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MS 9579; MS Acc09.190

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Collection Summary

Creator
Reynolds, Margaret
Title
Papers of Margaret Reynolds
Date Range
1973-2005
Collection Number
MS 9579; MS Acc09.190
Extent
17.75 metres (85 boxes + 12 cartons + 2 box files + 1 elephant folio + 5 sound/av carriers)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Content

MS 9579 comprises correspondence, newspaper cuttings, press releases, photocopies, ephemera and printed material. The principal subjects are indigenous and race relations issues, reproductive rights, women and the Order of Australia, immigration, uranium mining, defence, drug law reform, peace movement and the Gulf War. The correspondents include fellow ministers, various organisations (such as Amnesty International, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and Women's Electoral Lobby), Lowitja O'Donoghue, Father Frank Brennan, Noel Pearson, Pat Dodson and Kennedy Graham.

MS Acc09.190 comprises documents from Reynolds's period as Minister for the Status of Women; material relating to women's rights before, during, and after her period as Minister for the Status of Women; papers relating to the Indigenous land and other rights including work undertaken while Reynolds was Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland; research materials, photographs, lists of women, questionnaires and speeches relating to Reynolds's book 'Last Bastion: History of Labor Women' and a later, unfinished book 'First Speeches'; publications collected by Reynolds, principally concerning the rights and political participation of women in Australia and the Pacific, including a copy of Reynold's book 'Herstory: Australian Labor Women in Federal, State and Territory Parliaments 1925-1994' published by the Senate Printing Unit; and photographs.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn868730).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Papers of Margaret Reynolds, National Library of Australia, [class/series/file number]'.

Provenance

The original consignment was donated to the National Library by Margaret Reynolds under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme in 2000. Further papers were added by Margaret Reynolds in 2009.

Official papers of Margaret Reynolds kept during her time as a Minister in the Hawke Government are held at the National Archives of Australia (CP 362)

An oral history interview with Margaret Reynolds recorded in 1999 (TRC 3915)

Papers of Henry Reynolds are held at MS 9548

Collection Retrieval Advice

Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Biographical Note

Margaret Reynolds (née Carter) was born in Launceston on 19 July 1941. She was educated in Launceston before gaining a BA from the University of Queensland in Brisbane and a Diploma in Special Education from James Cook University in Townsville.

In 1963 she married Henry Reynolds, whose papers are also held at the National Library (MS 9548).

Between 1960 and 1982 Reynolds worked as a lecturer and teacher in Townsville. She was a Councillor for Townsville City from 1979 to 1983.

Reynolds's career in Federal politics began in 1983, when she was elected ALP Senator for Queensland. She was Minister for Local Government (1987-1990) and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Status of Women (1988-1990). She was also a member of a number of committees and organisations, including the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (Federal Government Representative 1992-1995), Advisory Commission on Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (1993-1999), Commonwealth Expert Group on Women and Development (1993-1999), Federal Government's Status of Women Policy Committee (chair 1995-1999), Commonwealth Human Rights International Advisory Commission (chair since 1998) and United Nations Association of Australia (president since 1999). She retired as a Senator in 1999.

Her published works include The last bastion: Labor women working towards equality in the parliaments of Australia (1995) and chapters in various publications.

In 1999 Reynolds accepted the position of Adjunct Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Queensland.

Who's who in Australia 2001, p. 1566

Item Descriptions

Class MS 9579. Consignment received 2000

This consignment includes correspondence, newspaper cuttings, press releases, photocopies, ephemera and printed material. The subjects include Indigenous and race relations issues (the largest series), reproductive rights, women and the Order of Australia, immigration, uranium mining, defence, drug law reform, peace movement and the Gulf War. The correspondents include fellow ministers, various organisations including Amnesty International, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and the Women's Electoral Lobby, and Lowitja O'Donoghue, Father Frank Brennan, Noel Pearson, Pat Dodson and Kennedy Graham.

This material is contained in 74 boxes (MS 9579, Boxes 1-74).

Series 1. General correspondence, 1990-1999

The series comprises correspondence that was filed in alphabetical order. The subject matters include indigenous health, anti-personnel landmines, abortion, women and the Order of Australia, environment, tobacco related diseases, domestic violence, youth homelessness, Parliament House (Canberra) Art Collection, Crimes (Child Sex Tourism) Bill 1994, Foster's Brewing Group's activities in Cambodia, women's health, Global Climate Convention, 'Mother's Room' in Parliament House in Canberra, pensions for war widows, 'Save Nutcote', removal of Caroline Chisholm from the $5 note, Victims of Chernobyl National Relief Fund, G.S.T. and waterfront reform.

Some of the correspondents are Neal Blewett, Peter Baume, Sylvia Ditchburn, M.H. Keely, Stephen Martin, G.B. Matthews, Harry Evans, Kathy Sullivan, Abortion Rights Coalition (NSW), Australian Conservation Foundation, Australia Council for Overseas Aid, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Amnesty International, Catholic Commission for Justice Development and Peace, Evatt Foundation, Foster's Brewing Group, Family Planning Australia, Greenpeace, Joint House Department, Legacy Co-ordinating Council, May Gibbs Foundation, Reserve Bank of Australia, Qantas, Women's Electoral Lobby and Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia.

A, 1990-1998 (File 1-2) - Box 1 (MS 9579)
B, 1990-1999 (File 3) - Box 1 (MS 9579)
C, 1991-1999 (File 4) - Box 1 (MS 9579)
D-E, 1990-1998 (File 5) - Box 1 (MS 9579)
F-G, 1990-1998 (File 6) - Box 1 (MS 9579)
H, 1990-1997 (File 7) - Box 1 (MS 9579)
I, 1991-1998 (File 8) - Box 1 (MS 9579)
J-K, 1991-1998 (File 9) - Box 2 (MS 9579)
L-M, 1990-1999 (File 10) - Box 2 (MS 9579)
N and Nutcote, 1995-1998 (File 11) - Box 2 (MS 9579)
O-P, 1990-1997 (File 12) - Box 2 (MS 9579)
Q-R, 1990-1995 (File 13) - Box 2 (MS 9579)
S, 1990-1994 (File 14) - Box 2 (MS 9579)
T-V, 1990-1999 (File 15) - Box 2 (MS 9579)
W-Z, 1990-1998 (File 16) - Box 2 (MS 9579)
Miscellaneous overseas correspondence, 1992-1998 (File 17) - Box 3 (MS 9579)

Series 2. 'Drop copies', 1989-1999

The series comprises copies of Reynolds' outgoing letters sent from her electoral office in Townsville, Queensland. The letters were written in her capacity as Minister for Local Government (1987-1990), Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women (1989-1990) and Senator for Queensland (1992-1999). The 1998 and 1999 files include hard copies of emails. The letters are filed in their original ring binders.

