Guide to the Records of the National Council of Women of Australia
MS 7583, MS AccGB 1993.1502,.MS Acc07.096, MS Acc15.086
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: December 2023
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Class MS 7583. Original consignment
Executive Meetings, Launceston, 1974 - 1975 (File 2) - Box 1 (MS 7583)
Includes meeting minutes, correspondence and reports.
Executive Meeting, Queensland, 1975 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 7583)
Includes reports and meeting minutes.
Executive Meeting, Melbourne, 1976 - 1977 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 7583)
Includes meeting minutes, correspondence and reports.
Executive Meeting - Various, 1978 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 7583)
Includes meeting minutes, correspondence and reports.
Triennial Conference, Adelaide, 1979 (File 6a) - Box 1 (MS 7583)
Includes reports including one titled "The Changed Roles in Society-Where Next?" and correspondence.
Triennial Conference, Adelaide, 1979 (File 6b) - Box 1 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, reports and nominations.
Board Correspondence, 1970 - 1976 (File 7) - Box 2 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, select list of women's organisations in Australia and material related to the state of Jewish residents in Australia, including press releases.
Correspondence - New office space, 1977 - 1979 (File 10) - Box 2 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence relating to new office space. Also includes a site plan.
Launceston Council - Various, 1967 - 1975 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS 7583)
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file contains language, terms and descriptions that could cause offence and may not be considered appropriate...
Correspondence - General, 1976 - 1979 (File 12) - Box 3 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence relating to funding, resolutions relating to female circumcision, superannuation and other. Also includes a black and white photograph of Mrs Cunningham.
Constitution - State, 1972 - 1975 (File 13) - Box 3 (MS 7583)
Includes material related to The National Council of Women of the Northern Territory Constitution. Also includes memos, rules and booklets.
National Council of Women of New South Wales - Correspondence, 1976 - 1981 (File 14) - Box 3 (MS 7583)
Includes general correspondence.
National Council of Women of Tasmania - Correspondence, 1975 - 1977 (File 15) - Box 3 (MS 7583)
Includes booklet on the History of National Councils of Women in Tasmania, correspondence relating to tertiary education, children, employment and other.
National Council of Women of Queensland - Correspondence, 1973 - 1979 (File 16) - Box 3 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, photocopies of articles, budget proposals, historical information and other.
National Council of Women of Northern Territory - Correspondence, 1971 - 1980 (File 17) - Box 3 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence and meeting reports.
National Council of Women of Western Australia - Correspondence, 1972 - 1976 (File 18) - Box 3 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence related to financial assistance for the hard of hearing, parenthood, child health and other.
Correspondence, 1976 - 1981 (File 19) - Box 4a (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence related to drink driving and consumers groups. Also includes a paper on consumer policy.
Correspondence, 1973 - 1976 (File 20) - Box 4a (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence related to film on Australian urban life, child benefits and other. Also includes a transcript of a news broadcast.
Correspondence, 1971 - 1979 (File 21) - Box 4a (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with various government departments and officials such as the Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Treasury and others. Also includes press releases and pre-budget talks.
Correspondence - Attorney General and Human Rights Commission, 1956 - 1982 (File 22) - Box 4a (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence and newspaper clippings. Also includes material related to the Human Rights Bill and media releases.
Correspondence - Foreign Affairs, 1966 - 1981 (File 23) - Box 4a (MS 7583)
Correspondence relating to various subjects including opium growing in Thailand, child slavery, political prisoners, the status of women, income generating projects and other.
Correspondence - Various, 1970 - 1979 (File 24) - Box 4b (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence relating to recruitment advertising, de facto wives and rates of pay for women members of the Armed Forces.
Correspondence - Ministers, 1979 (File 26a) - Box 4b (MS 7583)
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file contains language, terms and descriptions that could cause offence and may not be considered appropriate...
Correspondence - Ministers, 1979 (File 26b) - Box 4b (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with the Minister for Social Security, Attorney General and the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Correspondence - Prime Minister, 1974 - 1982 (File 27) - Box 5 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence directed to the Prime Minister.
Correspondence - Prime Minister and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister, 1974 - 1977 (File 28) - Box 5 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with Malcom Fraser, Ian Macphee and others.
