Guide to the Deb Doyle Archive in the Powerhouse
GUIDE TO THE DEB DOYLE ARCHIVE IN THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM Paul Wilson 2008 CONTENTS Biographical Note Series List Series Descriptions and Item Lists COLLECTED ARCHIVES BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Registration Number: 2008/53/1 Creator: Doyle, Deb Deb Doyle, née Deborah (Debbie) Eva Baer, was born on the first day of 1955, at the King George V Memorial Hospital, in Camperdown, Sydney. From age two and a half to twelve, she lived with her grandparents in Eastwood, Sydney and attended Kent Road Public School, also in Eastwood. During these early years, her parents sought to reconcile their marriage but eventually divorced in 1963, when their daughter was eight. Deb's interest in the world of popular music developed at about this time. 'Ever since the Beatles tour in June 1964, when I was nine, I'd found solace and balance in making picture books, writing poems, drawing, painting, and later, playing the recorder and listening to DJ Ward Austin's programs on Radio 2UW ("Even granny tunes her tranny to the New 'UW!").' Just after Christmas 1966, Deb and her mother moved across Sydney to a one-bedroom basement flat in Morehead Street, Redfern. After one term at Randwick Girls High School, Deb transferred to Sydney Girls High. When she was thirteen, she and her mother moved again, across the street to another one-bedroom flat in the Housing Commission's 'Kendall' block. She created the archive's earliest paintings and posters of pop artists and groups at about this time. In October 1967, Deb and her friend Cheryl went to Hyde Park to attend the Waratah Festival, where they saw the Masters' Apprentices perform their hit song 'Living in a Child's Dream'.
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