The subjects include elimination of racism within the Australian prison system, distribution of Financial Assistance Grants to local government, Tully Millstream Hydroelectric Project in Queensland, equal opportunity and employment status for Australian women, Cawarra Aboriginal Women's Refuge, environmental and social welfare programs, cost of child care, higher education, employment, availability of RU486 in Australia, Women's Abortion Action Campaign, early detection of breast cancer, Smoking and Tobacco Products Advertisements (Prohibition) Bill 1989, child care funding, Transport in Rural and Remote Australian Conference in Alice Springs (March 1991), 90 Anniversary of Australian Women's Suffrage (1992), Code of Race Ethics for Federal Parliamentarians, Parliamentarians for Global Action and an offer of appointment as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Government at University of Queensland in 1999.

Some of the recipients are Bob Brown, Margaret James, Women's Electoral Lobby (Cairns), various local councils, Australian Early Childhood Association, women athletes who won medals at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland (including Cathy Freeman, Jane Flemming, Kerry Saxby and Debbie Flintoff-King) and the United Nations Youth Association of Australia (Tasmania Division).

[Title not available], 1989 (File 1) - Box 3 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], Jan - Mar 1990 (File 2) - Box 3 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], Apr - Dec 1990 (File 3) - Box 3 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], Jan - Dec 1991 (File 4) - Box 3 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], 1992-1994 (File 5) - Box 4 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], 1995-1997 (File 6) - Box 4 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], 1998 (File 7) - Box 4 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], 1999 (File 8) - Box 4 (MS 9579)

Series 3. Correspondence with Federal Ministers, 1991-1999

The series comprises correspondence with Federal Ministers. The letters were filed in alphabetical order in titled folders and this arrangement has been maintained by the Library.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (Robert Tickner, John Herron), 1994-1997 (File 1) - Box 5 (MS 9579)
Administrative Services (Frank Walker, David Jull), 1994-1997 (File 2) - Box 5 (MS 9579)
[Communications,] Arts [and Tourism] (Michael Lee, Bob McMullan), 1994-1996 (File 3) - Box 5 (MS 9579)
Assistant Treasurer (Jim Short, George Gear), 1996-1999 (File 4) - Box 5 (MS 9579)
Attorney General (Michael Lavarch, Daryl Williams), 1993-1999 (File 5) - Box 5 (MS 9579)
Communications (Michael Lee, Richard Alston), 1995-1999 (File 6) - Box 5 (MS 9579)
Consumer Affairs (Jeannette McHugh), 1995-1997 (File 7) - Box 5 (MS 9579)
Defence (Robert Ray, John Moore), 1995-1998 (File 8) - Box 6 (MS 9579)
Development Co-operation and Pacific Island Affairs (Gareth Evans), 1994 (File 9) - Box 6 (MS 9579)
Defence, Science and Personnel (Garry Punch, Bronwyn Bishop), 1994-1998 (File 10) - Box 6 (MS 9579)
Employment, Education and Training (Simon Crean, Amanda Vanstone, David Kemp), 1994-1999 (File 11) - Box 6 (MS 9579)
Environment, Sport and Territories (John Faulkner, Robert Hill), 1993-1994 (File 12) - Box 6 (MS 9579)
Family Services (Rosemary Crowley, Anne Warner, Jocelyn Newman), 1994-1998 (File 13) - Box 6 (MS 9579)
Finance (John Fahey), 1995-1998 (File 14) - Box 7 (MS 9579)
Foreign Affairs (Gareth Evans, Alexander Downer), 1994-1999 (File 15) - Box 7 (MS 9579)
Housing and Regional Development (Brian Howe, Robert Hill, Ian Macdonald), 1994-1998 (File 16) - Box 7 (MS 9579)
Human Services and Health (Michael Wooldridge, Carmen Lawrence), 1994-1999 (File 17-19) - Box 7 (MS 9579)
Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (Nick Bolkus, Philip Ruddock), 1994-1999 (File 20) - Box 8 (MS 9579)
Industrial Relations (Laurie Brereton, Bob McMullan), 1994-1997 (File 21) - Box 8 (MS 9579)
Industry, Science and Technology (John Moore, Peter Cook), 1995-1997 (File 22) - Box 8 (MS 9579)
Justice (Duncan Kerr), 1995 (File 23) - Box 8 (MS 9579)
Leader of the Opposition (Kim Beazley), 1997-1998 (File 24) - Box 8 (MS 9579)
Primary Industry and Energy (Bob Collins, John Anderson), 1994-1998 (File 25) - Box 8 (MS 9579)
Prime Minister (Paul Keating, John Howard), 1994-1999 (File 26-27) - Box 8 (MS 9579)
Resources (Warwick Parer), 1995-1997 (File 28) - Box 9 (MS 9579)
School, Vocational, Education and Training (Ross Free), 1994-1997 (File 29) - Box 9 (MS 9579)
Small Business, Customs and Construction (Christ Schacht, Peter Reith), 1994-1997 (File 30) - Box 9 (MS 9579)
Social Security (Peter Baldwin, Jocelyn Newman), 1994-1998 (File 31) - Box 9 (MS 9579)
Tourism (Michael Lee, Michael Thomson), 1995-1998 (File 32) - Box 9 (MS 9579)
Trade (Bob McMullan, Tim Fischer), 1995-1997 (File 33) - Box 9 (MS 9579)
Transport (Laurie Brereton, John Anderson), 1995-1999 (File 34) - Box 9 (MS 9579)
Treasurer (Ralph Willis, Peter Costello), 1995-1997 (File 35-37) - Box 9 (MS 9579)
Veteran Affairs (Con Sciaca, Bruce Scott), 1991-1997 (File 38) - Box 10 (MS 9579)

Series 4. Representations to Federal Ministers, 1990-1999

The series comprises Reynolds correspondence with Federal Ministers on constituency matters.

