(89 ms boxes + 3 large folio boxes + 1 medium folio box + 7 small folio boxes + 3 volumes + 13 map folios + 2 elephant folios + 219 sound/av carriers + 63 digital carriers)
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The collection comprises four instalments. The original instalment MS Acc09.179 comprises research material on various topics including Chloe MacMillan, gold transfer from Nazi Germany to Lisbon, Salazar, Macau, Huambo, Luanda; documents relating to East Timor including lists of military equipment in use, United Nations documents, Timorese Constitution, 2006 violence; correspondence with Noam Chomsky on East Timor, Francesc Vendrell, United Nations, Helen Clark, Herb Feith, Arthur Tange, Francis James, Kevin Sherlock; publications including articles arising from Jolliffe's interviews with Xanana Gusmao and Konis Santana; articles by Jolliffe as filed to commissioning newspapers; photographs, mostly taken in East Timor and others from Angola, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, China, Burma, Azores, Macau; news clippings of Jolliffe's articles; journalistic and research notebooks; videos and audio tapes of stories and radio broadcasts concerning East Timor; ephemera including press cards, invitations, exhibition catalogues and World War II propaganda.The MS Acc11.188 instalment comprises manuscript and published material relating to Portugal and its colonies, specifically East Timor and Angola with some references to Macau. The contents include newspaper articles, photographs, monographs, Portuguese cabinet documents, a significant collection of postcards, realia, manuscripts and correspondence (notably with Xanana Gusmão). Much of the material is written in Portuguese.The MS Acc12.040 instalment comprises manuscript and published material relating to Portugal and its colonies, specifically East Timor and Angola with some references to Macau. The contents include newspaper articles, photographs, monographs, realia, manuscripts and correspondence. Much of the material is written in Portuguese.The MS Acc17.135 installment comprises papers from Jill Jolliffe's professional life as an investigative journalist. They include working files containing a combination of research material, notes, printed ephemera, clippings, drafts of articles, transcripts of interviews, printed emails and correspondence. There are photographic prints, modest objects, Government reports, videos and audio cassettes, extensive material regarding East Timor, the Balibo Five and the Living Memory Project, published journals containing articles by Jill Jolliffe, notebooks containing notes from interviews.
(55 ms boxes + 2 medium folio boxes + 4 large folio boxes + 5 map folios + 40 audiovisual carriers)
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MS Acc05.123 comprises material relating to The broken years, research material and drafts for the thesis on which the book was based, correspondence, draft material, photographs and reviews relating to the various editions of the book. Also includes material relating to Gammage's role as an historical consultant for the film "Gallipoli".
On 14 October 2023, Australians voted in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. This collection documents polling places, signage, posters, and volunteers and voters in various places throughout the Sydney metropolitan area and Western suburbs, New South Wales, including the suburbs of Burwood, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Leichhardt, Lidcombe, Redfern, and Ultimo.
(38 archive boxes + 5 large folio boxes + 2 medium elephant folios + 2 oversized pieces + 13 sound/av carriers + 5 digital carriers)
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This collection comprises papers spanning the early years and working career of Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE DSG, advocate for Australian First Nations people. Much of the collection relates to Dr O'Donoghue's senior roles as chair of Aboriginal Hostels, chair of the Aboriginal Development Commission and of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC). There are reports, papers and correspondence relating to Dr O'Donoghue's extensive and varied involvement in associations and movements for Indigenous health welfare and human rights. There are also biographical papers, photographs, published books and articles, notebooks and diary schedules, loose transcripts and a boxed 3-volume collection of speeches. Also included are commemorative and personal objects from Dr O'Donoghue, such as torches and tracksuits from the Olympics and ParaOlympics, her wedding dress and decorations, as well as plaques of appreciation, honours and awards.
On 14 October 2023, Australians voted in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.
17.40 metres17.40 metres (47 ms boxes + 23 medium folio boxes) + 311.16 GB (14,841 digital files)
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The Jeff Carter archive documents Australian rural and working life in the latter half of the twentieth century of Australian people, places and events, social and environmental changes in Australian history, portraits of individuals or groups representing aspects of Australian life and which contribute to the social record.
Collection of photographs documenting the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne, Victoria, 7 October 2023. Supporting the rally were Senator Lidia Thorpe, Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung woman and independent Victorian Senator representing the Blak Sovereign Movement, and Krauatungalung (Gunai)/ Gunditjmara man Robbie Thorpe. First Nations activists and supporters hosted rallies in Naarm/Melbourne, Boorloo/Perth, Meanjin/Brisbane, and Kaurna/Adelaide. The rallies were calling on governments to implement all recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC). More than 500 Indigenous people have died in custody since the Royal Commission brought down its findings in 1991.
On 14 October 2023, Australians voted in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.
(4 ms boxes, 7 digital carriers, 9 audiovisual carriers)
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Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file contains names, descriptions and images of deceased people and other content that may be distressing and/or culturally sensitive, specifically content relating to the nuclear weapons testing at Maralinga and Emu Field between 1952 and 1963, including personal statements of Aboriginal people living in these communities.
Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain the names and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive.