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Papers of Carmel Bird, 1957-2022, 1957-2022

(31 ms + 1 folio box + 1 packet + 1 folder + 14 audiovisual carriers + 5 digital carriers)
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The papers in MS 958 comprise letters and cards of Barbara Hanrahan, a typescript titled "The world you are walking upon: a tribute to Barbara Hanrahan" and photocopies of articles on Hanrahan, including her orbituary. In her letters, Hanrahan discusses her writings, including Flawless Jade, her art, people they know and Carmel Bird's writings. Also included are papers relating to The Penguin century of Australian stories, which was edited by Bird and published by Penguin in 2000. They mostly comprise correspondence, biographical notes and permission to publish forms received from authors approached about contributions to the anthology (15 boxes, 1 large folio box). The Acc06.204 instalment comprises further papers relating to the editing of The stolen children: their stories: including extracts from the Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families, which was published in 1998 (1 box). The Acc15.118 instalment comprises correspondence received by Carmel Bird 1980-1999. Correspondents include Bruce Pascoe, Frank Morehouse, Gerald Murnane and Bird's students (2 boxes). The MS Acc22.151 instalment comprises book and short story drafts, speeches, essays, research notes, reviews, correspondence, and documents relating to the Literature Board, 1970s-2022. Correspondents include Marion Halligan, Gillian Bouras and Gerald Murnane (13 boxes, 1 packet, 1 folder, 14 audiocarriers, 5 digital carriers).
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Jeff Carter Archive, 1950-2010

17.40 metres 17.40 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.

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.
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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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Vote No campaign event for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 2 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.

Papers of Terry Wills Cooke, 1794-2016

(10 ms boxes + 2 large folio boxes + 1 small phase box + 3 folders + 1 Packet)
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The collection documents the activities of the Wills family, who were pastoralists from the early 1800s, in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland and includes: letters; personal and financial documents; diaries; maps; photographs; realia; manuscript and typescript notes;Register of deaths of the Cullin-la-ringo massacre, also referred to as the Wills Tragedy; writings, publications, research material and a family tree of Edward Wills. Much of theis material relates to the life and times of Horatio Spencer Howe Wills (1811-1861), pastoralist and politician, and his son Thomas Wentworth Wills (1835-1880), footballer and cricketer, who played a significant role in the development and establishment of Australian Rules Football.

Papers of Robert Hamilton Mathews, 1866-1984

(33 boxes + 1 small folio box + 1 folder)
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The main collection of papers at MS 8006 consist almost entirely of material relating to Mathews' anthropological research on the customs, social life and languages of the Australian Aborigines.
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Papers of Noel Tovey, 1912-2017

(9 ms boxes + 1 archives box + 2 large folio-boxes + 1 small folio-box + 9 map folios + 21 digital carriers)
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Papers relating to Noel Tovey's life and career both within Australia and overseas. Included is correspondence, family history material, clippings, photographs, posters, and ephemera. There are certificates and awards recognising Tovey's contribution to the arts and cuttings and ephemera relating to Tovey's autobiography Little Black Bastard, and to the theatrical adaptation of the book by the same name. There is also a poster, papers and photographs relating to Tovey's L'Odeon Gallery, London; a group of published works, many of which are inscribed to Tovey by the author; and three small original artworks by Horace Brodzky, Corneille, and Alvaro Guillot.
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Papers of Win Olive, 1957-2000

1.80 metres (12 ms boxes)
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The collection comprises papers relating to Olive's involvement in various protest activities in Australia and the region including the Pine Gap U.S. satellite surveillance base, Mururoa Atoll, Rainbow Warrior, Jabiluka Uranium Mine, Land Rights in the Northern Territory and Native Title, as well as her time as a crew member aboard the Pacific Peacemaker. The papers comprise correspondence; diaries; typescripts of Olive's writings; newsletters; ephemera; and drafts of her book The Voyage of the Pacific Peacemaker , which was published in 1999 and the script of the documentary film The Voyage of the Pacific Peacemaker, produced in 1983 and directed by David Roberts. Included is also a group of papers relating to Vai Stanton, an indigenous activist, who Olive met whilst protesting against uranium mining in the Northern Territory.
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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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