colour screenprint on paper	54		NGA	WCG
70	1983	Regional High Schools Art Exhibition, colour screenprint on paper	55	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
71	1983	New Rythmworks, colour screenprint on paper	56		NGA	WCG
72	1983	Animal Imagery In Contemporary Art, colour screenprint on paper x 2	57		NGA	WCG
73	1983	Fresh blood, colour screenprint on paper	58		NGA	WCG	LIB
74	1983	Australia Vietnam Society Calendar 1984	59	UOWAC	NGA
75	1983	Small Change, colour screenprint on paper	60		NGA	WCG
76	1984	Debt problems?, colour screenprint on paper	61		NGA
77	1984	IIllawarra Community Broadcasters Presents Heritage Week Radio, colour screenprint on paper	62	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
78	1984	Conservation and Contemporary Art. What's wrong with this picture?, colour screenprint on paper	63	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
79	1984	K.C.C. Women's Auxiliary and Jobs for Women colour screenprint on paper	64	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
80	1984	Raise the dole dance, colour screenprint on paper	65	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
81	1984	Regional Migrant Health Centre No. 1, colour screenprint on paper	66	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
82	1984	Regional Migrant Health Centre No 2, colour screenprint on paper	67	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
83	1984	Regional Migrant Health Centre No 3, colour screenprint on paper	68		NGA
84	1984	We help house you, colour screenprint on paper	69	UOWAC	NGA
85	1984	Wollongong Crisis Centre, colour screenprint on paper	70	UOWAC	NGA
86	1984	When they close a pit they kill a community, colour screenprint on paper	71	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
87	1984	Tommy colour screenprint on paper	72	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
88	1984	Kemira Diary of a Strike, colour screenprint on paper	73	UOWAC	NGA	WCG	LIB
89	1984	House About Wollongong, colour screenprint on paper	74		NGA	WCG
90	1984	House About Wollongong, colour screenprint on paper	74		NGA	WCG
91	1984	3rd Aboriginal Languages Conference, colour screenprint on paper	75		NGA
92	1984	Remote Area Media , colour screenprint on paper	76		NGA	WCG
93	1984	Who Owns the Australian Cinema?, colour screenprint on paper	77		NGA	WCG
94	1984	The Arrangers present 2nd Annual Parramatta Antique Fair	78		NGA
95	1984	Legal/Illegal, colour screenprint on paper	79	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
96	1984	Organizar, colour screenprint on paper	80	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
97	1984	Nicaragua, colour screenprint on paper	81	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
98	1984	Torture colour screenprint on paper	82	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
99	1984	Tokyo Hit Beat, colour screenprint on paper	83	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
100	1984	C.A.A.M.A. Cassettes, colour screenprint on paper	84		NGA	WCG
101	1984	Imparja, colour screenprint on paper	85	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
102	1984	Shelter or the Streets, colour screenprint on paper	86	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
103	1984	First National Aboriginal Art Award, colour screenprint on paper	87	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
104	1984	Steel Houses in a Steel City, colour screenprint on paper	88	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
