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MS Acc08.200 and MS Acc10.037

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Collection Summary

Creator
Rural Australians for Refugees
Title
Records of Rural Australians for Refugees
Date Range
2000-2008
Collection Number
MS Acc08.200 and MS Acc10.037
Extent
9.45 metres (56 boxes + 2 folio boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4759316).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of Rural Australians for Refugees, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

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Item Descriptions

Class MS Acc08.200. Original Consignment

9.45 metres

Administration and financial records; correspondence including letters from detention centre detainees; minutes of meetings; lobbying and publicity material; publications including RAR newsletters; "Welcome book" material (ie. kits supplied to refugees on arrival in rural communities); papers relating to the sinking of the SIEV-X, detention centres, deportations, fundraising and a "Freedom quilt" project; submissions; photographs; papers and audiovisual material relating to Human Rights Day and World Refugee Day and Week; papers relating to barrister Julian Gormley's representation of Mahammad Kazim Kazimi in the Federal Court, 2004; research material; guides and education kits; and video and audio material on refugee themes.

Comprises 57 boxes + 1 elephant folio.

One large ring back file. RAR Archives Project Management file (File) - Box 1

First public meeting 5 November 2001 at Bowral (File) - Box 2

Susan Varga's emails and correspondence 2001-2002 (File) - Box 2

Helen McCue's emails and correspondence 2001-2009 (File) - Box 2

Anne Coombs emails and correspondence 2001-2002 (File) - Box 2

Samples of media releases 2001-2004 (File) - Box 2

RAR Website (two files) (File) - Box 2

RAR National Steering Group (File) - Box 2

RAR contacts (File) - Box 2

Emails to RAR Network (File) - Box 2

Poster of first meeting at Bowral 5 November 2001 (File) - Box 2

RAR National Newsletters 2001-2005 (three files) (File) - Box 3

Artwork for posters and banners (File) - Box 3

Artwork, transfers, stickers, badges, postcards (File) - Box 3

RAR Arts Projects (File) - Box 3

Promotional material (File) - Box 3

First RAR group - Southern Highlands. Meetings and activities (large folder) 2001-2005 (File) - Box 4

Southern Highlands meetings and activities 2002-2004 (File) - Box 4

Example of Welcome Book (File) - Box 4

Welcome Towns (File) - Box 4

Workbooks of Susan Varga and Sally Waterford (File) - Box 4

Workbooks of Anne Coombs (File) - Box 4

Twenty three files (last two in plastic sleeves only, now in a plastic bag together) (File) - Box 5

Networking with other refugee organisations. Spare Rooms for Refugees, United Nations, Mary McKillop Institute of Timorese Studies, St. Marys NSW, Australian Refugee Rights Alliance, Catholic Welfare Organisations, Romero Centre, A Just Australia, Australians Against Racism, Amnesty International, Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Uniting Church, Refugee Council of Australia, Melbourne Asylum Seekers Resources, Refugee Action Coaltion, Project Safecom, ChilOut, Actors for Refugees, Refugee Action Group, Australian Labour Party Policies on Refugees, Sanctuary Network Victoria, House of Welcome, Spare Rooms for Refugees (File) - Box 5

RAR involvement with - various (File) - Box 6

SIEV-X Project, (2 files two CDs, 1 minidisk); Presentation on Refugees and Detention Centres by South West Action for Refugees (one file) Freedom Bus 2002 (one file); Letter writing and gifts for detainees (one file) Immigration Rights and Advice Centre (one file); Deportations (one file); Department of Immigration and Indigenous Affairs information sheets and regulations (one file); Port Hedland (on efile); Baxter (three files); Nauru including photos, (one file); Woomera (one file); Villawood (one file); Christmas Island (one file).

Project SafeCom Inc. - Membership documents (2005-06 version), contained in the SIEV-X 2001 folder (Item NLA.MS-DM002494) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Imation Mini CD-RW 8cm, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Caring for land, caring for people, making a safe world

SIEVX, contained in the SIEV-X 2001 folder (Item NLA.MS-DM002495) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, TDK 80, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Remembering SievX, GLRAR Forster, contained in the SIEV-X 2001 folder (Item NLA.MS-DM002496) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, magmedia 4.7 Gb, Data DVD (any content of recordable DVD-R)
Port Hedland Paintings. Contained in Port Headland folder (Item NLA.MS-DM002497) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Datastream 700MB, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Woomera files, ACM Reports/Photos, Bakhtiyari documents (From Marilyn Shepherd Woomera) Contained in the Woomera folder. (Item NLA.MS-DM002498) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Prime 700Mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Newspaper clipping from Sydney Morning Herald 2001-2008 (File) - Box 7

Nine files of media coverage (File) - Box 8

The Australian (four files 2001-2008); The Melbourne Age (four files) 2000-2007; Australian Broadcasting Commission transcripts (one file) 2001-2005.

National RAR conference; Mudgee, NSW 2002: Albury/Wodonga, NSW/Victoria 2004; Bundanoon, NSW 2005 (File) - Box 9

One large ring back folder, two scrapbooks, two files. Summaries, programs, speakers' notes, media coverage, correspondence, photographs.

Fourteen files of media coverage (File) - Box 8A

Adelaide Advertiser 2004; Miscellaneous articles in magazines and papers 2001-2007 (ring back folder); Canberra Times 2001-2005; Herald Sun Melbourne 2003; Sydney and Sunday Telegraph 2002-2004; Collection of press cuttings on children in detention 2002; folder of clippings relating to return of refugees; various clippings and transcripts in folder called Holiday Camp Detention Australia, 2002; Green Left Weekly 2002-2004; Brisbane Courier Mail 2002-2004; folder with articles from various Australian and overseas papers in relation to children in detention.