Aboriginal Affairs (Robert Tickner), 1990-1994 (File 1) - Box 10 (MS 9579)
Administrative Services (Stewart West, Frank Walker), 1990-1994 (File 2) - Box 10 (MS 9579)
Aged, Family and Health Services (Peter Staples), Arts (David Simmons, Bob McMullan) and Attorney General (Michael Duffy), 1990-1993 (File 3) - Box 10 (MS 9579)
Community Services and Health (Brian Howe), Defence (Robert Ray) and Defence Science and Personnel (Gordon Bilney), 1990-1992 (File 4) - Box 10 (MS 9579)
Development Co-operation and Pacific Island Affairs (Gordon Bilney), Employment, Education and Training (Simon Crean) and Environment (John Faulkner), 1990-1994 (File 5) - Box 10 (MS 9579)
Finance (Ralph Willis), 1990-1991 (File 6) - Box 10 (MS 9579)
Foreign Affairs and Trade (Gareth Evans, Alexander Downer), 1990-1999 (File 7) - Box 11 (MS 9579)
Human Services and Health (Carmen Lawrence), Higher Education and Employment (Peter Baldwin), 1990-1994 (File 8) - Box 11 (MS 9579)
Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (Gerry Hand, Nick Bolkus, Philip Ruddock) and Industrial Relations (Peter Cook), 1990-1999 (File 9) - Box 11 (MS 9579)
Industry, Technology and Commerce (John Button) and Justice and Cosumer Affairs (Michael Tate), 1990-1992 (File 10) - Box 11 (MS 9579)
Transport (Bob Brown), Local Government (Wendy Fatin, David Simmons), Primary Industry (Simon Crean) and Resources (Alan Griffith), 1990-1993 (File 11) - Box 11 (MS 9579)
Shipping and Aviation Support (Peter Cook), Social Security (Graham Richardson), Special Minister for State (Gary Johns) and Status of Women (Carmen Lawrence), 1990-1995 (File 12) - Box 11 (MS 9579)
Prime Minister (Bob Hawke, Paul Keating), Trade (Neal Blewett, Tim Fischer) and Veteran Affairs (Bruce Scott), 1991-1997 (File 13) - Box 11 (MS 9579)

Series 5. Speeches, 1987-1999

Copies of Reynolds' speeches have been filed in chronological order in eight ring binders.

[Title not available], 1987-1988 (File 1-2) - Box 12 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], 1988-1989 (File 3-5) - Box 13 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], 1989-1990 (File 6) - Box 14 (MS 9579)
[Title not available], 1990-1999 (File 7-8) - Box 14 (MS 9579)

Series 6. Press releases, 1987-1990

Copies of Reynolds' press releases filed in four ring binders. They were written in her capacity as Minister for Local Government (1987-1990) and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women between (1989-1990).

1987-1990 (Minister for Local Government) (File 1-2) - Box 15 (MS 9579)
1987-1990 (Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women) (File 3-4) - Box 16 (MS 9579)

Series 7. Reproductive rights, 1982-1999

As Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Status of Women (1988-1990), Reynolds took a strong interest in women's reproductive rights. The series comprises photocopies of articles, newsletters of the Women's Electoral Lobby (Australia), cuttings, roneoed end other printed material relating to abortion, the release of RU486 in Australia, the Reproductive Health Alliance, and material on the drug Viagra in Australia. There is also a file containing papers concerning a legal test case, mounted by three men (including a senior public servant, Dr Alex Proudfoot) in 1991, against the Federal Government's 'women only' health program.

Abortion: general, 1983-1990 (File 1-4) - Box 17 (MS 9579)
Abortion: Australia, 1989-1990 (File 5) - Box 17 (MS 9579)
Abortion: international, 1993 (File 6) - Box 17 (MS 9579)
Abortion and religion, 1983-1999 (File 7) - Box 17 (MS 9579)
Abortion: Funding Abolition Bill 1990 (File 8) - Box 18 (MS 9579)
Abortion Law Reform, Queensland, 1985-1998 (File 9) - Box 18 (MS 9579)
Population and development, 1982-1999 (File 10-11) - Box 18 (MS 9579)
RU486 (File 12-14) - Box 18 (MS 9579)
Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, 1996-1998 (File 15-17) - Box 19 (MS 9579)
Model Criminal Code (Chapter 5 relates to abortion), 1996-1998 (File 18) - Box 19 (MS 9579)
Dr Alex Proudfoot, 1991-1992 (File 19) - Box 19 (MS 9579)
Viagra, 1998 (File 20) - Box 19 (MS 9579)

Series 8. Women and the Order of Australia, 1988-1991

The series includes letters of thanks from recipients of the awards for Reynolds' letters of congratulation, research material, a copy of the booklet by Reynolds entitled Women and the Order of Australia, press releases, seminar papers (for example 'Recognition for women in Australia' given at a seminar in July 1991 conducted by the House of Representative Standing Committee on legal and constitutional affairs) and a copy of Reynolds' speech entitled 'Women in politics' given at Parliament in 1991.

The correspondents include Pat Wardle, June Mendoza, Margaret Throsby, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Dame Mary Durack, Wendy McCarthy, Yvonne Kenny, Ita Buttrose, Joan Carden, Dorothy Green, Elizabeth Jolley, Caroline Jones, Jean McCaughey, Lady Tait, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Dorothy Hyslop and Judy Cassab.

Australia Day 1988: Male (File 1) - Box 20 (MS 9579)
Australia Day 1988: Female (File 2) - Box 20 (MS 9579)
Australia Day 1989: Male (File 3) - Box 20 (MS 9579)
Australia Day 1989: Female (File 4) - Box 20 (MS 9579)
Australia Day 1990: Female (File 5) - Box 20 (MS 9579)
Queen's birthday 1988: Male (File 6) - Box 20 (MS 9579)
Queen's birthday 1988: Female (File 7) - Box 20 (MS 9579)
Queen's birthday 1989: Female (File 8) - Box 20 (MS 9579)
Queen's birthday 1989: Male (File 9) - Box 21 (MS 9579)
Other papers relating to Women in the Order of Australia, 1990 (File 10) - Box 21 (MS 9579)
Other papers relating to the Order of Australia, 1990-1991 (File 11-12) - Box 21 (MS 9579)

Series 9. Other women's issues, 1983-1999

The series includes cuttings, agenda papers, handouts, conference papers and some correspondence relating to the Fourth Meeting of Commonwealth Ministers Responsible for Women's Affairs in Cyprus in 1993, International Commonwealth Secretariat Expert Working Group on Women and Development, International Women's Day and Socialist International Women.

Fourth Meeting of Commonwealth Ministers Responsible for Women's Affairs, 1993 (File 1-5) - Box 21, 22 (MS 9579)
International Commonwealth Secretariat Expert Working Group on Women and Development, 1983-1985 (File 6-10) - Box 22 (MS 9579)
International Women's Day, 1986-1989 (File 11-12) - Box 22, 23 (MS 9579)
Socialist International Women, 1994-1997 (File 13) - Box 23 (MS 9579)

Series 10. Indigenous issues, 1989-1999

The bulk of the series comprises newspaper cuttings, but it also includes correspondence, press releases, flyers, handouts, notes, minutes of meetings, roneoed material, typescripts, reports and printed matters. The papers were kept in files and arranged in alphabetical order by Reynolds' personal assistant. The Library has maintained the file titles and the arrangements of papers within them.

