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Papers of Alan Neaves and Jean Neaves, 1890-2022

(23 ms boxes + 1 large folio box + 1 binder)
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This collection comprises material relating to the life of Alan Neaves and his wife Jean Neaves (née Dalgleish) including: drafts of "A Biographical Memoir of Alan Reginald Neaves", letters, correspondence, speeches, papers, certificates, appointment diaries, notes, publications, photographs and slides. Material also relates to Alan's career including his time as Commonwealth Crown Solicitor, Secretary to the Attorney-General's Department and Federal Court Judge. Also included are family history papers relating to: the Dalgleish and Hilton families, Jean's maternal and paternal sides; the Neaves family including typed copies of Henry Herbert Neaves', Alan's father, "War Diary of Captain H.H. Neaves"; the Jones family, Alan's maternal side; and, extended families including Kelly and Hoskins.
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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.

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

Abstract Or Scope
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 Dermot Casey, 1840-1976

2.01 metres (5 archives boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 large folio box + 1 large packet)
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Papers relating to the family of Dermot Casey, including personal and business correspondence, documents, family history material, his military service during World War I and photographs. Many of the papers relate to Dermot Casey's grandfather Cornelius Gavin Casey, a surgeon who arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1833. In 1834 Cornelius Gavin Casey was posted to the penal settlement at Port Arthur, and went on to work in various districts around Tasmania. When his wife Letitia died in 1863 he left the colony for Victoria with his 16 year old son Richard Gardiner Casey. A substantial part of the collection comprises the papers of Richard Gardiner Casey, who became a pastoralist and businessman, served as a member of the Queensland parliament and was Chairman of the Victoria Racing Club.
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Letters of Wilfred Burchett to Sarah Boston, 1969-1970

(1 folder)
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This collection comprises of letters from Wilfred Burchett to Sarah Boston, dating from 1969-70. At the time Sarah Boston was a researcher working for Granada TV and was asked to research the life of Ho Chi Minh. She met Wilfred Burchett in Paris and he assisted her with her research.

Papers of Stefan Boleslaw Ludwik Swirski

(3 ms boxes)
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Collection comprises official documents and letters relating to Stefan Swirski's experiences in Auschwitz and Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps, liberation of concentration camps, experiences in displaced persons camp in Austria. The collection includes identification cards, travel permits and documents, original camp records, ration card, official documents from the Polish Center Linz, education records, immigration related papers, employment records, biographical information, and published books - KZ. Mauthausen by Simon Wiesenthal and Oswiecim malarstwo rzezba grafika. Published by Wydawnictwo Artystyczno.
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Papers of John Poynter relating to Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson (Lord Novar), 1974-2012

(7 ms boxes)
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The papers relate to a proposed publication of the despatches of Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson (Lord Novar) to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, copies of which are held in the Novar Papers in the National Library of Australia (MS 696). John Poynter began his research in 1974 and worked on it intermittently for many years. He broadened the scope of the project considerably to incorporate private letters written by Munro Ferguson, many of which are held in British libraries, and entries in his diaries (1915-20), then held by Munro Ferguson's nephew, A.B.L. Munro Ferguson. He also collected material on the Munro Ferguson Family and Munro Ferguson's early political career. A draft, including an introduction, was completed, with the provisional title of The Laird among the Larrikins, but the work was not published. The papers comprise various drafts of the proposed book, correspondence of Poynter with the National Library, A.B.L. Munro Ferguson, historians, researchers, libraries and record offices, and notes, lists and photocopies of primary and secondary sources.

Papers relating to Sir George Knowles, 1882-1947

1.04 metres (1 ms box + 1 piece+ 1 phase box)
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Various documents including photographs relating to the opening of the George Knowles Building; certificates, medals and insignias; and an autograph book containing the signatures of the attendees to the first assembly of the League of Nations (1920).

Papers of Geoff Mullen, 1960s-1990s

1.35 metres (5 ms boxes + 1 large folio box)
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Papers of Geoff Mullen relating to the anti-conscription movement during Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. Includes files covering various aspects of the anti-conscription movement including complaints against police, prison reform, University of Sydney related papers, submissions by police officers, press cuttings and serial publication, badges and posters and anti-conscription kit.
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