Albury/Wodonga RAR, NSW/Victoria (File) - Box 10

One ring back folder. Minutes, correspondence, flyers, other material 2002.

Albury/Wodonga/Victoria (File) - Box 11

One ring back folder. Minutes, correspondence, pledge to families in Curtin, letter writing campaign, letters from detainees, 2002.

Albury/Wodonga, NSW/Victoria (File) - Box 12

Three ring back files. Minutes, press clippings, correspondence 2003-2006.

Albury/Wodonga, NSW/Victoria (File) - Box 13

One ring back folder and one file. Media coverage for 2002. Border Mail and other media.

Armidale RAR and Armidale justice for refugee, NSW (File) - Box 14

Two files, one folder, one ring back folder, packet of photographs. Minutes 2001-2005, correspondence and submissions 2002, press releases, publicity 2001-2005, activities and press clippings 2001-2004, financial records (received as loose papers, now in a plastic bag).

Minutes 2001-2005, correspondence and submissions 2002, press releases, publicity 2001-2005, activities and press clippings 2001-2004, financial records (received as loose papers, now in a plastic bag) (File) - Box 14

Armidale RAR and Armidale justice for refugee, NSW (File) - Box 15

Petitions, papers for 2003.

Bega RAR - NSW (File) - Box 15

Three files - emails, correspondence, activities, letters to Pauline Conley from detainees in Nauru 2002-2003.

Illawarra refugee collective (File) - Box 15

Two files - Correspondence, activities, visits to Villawood by Vivi Martin; Freedom Quilt Project (there is also a large scrap book that does not fit into an archive box).

Batemans Bay RAR, NSW (File) - Box 16

One file and one scrapbook 2002-2005 with press clippings, photos, correspondence, minutes and speeches.

Bermagui RAR, NSW (File) - Box 16

One file; media releases, press clippings, correspondence, photos 2001-2006.

Blue mountains refugee support group - NSW (File) - Box 16

One file; minutes of meetings 2002-2007; annual reports 2002-2004, newsletters 2003-2006, press clippings.

Braidwood RAR, NSW (File) - Box 17

Five files; press clippings 01-04, correspondence and emails 07, newsletters, posters, minutes of meetings for 02-03.

Goulburn RAR - NSW (File) - Box 17

Two scrapbooks comprising correspondence, photos, press clippings, flyers and other material. Newsletters for 02-03.

Bellingen RAR - NSW (File) - Box 18

Three ring back folders. Minutes of meetings 01-05, events 01-07, papers relating to assistance given to three refugees from 01-05.

Bellingen RAR - NSW (File) - Box 19

Ten files. Fund raising activities, visits to Port Hedland 2003, Port Hedland riots 2003, Amanda Jennings correspondence re disabled children in detention, poetry, newsletters 2001-2006, correspondence 2002-2005, press clippings 2002-2004, puppet shows and stalls 2002-2005, survey of occupations of detainees.

RAR Groups in Bathurst, Cootamundra, Kangaroo Valley, Lismore, Leeton, Mudgee (File) - Box 20

Ten files. Minutes, newsletters, correspondence, activities, press clippings, monograph, photographs, publicity material 2001-2007.

Great lakes RAR, NSW (File) - Box 21

Ten folders . Catalogue for boxes 21to 29. Submissions, letters from asylum seekers, documents relating to one asylum seeker 2003-2008, Human Rights Day 2005, World Refugee Week 2007, asylum seeker holidays.

Great lakes RAR, 2002 (File) - Box 22

NSW One large ring back folder. Minutes, correspondence, press clippings, newspapers, reports , speeches, position papers, fund raising and publicity.

Great lakes RAR, NSW, 2003 (File) - Box 23

NSW One large ring back folder. Minutes, correspondence, press clippings, newspapers, reports , speeches, position papers, fund raising and publicity.

Great lakes RAR, NSW, 2004 (File) - Box 24

One large ring back. Minutes, correspondence, press releases, newsletters, reports, speeches, position papers, fundraising and publicity.

Great lakes RAR, NSW, 2005 (File) - Box 25

One large ring back folder. Minutes, correspondence, press clippings, presentations, newsletters, reports, speeches, position papers, conferences, fundraising and public meetings.

Great lakes RAR, NSW, 2006 (File) - Box 26

One large ring back folder. Minutes, correspondence, press clippings, media releases, newsletters, reports, speeches, position papers, fund raising, public meetings.

Great lakes RAR, NSW, 2007 (File) - Box 27

One large ring back folder. Minutes, correspondence, press clippings, newsletters, reports, speeches, position papers.

Great lakes RAR, NSW, 2008 (File) - Box 28

One large ring back folder. Minutes, correspondence, press clippings, presentations, newsletters, reports, speeches, position papers, conferences, fund raising, public meetings.

Great lakes RAR, NSW, 2002-2008 (File) - Box 29

One large ring back folder. Donations, correspondence, refugee letters of thanks, liaison with other organisations.

Hastings (Port Macquarie) RAR, NSW (File) - Box 30

One folder and five files. Papers in relation to assistance give to refugee families, visit made to Port Hedland Detention Centre by Elaine and Geoff Smith in 2003.