Correspondence - Various, 1967 - 1980 (File 29) - Box 5 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with the Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs, the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, the Minister for Labour and others.
Correspondence - Department of Repatriation and Compensation, 1972 - 1974 (File 35) - Box 5 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence related to discrimination. Also includes newspaper article.
Correspondence - The Department of the Special Minister of State, 1974 - 1975 (File 37) - Box 5 (MS 7583)
Senate Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, 1972 (File 43) - Box 6 (MS 7583)
Includes submission regarding divorce.
Correspondence - Alternative cropping programme for Thailand's Golden Triangle, 1972 - 1979 (File 44) - Box 6 (MS 7583)
Correspondence - Various, 1978 - 1979 (File 45) - Box 6 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence relating to "Women as Voluntary Workers", family law, anti-discrimination and other. Also includes newsletters and National Council of Women background information.
Correspondence - Consumerism, 1975 - 1976 (File 46) - Box 6 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence and papers relating to perishable foods and consumerism. Also includes submission relating to consumer interests.
Consumer Standards Advisory Commission, 1975 - 1980 (File 47) - Box 6 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, newsletters, media releases, copy of a draft bill relating to trade practices, a report on meetings held in North America, and other.
Correspondence - Family Court, 1977 - 1979 (File 49) - Box 6 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence related to family court and the Royal Commission on Human Relationships.
Correspondence - Aboriginal rights, 1971 - 1979 (File 50) - Box 6 (MS 7583)
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file contains language, terms and descriptions that could cause offence and may not be considered appropriate...
International Women's Year - Part 1, 1975 - 1976 (File 51) - Box 7 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, reports, souvenir programme, pamphlet, speech, newsletters and other.
National Women Council of Australia - Biographical data, 1976 (File 54) - Box 7 (MS 7583)
Includes several biographies and curriculum vitae.
Equal Pay, 1974 - 1978 (File 55) - Box 7 (MS 7583)
Includes reports, comments relating to the national compensation bill, material related to a maternity leave case and equal pay.
Correspondence - Badges, 1973 - 1982 (File 57) - Box 7 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence and quotes.
Status of Women in Australia, 1972 - 1979 (File 59) - Box 8 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, reports, newspaper cuttings and other.
United Nations and the Status of Women, 1976 - 1979 (File 60) - Box 8 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, conference papers, pamphlets, reports, agendas and other.
Correspondence - Various, 1966 - 1982 (File 63) - Box 8 (MS 7583)
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this file contains language, terms and descriptions that could cause offence and may not be considered appropriate...
Correspondence, 1976 - 1977 (File 64) - Box 8 (MS 7583)
Material related to pornographic material entering Australia.
Princess Prem's Visit, 1977 - 1978 (File 65) - Box 8 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, newspaper cuttings, itinerary, agenda's, invitation, programme and other.
Queen Elizabeth, 1977 (File 66) - Box 8 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence from the Queen's Lady-in-Waiting and others, relating to the Queen's visit to Adelaide.
Cheque and Bank Deposit Books, n.d. (File 67) - Box 9 (MS 7583)
Includes 12 cheque and deposit books.
Financial information, 1967 - 1973 (File 73) - Box 10 (MS 7583)
Includes reports on finances and budgets.
Travel Financing, 1974 - 1982 (File 79) - Box 10 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, proposal and newspaper clippings.
Financial Statements, 1980 (File 81) - Box 10 (MS 7583)
Includes financial statements and grant requests.
Financial Statements, 1974 - 1977 (File 82) - Box 10 (MS 7583)
Includes financial statements and grant requests.
Report of the Triennial Meeting of the International Council of Women - Tehran, Iran (ICW), 1966 (Item 84) - Box 11 (MS 7583)
International Council of Women - Early minutes, 1932 - 1936 (File 85) - Box 11 (MS 7583)
Includes meeting minutes bound in hardcover.
Correspondence - Various, 1978 - 1982 (File 87) - Box 11 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with the Minister of Industrial Relations, the Australian Bicentennial Authority and others.
Correspondence - Various, 1974 - 1980 (File 88) - Box 11 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with the Department of Transport. Also includes short stories.