The main correspondents are Gadjil Djerrkura, Lowitja O'Donoghue, Noel Pearson, Father Frank Brennan, John Herron, Robert Tickner, Patrick Dodson, Gerry Hand, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council, Brisbane Tribal Council, Townsville / Thuringowa Torres Strait Islander Action Group and various Aboriginal Land Councils.

ATSIC: general, 1990-1998 (File 1-2) - Box 23 (MS 9579)
ATSIC: Townsville Regional Office, 1992-1998 (File 3) - Box 23 (MS 9579)
Aboriginal Co-ordinating Council, 1988-1994 (File 4) - Box 23 (MS 9579)
Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976, 1992-1995 (File 5) - Box 23 (MS 9579)
Aboriginal deaths in custody, 1990s. For other papers see 'Deaths in custody' (Folders 29-31) (File 6) - Box 23 (MS 9579)
Aboriginal women's issues, 1993-1998 (File 7) - Box 24 (MS 9579)
Aboriginal women' s issues, 1992-1995 (File 8-10) - Box 24 (MS 9579)
Aboriginal women's issues: Hindmarsh Island Bridge, 1995 (File 11) - Box 24 (MS 9579)
Aboriginal women's issues: Maroochy Barambar, 1993-1998 (File 12) - Box 24 (MS 9579)
Aborigines in the cattle industry, n.d. (File 13) - Box 24 (MS 9579)
Art, 1992-1998 (File 14) - Box 25 (MS 9579)
Australian Violence Prevention Award, 1994 (File 15) - Box 25 (MS 9579)
Frank Brennan, 1986-1997. The file contains papers (including addresses and conference papers) relating to Father Frank Brennan's work as a leading advocate for Aboriginal Rights and an advisor to the Australian Catholic Bishops (File 16-18) - Box 25 (MS 9579)
Brisbane Tribal Council, 1987 (File 19) - Box 25 (MS 9579)
Cape Flattery [North Queensland], 1992 (File 20) - Box 25 (MS 9579)
Cape York Land Council, 1992-1998. The file includes correspondence and cuttings and correspondence relating to the Wik summit on pastoral leases and native title and Aboriginal Land Issues Workshop. (File 21-22) - Box 25, 26 (MS 9579)
Caucus Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Committee, 1992-1995 (File 22-24) - Box 26 (MS 9579)
Constitutional change, 1992-1999 (File 25) - Box 26 (MS 9579)
Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 1996-1999 (File 26-27) - Box 26 (MS 9579)
Day of National Recognition [to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum], 1997 (File 28) - Box 26 (MS 9579)
Deaths in custody, 1989-1998 (File 29-31) - Box 26, 27 (MS 9579)
Divisionary Centre, 1995-1996. The Centre was to be used as an alcohol rehabilitation unit, women's shelter and childcare. (File 32) - Box 27 (MS 9579)
[Financial assistance to the] Doomadgee Aboriginal Community in Queensland, 1988-1993 (File 33) - Box 27 (MS 9579)
Education, 1988-1993 (File 34-36) - Box 27 (MS 9579)
Fatal air crash at Mount Bellenden Ker, Queensland, 1994 (File 37) - Box 28 (MS 9579)
Federal Parliamentarians' Code of Race Ethics, 1996-1997 (File 38-41) - Box 28 (MS 9579)
Hanrahan Park: general, 1994-1997. Papers (including cuttings, press releases and correspondence) relating to a plan to remove Aborigines who were camping in Hanrahan and other inner city parks in Townsville (File 42) - Box 29 (MS 9579)
Hanrahan Park: correspondence out, 1995-1996 (File 43) - Box 29 (MS 9579)
Hanrahan Park: cuttings, 1989-1999 (File 44-46) - Box 29 (MS 9579)
Hanrahan Park: by-law, 1995-1996 (File 47) - Box 29 (MS 9579)
Hanrahan Park: press releases, 1995 (File 48) - Box 29 (MS 9579)
Hanrahan Park: reports and sundry, 1996 (File 49) - Box 30 (MS 9579)
Happy Valley, 1989-1992 (File 50) - Box 30 (MS 9579)
Health, 1991-1998 (File 51-53) - Box 30 (MS 9579)
Heritage legislation, 1992-1993 (File 54) - Box 30 (MS 9579)
Hopevale Aboriginal Community, 1989-1997 (File 55) - Box 30 (MS 9579)
Housing, 1996 (File 56) - Box 30 (MS 9579)
Identifiable Commonwealth Expenditure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, 1997-1998 (File 57) - Box 31 (MS 9579)
Identity, 1987-1995 (File 58) - Box 31 (MS 9579)
Indigenous self-government, 1994 (File 59) - Box 31 (MS 9579)
International Year of Indigenous People, 1992-1998 (File 60) - Box 31 (MS 9579)
[United Nations] International Decade of World Indigenous People, 1994-1995 (File 61) - Box 31 (MS 9579)
Island Coordinating Council of the Torres Strait, 1992 (File 62) - Box 31 (MS 9579)
Jumbun [Aboriginal community in Murray Upper, North Queensland], 1987-1989 (File 63) - Box 31 (MS 9579)
Kakadu National Park (including Coronation Hill), 1993-1999 (File 64) - Box 32 (MS 9579)
Kalkadoon [Aboriginal community, North Queensland], 1991-1998 (File 65) - Box 32 (MS 9579)
Kowanyama [Aboriginal Gulf community, North Queensland], 1988-1992 (File 66) - Box 32 (MS 9579)
Kuranda settlements: Koah, Korowra, Mantanka and Moa Moa Mission, 1989-1997 (File 67) - Box 32 (MS 9579)
[National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander] Land acquisition fund, 1994-1996 (File 68-71) - Box 32, 33 (MS 9579)
Land rights, 1992-1996. Papers include research material, press releases and minutes of Caucus Aboriginal Affairs Committee meetings. (File 72-76) - Box 33 (MS 9579)
[Plan to develop zinc and lead mine at] Lawn Hill (Century Zinc Ltd.), 1994-1998. Papers include cuttings and a 1996 report by the North Queensland Conservation Council entitled 'Potential consequences of aquifer degradation at the proposed Century zinc and lead mine'. (File 77-79) - Box 33, 34 (MS 9579)
[Aboriginal] legal service, 1994-1996 (File 80-81) - Box 34 (MS 9579)
[Mailing and Aboriginal organisations distribution] lists (File 82) - Box 34 (MS 9579)
Local Government, 1992-1998 (File 83) - Box 34 (MS 9579)
Lockhardt [River community]. The file includes papers relating to a case against David Howe, Director of Farndale Ltd, 1995-1997 (File 84) - Box 34 (MS 9579)
Mabo: general, 1986-1996 (File 85-100) - Box 34, 35 (MS 9579)
Mabo: cuttings, 1993-1994 (File 101-107) - Box 36 (MS 9579)
Mabo decision, native title debate and related issues, 1992-1993 (File 108-114) - Box 37 (MS 9579)
