Guide to the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, 2017 : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia

Collection Summary

Title

Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, 2017 : ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia

Date Range

2017 - 2018

Collection Number

EPH FC 73

Extent

1 collection

Language of Materials

English

Repository

Printed Collections

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Includes original campaign materials publicly disseminated during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey period seeking to influence both a YES or a NO vote. Includes badges, brochures, handbills, stickers, t-shirts, small objects like an "Acceptance Ring" issued by Airbnb, cloth bags, a beach towel, wrist bands and other printed campaign material. Further large format material is held seperately in the poster collection.Box 1: YES campaign material, from a variety of sourcesBox 2: NO campaign material, from a variety of sourcesBox 3: YES "Equality Campaign" materials, produced by Australian Marriage Equality (AME) and Australians for Equality (A4E) who together ran the Equality Campaign during 2016 and 2017. These materials were either disseminated at rallies and events, mailed to residents, or sold through the Equality Shop (either online, or at physical locations in Capital cities such as Oxford Street in Darlinghurst, Sydney)Box 4: invitations, menus and other printed materials from same-sex weddings held in Australia during the first year after the change to the marriage law.