Hastings (Port Macquarie) RAR, NSW (File) - Box 31

Nine folders. Emails, contact list, petitions, press clippings, activities 2002; information on refugees, correspondence to Geoff and Elaine Smith 2001; correspondence, media coverage, newsletters, membership, Nauru refugee supporters, notebook re visit to Villawood Detention Centre. 2002-2007. One packet of photographs.

Baw Baw RAR, Victoria (File) - Box 32

One large ring back folder kept by Dianne Potter from 2002-2007. Material to be kept together in this file. Contains meeting notes, press clippings, correspondence, flyers, reports and photographs. Material includes Ms Porter's personal fight stop the deportation of one refugee, assist his release into the community, and citizenship in 2007. Also one folder of correspondence and other papers.

Latrobe valley RAR, Victoria (File) - Box 33

Three files; correspondence, annual report 2003, letters to editor and press clippings for 2002-2007, correspondence to and from politicians, minutes of meetings 2002-2007.

Paynesville RAR, Victoria (File) - Box 33

One file; correspondence, emails, flyers, newsletters for 2002-2004, press clippings.

Shepparton RAR, Victoria (File) - Box 33

One file; flyers, correspondence, media releases and reports for 2003-2008.

Wimmera RAR, Victoria (File) - Box 33

One file; correspondence 2003-2007.

Ballarat refugee support network/Ballarat RAR (File) - Box 34

One file. Press clippings, letters to editor 2003-2007, correspondence, newsletters 2002-2008.

Castlemaine RAR, Victoria (File) - Box 34

One file. Welcome towns, annual meeting 2006, correspondence 01-08, newsletters 02-07, emails, flyers, press clippings.

Maryborough RAR, Victoria (File) - Box 34

Minutes of meeting 2003.

South Gippsland RAR, Victoria (File) - Box 34

Minutes of meetings 2003-2006, newsletters 2004-2007, posters, press cuttings and correspondence 2004.

Bendigo, Victoria (File) - Box 34

One file press clipping and email.

Two files and one scrapbook; newsletters 2004; minutes of meetings and brochures 2002-2006; scrapbook of press clippings 2001-2004; correspondence 2002-2007 (File) - Box 34A

South west action for refugees Warnambool Vic (File) - Box 35

Three files. Correspondence, newsletters, photos, press clippings, liaison with RAR and other organisations.

Woman for a humane refugee policy, Victoria (File) - Box 36

Two files, two scrapbooks, one booklet. Minutes of meetings 2002-2007, correspondence, press release and clippings, photos, flyers, art exhibition booklet.

Woman for a humane refugee policy, Victoria (File) - Box 37

Four files. Correspondence 2002-2007, convenor's notebook, balance sheets.

Mount Gambier RAR - South Australia (File) - Box 38

One ring back folder and six files. Minutes 2002-2007, correspondence, newsletters, correspondence with government 2002-2004, press clippings and pamphlets 2001-2004, flyers, press releases, peace vigil, Baxter visits, correspondence including letters to politicians, pamphlets and flyers, financial records, World Refugee Day events, peace vigil, visits to detention centres.

Whyalla RAR - South Australia (File) - Box 39

Three files Minutes of meetings 2002-2008, correspondence, speeches, flyers, press releases, petitions, activities.

Port Augusta RAR and sisters of mercy (File) - Box 39

South Australia - One file. Correspondence and press clippings.

Hills circle of friends - South Australia (File) - Box 39

One file. Newsletters 2003-2007, examples of letters sent to government.

Fiona Johnston, Adelaide - South Australia (File) - Box 39

One file. Annual report, flyers, letters, poetry, book, scrapbook.

Chris Blundell, Adelaide - South Australia (File) - Box 39

One file. Letters, promotional material.

Two files and many individual envelopes (in three bags) containing correspondence between Monika Smith, Epping, NSW and detainees in Port Hedland, Port Augusta, Belmont, Nauru, Curtin, Christmas Island and Baxter, 2001-2005 (File) - Box 40

Eleven files containing information about the national letter writing to detainees organised by Bellingen RAR in 2002-2005; letters from detainees to various individuals during 2002-2005 (File) - Box 41

One ring back folder and eight files containing letters from detainees to individuals in NSW, Queensland and Victoria, 2002-2005 (File) - Box 42

Three ring back folders: detainees' letters to Irene Wallin, Bellingen RAR, from two families and sixteen individuals in various detention centres (File) - Box 43

One ring back folder: papers relating to Barrister Julian Gormley's representation of Mohammad Kazim Kazim versus the Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in the Federal Court (File) - Box 44

Ref. N1984 2003.

Two bundles of papers (in bag) relating to Barrister Julian Gormley's representation of Mohammad Kazim Kazim versus the Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in the Federal Court (File) - Box 45

Ref. 1984 of 2003.

Papers (in bag) relating to complaint by Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs about Barrister Julian Gormley to the NSW Bar Association 2004-2005 (File) - Box 45

Two ring back folders: papers relating to Barrister Julian Gormley's representation of Mohammad Kazim Kazimi versus the Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in the Federal Court (File) - Box 46

Ref. 741 of 2004.

One ring back folder plus other papers: papers relating to Barrister Julian Gormley's representation of Mohammad Kazim Kazimi versus the Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in the Federal Court (File) - Box 47

Ref. 741 of 2004.

