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Papers of Julian Disney, 1947-2002

(2 boxes + 12 sound/audiovisual carriers)
Abstract Or Scope
The collection comprises papers, audio and audiovisual material collated by Professor Julian Disney AO as a retrospective of his career, including material written or spoken by him; media coverage and releases; books and reports with Disney as the principal author, and other records.
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Papers of Tim Bonyhady, 1963-2010

(58 ms boxes + 1 folder)
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This collection comprises extensive research files for books published by Tim Bonyhady from the 1970s to 2010. Included are copies of newspaper and journal articles; a small quantity of colour photographs, negatives and transparencies pertaining to the Burke and Wills expedition and Colonial art; edited typescripts, handwritten notes, and correspondence with readers and fellow academics. The collection also includes files relating to the environmental law and the Australian Conservation Movement, such as legal documents, scientific studies, assessments, conference papers and review submissions; records relating to the Environment and Natural Resources Committee; and records relating to the Independent Review of the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, along with associated correspondence with members of the task force.
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Papers of Thomas Mautner, 1965-2005

(1 archives box, 1 ms box, 2 folders)
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MS Acc09.091 and MS Acc09.113 consignments comprise press cuttings, articles, correspondence and documents relating to policies of the National Library of Australia on collection development and information technology such as Kinetica and World 1 project, the National Document and Information System (NDIS). The World 1 project, an electric network connecting Australian and New Zealand libraries, was to be a system that would link libraries around Australia and provide electronic access to international materials not held by the Library.

Papers of John Halden Wootten

(47 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 folder + 1 digital carrier)
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This collection comprises working and personal papers of the late John Halden (Hal) Wootten AC, QC, 1922-2021. Wootten's papers cover his high profile career where he was involved in a wide range of matters of national significance including his years as a barrister, foundation dean of the University of New South Wales Law School, a judge of the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Chair of the Press Council, President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, a Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and a Deputy President of the Native Title Tribunal. His papers include notebooks from field-work on Manus Island in 1947, information about the influential LawAsia Foundation from the 1950s, and a folder containing details of the original meetings that established the Aboriginal Legal Service in Sydney in 1970. He acted for both employers and employees in important industrial disputes in the 1960s, out of Chambers he shared with both John Kerr and Gough Whitlam in Sydney. Included in this material on the case of James Savage, aka Russell Moore, a Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba man who was incarcerated in the United States of America. Wootten was given leave from the Royal Commission to provide evidence for the trial in California.

Papers of Shane Simpson, 1958-2015

(9 ms boxes + 1 binder + 1 digital file)
Abstract Or Scope
Collection comprises personal correspondence to and from Shane Simpson with family, friends and colleagues, student papers, professional correspondence, papers relating to Simpson Solicitors and Board, writings by Shane Simpson, reports, reviews of Shane Simpson's work, consulting and Government reports, speeches and conference papers. Additionally, it includes recordings of the radio series 'Arts and the Law' by Shane Simpson, Programs 1-6, which he presented at the Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sydney.
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Personal responses from survivors and other items from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 1997-2017

3.24 metres (3 archives boxes + 1 large folio box + 3 large framed items)
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A collection of approximately 40 personal responses from survivors to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, including statements, poems, books, maps and artworks.
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Recorded music, 2015 1 item Digital-Carriers-Box 28

 

Papers of Eve Mahlab, 1951 - c.2022

(6 ms boxes + 8 digital carriers)
Abstract Or Scope
MS Acc11.134 Papers documenting Eve Mahlab's careers as a lawyer, businesswoman, women's rights activist and public speaker. They include: news cuttings, particularly of letters written by Mahlab to newspaper editors and articles about Mahlab published in newspapers and journals; speech texts and notes; articles; submissions; biographical information; and correspondence. Groups and companies with which Mahlab was associated, and which are highlighted in the papers, include the Women's Electoral Lobby, Mahlab Recruitment, the Liberal Feminist Network, Westpac and the Australian Women Donor's Network.
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Records of the Homosexual Law Reform Society of the A.C.T., 1964-1976

(2 ms boxes + 4 folders)
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MS 8898 comprises correspondence, newsletters, newspaper cuttings, membership lists, copies of Camp ink, submissions, articles, and other papers. The main correspondents on behalf of the Society were James Grieve and Thomas Mautner (2 boxes).
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Papers of Donald Kerr relating to the principles of the Australian lands titles (Torrens) system, 1925-1927

(1 small folio-box)
Abstract Or Scope
The collection comprises two personal copies of "The Law of the Australian Constitution [and] The Principles of the Australian Lands Titles (Torrens) System" by Dr Donald Kerr. The publications include attached letters, annotations, reviews and newspaper clippings.