105	1984	Wollongong 150, colour screenprint on paper	89	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
106	1984	Jazz, colour screenprint on paper	90	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
107	1984	Combined Regional High Schools Art Exhibition, colour screenprint on paper	91		NGA	WCG
108	1984	Go Blotto!, colour screenprint on paper	92	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
109	1984	Visual Arts Board Desiderius Orban Youth Art Awards, colour screenprint on paper	93	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
110	1984	Arrente Christmas Carols, cassette cover	-		NGA
111	1984	Bob Randall, cassette cover	-		NGA
112	1984	Buy CAAMA Cassettes, card	-		NGA
113	1984	Wedgetail Eagle Band, cassette cover	-		NGA
114	1985	Heartland , colour screenprint on paper	94		NGA	WCG
115	1985	International Women's Day , colour screenprint on paper	95	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
116	1985	Wollongong Out of Workers' Dance, colour screenprint on paper x 2	96	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
117	1985	Barunga Sport & Cultural Festival 1985, colour screenprint on paper	97	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
118	1985	Mega Ball, colour screenprint on paper	98	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
119	1985	Housing Problems, colour screenprint on paper	99		NGA	WCG
120	1985	Wollongong Family Conciliation Centre, colour screenprint on paper	100	UOWAC	NGA
121	1985	The circus of tomorrow, colour screenprint on paper	101	UOWAC	NGA
122	1985	Need somewhere to stay?, colour screenprint on paper	102		NGA
123	1985	Volunteer Youth Program, colour screenprint on paper	103		NGA	WCG
124	1985	Art and Working Life Festival (Tin Sheds), colour screenprint on paper	104		NGA
125	1985	Rocking the Foundations, colour screenprint on paper	105	UOWAC	NGA
126	1985	Facts about Aids, colour screenprint on paper	106	UOWAC	NGA
127	1985	The Workplace is no place for Racism, colour screenprint on paper	107	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
128	1985	Radio Red All Over, colour screenprint on paper	108		NGA	WCG
129	1985	Don't let DSS spoil your day, colour screenprint on paper	109	UOWAC	NGA
130	1985	Bush Radio, colour screenprint on paper	110		NGA
131	1985	8-Kin Network, colour screenprint on paper	111		NGA
132	1985	Hatstand, wrapping paper	-		NGA
133	1985	8-Kin Network, card	-
134	1985	Arts Law Centre of Australia, leaflet	-		NGA
135	1985	Bush Radio, card	-
136	1985	Bush Radio, t-shirt print	-
137	1985	Don’t go mental over rental, t-shirt print	-		NGA
138	1985	Federal Radio Training, ABC Radio, book cover	-		NGA
139	1985	Herbie Laughton, cassette cover	-		NGA
140	1985	Impaja, t-shirt print	-		NGA
141	1985	Lord of the Bush (film), leaflet	-		NGA
142	1985	Mexican Holiday	-		NGA
143	1985	Mexican Holiday, t-shirt print	-		NGA
144	1985	Rebel Voices from Black Australia, music cassette cover	-		NGA
145	1985	Seasonal Greetings, card	-		NGA
146	1985	Warumpi Band, cassette cover	-		NGA
147	1985	Wharfies - A History of the Waterside Workers Federation of Australia, book cover	-		NGA
148	1986	Broard Left Conference, colour screenprint on paper	112	UOWAC	NGA
149	1986	Barunga Sport & Cultural Festival 1986, colour screenprint on paper	113	UOWAC	NGA
150	1986	Crack the code, colour screenprint on paper	114	UOWAC	NGA
151	1986	Work-related childcare, colour screenprint on paper	115		NGA
152	1986	Permanency, colour screenprint on paper	116	UOWAC	NGA
153	1986	Part time work screenprint	117	UOWAC	NGA