Correspondence - General, 1969 - 1979 (File 89) - Box 11 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with the Minister for Post and Telecommunications, and others.
Correspondence - Australian Convenors, 1976 - 1980 (File 90) - Box 11 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with the Convenor of Social Welfare, and others.
Correspondence - Various, 1971 - 1982 (File 91) - Box 11 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with the Human Rights Bureau, the Parliament House, and others.
National Council of Women of Australia - Minutes book, 1928 - 1931 (File 92) - Box 12 (MS 7583)
Bound minute book of the Federal Council of National Councils of Women of Australia.
National Council of Women of Australia - Minutes book, 1924 - 1928 (File 93) - Box 12 (MS 7583)
Bound minute book of the Federal Council of National Councils of Women of Australia.
National Council of Women of Australia - Board Minutes, 1931 - 1934 (File 94) - Box 12 (MS 7583)
Includes one notebook.
National Council of Women of Australia - Board Minutes, 1936 - 1942 (File 95) - Box 12 (MS 7583)
Includes one notebook.
National Council of Women of Australia - Board Minutes, 1943 - 1944 (File 96) - Box 12 (MS 7583)
Includes one notebook.
Board Minutes, December 1978 - October 1981 (Item 108) - Box 15 (MS 7583)
Includes one large notebook.
Correspondence - Various, 1971 - 1973 (File 113) - Box 16 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence related to campaigns and submissions, pharmaceutical benefits, taxation, and other.
Correspondence - Various, 1975 - 1982 (File 114) - Box 16 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence related to campaigns and submissions, enquiry into education, state of women, class actions, and other.
Correspondence and Appeals, 1952 - 1973 (File 115) - Box 16 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence related to wage cases, women's residence at the university of Papua New Guinea, and other.
Biennial and Triennial Conference - Reports, 1960 - 1970 (File 116) - Box 17 (MS 7583)
Includes 5 reports of conferences held in Tasmania, Brisbane, Canberra and Perth.
Triennial Conference - Reports, 1976 (File 118) - Box 17 (MS 7583)
Includes 2 reports and a programme.
Triennial Conference - Canberra, 1976 (File 119) - Box 17 (MS 7583)
Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, resolutions and reports.
Triennial Conference - Various, 1979 - 1985 (File 120) - Box 17 (MS 7583)
Includes report, service leaflet and programme.
Conference Reports - Melbourne - Sydney, 1942 - 1944 (Item 121) - Box 17 (MS 7583)
Includes one notebook.
Conference - "Strategies for the Eighties", 11 September 1984 - 16 September 1984 (Item 122) - Box 17 (MS 7583)
Includes one report.
Endeavour - Women's Associations in New South Wales - 1896 - 1978, National Council of Women of N.S.W., 1978 (Item 123) - Box 17 (MS 7583)
International Council of Women - Correspondence, 1968 - 1974 (File 124) - Box 18 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, statements, biographical data, and other.
Correspondence - International Councils, 1971 - 1977 (File 126) - Box 18 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with Turkey, South Africa, France, Korea and others. Also includes 4 black and white photographs.
Correspondence - International Councils, 1977 - 1979 (File 127) - Box 18 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with the United States, New Zealand, Israel, Papua New Guinea, and others.
Correspondence - Various, 1968 - 1980 (File 128) - Box 18 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence relating to the Standing Committee of Economics, and new councils in South East Asia region.
Executive Meeting, 1981 (File 129) - Box 18 (MS 7583)
Includes report of executive meeting held in Brussels, meeting agendas and minutes.
Executive Meetings - Various, 1977 - 1978 (File 130) - Box 18 (MS 7583)
Includes report of executive meeting held in Oslo And Israel. Also includes recommendations, agendas, circular letters and correspondence.
Executive Meetings - Various, 1978 (File 131) - Box 18 (MS 7583)
Includes report of executive meeting held in Oslo, Israel, Thailand and others. Also includes recommendations, newsletter, agendas, circular letters and correspondence and material related to abortion and migration.
Executive Meetings - Various, 1978 (File 132) - Box 18 (MS 7583)
Includes reports, meeting minutes, programmes and other.
