Papers of Win Olive, 1957-2000 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 838734
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Olive, Win, 1918-2000
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1957-2000]
- 1.8 m. (12 boxes)
- Summary:
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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.
- Biography/History:
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Anti-nuclear activitist, supporter of indigenous rights and environmental campaigner. Crewed onboard the Pacific Peacemaker in 1981-1982 when it sailed around the Pacific to protest against use of nuclear weapons and later when it took part in a blockade of the launch of the Trident submarine in the USA. Joined anti-nuclear protestors at Pine Gap, Northern Territory in 1983 where she was one of a large group of women arrested for their activities.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no.: MS Acc01.014.
- Subject:
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- Olive, Win, 1918-2000 -- Archives
- Stanton, Vai, 1929-1995 -- Archives
- Pacific Peacemaker (Ketch)
- Pacifists -- Australia -- Archives
- Political activists -- Australia -- Archives
- Antinuclear movement -- Pacific Area
- Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
- Occupation:
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- Copyright:
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- Material type:
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