Mabo decision, native title debate and related papers, 1993 (File 115-116) - Box 38 (MS 9579)
Mabo and pastoral leases, 1993 (File 117) - Box 38 (MS 9579)
Thelma McAvoy, 1979-1999 (File 118-121) - Box 39 (MS 9579)
Mainland Torres Strait Islander, 1997 (File 122) - Box 39 (MS 9579)
Maralinga, 1992-1995 (File 123) - Box 39 (MS 9579)
Miscellaneous issues, 1991-1996 (File 124-125) - Box 39, 40 (MS 9579)
Mornington Island, 1988-1997 (File 126) - Box 40 (MS 9579)
National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Observance Committee (NAIDOC), 1989-1999 (File 127) - Box 40 (MS 9579)
National Aboriginal Reconciliation: general correspondence, 1993-1998 (File 128) - Box 40 (MS 9579)
National Aboriginal Reconciliation: general papers, 1992-1998 (File 129-135) - Box 40, 41 (MS 9579)
National Aboriginal Reconciliation: parliamentarians for reconciliation, 1995-1998 (File 136) - Box 41 (MS 9579)
National Aboriginal Reconciliation: papers concerning the Reconciliation Bill 1991, 1991-1996 (File 137-140) - Box 41, 42 (MS 9579)
National Aboriginal Reconciliation Week, 1997 (File 141) - Box 42 (MS 9579)
National Aboriginal Reconciliation Secretariat, 1992-1997 (File 142) - Box 42 (MS 9579)
[National] Native Title Tribunal, 1994 (File 143) - Box 42 (MS 9579)
Native title, 1993-1997 (File 144-153) - Box 42, 43 (MS 9579)
Native title: general, 1993-1994 (File 154) - Box 44 (MS 9579)
Native title: briefing papers for the New Zealand Committee Exchange, 1995 (File 155) - Box 44 (MS 9579)
Native title: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title, 1994 (File 156) - Box 44 (MS 9579)
Native title: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title: private briefing, 1994 (File 157) - Box 44 (MS 9579)
Native title: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title: public hearings and inspections: Perth, Pilbara, Fitzroy and Kimberley, Aug. 1994 (File 158) - Box 44 (MS 9579)
Native Title Act 1993: delegated legislation (File 159) - Box 45 (MS 9579)
Native Title Bill 1993 (File 160) - Box 45 (MS 9579)
Native title Tribunal: briefing papers for the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Native Title, 1994 (File 161-162) - Box 45 (MS 9579)
Native Title Amendment Bill / Wik ten point plan: international implications: comparison with other countries (eg. Canada), 1997-1998 (File 163) - Box 46 (MS 9579)
Native Title Amendment Bill / Wik ten point plan: newspaper cuttings, 1997-1998 (File 164) - Box 46 (MS 9579)
Native Title Amendment Bill / Wik ten point plan: general, 1997 (File 165-168) - Box 46 (MS 9579)
Netat Urapun Buai (Torres Strait Islander Corporation), 1988-1991 (File 169) - Box 46 (MS 9579)
North Australian Development Unit (NADU), 1991-1992 (File 170-171) - Box 47 (MS 9579)
North Queensland Rainforest Aborigines' Network, 1992-1996 (File 172-173) - Box 47 (MS 9579)
Northern Land Council, 1993-1998 (File 174) - Box 48 (MS 9579)
Obituaries, 1998-1999 (File 175) - Box 48 (MS 9579)
Palm Island [Aboriginal community], 1985-1998 (File 176-178) - Box 48 (MS 9579)
Papua New Guinea, 1992 (File 179) - Box 49 (MS 9579)
Parliamentary reports, 1987-1989 (File 180) - Box 49 (MS 9579)
Party policies, 1983 (File 181) - Box 49 (MS 9579)
Pormpuraaw (Edward River community), 1983-1992 (File 182) - Box 49 (MS 9579)
Public relations, 1993 (File 183) - Box 49 (MS 9579)
Queensland legislation (including papers on the Aboriginal Land Bill 1991), 1982-1994 (File 184) - Box 49 (MS 9579)
RAAF base in Weipa, 1992 (File 185) - Box 49 (MS 9579)
Race ethics / racial discrimination, 1996-1997 (File 186-187) - Box 50 (MS 9579)
Racism, 1992-1999 (File 188-195) - Box 50, 51 (MS 9579)
Racism: John Robinson, 1992-1997 (File 196) - Box 51 (MS 9579)
Racist joke: Arthur Tunstall, 1995 (File 197) - Box 51 (MS 9579)
Sea rights, 1993-1996 (File 198) - Box 51 (MS 9579)
Shalom Christian College, 1992-1999 (File 199) - Box 51 (MS 9579)
South Sea Islander, 1994 (File 200-201) - Box 52 (MS 9579)
Starcke wilderness region [Queensland], 1993 (File 202) - Box 52 (MS 9579)
Statistics, 1979-1992 (File 203) - Box 52 (MS 9579)
Stolen Generation, 1995-1998 (File 204-205) - Box 53 (MS 9579)
Stolen Generation / National Sorry Day: general, 1997-1998 (File 206) - Box 53 (MS 9579)
Stolen Generation / National Sorry Day: resource material, 1998 (File 207) - Box 53 (MS 9579)
Stolen Generation / National Sorry Day: Stolen Children Trust Fund, 1997-1998 (File 208) - Box 54 (MS 9579)
[Aboriginal] Tent Embassy, 1999 (File 209) - Box 54 (MS 9579)
Tharpuntoo Legal Service, 1992-1996 (File 210) - Box 54 (MS 9579)
Torres Strait Islander conferences, 1992-1993 (File 211-212) - Box 54 (MS 9579)
Torres Strait Islander: general papers, 1986-1997 (File 213-214) - Box 54, 55 (MS 9579)
Torres Strait Islander: tourism, 1994 (File 215) - Box 55 (MS 9579)
Torres Strait Islander: women's resource centre, 1985-1993 (File 216) - Box 55 (MS 9579)
Torres Strait Islander: women's workshop, 1985-1986 (File 217) - Box 55 (MS 9579)
Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Media Association (TAIMA), 1992-1999 (File 218) - Box 55 (MS 9579)
Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Mental Health, 1987-1994 (File 219) - Box 56 (MS 9579)
Tugulawa Women's Group, 1986-1995 (File 220) - Box 56 (MS 9579)
Weipa, 1989-1993 (File 221) - Box 56 (MS 9579)
Wik, 1996-1997 (File 222-226) - Box 56, 57 (MS 9579)
Wik: People v State of Queensland, Comalco and others, 1992-1995 (File 227-228) - Box 58 (MS 9579)
Woorabinda [Aboriginal community], 1990-1995 (File 229) - Box 58 (MS 9579)
Yarrabah [land claim], 1988-1993 (File 230) - Box 58 (MS 9579)

Series 11. Immigration, 1992-1999

Reynolds supported families living in her electorate who are seeking permanent residency status for their aged relatives. The series comprises titled files of correspondence mostly with UK citizens, who were applying to join their children in Australia. There are also files on asylum seekers and visitor visa issues.