Various documents, 1975 - 1976 (File 133) - Box 19 (MS 7583)
Includes documents relating to nominations, elections, agendas, correspondence, reports, and other.
Various documents, 1974 - 1976 (File 134) - Box 19 (MS 7583)
Includes documents relating to nominations, elections, newspaper cutting, agendas, correspondence, reports relating to Triennial conferences, and other.
Various documents, 1976 (File 135) - Box 19 (MS 7583)
Includes documents relating to nominations, elections, agendas, correspondence, reports relating to plenary conferences, and other.
Standing Committees - Reports, 1979 - 1981 (File 136) - Box 19 (MS 7583)
Includes reports, questionnaires, submissions and some correspondence.
Standing Committees - Various, 1979 - 1981 (File 137) - Box 19 (MS 7583)
Includes reports, questionnaires, meeting minutes relating to the 22nd Plenary Conference in Nairobi, and some correspondence.
Standing Committees - Various, 1979 - 1981 (File 138) - Box 19 (MS 7583)
Includes reports and questionnaires relating to the 22nd Plenary Conference in Nairobi. Also includes some correspondence.
Standing Committees - Various, 1979 - 1982 (File 139) - Box 19 (MS 7583)
Includes reports, circulars, agendas and some correspondence relating to the 22nd Plenary conference in Nairobi.
Standing Committees - Various, 1970 - 1975 (File 140) - Box 19 (MS 7583)
Includes meeting minutes, reports, questionnaires and other.
Standing Committees - Various, 1966 - 1974 (File 141) - Box 20 (MS 7583)
Includes meeting minutes, circulars, correspondence and notes.
Standing Committees - Various, 1977 - 1979 (File 142) - Box 20 (MS 7583)
Includes draft resolutions, material related to the 16th NGO-UNESCO conference, reports, circular letters and other.
National Councils - Various, 1979 - 1982 (File 143) - Box 20 (MS 7583)
Includes some correspondence, circular letters, seminar material related to the status of women in Turkey, information received from the United Nations and its agencies, and other.
Conferences - Various, 1979 - 1982 (File 144) - Box 20 (MS 7583)
Includes reports related to the International Labour conference, meeting of the NGO/UNESCO standing committee, the second Asian Pacific Ministerial Conference, and others.
Plenary Conference, 1980 - 1982 (File 145) - Box 20 (MS 7583)
Includes minutes related to the 22nd Plenary Conference, circular letters, nominations for elections, background paper drafts and circular letters.
Twinning Programme, 1962 - 1979 (File 146) - Box 20 (MS 7583)
Includes preliminary questionnaire, background information, correspondence, applications for project subsidies, four colour photographs and one black and white photograph related to Thailand.
Twinning Programme - Australia - Thailand, 1977 - 1979 (File 147) - Box 20 (MS 7583)
Includes memos, correspondence, registration information, and newspaper clippings.
Regional Conference - Brisbane, 1962 - 1964 (File 148) - Box 20 (MS 7583)
Includes seminar material, list of official delegates, statements of accounting, reports, survey questionnaire, and other.
Convenors - General, 1971 - 1975 (File 149) - Box 20 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, list of consulates, circular letters and other.
Plenary Meeting - Bangkok, 1970 - 1973 (File 150) - Box 21 (MS 7583)
Includes meeting minutes, election results, booklets, reports, correspondence and other.
Regional Conference - Sydney, 1973 - 1974 (File 151) - Box 21 (MS 7583)
Includes report, conference topics and meeting minutes.
United Nations World Conference, 1961 - 1975 (File 152) - Box 21 (MS 7583)
Includes agenda, two reports, a draft convention on the elimination of discrimination against women and material related to an NGO Environment Liaison Meeting in Nairobi.
International Council of Women - Various, 1971 - 1976 (File 153) - Box 21 (MS 7583)
Includes questionnaires, reports, material related to the Third Conference on Maritime Law in Caracas and some correspondence.
Regional Conference - New Delhi, 1976 - 1977 (File 154) - Box 21 (MS 7583)
Includes background information and correspondence.
International Seminar on Leadership Training of Rural Women, 1978 - 1979 (File 155) - Box 21 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence with Manila, Thailand and others. Also includes reports and recommendations.
