COMING SOON
SNAP - Sharpies' Urban Folklore -
Australia 1952-1987
Compiled by Julie Mac
"SNAP sketches the timeline of a lost Australian sub-culture,
the teenage Sharpie gangs. Tough and stylish, the Sharpies created their own
diverse family, where mateship and defiance were valued over race, colour or
authority. SNAP is loaded with photos, snippets from the internet and first
hand recollections from former Sharpies and observers."
Who were Melbourne and Australia’s
sharpies?
When did they first appear in the
streets?
How did the dance, the Sharpie
Shuffle originate?
Where did the Sharpies disappear to?
SNAP answers these questions and more,
adding to the growing list of people preserving the history of the Sharpie
counter culture:
Rebecca
Maclean
Short films
Queeny 1994
DEEP 1997
Suburban
Warriors
2003
Greg Macainsh
Footage in the
ABC’s Long Way to the Top 2001
Larry Jenkins
and Peter Robertson
Blackburn
South photographic exhibition 2001
Tadhg Taylor
Book Top
Fellas 2004
Michelle Moo
Book Glory This 2004
Michelle Moo
Book Glory This 2004
Sam Biondo and
Rohan Pugh
Skinsnsharps
exhibition 2006
Rohan Pugh
Skinsnsharps
Short Movie 2006
Amy Gebhardt
Short film Look
Sharp 2006
Bruce Milne
Essay Sharpies
2007
Darren Tofts
Essay SNAP
2007
Sam Biondo
Skinsnsharps
website and exhibition 2010
Julie Mac
Book RAGE
2010
Nick Tolewski
and Dean Crozier
Book Once
Were Sharps 2011
Kim Hewett
Book Out
with the Boys 2012
R.K. Payter
Book Heavy
Metal Kids 2013
Paul Nazz
Oldham
Various
Sharpie Academic Papers and Essays 2010-2013