Aged relatives issues, 1992-1993 (File 1-2) - Box 58 (MS 9579)
Asylum seekers / refugees, 1999 (File 3) - Box 59 (MS 9579)
Asylum seekers / refugees: deportation of a pregnant Chinese woman, 1999 (File 4) - Box 59 (MS 9579)
Asylum seekers / refugees, 1996-1999 (File 5) - Box 59 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1994 (File 6) - Box 59 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 7) - Box 59 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues (File 8) - Box 59 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 9) - Box 59 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 10) - Box 59 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 11) - Box 59 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 12) - Box 60 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 13) - Box 60 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1995 (File 14) - Box 60 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 15) - Box 60 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 16) - Box 60 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1995 (File 17) - Box 60 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 18) - Box 60 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 19) - Box 60 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1996 (File 20) - Box 61 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1993 (File 21) - Box 61 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992-1994 (File 22) - Box 61 (MS 9579)
Elderly relatives issues, 1992 (File 23) - Box 61 (MS 9579)
Visitor visas, 1999 (File 24) - Box 61 (MS 9579)

Series 12. Uranium mining, 1983-1999

The bulk of the series contains files relating to the Ben Lomond Project in Queensland. There are also papers relating to Pine Gap and the Vahalla Project in Queensland.

Other papers relating to uranium mining can also be found in Series 10/ Folder 64

Ben Lomond: reports and press releases, 1983-1984 (File 1) - Box 61 (MS 9579)
Ben Lomond: cuttings, 1983-1991 (File 2-4) - Box 61, 62 (MS 9579)
Ben Lomond: correspondence with John Dawkins, Lionel Bowen and Bill Hayden, 1984-1984 (File 5) - Box 62 (MS 9579)
Photocopy of 'Ben Lomond Project: comments on environmental impact' by Townsville Regional Conservation Council, 1994 (File 6) - Box 62 (MS 9579)
Ben Lomond: general papers, 1984-1985 (File 7-8) - Box 62 (MS 9579)
Ben Lomond: reports, 1988 (File 9) - Box 62 (MS 9579)
Ben Lomond, 1993-1999 (File 10-11) - Box 62, 63 (MS 9579)
Maralinga / Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons Press Conference, London, 1991. Reynolds attended the press conference, organised by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, to launch Radioactive heaven and earth. The files contain research material for the press conference. (File 12-15) - Box 63 (MS 9579)
Papers pertaining to a two-weeks peace camp at Pine Gap organised by Women for Survival, 1983 (File 16) - Box 63 (MS 9579)
Australian Labor Party's policy to ban uranium mining in Queensland (Vahalla Project), 1999 (File 17) - Box 63 (MS 9579)
Correspondence concerning the Australian Labor Party's policy on uranium mining, 1983 (File 18) - Box 63 (MS 9579)
Export of uranium to France, 1986 (File 19) - Box 64 (MS 9579)
Printed material (File 20) - Box 64 (MS 9579)

Series 13. Defence, 1983-1997

The series includes cuttings, environmental reports and notes.

[David] Combe, ASIO and the High Court, 1983-1992 (File 1) - Box 64 (MS 9579)
Tandem Thrust (the joint United States and Australian Defence Forces exercise in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and Shoalwater Bay in Rockhampton): environmental impact study (File 2) - Box 64 (MS 9579)
Tandem Thrust: general, 1996-1997 (File 3-5) - Box 64, 65 (MS 9579)

Series 14. Drug Law Reform, 1990-1997

The series includes cuttings, discussion papers and briefing notes.

General papers, 1990-1993 (File 1) - Box 65 (MS 9579)
General papers, 1994-1997 (File 2) - Box 65 (MS 9579)
Papers concerning a meeting of the Australian Parliamentary Group for Drug Law Reform, Sydney, February 1994 (File 3) - Box 65 (MS 9579)

Series 15. Other domestic issues, 1988-1999

The series includes discussion papers, correspondence (with Kennedy Graham, Pat Comben and Joy Goodsell), drafts and cuttings.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1990-1998 (File 1) - Box 65 (MS 9579)
[Australian] Internship Program (established at the Australian National University in 1993) (File 2) - Box 66 (MS 9579)
Centralisation of Telstra (File 3) - Box 66 (MS 9579)
Environment and Development Conference: an Asian/Pacific response to UNCED, Townsville, May 1993 (File 4) - Box 66 (MS 9579)
Papers concerning publication of The planetary interest, 1998. It was edited by Kennedy Graham and Reynolds contributed a chapter entitled 'Population planning' (File 5) - Box 66 (MS 9579)
Papers concerning the management of Queensland heritage rain forests area ('wet tropics'), 1988-1990 (File 6) - Box 66 (MS 9579)
Sole parents, 1990-1999 (File 7-8) - Box 67 (MS 9579)

Series 16. Parliamentarians for Global Action, 1990-1998

The Parliamentarians for Global Action was established in 1979 by parliamentarians from around the world. Their aim was to take a joint action to deal with global environmental problems which could not be solved by any one government or parliament. The series comprises press releases, cuttings, leaflets and correspondence with Kennedy Graham.

General papers, 1990-1998 (File 1) - Box 67 (MS 9579)
11th Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action, Geneva, 1990 (File 2) - Box 67 (MS 9579)
Papers of the Parliamentarians for Global Action meeting in Washington, 1991 (File 3) - Box 67 (MS 9579)
Parliamentarians for Global Action: 10th Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-aligned Countries, Jakarta, 1992 (File 4) - Box 68 (MS 9579)
Papers of the Parliamentarians for Global Action meeting in New York, 1993-1994 (File 5-6) - Box 68 (MS 9579)
Environment and Development Conference, Townsville, 1993 (File 7) - Box 68 (MS 9579)
11th Annual Forum newsletters, April 1990 - September 1993 (File 8) - Box 68 (MS 9579)

Series 17. International conferences, 1993-1999

The series includes draft reports of conferences, correspondence and other papers concerning Reynolds' travel arrangements.