Conference - Kenya, 1979 (File 156) - Box 21 (MS 7583)
Includes report, remarks, correspondence, draft resolutions and other.
Conference - Kenya, 1979 (File 157) - Box 21 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, pamphlets, circular letters, draft resolutions, and other.
UNESCO Reports, 1971 - 1982 (File 158) - Box 22 (MS 7583)
Includes UNESCO reports, background notes on Second World Conference of Cultural Policies, questionnaires, programmes and other.
UNICEF - Various, 1974 - 1980 (File 159) - Box 22 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, meeting agenda and meeting report.
International Year of the Child - Various, 1979 (File 160) - Box 22 (MS 7583)
Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, circular letters, report from meeting, newsletter, Catalogue of National Evens and Projects in Australia, and other.
International Year of the Child - Newsletters, 1979 - 1980 (File 161) - Box 22 (MS 7583)
Includes newsletters.
International Year of Disabled Persons, 1980 - 1981 (File 162) - Box 22 (MS 7583)
Includes reports and some correspondence.
International Council of Women - Newsletters - Paris, 1964 - 1969 (File 163) - Box 22 (MS 7583)
Contents written in French.
International Council of Women - Newsletters - Paris, 1969 - 1981 (File 164) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
Contents written in French.
International Council of Women - Newsletters and Quarterly Journals - Paris, 1974 - 1982 (File 165) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
Contents written in French.
The National Council of Women Bulletin - India, 1971 - 1974 (File 166) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
Includes 2 copies.
International Council of Women - Publications - Korea, 1974 - 1980 (File 167) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
Includes 8 copies of "The Woman" publication. Also includes one copy of "Women and Population".
The Woman, Vol.9, The National Council of Women of the Republic of Korea, 1974 (Item 167.1) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
The Woman, Vol.12, The National Council of Women of the Republic of Korea, 1976 (Item 167.2) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
The Woman, Vol.13, No.1, The National Council of Women of the Republic of Korea, 1977 (Item 167.3) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
The Woman, Vol.13, No.2 No.1, The National Council of Women of the Republic of Korea, 1977 (Item 167.4) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
The Woman, Vol.14, No.1, The National Council of Women of the Republic of Korea, 1978 (Item 167.5) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
The Woman, Vol.14, No.2, The National Council of Women of the Republic of Korea, 1978 (Item 167.6) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
The Woman, Vol.14, No.3, The National Council of Women of the Republic of Korea, 1978 (Item 167.7) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
International Council of Women - Publications - New Zealand - Rhodesia, 1971 - 1978 (File 168) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
Includes 3 publications of "Viewpoint", two publications of "Quarterly" and two National Council of Women of Rhodesia newsletters.
International Council of Women - Publications - South Africa, 1978 - 1982 (File 169) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
Includes 18 copies of "N.C.W. News" and a "68th Annual Report"
International Council of Women - Publications - South Africa, 1974 - 1978 (File 170) - Box 23 (MS 7583)
Includes 26 copies of "N.C.W. News".
International Council of Women - Publications - Various, 1971 - 1979 (File 171) - Box 24 (MS 7583)
Includes newsletters, from the Women's Organisation of Iran, two copies of the APWA newsletter, and other.
International Council of Women - Publications - United States, 1973 - 1979 (File 172) - Box 24 (MS 7583)
Includes 36 copies of "The National Council of Women of the United States Bulletin".
International Council of Women - Publications - Italy, 1975 - 1983 (File 173) - Box 24 (MS 7583)
Includes 13 copies of "Notiziario Trimestrale".
Various documents, 1971 - 1982 (File 174) - Box 24 (MS 7583)
Includes reports, material related to the 22nd Plenary conference in Nairobi, media reports, questionnaires, correspondence and a handbook of The National Council of Women of Australia.
Various documents, 1971 - 1975 (File 175) - Box 24 (MS 7583)
Includes "Outline of History of the National Council of Women of Great Britain", convenor reports, regional newsletters and seminar reports.
Various documents, 1962 - 1975 (File 176) - Box 24 (MS 7583)
Includes pre-budget submissions, material related to the Australian Taxation Office, and Constitution material.