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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice referendum campaign and polling places, Sydney, New South Wales, 13-15 October 2023, 2023

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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.
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Ahmad Shah Siddiqi collection, 1979-1989, 1979-1989

1.5 metres (2 boxes + 4 map-folios)
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Personal collection of Ahmad Shah Siddiqi documenting his time in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Australia during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan between 1979 and 1989. The collection comprises approximately 250 photographs, mostly colour, which document the activities of Afghan Mujahideen fighters during the Soviet-Afghan war; 118 anti-Soviet propaganda posters produced by the Internal Islamic Fronts of Afghanistan; 66 Afghan newspapers including issues from Daily Shahadat, Alfalah and Ghalbe Assia; papers written in Farsi; and other ephemera including cards, stickers and Islamic headscarves produced by the Press and Information Department, Political Committee Hezb-i-Islami, Afghanistan.
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Black Lives Matter rally, Melbourne, Victoria, 7 October 2023, 2023

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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.
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Campaign and polling places for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Bundaberg, Queensland, 13-14 October 2023 / by Sabrina Lauriston, 2023

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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.
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Collection of James Somerville relating to the pacifist movement in Australia

(1 folder in shared box)
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This collection comprises material collected by Somerville relating to individuals and organisations active in the pacifist movement in Australia in 1940-1974. There are circulars, pamphlets and newsletters printed by organisations such as the Christian Pacifist Movement of Victoria, the Central Committee of Conscientious Objectors, the Association for International Co-operation and Disarmament (NSW) and the Peace News Limited. Correspondence between Somerville and significant Australians like H. V. Evatt related to conscientious objectors such as Leslie Warren Hoey, Lloyd Butler and Bill Tarry.
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Correspondence to Andrew Endrey from Hu Feng, Mei Zhi and Zhang Xiaofeng, 1979-2022

0.03 metres (1 folder)
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The collection comprises eleven letters sent to Andrew Endrey from Hu Feng, Mei Zhi and their daughter Zhang Xiaofeng, accompanied by explanatory notes prepared by Andrew Endrey. In 1978, after a year of immersion language studies in Taiwan, Andrew started researching Hu Feng's published works at the University of Melbourne. Andrew wrote his first letter to Hu Feng in 1979 and received a response from his initial letter from Hu in November 1979. Within this collection, topics discussed include Hu Feng's literary works, theories and his health; Japanese writers Eguchi Kan (also known as Eguchi Kiyoshi) and Kaji Wataru; Lu Xun and his works. Andrew Endrey is an Associate Lecturer within Humanities at the University of Western Australia and also a professional translator.
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Does Australia need an Indigenous voice to Parliament? forum for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Hilton Hotel, Adelaide, South Australia, 31 August 2023, 2023

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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 a forum held in Rockdale Town Hall as part of the preceding campaign. The Minister for Indigenous Australians the Hon Linda Burney MP was a member of the forum panel.

Doug Sadler collection of photographs of the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conference, Australia, 12 May to 4 June 1968

(141 photographs : black and white ; 26 x 20 cm or smaller)
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The collection includes photographs of conference delegates, conference sessions, conference events and site visits attended by delegates. While the conference was held in Melbourne, the collection includes photographs of conference delegates visiting Sydney and Canberra. The collection also includes photographs of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip engaged in formal and informal interactions during the course of the conference and photographs of Prime Minister John Gorton speaking at the conference.
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Free West Papua rally, Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane, Queensland, 2015

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Collection of photographs documenting the West Papua rally held in 2015 outside Brisbane City Hall, Brisbane, Queensland. The Free Papua Movement or Free Papua Organization is a name given to independence movement based on Western New Guinea, seeking the secession of the territory currently administered by Indonesia.
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Janet Hawkins photographic archive, 1994-1997

(60 colour and B&W photographs 21 x 29 cm + 25 colour and B&W photographs 10 x 10 cm + 128 colour slides 35 mm + 4 documents + 3 publications + 1 news clipping + 1 CD)
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The collection comprises photographic prints, negatives, publications and ephemera documenting the political, cultural and social life of Melbourne in the mid 1990s, with a focus on marginal groups and protest movements. These groups and movements include: biker groups; Vietnam Veterans, conflict between anti-immigration and anti-racism groups, and the female ordination movement. These photographs were taken while Janet Hawkins was completing four years of study at Photography Studies College in Melbourne.
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Janet Hawkins photographic archive, 1994-1997 (60 colour and B&W photographs 21 x 29 cm + 25 colour and B&W photographs 10 x 10 cm + 128 colour slides 35 mm + 4 documents + 3 publications + 1 news clipping + 1 CD)