154	1986	Demand a better housing deal	118	UOWAC	NGA
155	1986	Backlash	119		NGA
156	1986	Australian Movies well worth watching, offset	120	UOWAC	NGA
157	1986	Colledge Academics	121	UOWAC	NGA
158	1986	Tenants Demand a fair go! Screenprint	122	UOWAC	NGA
159	1986	Home Care service NSW, offset	123		NGA
160	1986	The secret value of daydreaming	124		NGA
161	1986	My life without Steve	125		NGA
162	1986	Amnesty South Africa, screenprint	126	UOWAC	NGA
163	1986	The Aboriginal Arts Board, screenprint	130	UOWAC	NGA
164	1986	Beat the Grog (1)	131	UOWAC	NGA
165	1986	May Day	132	UOWAC	NGA
166	1986	Marine Life wrapping paper	-	UOWAC	NGA
167	1986	Banksia, wrapping paper	-
168	1986	National Aborigines Day, Celebration Week	-		NGA
169	1986	Pumpuni, wrapping paper	-		NGA
170	1986	Barunga Sport & Cultural Festival, t-shirt print	-		NGA
171	1986	Bathurst Island, wrapping paper	-		NGA
172	1986	Beat the Grog, blue sticker	-		NGA
173	1986	Beat the Grog, yellow sticker	-		NGA
174	1986	Film Australia's Australia - Arts in Society, video cover	-		NGA
175	1986	Film Australia's Australia - Political Power, video cover	-		NGA
176	1986	Film Australia's Australia - Work, book cover	-		NGA
177	1986	Hibiscus Films Ltd, card	-		NGA
178	1986	Impaja, wrapping paper	-		NGA
179	1986	Need somewhere to put this?, t-shirt print	-		NGA
180	1986	Oenpelli, wrapping paper	-		NGA
181	1986	Papal Concert Alice Springs, cassette cover	-		NGA
182	1986	Rocking the Foundations, t-shirt print	-
183	1986	The Drug Offensive, sticker	-		NGA
184	1986	TOPS - Training of Polling Staff, folder printing	-		NGA
185	1987	Amnesty Chile Demands Justice, screenprint	127	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
186	1987	25 Years Amnesty International, screenprint	128	UOWAC	NGA
187	1987	8 hour day	133		NGA
188	1987	Te Ao Marama	134	UOWAC	NGA
189	1987	Redback Graphix posters 1979 - 1985	135	UOWAC	NGA
190	1987	Kauwhata Maori Culture Party, colour screenprint on paper	136	UOWAC	NGA	WCG
191	1987	State of Shock	137	UOWAC	NGA
192	1987	Coaltown	138	UOWAC	NGA
193	1987	Time's Up	139		NGA
194	1987	Ramingining Prints screenprint	140	UOWAC	NGA
195	1987	Condoman	141	UOWAC	NGA
196	1987	Condoman	142		NGA
197	1987	Condoman	143		NGA
198	1987	Eat Good food	144	UOWAC	NGA
199	1987	Empty Kids fill up on petrol	145	UOWAC	NGA
200	1987	Don't Drive on	146	UOWAC	NGA
201	1987	Caring and sharing without grog	147	UOWAC	NGA
202	1987	Drink Little Bit	148	UOWAC	NGA
203	1987	Vote in the federal election July 1987	149		NGA
204	1987	Vote (McMahon) screenprint	150	UOWAC	NGA
205	1987	Caring and sharing without grog, t-shirt print	-		NGA
206	1987	Grog Kills Skills, t-shirt print	-		NGA
207	1987	Isaac Yama and the Pitjantjatjara Country Band No.2, cassette cover	-		NGA
208	1987	Isaac Yama and the Pitjantjatjara Country Band No.2, cassette cover	-		NGA
209	1987	Light On - Arenyonga Desser Tigers, cassette cover	-		NGA
210	1987	Overseas study awards for Aboriginal people, leaflet	-		NGA
211	1987	Phillipines - for peace with justice, t-shirt print	-		NGA
212	1988	Amnesty, Death Penalty USA	129	UOWAC	NGA
213	1988	ACOA 75th Anniversary - Changing Membership, Changing Workplace, screenprint	151		NGA
214	1988	ACOA 75th Anniversary - Campaigning in the public interest, screenprint	152		NGA
215	1988	Women and Work	153		NGA
216	1988	Vote in the referendum (stephen Lees), screenprint	154	UOWAC	NGA
217	1988	Enrol to vote - hands	155	UOWAC	NGA
218	1988	Enrol to vote - Torres Strait	156	UOWAC	NGA
219	1988	Film Australia's Australia	157		NGA
