Papers of Franca Arena, 1959-2005 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 3109094
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Arena, Franca, 1937-
- Access Conditions:
- Not available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [1959-2005]
- 0.90 m. (6 boxes)
- Summary:
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MS 9813 mainly comprises papers that relate to the period when Franca Arena was a member of the New South Wales Parliament. The collection includes copies of corrspondence, documents (including references), media releases, articles, newspaper cuttings and Hansard extracts, 1959-1997, principally relating to Arena's political activities and the suspension motion against her in 1997. There are also copies of her Electoral reports, no. 1-34 (May 1982-December 1998) and anniversary publications of the Italian-Australian Women's Association, Cinderellas no more (1995) and Vent'anni (2005) (6 boxes).
- Biography/History:
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Politician and women's rights activist. Franca Arena was born in Genoa, Italy, and migrated to Australia in 1959. She was the founding member of the Migrant Women's Association, president of the National Italian-Australian Women's Association, founder of the New South Wales Ethnic Community Council, won a Churchill Fellowship, and was commissioner of the Education Commission of New South Wales. In 1981, she was the first woman from a non-English speaking background to be elected to the New South Wales Parliament, where she served for seventeen years. Arena resigned from the Australian Labor Party in November 1997, remaining in the Legislative Assembly as an Independent until her resignation from Parliament in March 1999. In 1980, she became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to ethnic affairs. In 2002, Arena published her autobiography titled Franca: my story.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no.: MS 9813.
- Related Material:
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- Republic vs monarchy; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 2302.
- Franca Arena - papers, ca. 1960-2000; Located at; State Library of New South Wales.
- Subject:
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- Arena, Franca, 1937- -- Archives
- Australian Labor Party -- Officials and employees -- Archives
- Politicians -- Australia -- Archives
- Women politicians -- Australia -- Archives
- Social reformers -- Australia -- Archives
- Women social reformers -- Australia -- Archives
- Italians -- Australia -- Archives
- Women's rights -- Australia
- New South Wales -- Politics and government
- Time Coverage:
- 1959-2005
- Occupation:
- Copyright:
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