Seven bundles of papers (in two bags) relating to Barrister Julian Gormley's representation of Mohammad Kazim Kazimi versus the Minister for Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs in the Federal Court, 2004 (File) - Box 48

Asylum - Voices behind the razor wire. Heather Tyler 2003 (File) - Box 49

A certain maritime incident - the sinking of SIEV X. Tony Kevin 2004 (File) - Box 49

Following them home - the fate of the returned asylum seekers. David Corlette 2005 (File) - Box 49

Dark Victory - David Marr and Marian Wilkinson 2003 (File) - Box 49

Tampering with asylum - a universal humanitarian problem. Frank Brennan 2003 (File) - Box 49

Refuge Australia - Australia's humanitarian record. Klaus Newman 2004 (File) - Box 49

Between memory and hope - Mercy Women's Hospital and the Northern Migrant Resource Centre 2004 (File) - Box 49

Seeking asylum alone - A study of Australian law, policy and practice regarding unaccompanied and separated children. Mary Crock undated (File) - Box 49

Protection or punishment - The detention of Asylum Seekers in Australia. The Federation Press. Mary Crock, Ed, first published 1993, undated (File) - Box 49

Acting from the heart - Australian advocates for asylum seekers tell their stories. Anthology. Sarah Mares and Louise Newman, Eds, 2007 (File) - Box 49

Desert sorrow - asylum seekers at Woomera. Tom Mann. Wakefield Press, South Australia, 2003 (File) - Box 49

From nothing to zero - Letters from Refugees in Australia's Detention Centres. Preface and introduction by Julian Burnside QC. Lonely Planet Publications 03 (File) - Box 49

Helping refugees - An Introduction to UNHCR 2001 Edition. United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Public Information Section, UNHCR Aug 2001 (File) - Box 50

Refugees by numbers - United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Media Relations and Public Information Service, July 2002 (File) - Box 50

Protecting refugees: Questions Answers. United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Public Information Section, UNHCR 12 December 2001 (File) - Box 50

Questions from the asylum - An analysis of Australia's asylum and detention issues. Contemporary Otford Series. Susan Connelly, 2002 (File) - Box 50

Refugee and asylum seeker issues - Centre for Cultural Research and Risk, Charles Sturt University. Dr Sharon Pickering and Mary O'Kane, 2002 (File) - Box 50

Refugee and asylum seeker issues in Australia - Mary O'kane 2003 (File) - Box 50

Refugees: A temporary protection - multidisciplinary guide to assist health professionals engaged in working with temporary refugees. Michelle Harris, May 2002 (File) - Box 50

Sui Profughi - On refugees - Federationa Italian Lavoratori Emigrate Family. In Italian and English, July 2002 (File) - Box 50

Refugee face off, Voice - a journal of comment and review. Bill Tully, Ed, 6 June 2003 (File) - Box 50

Two voice journals - Featuring articles on refugees and detention. No. 6 June 2003 and No. 23 September 2007 (File) - Box 50

Beyond survival - Working with young people from a refugee background: a guide to getting you started. Bankstown City Council and others. Santi Owen and others, 2003 (File) - Box 50

A last resort? - A summary guide to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Dr Sev Ozdowski, Human Rights Commissioner, April 2004 (File) - Box 50

Refugee and the rich-world fortress - Resistance Books. Sarah Stephen, 2005 (File) - Box 50

The truth hurts - Facts and stories about Boat People and Asylum Seekers. The Centre for Refugee Research, University of NSW. Belinda Lucas, researcher (File) - Box 50

The worst of Woomera - Dave and Cherry McKay. 2nd printing, August 2002 (File) - Box 50

Child asylum seekers living in limbo - Action for Children SA and others. Katherine Good, 2002 (File) - Box 50

Stories from a troubled homeland - Compilation of material collected from students at Randwick Girls High School as part of a Whole School Anti-Racism Project. Sue Cass and Jan Batt, Eds, 2002 (File) - Box 50

Population, Immigration and the environment - Friends of the Earth Australia. Unattributed, 2003 (File) - Box 50

Refugee protection: Where are we at? - Migration Action Vol XXV, Number 1. Ecumenical Migration Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence. Caitlin Evans and Sarina Greco, Eds, April 2003 (File) - Box 50

Refugees and asylum seekers issues in Australia - Ecumenical Migration Centre, Brothers of St Lawrence. Mary O'Kane, June 2003 (File) - Box 50

Face the facts - Some questions and answers about refugees, migrants and indigenous people. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, July 03 (File) - Box 50

Face the facts - some questions and answers about refugees, migrants and indigenous peoples in Australia. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 2005 (File) - Box 50

The other side - Comic book format. Streetwize Communications sponsored by the Myer Foundation and others, November 2003 (File) - Box 50

Refugees telling their stories. Australian High School Article Writing Competition. UNHCR 2003 (File) - Box 50

Who are the hazards? Art and poetry - Life of Refugees in detention and living with TPVs. hazaras Ethnic Society in Australia Inc. Helen Browning and Hassan Ghulam, Eds, c. 2003 (File) - Box 50

Children in immigration detention - The Bakhtiyari Family in the Family Court et seq. Alternative Law Journal Vol 29.Bronwyn Naylor, Tania Penovic, Adiva Sifris, 5 October 2004 (File) - Box 50

The siev x memorial - Uniting Church of Australia and others, October 2006 (File) - Box 50

We've boundless plains to share: The first report of the inquiry into detention - Australian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work. Professor Robert Bland, President of the ACHSSW, November 2006 (File) - Box 50

Refugee and asylum seekers - Issues in Society Magazine Volume 193, 2003 (File) - Box 50

Australia's unfair shores - (give refugees their rights). Amnesty International, undated (File) - Box 50

