Australian Puppetry Guild
Established in 1969, the Australian Puppetry Guild was an organisation to promote the art of Puppetry in Australia with branches in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia. Click on the images below to read the meetings notices and annual reports.

History
Reports from each state
Reports from Individuals
Model a wooden puppet head in 20 minutes (Caneite Method)
Simple Rod Puppets
News from overseas

UNIMA
Jan Bussell
Herr Denneberg
The Nutshell
Puppetry in Holland
New Zealand News
A Leprechaun in Kings Cross
Portable Puppet Stages
Reports from the states
Practical Hints

UNIMA News
Congratulations Clovelly
Macquarie University Experiment
Puppets at College of Adult Education
A Puppeteer from Japan
Legend of HV Tozer
Practical Hints, Bruce Barry
Practical Hints, Graham Morley
Puppetry Festival in Hungary
Chrudim- Czech Republic
Strangled by Tape
For the Commercial Market
Newcastle News
Therapeutic use of Finger Puppets
The Nutshell
The Stringalongs

Polygot Puppets
Edith- An Appreciation
Roundup of Puppetry News
Stage Dream
Notes on the Puppet People
A Shadow Puppet Theatre in Japan
A Space Pet and Poem
Mildura Puppet Centre
Puppet Opera in NZ
Manipulation Magazine
Number 4

Interview- Anita Sinclair
Review- The Magic Pudding
Washington Festival Report
Puppet Company Reports
June 1981

Puppet Company News
Puppets of India by Richard Bradshaw
Review- The Angler Fish Ballet
Multimedia and Puppetry
Review- Switch Over
Review- Jungle Puppets
Lotte Reiniger Remembered
August 1981

UNIMA News
Puppet Company News
Manipulation Reality- Puppets and masks at the Performing Arts Museum in Victoria
Interview- Ross Hill Puppet Maker
October 1981

Puppet Festival 1983 Announcement
Puppet Company News
General Macarthur in Australia- MTA
Guild News from Queensland
1982 Calendar
February 1982

Australian Puppet Theatre’s Momma- Europe Tour Photos
Children’s Theatre Festival Photo Essay
UNIMA Blues
Review- Great Muppet Caper
Review- Stuffed Puppets new one-man show
Word from Another Workshop- More on Glue
Gig Guide
November 1982

What’s On Guide
Puppet Company News
Review- Talkin’ in New York
Review- Black Theatre Wonderland
Festival report- Le Plus Grand Festival 1982
May 1983

Puppet Company News
Overseas News
Interview with Jim Henson
Review of the Dark Crystal
Photo essay of the Adelaide International Puppet Festival
Written report on the Adelaide International Puppet Festival
UNIMA News
December 1983

Q’Top’s Year
Playwright’s Workshop
International News
A’s First Production
Handspan’s Year
Jika Jika’s “Platypus Phil”
Handling toxic materials
Spare Parts Year
“The Ant, the Universe, and Einstein”
Australia Council Funding Figures
Wayang Festival
May 1984

News
Profile- Gardner Puppet Theatre
Profile- Murphy’s Puppets
Profile- Jeral’s Puppets
Profile- Jolie Puppets
Profile- Ross Browning
Profile- Puppetfolk Australia
Profile- Feathered Octopus Multimedia Puppet Theatre
Profile- Maeve Vella
News- Television series- The Maestro’s Company
Review- The Happy Prince
Review- Philippe Genty
September 1984

News
Profile- Ross Brown Puppeteer and Puppet Builder
Review- Rapunzel in Suburbia
The Ghetto Mentality- the financial viability of the puppet theatre and the building of audiences
Overview of two Wayang Kuilt performances
The Workings of Handspan
In the workshop- making a simple spot light.
October 1986

November 1987

Spring 1989

UNIMA Australia Newsletters

Letters to the editor
Skylark information
State news
Impressions of the Adelaide Festival
International news

Brisbane Puppet Festival planning
UNIMA International news
State news
UNIMA Congress reports
The DISintegral Puppet Part

Secretary’s report
State news
Company news
Adelaide Festival report
UNIMA ’96 Congress news
Treasurer’s report

Editorial
IIDA Puppetry Carnival
Secretary’s report
State news
Puppets ’96 Festival update
At the coal face- hand exercises
International news
Company news
Reviews- Inside Dry Water
Film Review- “To Live”
Book Review- Nightmare before Christmas
Grunge puppetry
Noriko Nishimoto Puppetry Masterclass
Puppetry vs Ventriloquism
Letters to the editor

Editorial
Puppets ’96 Update
Secretary’s report
International news
State news
At the coal face- Hand exercises part 2
Simple String puppet pattern
Bringing ideas to life- Creative thinking in Puppetry
Reviews- Chuck Wood, Ted E. Bear, and David Stassman
Gilda under glass
The Floating World
Not the end of the world
Book review- the Marionettes of Barcelona
I can see your lips moving- the history and art of ventriloquism
The Varities of Variety

Editorial
Puppets ’96 Festival update
Secretary’s report
Treasurer’s report
State news
Letters to the Editor
International news
Puppeteers in Cyberspace
Hooked on the Web
Puppet Thought, Puppet Spirit
Book Review: In search of Aesthetics for the Puppet Theatre
Marionettes and Merlin in Sydney
Company news
At the coal face- the breathing hand

Editorial
Secretary’s report
Overseas festival digest
Company news
Muppetnapping!
Cyber-gossip
IIDA Festival Beginnings
La Mama
International Puppet Institute, Charleville- Mezieres
Reviews- Shape up Smelly
Woyzeck the Highveld
History- The Royal Marionettes

Editorial
Notice Board
Company News
Festival 96 Report
International news
At the coal face- a short radio tail
Puppet/ Puppeteer Conventions
Reviews- Charlottes Web
Dante… Through the Invisible Web
There’s a moon in my room
Puppet designer and maker questionnaire
History- Webbs Royal Marionettes- the Australian puppets that visited Russia in 1883
Proposal for a UNIMA Puppet festival 1998
UNIMA Scholarship fund

Editorial
Secretary’s Report
Election of UNIMA Australia President
Letters to the Editor
Scholarship Fund
Company News
2nd National performance conference
Puppetry Workshop- University of NSW
International news
The festival crawl
Book Review- Humour and Comedy in Puppetry
Betty Myrtle- a puppeteer of the fifties
History- Muffin the mule, The Hogarth puppets and Jan and Ann Bussell
The New Media Conference
Ethics and Artists
My Plea, My Hope- Dadi Pudumjee

Secretary’s report
Letters to the editor
Business Matters
National news
A small theatre with big ideas
Water Puppets in Canberra
Puppet Cottage Reminiscences
International News
Book Review- The Russian Carnival
Review- Pakistan Third International Festival
Review- The Fork
Review- Dreamer
Asia Pacific Commission Report
Peter Scriven’s World
History- the Salici Marionettes
Puppet Maker and Designer Questionnaire- Sue Wallace
Total Theatre
Treasurer’s Financial Report

Editorial
President’s Report
Secretary’s report
National news
Company News
International news
Puppeteer spotlight- Jiri Vacek
History- Australian connections with North America
Review- Wake Baby
Little Piggies and a sausage went for a walk
Below the Belt
Murphy’s Law of Puppets
The Little Prince
Distelfink- Cindy South-Czabania
Handspan in the Year 2000
Festival Update