Commonwealth Secretariat Expert Working Group on Commonwealth Plan of Action, 1993-1994. This conference was a precursor to the 4th UN Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. (File 1) - Box 68 (MS 9579)
International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 1994 (File 2) - Box 69 (MS 9579)
International Conference on Population and Development, The Hague, 1999 (File 3) - Box 69 (MS 9579)
Second World Parliamentarians' Conference for the Support of United Nations, Gifu, Japan, 1995 (File 4) - Box 69 (MS 9579)
Havard University's First International Women's Leadership Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997 (File 5) - Box 69 (MS 9579)

Series 18. Peace movement, 1985-1998

The series includes cuttings and correspondence with various peace organisations.

MX missile issue, 1985-1986 (File 1) - Box 69 (MS 9579)
Women's Peace Camp, Canberra, 1986 (File 2) - Box 69 (MS 9579)
Palm Sunday Peace Rally, Townsville, 1986 (File 3) - Box 69 (MS 9579)
Bi-lateral Peace Treaties [proposal], 1987 (File 4) - Box 69 (MS 9579)
World Women Parliamentarians for Peace, 1988-1992 (File 5) - Box 70 (MS 9579)
Papers concerning the proposed visit of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1994, 1992-1993 (File 6) - Box 70 (MS 9579)
Nuclear disarmament, 1998 (File 7) - Box 70 (MS 9579)
Sri Chinmoy Peace Foundation, 1998 (File 8) - Box 70 (MS 9579)

Series 19. The Gulf War, 1990-1992

Margaret Reynolds voted in Parliament against Australia's involvement in the Gulf War. The series comprises letters from members of the public and organisations supporting her stand, press releases, cuttings, leaflets and other printed matters. The correspondents include Sister Veronica Brady, Frank Donovan, Kevin Gilbert, Tom Helm, Gavin Kernot, Ann and Martin Prescott, Elizabeth Perkins, Lauris Elms, Green Peace Australia, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Australia Council for Overseas Aid, Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, Religious Society of Friends and Peace Research and Education Centre.

Letters of support, January 1991 (File 1) - Box 70 (MS 9579)
Letters of support, February - March 1991 (File 2) - Box 70 (MS 9579)
Newspaper cuttings, 1990-1991 (File 3) - Box 70 (MS 9579)
Copies of journal (mostly overseas) articles and academic papers, 1990-1992 (File 4) - Box 71 (MS 9579)
Federal Parliamentary Labor Party (Caucus), 1990-1991 (File 5) - Box 71 (MS 9579)
Organisations and petitions, 1990-1992 (File 6) - Box 71 (MS 9579)
Speeches and other papers, 1990-1991 (File 7) - Box 71 (MS 9579)
Women against the Gulf War, 1990-1991 (File 8) - Box 71 (MS 9579)
Miscellaneous printed matters, 1991 (File 9) - Box 71 (MS 9579)

Series 20. Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 1990-1997

Established in 1987, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is a non-governmental organisation that promotes the understanding and observance of human rights throughout the Commonwealth. The series includes correspondence, circulars and reports.

Papers, 1990 - June 1994 (File 1) - Box 72 (MS 9579)
Papers, July 1994 - 1996 (File 2) - Box 72 (MS 9579)
Papers, 1995 (File 3) - Box 72 (MS 9579)
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, November 1995 (File 4) - Box 72 (MS 9579)
Papers concerning the Fiji Constitutional Review and the Commonwealth, 1997 (File 5) - Box 72 (MS 9579)
Papers pertaining to the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Advisory Commission Meeting, Cape Town, April 1997 (File 6) - Box 72 (MS 9579)

Series 21. Human Rights, 1991-1998

The series includes press releases and cuttings on human rights issues.

East Timor, 1991-1997 (File 1) - Box 73 (MS 9579)
Burma, 1991-1998 (File 2) - Box 73 (MS 9579)
Amnesty International, 1992-1998 (File 3) - Box 73 (MS 9579)
Campaign to free Mordechai Vannunu, 1997-1998. After being convicted for giving information about Israel's nuclear program to the (London) Sunday Times, Vanunu was held in a solitary confinement in Israel for 12 years. (File 4) - Box 73 (MS 9579)

Series 22. Other international issues, 1991-1998

Australia's International Defence Equipment Exhibition, Canberra, 1991. The file contains flyers and cuttings about the exhibition and signatures of parliamentarians who opposed it (File 1) - Box 73 (MS 9579)
Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance, 1995-1997 (File 2) - Box 73 (MS 9579)
Papers concerning 50th anniversary of the United Nations 1995, 1994-1996 (File 3) - Box 73 (MS 9579)
Parliamentarians for Democracy in Indonesia, 1996-1998. File includes cuttings and correspondence with Action Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor, Amnesty International, Christians in Solidarity with East Timor, S. Wiryono (Indonesian Ambassador to Australia), David Jackson and Kate Field of Alexander Downer's office. (File 4) - Box 74 (MS 9579)
United Nations and Young Australia's Global Youth Tour, 1994 (File 5) - Box 74 (MS 9579)

Series 23. Miscellaneous papers, 1989-1994

Children's book on screen week, 1994 (File 1) - Box 74 (MS 9579)
'Save Nutcote House', 1989-1990 (File 2) - Box 74 (MS 9579)
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989-1993 (File 3) - Box 74 (MS 9579)

Class MS Acc09.190. Consignment received 2009

This consignment includes documents from Reynolds's period as Minister for the Status of Women; material relating to women's rights before, during, and after her period as Minister for the Status of Women; papers relating to the Indigenous land and other rights including work undertaken while Reynolds was Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland; research materials, photographs, lists of women, questionnaires and speeches relating to Reynolds's book 'Last Bastion: History of Labor Women' and a later, unfinished book 'First Speeches'; publications collected by Reynolds, principally concerning the rights and political participation of women in Australia and the Pacific, including a copy of Reynold's book 'Herstory: Australian Labor Women in Federal, State and Territory Parliaments 1925-1994' published by the Senate Printing Unit; and photographs.

This material is contained in 26 boxes (MS Acc09.190, Boxes 1-18, 20-27; note that Box 19 no longer exists).

Series. Minister for the Status of Women, 1986-1990

This series documents Reynolds' tenure as Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women in the Hawke Government, from 1988-1990. Reynolds was simultaneously the Minister for Local Government, 1987-1990.