Dissenting voices, Building ethical futures - Anne Coombs 2002 (File) - Box 51

Temporary protection visa holders in Queensland - A research report conducted by Renae Mann on the impact of visa 785. Multicultural Affairs Queensland, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Queensland Government, February 2001 (File) - Box 51

End mandatory detention - Refugee and Asylum Seeker Policy in Australia. The Independent Education Union, Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education, 26 February 2002 (File) - Box 51

Summary evidence regarding the psychological damage caused by long term detention - Prepared by Zachary Steel, Clinical Psychologist, 3 July 2002 (File) - Box 51

The economic and social impact of Afghan refugees in Young NSW - A Research Report By Professor Frank Stilwell. Professor Frank Stilwell, Professor of Political Economy, School of Economics and Political Science, University of Sydney, research conducted mid-2001 to start of 2003 (File) - Box 51

No liability - Tragic results from Australia's deportations - Interim report - Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education, in cooperation with the School of Education, Australian Catholic University, 7 October 2003 (File) - Box 51

Deported to danger - A Study of Australia's Treatment of 40 rejected Asylum Seekers. Edmond Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education, Sep04 (File) - Box 51

Temporary protection holder in Queensland - Research Findings - The impact of the TPV on the refugees. Unatributed and undated (File) - Box 51

Security, People-smuggling and Australia's new Afghan refugees. Working paper No. 63. The Australian Defence Studies Centre, University College, University of New South Wales. Associate Professor William Maley, March 2001 (File) - Box 51

Asylum seekers - Refugees policy paper to assembly standing committee - Uniting Church of Australia. UCA Standing Committee, July 2001 (File) - Box 51

Asylum seeker project evaluation and report - February 2000-November 2001. Grant Mitchell and others, 10 November 2001 (File) - Box 51

Transitional processing and reception (TPR) model - Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) Detention Working Group working paper, Sep-Nov 2001 (File) - Box 51

"Compromise on human rights" - Summary of Position Papers for UNHCR ECXOMM 2002. Australian Refugee Rights Alliance. Unattributed (File) - Box 51

Financial analysis of detention centre cost - Naomi Edwards, 21 January 2002 (File) - Box 51

Submission to the 2002-03 Migration and humanitarian programs and associated settlement issues - Rural Australians for Refugees. Anne Coombs, Feb 2002 (File) - Box 51

Australia's refugee policy - Facts, Needs, Limits - Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre, Lenten Seminars 2002. Fr Frank Brennan, SJ, 22 March 2002 (File) - Box 51

The "Pacific solution" - ACSJC position paper - The Australian Catholic Social Justice Council. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, May 2002 (File) - Box 51

Alternative approaches to asylum seekers - Reception and Transitional Processing System. Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) Alliance Detention Working Group, Submission to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Inquiry into Children in Detention. Unattributed, May 2002 (File) - Box 51

Alternative approaches to asylum seekers - Reception and Transitional Processing System (amended). Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) Alliance Detention Working Group. Unattributed, June 2002 (File) - Box 51

The better way - Refugees, detention and Australians. The Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) network, June 2002 (File) - Box 51

"Refugee policy, Towards a better way" National press club Telstra address - Mr. Neville Roach, AO - Launch of the Racial Respect Discussion Paper. Neville Roach, AO, Chairman Fujitsu, 7 August 2002 (File) - Box 51

Developing just refugee policies in Australia: Local, National and international concerns - Southern Highlands Rural Australians for Refugees. Fr Frank Brennan, SJ, AO, 25 August 2002 (File) - Box 51

The plight of mandaeans in Australia - Carmen Laurence, 13 June 2003 (File) - Box 51

Decision making - The refugee review tribunal (RRT). Draft paper. "MH", 12 November 2003 (File) - Box 51

The cost of detention - May 2004. Letter to Ministers: Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Education Science and Training: Family and Community Services: Industry, Tourism and Resources; Employment and Workplace Relations on behalf of Senator A Ridgeway. Kate Gauthier (File) - Box 51

Marion Le: Supplementary submission concerning migration amendment (Designated unauthorised approvals) Bill 2006. Submission to the Senate Legal Constitutional Legislation Committee. Marion Le, 3 June 2005 (File) - Box 51

View on Naura - Between a mined out rock and a hard place. Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre. Helen Fraser and Minh Nguyen, July 2005 (File) - Box 51

Submission to the enquiry into the provisions of the migration amendment (Designated unauthorised arrivals) Bill 2006. Elaine Smith, 2006 (File) - Box 51

Good neighbour, Bad neighbour: What's the difference? - Australian-Indonesian Relations. Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre Seminar. Tony Kevin, 25 Aug 2006 (File) - Box 51

Poor resources, Rick communications - Conference Paper - Navigating New Waters? Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research, Eighth Biennial Conference, University of Adelaide, 26-28 November 2006. Poor Resources, Rich Communication: Public Relations Strategies by Four Refugee Advocacy Organisations in Australia. Roumen Dimitrov, School of Communication Arts, University of Wester Sydney, 28 November 2006 (File) - Box 51

Australian catholic social justice council submission to the select committee in a certain maritime incident - Catholic Social Justice Council, c. 2002 (File) - Box 51

Soldiers, Sailors and asylum seeker. Spare rooms for refugees submission to the select committee into a certain maritime incident - Angela Leslie and Julian Burnside, c. 2002 (File) - Box 51

Letter from Iraqis detained in lombrum detention centre manus island (PNG) to the honourable Australian senate members - Handwritten title "Children Overboard the Refugees Version of Events. Sadiq Mzeraa, Hussein Almallah, Faez Alzubaidy, Dyari Alkadi, Majid Alghanim, c. 2002 (File) - Box 51

