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Papers of Tim Fischer, 1971-2017

11.16 metres (27 archives boxes + 11 MS boxes + 4 large folio boxes + 3 medium folio boxes + 1 poster box)
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The collection comprises papers relating to Ministerial overseas visits, small booklets, programs, files relating to Fischer's role as Deputy Prime Minister; official Ministerial diaries 1996 to 1999; other diaries; overseas travel photo albums relating to specific Trade Minister visits, mainly to the Middle East and Asia; framed photos relating to official activities; some general files of passing interest; transcripts of key speeches; election ephemera from State and Federal elections; briefing notes for Incoming Minister; files from role in Rome as Ambassador to the Holy See; early drafts of the six books written by Fischer and various awards and certificates from around the world.

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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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 Christine Fraser

(2 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 map-folio)
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The collection comprises papers relating to the Franklin River Blockade, a protest against a decision by the Tasmanian Government to dam the Franklin River to generate hydro-electricity. The protest was coordinated by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS). The papers are a personal record of the campaign and include trainer materials on facilitation and consensus decision making detailing the internal politics of the campaign, reports, handbooks and information leaflets, meeting notes and agendas, ephemera, pictures, and personal correspondence between family, and campaigners throughout the blockade.
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Papers of Jean Battersby, 1966-1985

6.0 metres (40 boxes)
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MS Acc04.301 comprises 31 boxes of: personal copies of correspondence, including letters for the signature of the Prime Minister, 1972-1983 (12 boxes); papers relating to general arts activities, including invitations, programs and material concerning the Adelaide Arts Festival, 1974-1978 (4 boxes); material relating to Battersby's international negotiations in North America, Greece, France and elsewhere, including the South Pacific Festival of Arts (10 boxes); papers and analysis on government policy and support for the arts, both in Australia and overseas (4 boxes); and papers relating to the National Cultural Heritage Committee which Battersby chaired (1 box).

Papers of Terry Larkin, 1960-2010

(7 ms boxes)
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This collection includes content relating to Larkin's time working with prominent Australian politicians at Treasury and includes official speeches, correspondence, research, and other papers relating to his time in the public service. It includes reports, research, and policy documents focusing on the Australian economy and trade. The collection also includes papers relating to the food industry in Australia, the development of a Fast Train line between Canberra and Sydney, Uranium, oil and gas, and other Commonwealth affairs.

Minutes of evidence and reports, Commonwealth Housing Commission, 1943-1944

1.44 metres (8 archives boxes)
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Evidence covering each state given by government departments and instrumentalities, associations, municipalities, country shires and the manufacturing sector. Evidence incomplete from New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Also one folder of reports to National Works Council. Evidence in typescript form.
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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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Vote No to the Voice rally for the referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Hyde Park, Sydney, New South Wales, 23 September, 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 Sir John Quick, 1885-1954

(4 ms boxes + 6 archive boxes + 1 large folio-box)
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This collection comprises reminiscences of Sir John Quick's life and times, and other items that mostly relate to his proposed bibliography of Australian literature, and scrapbooks related to his career. Also included is material related to Sir John Quick and his wife Lady Catherine Quick including scrapbooks, invitations, programs, certificates, personal papers, correspondence and objects.
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