Previous series unregistered
BP65/3, Queensland, Index to Register of Copyright in Books, Dramatic
Pieces and Musical Works, 1887-1907
BP65/3, Queensland, Index to Register of Copyright in Works of Art,
1892-1907
Subsequent series unregistered
Designs indexes, 1909-
This series consists of 9 small, printed volumes in which volume numbers have been pencilled on the front endpapers. They are the completed bound copies of the incomplete proofs contained in the ?booklet? for 1915 in Series A8356, and they are a full list, for the stated period, of items from the Registers A1957 (Literary, Dramatic, Musical), A1958 (Artistic), and A1959 (International), and the corresponding exhibit Series A1336, A1861 and A1714, for the period, under the Copyright Acts of 1905 and later 1912.
Volume 1 is an Index of Registered Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Designs 1907 - 1908 and Volume 4 is an Index of Registered Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works 1910. Volumes 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are Name and Subject Matter Indexes covering the years 1907-8, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915 respectively. The difference in the volume titles appears to be meaningless as the material in Volumes 1 and 2 which cover the same period, is identical, and the same range and arrangement of material appears in all volumes.
In each volume the material is listed in tables, first by Owners (Applicants) of Copyright - with addresses - then by Title and type of work for each category - Literary, Performing Right, Lecturing Right (very few), Artistic, and Design (in the first volume only) - for Commonwealth, State and International registrations from the original Registers. There are no listings by registration number, but these are clearly set out in separate columns in the tables.
One particularly helpful feature of these tables is that titles may be recorded several times under each ?keyword? - for example the 1915 song Our Australian Navy, is under ?Australian, Our Navy? and Navy etc as well as its full title. Where there are dual owners of rights, cross-references are present for them as well. As might be imagined, World War I brought a surge of related material some, perhaps, surprising. A search under ?Game? in the titles table in 1915 reveals no less than 10 games designed on the theme of war. The previous years have 1 or 2 games registered at most.
None of the listings record subsequent assignments of rights, only those completed at the time of initial registration, and it will be necessary for researchers to refer to the original Registers to ascertain this information.
Due to the fact that these Indexes have the material arranged by type of right and the volumes have been assigned a number, the examples have been identified by volume and page number, with the type of right and registration number as the last note within the square brackets.