13.36 metres(12 MS Boxes + 56 Archive Boxes + 1 Large Folio Box + 4 Phase Boxes)
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A collection of Australian and overseas comics and cartoons which include Australian reprints of material from overseas ; comic books by Australian artists and writers including Syd Nicholls, Stan Cross, Emile Mercier, John Dixon, Will Donald ; original drawings for cartoons and comic strips. Some series names in the collection are, Batman, Bulldog, Brandon and Horwitz. There are also comic fan magazines and some original cartoon drawings.
30.45 metres(129 MS Boxes + 19 Archive Boxes + 1 Small Folio Box + 6 Medium Folio Box + 124 Volumes + 2 Folders) + 142 Sound/Digital carriers
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MS 4614 comprises correspondence, diaries, memoirs, a wide range of Australian Labor Party material, including minutes, reports, articles, book reviews, press releases and speeches, Australian Workers' Union rule books and other publications, and other material including an extensive collection of pamphlets. Much of the collection has been collated, indexed and bound by Cameron.
Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items for Australian performing arts organisations, Australian artists performing overseas, professional productions performed in Australia (including those featuring overseas performers) and overseas performances of Australian plays, music, etc.
The bulk of the papers relate to Hill's published works, forming a comprehensive record of his literary career. There is research material, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, galley and page proofs, correspondence and letters from readers. Major correspondents are Rosemary Creswell (Hill's agent), Max Harris and the numerous publishers with whom Hill dealt. There is a small group of drafts of unpublished short stories, plays and poems and cutting books containing copies of newspaper and journal articles by and about Hill, including reviews of his books.MS Acc12.120 comprises typescript manuscripts, proofs, drafts, outlines, story files, research notes, diaries, ephemera, posters and correspondence relating to Anthony Hill's publications, primarily "Animal Heroes", "Captain Cook's Apprentice" and "The Story of Billy Young".
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).
(89 ms boxes + 3 large folio boxes + 1 medium folio box + 7 small folio boxes + 3 volumes + 13 map folios + 2 elephant folios + 219 sound/av carriers + 63 digital carriers)
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The collection comprises four instalments. The original instalment MS Acc09.179 comprises research material on various topics including Chloe MacMillan, gold transfer from Nazi Germany to Lisbon, Salazar, Macau, Huambo, Luanda; documents relating to East Timor including lists of military equipment in use, United Nations documents, Timorese Constitution, 2006 violence; correspondence with Noam Chomsky on East Timor, Francesc Vendrell, United Nations, Helen Clark, Herb Feith, Arthur Tange, Francis James, Kevin Sherlock; publications including articles arising from Jolliffe's interviews with Xanana Gusmao and Konis Santana; articles by Jolliffe as filed to commissioning newspapers; photographs, mostly taken in East Timor and others from Angola, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, China, Burma, Azores, Macau; news clippings of Jolliffe's articles; journalistic and research notebooks; videos and audio tapes of stories and radio broadcasts concerning East Timor; ephemera including press cards, invitations, exhibition catalogues and World War II propaganda.The MS Acc11.188 instalment comprises manuscript and published material relating to Portugal and its colonies, specifically East Timor and Angola with some references to Macau. The contents include newspaper articles, photographs, monographs, Portuguese cabinet documents, a significant collection of postcards, realia, manuscripts and correspondence (notably with Xanana Gusmão). Much of the material is written in Portuguese.The MS Acc12.040 instalment comprises manuscript and published material relating to Portugal and its colonies, specifically East Timor and Angola with some references to Macau. The contents include newspaper articles, photographs, monographs, realia, manuscripts and correspondence. Much of the material is written in Portuguese.The MS Acc17.135 installment comprises papers from Jill Jolliffe's professional life as an investigative journalist. They include working files containing a combination of research material, notes, printed ephemera, clippings, drafts of articles, transcripts of interviews, printed emails and correspondence. There are photographic prints, modest objects, Government reports, videos and audio cassettes, extensive material regarding East Timor, the Balibo Five and the Living Memory Project, published journals containing articles by Jill Jolliffe, notebooks containing notes from interviews.
The papers of Charles Perkins contain correspondence, cuttings, subject files, reports, meeting papers, cassette tapes, copies of official records, inquiry transcripts, speeches, photographs and printed matter documenting his life and career from his early sporting achievements in the 1950s until his consultancy work in the early 1990s.