Children out of detention. Submission to the inquiry info to the provisions of the migration amendment (Designated unauthorised arrivals) Bill 2006. ChilOut, 22 May 2006 (File) - Box 51

Debunking myths about asylum seekers appeal - Edmund Rice Centre and others, Undated (File) - Box 51

What is the current policy towards asylum seekers? - Draft Brochure. Undated and unattributed (File) - Box 51

Refugees in rural areas - The thin edge of the wedge - RAR paper - Unattributed and undated (File) - Box 51

Australia's new Afghan refugee: Context and challenges (File) - Box 51

Dr William Maley, School of Politics, University College, University of NSW, Undated (File) - Box 51

Refugees: The tampa case - Julian Burnside, Undated (File) - Box 51

Woman as refugees and displaces person - Australian Law Reform Commission Report. Unattributed and undated (may be extract from larger document) (File) - Box 51

The face about refugee - Howard's lies exposed - Rural Australians for Refugees (Bateman's Bay Branch), Undated (File) - Box 51

Mandatory detention and the alternatives - How to be more humanitarian AND save taxpayers' money. Unattributed and undated pamphlet based on Edwards, Naomi, report (op cit), dated January 2002 (File) - Box 51

Alternative to mandatory detention - Australian Council for Refugees, Undated (File) - Box 51

No detention - An open letter to the refugee rights movement in Australia. Unattributed and undated (File) - Box 51

Immigration detention in Australia - Clarifying our roles - Recommendations for Best Practice. Submission to Minister for Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Hanna Jenkins, undated (File) - Box 51

Private power - Mineral Policy Institute. Simon Divecha, undated (File) - Box 51

Asylum seekers in Sweden - An integrated approach to reception, detention, determination, integration and return. Asylum Seeker Project, Hotham Mission, Melbourne. Grant Mitchell, undated (File) - Box 51

The high court throws out the ruddock attempt to exclude the courts in refugee cases - Fr Frank Brennan, AO, undated (File) - Box 51

Sea change: Australia's new approach to asylum seekers - Jana Mason for US Committee for Refugees, 2002 (File) - Box 51

Human rights - A paper presented to SBS staff by Julian Burnside December 2001 (File) - Box 51

The impact of indefinite detention - Preliminary report by Amnesty International March 2005 (File) - Box 51

In search of refuge - Juma Nazari 2003 (File) - Box 51

Igniting concern about refugee injustice - Sharon Callaghan and Brian Martin, 2004 (File) - Box 51

Refugees, The devil so in the detail - Peter Mares, August 2004 (File) - Box 51

Public forum on refugees - Marrickville Council (NSW) April 2003 (File) - Box 51

Refugee policy: Is there a way out of this? - Chris Sidoti, February 2002 (File) - Box 51

Developing just refugee policies in Australia: Local, National and international concerns - Fr. Frank Brennan, August 2002 (File) - Box 51

New direction in detention, Restoring integrity to Australia's immigration system - Senator Chris Evans, July 2008 (File) - Box 51

The mental health effects of immigration detention centres on children and young people - Zachary Steel, July 2002 (File) - Box 51

Queue jumpers and Australia's onshore asylum seekers - Author unknown, Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes (NSW) September 2001 (File) - Box 51

Authoritarianism in the name of freedom - Julian Burnside, November 2001 (File) - Box 51

In the name of protection - 2002 Human Rights Awards Keynote Address, Professor Lowitja O'Donoghue, December 2002 (File) - Box 51

Issues in society Vol 128 - Refugees and illegal immigrants - The Spinney Press educational resource book. Justin Healey, ed, 2000 (File) - Box 52

Immigration and refugee resource kit - Articles from Eureka Street Magazine 1991-2001 (File) - Box 52

Australia 2030 school education kit - Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Ryebuck Media, 2001 (File) - Box 52

Defend refugees human rights - Schools campaign action kit 2002. Amnesty International Australia (File) - Box 52

Refugee Sunday 25 August 2002 Refugee Sunday Education Kit. National Council of Churches in Australia (File) - Box 52

The advocates' help kit - The Refugee Council of Australia. Asha Cugati (File) - Box 52

Caroline Lurie, Margaret Piper, December 2002 (File) - Box 52

The advocates' help kit - The Refugee Council of Australia and others. Asha Cugati, Caroline Lurie, Margaret Piper, December 2002 (File) - Box 52

Issues in society Vol 193 - Refugees and asylum seekers - The Spinney Press educational resource book. Justin Healey, ed, 2003 (File) - Box 52

Legal task group kit - Refugee Assistance Project. Naleya Everson and Catherine Gauthier, 4 April 2003 (File) - Box 52

A practical guide for refugee lawyers - Humanitarian Requests to the Minister for Asylum Seekers. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Inc. Kon Karapanagiotidis, September 2003 (File) - Box 52

The justice project campaign kit - Authorised by Kurt Esser, The Justice Project Inc, c. 2004 (File) - Box 52

The advocates help kit - Refugee Council of Australia, Undated (File) - Box 52

When you are forced to flee - An interactive school pamphlet sponsored by UNHCR and others. Adapted from German and Swiss publications (File) - Box 52

Remembering Siev X - A film by Rohan Biddulph, No date (File)

Remembering Siex X (Item NLA.MS-VID000113) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Out of fear - Personal stories of seeking refuge in Australia. Film by Bettina Frankham 2003 (File)

