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Papers of Jessie Street, c. 1914-1968

6 metres (31 archives boxes + 1 small folio box + 3 packets + 1 volume + 1 sound/av carrier)
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The papers document Street's involvement in the major feminist organisation at the time: the United Associations of Women (U.A.W). She was President of this organisation for many years, from its inception in 1929. The records relating to the struggle for Aboriginal rights are extensive and include petitions to the Holt Government calling for a referendum.
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Papers of Anne Summers, c. 1940-2018

(103 ms boxes + 45 archives boxes + 2 small folio boxes + 5 medium folio boxes + 5 large folio boxes + 30 map folios + 1 ms carton + 1 folder)
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MS 7073 comprises manuscripts, research notes, typescript drafts, galley proofs, draft notes and correspondence concerning writing and publication of Summers' book Damned whores and God's police, and her autobiography Ducks on the pond. Correspondents include Henry Mayer, Melanie Beresford, Ann Curthoys and staff of Penguin Books. The collection includes a cuttings book containing press cuttings about Summers and Damned whores and God's police; files of research notes; cuttings; and, correspondence on a wide range of topics including women and poverty, single parents, family, Caroline Chisholm, child care, Aboriginal Australians, rape reform proposals, suicide, women unionists, education, prostitution, racism, Womens' Electoral Lobby, Adela Pankhurst Walsh, women and the media. The collection also includes material relating to the journal Refractory girl and the publication of Her story: Australian women in print 1788-1975. There are papers and material relating to Gamble for power; papers relating to the "free Sandra Willson" campaign and Ms and Sassy magazines; transcripts and video tapes relating to the ABC TV program "Anne Summers in conversation with six Aussie men" (1994); and, various papers relating to women's issues (66 boxes, 7 fol. boxes).The Acc07.177 instalment includes a wide range of correspondence; files on various publishers and projects; and, material relating to The end of equality, Ms and Sassy magazines, Good weekend and Greenpeace International (19 boxes).

Records of the Women's Electoral Lobby, 1952-2010

(159 ms boxes + 1 large folio box)
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MS 3683 comprises correspondence, 1972-1988; financial records, 1978-1989; Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL) national conference records, 1973-1982; records relating to WEL involvement in other conferences such as the National Women's Tax Summit, National Agenda for Women Conference and the United Nations Decade for Women; records relating to WEL activities such as lobbying federal parliamentarians, the production of the WEL national bulletin, submissions and press releases; and, subject files on a wide range of WEL interests including childcare, affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, the Family Law Act, maternity leave, wages and the Sex Discrimination Act. The collection also includes a small quantity of records of the Women's Electoral Lobby (ACT) and the Women's Centre Inc. (63 boxes).

Papers of Dorothy Buckland-Fuller, circa 1924-2022

(11 ms boxes+ 1 map folio +1 piece + 1 album)
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The collection comprises papers of Dorothy Buckland-Fuller (née Dimitropoulos), who was a human rights activist, migrant community advocate and sociologist. The collection includes: diaries, photographs, lectures, course notes, writings, talks, publications, correspondence, invitations and papers; files relating to Migrant Women's Association, the Women's Intern League, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF); material relating to her presence at the PowWow of First Nation People Alberta Canada and Buffalo (NY); files relating to Federation of Greek Women, Greek poems and stories by Dorothy Buckland-Fuller.
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Papers of Bessie Rischbieth, 1900-1967

(37 archive boxes + 3 large folio boxes + 2 medium folio boxes + 2 medium phase boxes + 2 outsized phase boxes + 1 map folio)
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Bessie Rischbieth was involved in women's rights movements from the beginning of the century, at local, national and international levels, and her papers record her involvement in many organizations, especially the Australian Federation of Women Voters, and with many different subjects up to her death in 1967. Of special interest is the collection of material on the women's suffrage movement in Great Britain between 1906 and 1928. The collection contains correspondence, reports and minutes of meetings, some photographs, newspaper cuttings and pamphlets. The different series relate to organisations and subjects, and the correspondence is to be found at the beginning of most series.

Papers of Gertrude Scarlett, 1857-1988

1.08 metres (3 small folio boxes + 1 archives box)
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The collection comprises correspondence, photographs, publications and manuscripts, an early note book, sketch book, a handmade children's book, an illustrated autograph book and newspaper cuttings. The letters, mainly written during World War II, that include letters from the poet, writer and editor Nancy Keesing and journalist, travel writer and novelist Ernestine Hill, provide insights into life in 1940s Sydney and include references to the Sydney Short Story Club of which Gertrude and Nancy were active members.

Papers of Street and Mackay families, c1900-2010

(7 archive boxes + 1 small folio box, 1 large folio box + 2 folders)
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This collection comprises family photographs and albums; correspondence including letters from Mackay's mother, Jessie Street; account book; and family history research files that include biographical material relating to Jessie Street, newspaper clippings, papers of D. G. F. Mackay, publications and audiovisual material.
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Papers of Jacqueline Pascarl, 1976-2012

(13 ms boxes + 1 folio box + 1 folder + 2 single map folios + audio/visual carrier)22 MS boxes + 4 large folio box + 1 medium folio box + 1 OS carton + 7 map folios + 71 Obsolete Carriers
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This consignment comprises records relating to the kidnapping of Jacqueline Pascarl's two children by their father, a Malaysian prince, and her books on the topic. There are press clippings, assorted magazines, publications, legal documents and original galleys for Pascarl's book "Since I was a Princess", as well as galleys for Chris Allen's "Defender of the Faith", which Pascarl edited. There are papers relating to the TV documentary "Empty Arms - Broken Hearts" including articles, production budget, scripts, and correspondence. Other papers relate to Pascarl's work with other parents of abducted children personal papers, photographs and correspondence with her own children.
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Papers of Patricia St Leon, 1916-2019

0.45 metres (3 MS Boxes)
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The collection comprises papers of the late Mrs Patricia St Leon (nee Burke), who was one of the nine original flight attendants employed by Qantas Empire Airways in 1947 and includes photographs, correspondence, documents and published material relating to both her personal life and career with Qantas.
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Papers of Daniela Torsh, c. 1967-2021

(19 ms boxes + 1 carton + 7 folio boxes +1 phase box + 3 map folios + 7 audiovisual carriers + 3 digital carriers)
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MS 9147 comprises: 1. Cuttings files, 1970-1975, relating to the education of women and other women's issues. 2. Files relating to the Enquiry into social change and the education of women containing cuttings, correspondence, interviews, drafts, reports, speeches, minutes, notes, legislation and other papers, 1974-1975. 3. Other files, 1970-1982, on women and film and other topics. 4. Various journals, reports and publications such as Scarlet woman, Womanspeak, Sydney Women's Liberation newsletter, Women in the ABC: report of Task force on equal opportunity for women, July 1977, Sexism in education, and, the Women and Labor Conference newsletter (9 boxes, 1 carton, 2 folio boxes).
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