About
SOAP Exists to:
Represent, showcase, promote and celebrate the research and preservation of Australian punk subculture.
Promote the advancement of Australian punk subculture through recognition of the contribution that it has made to contemporary and historical cultural heritage.
Facilitate cooperation and collaboration between the local, national and international punk community, historians, researchers and museums, through the transfer and exchange of skills, ideas, archives, artefacts and information.
Support the creation and maintenance of digital and physical archives consisting of historical punk material such as photos, music, interviews, footage, flyers, fanzines, letters, clothing and other such punk-related artefacts.
Support community involvement in the preservation and exhibition of Australian punk subculture and encourage equity, access and representation.
Support the ethos of punk as a politically motivated subculture, with its roots in self-governance and a strong belief in the ‘do it yourself’ (DIY) attitude, and to also support projects that are compatible with this ethos.
Our collection
Punk Journey - The History of the Melbourne Punk Scene: 1977-1987
SOAP Supports the digital archive and online historical project titled 'Punk Journey - The History of the Melbourne Punk Scene: 1977-1987.
The aim of this project is to research, document, preserve and digitally showcase the history of the Melbourne punk scene from the years 1977-1987, as well as celebrate and promote Australian punk subculture through recognition of the contribution that it has made to historical and contemporary cultural heritage.
This material is often rare in nature and includes written documentation, interviews, photos, flyers, video footage and MP3 tracks.
All material has been contributed by individuals who were part of the Melbourne punk and post-punk scene from 1977-1987.
Visit https://www.punkjourney.com/ to view this online project.
All photos contained in the project titled Punk a Photographic Journey: 2004 - 2007 are copyright © 2004 and cannot be copied, reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission from the project creator.
All rights to images, sound recordings and video footage that have been contributed or added to this project are exclusively held by the individual contributors of this project and their representatives and are held under non-exclusive rights - meaning the contributor is free to share any above-mentioned items with other authors, researchers, archivists, documentary makers, magazines, and publishers as they choose.
Themes: Peopling Victoria's Places & Landscapes, Shaping cultural and creative life