Out of fear, 2003 (Item NLA.MS-VID000118) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, PAL, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Freedom bus - (Three videos) Raw footage of the Freedom bus's journey to Port Hedland 2002 (File)

Freedom Bus 1 (Item NLA.MS-VID000116) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, SONY Super DX E-180, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Freedom Bus 2 (Item NLA.MS-VID000112) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, FUJI, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Freedom Bus - Raw footage (Port Hedland) (Item NLA.MS-VID000117) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, LG SHQ E-180, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Return to compassion - Produced by RAR Castlemaine, Victoria, 2001 (File)

Return to Compassion Castlemaine, Nov-01 (Item NLA.MS-VID000115) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Refugees, Who cares? - Sydney Film Centre, 2002 (File)

Refugees, who cares, 2 BBB Heard, Back to Nature (Item NLA.MS-VID000114) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

The cage house - A boy's struggle to pursue an impossible dream behind the razor wire. Angela Van Boxtel, No date (File)

The Cage House (Item NLA.MS-VID000111) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Refugee rights and human rights - No additional information available (File)

Refugee rights are human rights (Item NLA.MS-VID000110) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, AUSMAG, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

The Veil - A film by Richard Jasek. A Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project (File)

The Veil (Item NLA.MS-VID000109) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, 2004, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Letters to Ali - A film by Clara Law, No date (File)

"Letters to Ali" a film by Clara Law (Item NLA.MS-VID000108) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, TDK SC, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Molly and Mobarek (File)

Molly & Mobarak (Item NLA.MS-VID000107) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Carly - With accompanying booklet. Children's film about a displaced child. Produced by UNHCR (File)

Carly (Item NLA.MS-VID000103) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, PAL, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Behind the fence - Insights into the plight of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. Written and directed by Nigel Hogan, No date (File)

Behind the fence (Item NLA.MS-VID000099) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Portrait of Sakhi - The story of Afghani refugee artist Ghulam Sakhi Hazara. Written and directed by Karenza Bowen 2003 (File)

Portrait of Sakhi (Item NLA.MS-VID000104) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Show mercy - Australians welcome boat people. Produced by Show Mercy - Rights for Refugees, 2002 (File)

Show mercy in our community (Item NLA.MS-VID000105) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

The be a refugee - Teaching guide for 9-12 years. UNHCR, No date (File)

To be a refugee (Item NLA.MS-VID000102) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, AUSMAG, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

The refugee embassy -Woomera 2002 (File)

The refugee embassy-woomera, Jun-02 (Item NLA.MS-VID000101) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, ACME E-180, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Asylum Seekers - No additional information (File)

Asylum Seekers (Item NLA.MS-VID000106) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, MAXWELL GX 180, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Seeking asylum - Piper Films South Australia, No date (File)

Seeking Asylum (Item NLA.MS-VID000100) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-002
1 item, E60, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Faces of RAR - Produced by RAR, no date (File)

Faces of RAR (Item NLA.MS-DM002499) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, TDK 700Mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Let them stay - Produced by RAR, 2004 (File)

let Them Stay, Songs by individual artists, 2004, 31/01/2004 (Item NLA.MS-DM002500) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Visit to Nauru in 2005 by Jen Harrison and Sen Bartlett (File)

Visit to Nauru by Jen Harrison & Senator Andrew Bartlett May 2005, May-05 (Item NLA.MS-DM002501) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Post 700Mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Shots of Nauru, police station, hospital. Topside Camp. Overview Nauru.

Christmas cards designs by Elaine Smith - 2003. Discs sent to detainees in Nauru so they could make their own cards (File)

Christmas Card Designs by Elaine Smith 2003. Discs sent to Nauru so they could make their own cards., 2003 (Item NLA.MS-DM002502) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, TDK 80, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Behind the wire - Songs. Produced by Miguel Heatwole, 2004 (File)

Behind the Wire. Songs produced by Miguel Heatwole, 2004, 2004 (Item NLA.MS-DM002503) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Published audio CD (music/sound on CD)

Disc of songs

Behind the Wire. Songs produced by Miguel Heatwole, 2004, 2004 (Item NLA.MS-DM002504) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Imation 700mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Children behind razor

Behind the wire - Inside stories from Australia's detention centres. Bellingen RAR, No date (File)

Behind the Wire - In-side Stories from Australia's Detention Centres, Bellingen Rural Australians for Refugees, 2004? (Item NLA.MS-DM002505) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Kodak 650Mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Keiran, Stephan, Ali, Morteza

All of us are refugees - Fifteen original environmentally friendly songs. Jeff Aschmann 2003 (File)

All of Us are Refugees. Fifteen original environmentally friendly songs. Jeff Aschmann 2003., 25/06/1905 (Item NLA.MS-DM002506) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

National inquiry info children in immigration detention - Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, No date (File)

National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. May 2002, May-02 (Item NLA.MS-DM002507) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Published audio CD (music/sound on CD)

Global Forum Hypothetical - Hosted by Julian Burnside QC, John Highfield - ABC, Anne Coombs, writer and RAR founder, Tony Kevin, Cheikh Kone, Alana Sherry, 2004 (File)

Global Forum Hypothetical, Hosted by Julian Burnside QC, John Highfield ABC, Anne Coombs Writer, Tony Kevin, Chiekh Kone, Alana Sherry, CD#1, Oct-04 (Item NLA.MS-DM002508) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, TDK XA80, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Refugees in Australia - Forum asking how can we help? Bellingen RAR, no date (File)

