The main archival repository of Dr. Birchall’s work is the Brian Birchall Archives at the University of New England.
Below is a chronological listing of items in the archives.
Newcastle-Sydney 1963-1971
1963 Notes of ‘Lectures on Greek Philosophy’ Newcastle University (Sandy Anderson?)
1964 Ethics lectures Sandy Anderson
1964(?) BCB Psych 3 assignment
1966 Honours thesis The definition of Good BC Birchall Newcastle University
1966 2 letters to BCB from ‘Bill’ (Doniela) dated 2/9/66; 16/12/66.
1968 copies of Dialectic Feb 1968 containing ‘Some thoughts on free love’ by BCB
1969 Numerous copies of ‘The Weekly Rat’, University of Newcastle
1972 PhD thesis: The Identity Theory of the Proposition
University of New England 1971 – 1995
1972 Comments of the Committee’s final report on UNE Academic Government – October
1977 Dialectic ‘Anderson on Education’ ed. Birchall and Evans, Newcastle University Philosophy Club
1977? ‘La Trobe Sociology Papers’ containing ‘Radicalisation of the critique of knowledge’ by BCB
1977 Letter to ‘James’ (prob Jim Baxendale) 14/3/1977
1981 Correspondence about the Nalson Report into the University of New England
1983 33 audio tapes (1–34) of discussions between BCB, Mark Weblin, and Richard Morrow
1984 Quadrant Mar BCB letter p3-4
1987 Material relating to U.N.E. course ‘Naturalistic Ethics’
1992 ‘Realism-The Twentieth Century Myth’ New England News
1992 Letter from Malica Bozic to BCB
1992/3 Various letters pertaining to report on 1992 study leave
1993-4 Correspondence in the matter of Birchall v Torbay
1995 letter from John Haynes dated 27/8/95 with enclosed photographs
1995 letter to SMH by BCB (ca 1995) on the atomic bomb
Articles published in Nucleus (8/87) Kangaroo 8-12 (87-91); New England Review (2-8 93-98) including ‘Archaeology of Ethics’ (1998)
Post UNE 1996 – 2010
1997 Extensive correspondence survives from this year: too much to list individually – correspondents include Weblin, Roughly, Wild,
1997 Letter to BCB from Stephen Gaukroger, Philosophy Dept University of Sydney 14/3/1997 arranging paper to be given on 4/8/97; subject – ‘Philosophical Truth’
1997 Paper to UNE on Mind Body problem
2002 The Importance of Being Obscure published, Newcastle, June
2002 ‘From here to obscurity’ news story on BCB Newcastle Herald 20/7/2002
2006/7? The ‘Mind-Body Problem’: Making some headway. May