Files documenting Reynolds' work as Minister for the Status of Women (File) - Box 1-14, 18 (MS Acc09.190)

The majority of documents concern Reynolds work in her Ministerial capacity, especially the development of the Hawke Government's National Agenda for Women. Also present are documents on other issues of the day, including Aboriginal Land Tenure issues. Administrative records concerning staffing of Reynolds' office are also present. Most records are Commonwealth government records; a number of the documents are annotated in Reynolds' and others' hands. A smaller group of documents - mostly Commonwealth government records - dates from the tenure of Senator Susan Ryan, Reynolds' predecessor in the position (pile 5). The series also includes runs of newsletters from various women's groups, including Oswoman, Women's Consultative Council and WEL.

Envelopes containing documents relating to: National Status of Women Policy Committee, Attorney-General Envelope no. 9 (Sex Discrimination Bill); National Foundation for Women 1988-1989; Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 1987-1990; 6th National Labor Womens' Organisation Conference January 1991 (File) - Box 15 (MS Acc09.190)
Envelopes containing documents relating to: National Secretariat correspondence 1988-1989; Labor Womens' Organisation 1987-1991; Australian Honours Secretariat 1987-1989; New Human Rights and Equal Opportunity File 1987-1991 (File) - Box 16 (MS Acc09.190)
Envelopes containing documents relating to: Domestic violence reports (2); Aboriginal women 1989 (File) - Box 17 (MS Acc09.190)

Series. Status of women, 1973-2000

This series more generally documents Reynolds' activities in pursuing women's rights, before, during and after her tenure as Minister assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women. The series includes documents from the National Council of Women in Australia, and includes extensive documentation relating to Australian activities during International Women's Year in 1975. The series includes publications, conference programs and reports on women's issues. Also included are documents relating to Reynolds interest in the history of women in Australian parliaments and, more specifically, Labor women. Agendas and minutes from the Caucus Status of Women Committee, 1993-1995, are present. Some state based material on women in politics, covering Queensland and Tasmania, is also included. Some international material - including documentation about the status of women in other countries, including Pacific nations (especially Fiji) - and United Nations and similar reports, is included. The series includes reports and resolutions of the international Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. While most material relates to women, some documents on the rights of children are also present. Extensive documentation on women and abortion - especially in Queensland - is included. Also present are a number of documents critical of the Howard Government's record on women. Documentation relating to single and cross-party women's caucuses are present. Included is a binder of portfolio responses to Reynolds' request for information on activities relating to women, dated 1995, and a binder on the impact of the 1996 Coalition budget on women and their families, and a binder that combines press releases and similar on the impact of Coalition policies on women, and issues concerning increasing Labor women's representation in Parliament.

Envelopes containing documents relating to a number of Committees (e.g. National Status of Women Policy Committee, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, National Secretariat, Labor Women's Organisation), and reports on Domestic Violence are included, as is an envelope of advocacy letters for, and letters of congratulations to recipients of Australia Day Honours awards (File) - Box 17 (MS Acc09.190)
Files containing documents primarily relating to Domestic Violence issues; National Agenda for Women, CEDAW and other international activities; Senator Susan Ryan (File) - Box 25-26 (MS Acc09.190)

Series. Indigenous people in prison, 1990-1994

This small series comprises documentation relating to the experiences of Australian Indigenous people in relation to the legal system and prisons. Included are letters sent to Reynolds by Indigenous prisoners about racial conflict and riots at the Townsville Correctional Centre, 1991, and documentation of Reynolds' advocacy with authorities about individual prisoners.

Various files (File) - Box 17 (MS Acc09.190)

Series. Indigenous rights, 1990s-c.2003

This series is a more general documentation of struggles for Indigenous land and other rights. It documents Reynolds' role as Australian Project Coordinator of a project which produced reports on Indigenous rights in many countries from the late 1990s into the early 2000s. This work was conducted during Reynolds' tenure as Adjuct Professor at the School of Politica; Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, 1990-2006. A number of UN publications and records of International conferences on Indigenous rights are included. Agendas and minutes from the Caucus Aboriginal Affairs Committee 1986-1988 are included.

Various files (File) - Box 17 (MS Acc09.190)

Series. Last Bastion: History of Labor Women, 1990-2000

Reynolds worked on her history of women, Last Bastion: History of Labor Women in the Australian Labor Party between 1990 and 1995. The genesis of this work was a series of newsletters Reynolds produced, entitled 'Some of them sheilas', around the Centenary of Labor celebrations. Reynolds' original focus was women the Queensland Trrades and Labor Council, and she hoped to produce a history of Queensland Labor Women. Reynolds gave a paper on the subject and was encouraged to enlarge her view to the national scene. The final book focused on women who were actually elected to Parliament. This series consists of research materials, copies of photographs (all documented with name, service details and - where relevant - acknowledgement of the source of the photograph), lists of women to be included, questionnaires, copies of speeches and other writings by Labor women, andocumentation of the information gathering process. Also included is a compilation of first speeches in Parliament by Australian women, compiled when Reynolds planned a book on 'First Speeches' (box 21). Work commenced on this project in 1996, immediately after the 1995 publication of Last Bastion. This project was not completed.

Various files (File) - Box 20-24 (MS Acc09.190)

Series. Publications, 1986-1999

This small series consists of publications, grey and ephemeral literature collected by Reynolds, principally concerning the rights and political enfranchisment of women in Australian and Pacific countries. Included is a copy of Reynolds' Herstory: Australian Labor Women in Federal, State and Territory Parliaments 1925-1994, printed by the Senate Printing Unit.

Various published and printed items (File) - Box 18 (MS Acc09.190)

Series. Audiovisual

Interview Margaret R national agenda for women, 1988 (Item NLA.MS-VID000868) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-012
1 item, BASF, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Children's parliament: running a classroom question time (Item NLA.MS-VID000869) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-012
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Refugee women 'the courage to move onward' (Item NLA.MS-VID000870) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-012
1 item, G tape, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
PTV 4 'women watch' interview with senator Margaret Reynolds (Item NLA.MS-VID000871) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-012
1 item, Sony, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.
Equality development peace. 95 beijing fourth world conference on women NGO, 1995 (Item NLA.MS-VID000872) - Shelf-Tall OH1-18-012
1 item, Consumer formats - VHS, S-VHS etc.

Series. Photographs, 1939-1945

This small series includes laminated copies of photographs held by the State Library of Queensland and in private hands. Mainly comprising copies of photographs of north Queensland women working during WW2. Also an album featuring Reynolds at official and other functions relating to the Office for the Status of Women.

Various photographs (File) - Elephant-Folio 27 (MS Acc09.190)

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