Bellingen - Forum asking How can we help? (Item NLA.MS-DM002509) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, AKAI 650Mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Iranian asylum seeker - Why won't they go back. No more information (File)

Iranian Asylum Seekers, Why won't they go back? (Item NLA.MS-DM002510) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

World refugee day - 2003. Anne Simpson, Bellingen RAR (File)

World Refugee Day 2003, Anne Simpson, Bellingen RAR, 2003 (Item NLA.MS-DM002511) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Imation 700Mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

World refugee day - 2005 - 'pdf files' (File)

World Refugee Day , Golf Club 2005., 2005 (Item NLA.MS-DM002520) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Verbatim, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Human rights day 2005 - (three cds) Talks by Louise Newman and Marion Le. Hastings (NSW) RAR (File)

Human Rights Day Talk by Louise Newman (Item NLA.MS-DM002524) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item

Disc case is empty, Disc probably not transferred

Those bloody McKennas - Preview disc. Description of sinking of SIEVX. Phill McKenna, No date (File)

Those Bloody McKennas. Preview Disc. Description of sinking of SIEVX., 2004 (Item NLA.MS-DM002512) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, TDK 80, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

More info on CD case

Footage of Tiger 11 soccer club - From Camilla Cowley, no date (File)

Footage of Tiger 11 Soccer Club, from Camilla Cowley (Item NLA.MS-DM002513) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Imation 700Mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Untold Tragedy - The story of the SIEVX. Written by Steve Biddulph, narrated by Anne Simpson, directed by Beth Gibbins, No date (File)

Untold Tragedy, The Story of SIEVX (Item NLA.MS-DM002514) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Apple 4.7Gb, Data DVD (any content of recordable DVD-R)

written by Steve Biddulph, narrated by Anne Simpson, directed by Beth Gibbons.

Footage shot in Nauru and Melbourne - Visit to Nauru camp, arrival of detainees from Nauru to Melbourne, interview with Elaine Smith. 04 - 06 (File)

Elaine Smith interviewed by Julie Browning - Radio Eye, ABC Radio National , Letters from Nauru (Item NLA.MS-DM002519) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, TDK, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)
Disc 1 Nauru (Dari) July 2004, Tour of Nauru, Swimming Lessons, Tour of Camp, Jul-04 (Item NLA.MS-DM002515) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Data DVD (any content of recordable DVD-R)
Disc 2 - Nauru 2004, Dari, 1 Teachers & Students Awards. 2 Afternoon tea for many in a small room. 3 Tour of Camp, 2004 (Item NLA.MS-DM002516) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Data DVD (any content of recordable DVD-R)
Disc 3 Leaving Nauru. 1 Goodbyes at gate, some will leave and some will remain. 2 Narur says goodbye at the airport. 3 on the plane. 4 Arrival in Australia. 5 12/07/2004 preparing clothes in tailoring room., 12/07/2004, 13/07/2004 (Item NLA.MS-DM002517) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Data DVD (any content of recordable DVD-R)

Footage of visits by Elaine and Geoff Smith to former Naurd Detainess - Footage shot of detainees who settled in Sydney, Shepparton, Castlemaine, Bordertown and Adelaide, 2006 (File)

Footage of Visits by Elaine and Geoff Smith to Former Nauru Detainees. Footage shot of detainees who settled in Sydney, Shepparton, Castlemaine, Bordertown and Adelaide, 2006, Nov-06 (Item NLA.MS-DM002518) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Record 700Mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

More details in case

It's like that - An animated documentary. No more information (File)

It's Like That, An Animated Documentary, Refugee children in detention (Item NLA.MS-DM002523) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49
1 item, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Forum - The treatment of refugees in Australia. (two cassettes) Women for a Humane Refugee Policy, Victoria, 2003 (File)

Women for A Humane Refugee Policy, Forum - The Treatment of Refugees in Australia, St Michael's Church, Melbourne, 16/02/2003, 16/02/2003 (Item NLA.MS-SAV10266) - Cassette-Box 514
1 item, TK AD120, Compact cassette tape

Tape 1 of 2

Women for A Humane Refugee Policy, Forum - The Treatment of Refugees in Australia, St Michael's Church, Melbourne, 16/02/2003, 16/02/2003 (Item NLA.MS-SAV10267) - Cassette-Box 514
1 item, TDK D90, Compact cassette tape

Tape 2 of 2

Marion Le's work (recent) 22/11/2005, 22/11/2005 (Item NLA.MS-DM002521) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49

1 item, TEAC 700Mb, Data CD (any content on recordable CD-R)

Nauru Ref in Brisbane with Friends, Romero Centre, Pictures for Melbourne 2006, 2006 (Item NLA.MS-DM002522) - Digital-Carriers-Box 49

1 item, Imation 700Mb, Data DVD (any content of recordable DVD-R)

We too are young people - Poster, 11 September 2002 (File) - Folio-Box 56

Tales from the travelling patchwork quilt - Wollongong Refugee Quilt Project. Scrapbook, 2002-2008 (File) - Folio-Box 56

A world without borders - Freedom Calendar 2005 (File) - Folio-Box 56

ChilOut 2003. Calendar (File) - Folio-Box 56

Hazaragi Calendar 2005. Hazaragi Ethnic Society in Australia Inc. (File) - Folio-Box 56

Class MS Acc10.037. Consignment Added 2010

A large bound volume titled "Australia shamed: a list of dissenters" (2002) containing a "Statement of dissent" by Richard Flanagan and a list of signatures of petition against government policy towards refugees.

Comprises 1 folio box.


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