220	1988	Contradictions	158	UOWAC	NGA
221	1988	How do you spell Gorbatrof?	159	UOWAC	NGA
222	1988	Don't be too polite	160	UOWAC	NGA
223	1988	FPA education information	161		NGA
224	1988	Yarn Spinners, screenprint	162	UOWAC	NGA
225	1988	I've survived Domestic Violence	163	UOWAC	NGA
226	1988	Stop Domestic Violence	164		NGA
227	1988	Out of Control - Domestic Violence, offset	165		NGA
228	1988	Undoing history - making a just future, screenprint	166	UOWAC	NGA
229	1988	Stop the killing times	167	UOWAC	NGA
230	1988	Karnta	168	UOWAC	NGA
231	1988	Aboriginal Television Australia	169		NGA
232	1988	Big Grog Story, screenprint	170		NGA
233	1988	Kava Story	171	UOWAC	NGA
234	1988	No condom - no way!	172		NGA
235	1988	You don't have to be a queenie to get AIDS	173		NGA
236	1988	Pregnancy	174	UOWAC	NGA
237	1988	Just one more	175	UOWAC	NGA
238	1988	Grog Kills Skills (football)	176	UOWAC	NGA
239	1988	Greg Kills Skills (basketball)	177		NGA
240	1988	AGOG, limited edition, screenprint	178	UOWAC	NGA
241	1988	aGog, screenprint	178	UOWAC	NGA
242	1988	BOTANICAL wrapping paper #1 - #9	-	UOWAC
243	1988	You are invited to Xmas drinks at Redback Graphix, card	-		NGA
244	1989	Now we are 10 - Tin Sheds Gallery	179	UOWAC	NGA
245	1989	Vote (Rural), screenprint	180	UOWAC	NGA
246	1989	Vote (Urban), screenprint	181	UOWAC	NGA
247	1989	UPK - An Average Anangu Day, screenprint	182	UOWAC	NGA
248	1989	Waliku tjukurpa, screenprint	183	UOWAC	NGA
249	1989	Greek Tragedy, screenprint	184		NGA
250	1989	Jargon Busters	185		NGA
251	1989	Nobody's Children	186		NGA
252	1989	Women in engineering	187		NGA
253	1989	Getting a fair deal for pensioners	188	UOWAC	NGA
254	1989	Ros Bower Memorial Trust	189		NGA
255	1989	Tender Hooks, offset - lithograph	190	UOWAC	NGA
256	1989	Discrimination - you can do something about it!	191		NGA
257	1989	Defence Services Homes	192		NGA
258	1989	Get Housed, board game - box top	-	UOWAC	NGA
259	1989	Nilimurru djaka dhiyaku, t-shirt print	-		NGA
260	1989	We belong to the land… (feral pigs) screenprint	-	UOWAC
261	1990	Use your brain! Screenprint (BILLBOARD)	193		NGA
262	1990	Use your brain! Screenprint	194	UOWAC	NGA
263	1990	You don’t have to put up with racism	195		NGA
264	1990	Sex & drugs & HIV	196		NGA
265	1990	We still have rights	197	UOWAC	NGA
266	1990	Retrenched? Offset	198		NGA
267	1990	Australia Council Annual Report 1988-1989, book cover	-		NGA
268	1990	FPA Lovers Love, t-shirt print	-		NGA
269	1990	Taking Care of the Future, booklet cover	-		NGA
270	1991	Be sure - have a pap test	199		NGA
271	1991	Be sure - have a pap test	200		NGA
272	1992	World Environment Day	201	UOWAC	NGA
273	1993	Literacy	202		NGA
274	1993	Vote - My voice for my country, screenprint	203	UOWAC	NGA
275	1993	Vote in the federal election	204		NGA
276	1993	Enrol to vote (shark)	205		NGA
277	1993	Change - not charity, tea towel	-		NGA
278	1995	Karnta - Aboriginal Women's Art, brochure	-		NGA
279	1995	Members Only - offset lithograph	-	UOWAC
280	1995	Think of it as insurance, offset print	-	UOWAC
281	1996	Census 96 - Aboriginal Remote Area	-	UOWAC
282	1996	Cenus 96 torres Straight Islands	-	UOWAC
283	1998	Circus OZ - skeletons, t-shirt print	-	UOWAC
284	1998	Congratulations	-	UOWAC
285	1998	Don't just sit there	-	UOWAC
286	1998	Explore the PSA	-	UOWAC
287	1999	Happy 100th Birthday PSA	-	UOWAC
288	2002	Cheaper than a vegemite sandwich	-	UOWAC
289	2002	Who is the best PSA recruiter?, offset lithograph	-	UOWAC

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