Guide to the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, 2017 : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia, 2017-2018

 

Collection context

Summary

Collection number:
EPH FC 73
Extent:
Badges, brochures, handbills, stickers, t-shirts, small objects like an "Acceptance Ring" issued by Airbnb, cloth bags, a beach towel, wrist bands and other printed campaign material, wedding cards.
Language:
English and English
Availability:
Available

Background

Content Summary:
Includes original campaign materials publicly disseminated during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey period seeking to influence both a YES or a NO vote. Includes badges, brochures, handbills, stickers, t-shirts, small objects like an "Acceptance Ring" issued by Airbnb, cloth bags, a beach towel, wrist bands and other printed campaign material. Further large format material is held seperately in the poster collection.Box 1: YES campaign material, from a variety of sourcesBox 2: NO campaign material, from a variety of sourcesBox 3: YES "Equality Campaign" materials, produced by Australian Marriage Equality (AME) and Australians for Equality (A4E) who together ran the Equality Campaign during 2016 and 2017. These materials were either disseminated at rallies and events, mailed to residents, or sold through the Equality Shop (either online, or at physical locations in Capital cities such as Oxford Street in Darlinghurst, Sydney)Box 4: invitations, menus and other printed materials from same-sex weddings held in Australia during the first year after the change to the marriage law.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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