Official Papers, 1975-93 (Closed under the Archives Act)

Component identifier:

Series 4

Content Summary:

The series comprises papers relating to Broinowski's career as Second Secretary at the Australian Embassy in Manila, her return to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra (1975-81) and her move to Melbourne as the Regional Director, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1992-93).

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Broinowski's correspondence with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade was mainly written while she was working as Second Secretary at the Australian Embassy in Manila. The subjects include Broinowski's posting in Manila, her placement when she returned to Canberra and applications for promotions.

The correspondents include Jennifer Morrison, John Trotter, Richard Woolcott, Gregory Clark, Henry Albinski, Bill Hayden, Rosaleen McGovern, Erland H. Heginbotham and Karina Campbell.

Melbourne Club: Between 1991 and 1993 Broinowski was the Regional Director with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Melbourne. The file contains cuttings and correspondence (with Susan Boyd, Josef Szwarc and A.D. Brookes) concerning the club's policy of not allowing women to conduct a business meeting in the club.

Cultural promotion: The files on cultural promotion include correspondence (with Rick Thompson, Di Yerbury, Stephen Fitzgerald, June Verrier and Alan Deacon), cuttings, notes and printed material.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was purchased by the National Library from Alison Broinowski in 1995.

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