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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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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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Collection of James Somerville relating to the pacifist movement in Australia

(1 folder in shared box)
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This collection comprises material collected by Somerville relating to individuals and organisations active in the pacifist movement in Australia in 1940-1974. There are circulars, pamphlets and newsletters printed by organisations such as the Christian Pacifist Movement of Victoria, the Central Committee of Conscientious Objectors, the Association for International Co-operation and Disarmament (NSW) and the Peace News Limited. Correspondence between Somerville and significant Australians like H. V. Evatt related to conscientious objectors such as Leslie Warren Hoey, Lloyd Butler and Bill Tarry.
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Guide to the Papers of Keith Busby and Hazel Busby, 1943-1987

(6 ms boxes)
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This collection comprises newspaper articles, reports, publications, correspondence, research and notes relating to Hazel Busby's appeal for workers compensation for the 1971 death of her husband, Keith Busby. Keith Busby was a RAAF pilot who was exposed to the radioactive area of Maralinga after the Buffalo 1 atomic test in the 1950s.
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Letters of Norman Wood to Peter Solness, 1985-1988

(1 folder)
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This collection comprises letters dating from 1985-1988 from Norman Wood to Peter Solness, following Solness' visit to Paraguay to document the survivors and descendants of the New Australia Colony, a socialist utopian settlement established by William Lane in 1893-1894. The letters describe Wood's life and his reflections on Paraguay, as well as discussing the correspondence he received from Australians after Solness published an article about the Colony.
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Papers of Anna Reynolds, 1998-2004

(503 digital files)
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This collection primarily comprises material created and maintained by Anna Reynolds during her time as founder and coordinator of the Climate Action Network Australia (CANA), 1998-2001. CANA is "... a network of organisations working together to protect people from climate change and its impacts, to safeguard our natural environment, and to build a fairer and healthier Australia". The collection includes conference programs, reports, correspondence, budget and funding files, website content, files relating to the World Wildlife Fund, media releases, planning and briefing documentation, subject files, tax campaigns, CANA directories, presentations, submissions and meeting files.
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Papers of Anna Reynolds, 1998-2004 (503 digital files)

 

Papers of Claudia Contessini, 1970-1974

(1 folder + 1 medium folio box)
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The collection comprises the only known copies of the first press release issued in Australia by an LGBTIQ+ organisation, the only copies of a considerable number of newsletters of the Daughters of Bilitis, as well as minutes from the Daughters of Bilitis meetings.
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Papers of Claudia Contessini, 1970-1974 (1 folder + 1 medium folio box)

 

Papers of David Smith, 1998-1999

(2 folders)
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This collection comprises material relating the 1999 referendum on an Australian republic, and includes background papers, correspondence and speeches.
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Papers of David Smith, 1998-1999 (2 folders)

 

Papers of F. M. Pharo, circa 1900-1922

(2 folders + 1 packet + 1 ms box + 1 custom box)
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MS 6669 comprises a small collection of letters and photographs relating to Miss Pharo's services to Lady Munro-Ferguson: Letters from Lady Munro Ferguson, Captain the Hon Bede Clifford later Earl of Chudleigh and others to Miss Pharo for the period 1900 to 1921. Most of these acknowledgements for Miss Pharo's services and farewell notes on Miss Pharo's departure from Government House. There is also a small group of subject files of copies of "out letters" from the Governor General's office. These consist of official letters to various organizations: The Society for Welfare of Mothers and Babies; The Friendly Union of Soldiers' Wives; The Imperial War Relief Fund and the soldiers' Welfare Committee. The photographs in this collection are of Lady Munro Ferguson, Captain Clifford and Miss Pharo.
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Papers of F. M. Pharo, circa 1900-1922 (2 folders + 1 packet + 1 ms box + 1 custom box)

 

Papers of Helen McCue

(11 ms boxes + 1 custom box + 1 piece + 1 album)
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Cultural Sensitivity notice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this collection contains images and names of deceased persons.
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Papers of Helen McCue (11 ms boxes + 1 custom box + 1 piece + 1 album)