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COLLECTION NAME - Women Against Rape – WAR - Collection - NJSN_AC-006 DATE RANGE - February 1982 to May 1984

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Summary: SUMMARY OF SCOPE AND CONTENT The Women Against Rape (WAR) papers are part of Canberra Women’s Archive (CWA), which was started early in 1982 by a small group of students at the Australian National University (ANU). CWA was supported but not funded by ANU and consists of the records of thirty-five community women’s organisations which were established in the ACT during the 1970s. The collection documents the history of the second wave feminism movement within women’s community groups in Canberra. The Canberra Women's Archive was donated to the Jessie Street National Women’s Library (JSNWL) in 1993 by Mary Hutchison and Frances Sutherland when, due to lack of funds, it became impossible for the Archive to continue its operations. Conditions of the donation are that the collection be kept together and not subsumed into another major collection.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archives - Collection Archives - Collection Jessie Street National Women's Library Archives Women Against Rape Collection Compartment 1/Bay 1/Shelf 4/Position 1 - Position 2 AND C1/B2/S6/P3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library

CONTENTS

Box 4 1/1/4/1

File 1 Newspaper clippings, 1977 to 1979.
File 2 Newspaper clippings, 1980.
File 3 Newspaper clippings, 1981.
File 4 Newspaper clippings, 1982 to 1983.
File 5 Newspaper clippings, 1981 to 1983.

Box 5 1/1/4/2

File 1 Women Against Rape Collective Minutes, 12 meetings handwritten on foolscap lecture pad, Feb 1982 to May 1984.
File 2 Anzac Day Collective, Minutes, 11 meetings handwritten/typed on loose sheets, Feb 1982 to May 1984.
File 3 Tactics Collective, Minutes, 10 meetings handwritten/typed on loose sheets, Feb 1981 to Oct 1981; Finance Meeting, handwritten on loose sheets, 21 Oct 1984.
File 4 Nature of the March Collective, Minutes, 8 meetings handwritten in exercise book, Mar 1981 to Apr 1982.
File 5 Legal Collective, Minutes, one meeting handwritten/typed on loose sheets, May 1984.
File 6 Herstory and Correspondence Collective, Minutes, one handwritten foolscap sheet, undated background working papers and notes.
File 7 Film Collective, Minutes, 8 meetings handwritten on loose sheets, Aug 1982 to Nov 1982.
File 8 Correspondence, letters to organisations, officials and members. This series comprises letters sent to organisations such as Amnesty International, the Chairperson of the Select Committee of the ACT on the proposed Public Assembly Ordinance; the Editor of the Canberra Times, Senator Gareth Evans and other parliamentarians, 1981 to 1984.
File 9 Correspondence from private individuals. This series comprises letters, telegrams and cards from the general public. It also contains a list of names of those who telephoned WAR offering help and encouragement, 1981 to 1983
File 10 Correspondence from officials. This series comprises letters and copies of letters from prominent members of the community, including Senator Susan Ryan; His Excellency Sir Zelman Cowan, Governor General of Australia; Paul Rummery, Clerk of the Select Committee; JD Norgard; Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Commission; and other officials; 1981 to 1984.
File 11 Correspondence from organisations: This series includes letters from the Civil Liberties Council for the ACT; Fill Keys, National President of the Returned Soldiers League; Women's Community Aid Association; and Julia Ryan, Temporary Co-ordinator of the Women's Studies Program at the Australian National University; 1981 to 1982.
File 12 Donations: This series comprises a variety of receipts, letters and envelopes, some typed, some handwritten. These document donations made to WAR by supporters such as the Feminist Book Shop, Women's Community Aid Association, The Gays and Socialism Conference, and NSW Teacher's Federation; 1981 to 1983.
File 13 Legal Collective, Law Reports: 12 photocopied Law Reports used as references during the legal battle which resulted from the arrests on Anzac Day 1981. They refer to English and Australian Court rulings, but have not been properly sourced. There are handwritten notations on some sheets; 1981 to 1982.
File 14 Legal Collective, Witness Reports: This series comprises fourteen eye-witness accounts of events which took place on Anzac Day 1981. They are handwritten and typed; 1981 to 1982.
File 15 Legal Collective, Supreme Court Appeals: This series comprises praecipe for trial documents filed in the Supreme Court by Pamela Coward and Associates of Canberra.
File 16 Legal Collective, Papers: This series comprises papers pertaining to the legal group and its associated work as a result of the Anzac Day 1981 arrests. Papers are handwritten, typed or photocopied, 1981 to 1982.
File 17 Legal Collective,, Correspondence: This series contains 3 typewritten letters and receipts which document the association between WAR and their legal representatives, Pamela Burton and Associates of Canberra ACT, after the arrest of the WAR members at the 1981 Anzac Day March, 1981 to 1982.
File 18 Herstory and Correspondence Collective, Papers: This series comprises various outlines of the aims of the group and account of Anzac Day 1981 events resulting in the arrests of members, 1981 to 1982.
File 19 Petitions: This series comprises of an unsigned petition form and an undated copy of a signed petition, C1981.
File 20 Circulars and Handouts: This series comprises an assortment of printed leaflets and information sheets, 1981 to 1984.
File 21 Circulars: This series comprises 4 leaflets from women's organisations: Canberra Peacemakers; Sydney Women Again Rape; Feminist Anti-Nuclear Group, c.1983.
File 22 Press Releases: This series comprises press releases regarding the Anzac Day March and the Public Assemblies Ordinance of 1982, 1981 to 1984.
File 23 Anzac Day Speeches: This series comprises 2 speeches to be read at protests at Anzac Day March 1983.
File 24 Anzac Day Collective, Newsletters: This series comprises newsletters 1 and 2 from WAR Anzac Day Collective; 'Wimin News' April 1982; 'Pongong: Journal of the Canberra and SouthEast Region Environment', Vol 3, No 3, Apr-May 1982.
File 25 Exhibitions: This series comprises various papers and newsclippings in relation to an exhibition of 120 laminated panels exposing the exploitation of women held at Gorman House in Canberra by Michelle Ely, a Melbourne Artist in 1984.
File 26 Papers: This series comprises dossier originals and working papers, c.1980.
File 27 Senate Papers: This series comprises photocopied pages of the Daily Hansard Senate papers documenting the course of debate in relation to the Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance 1981, an important element in WAR's struggle to march on Anzac Day, 1981.
File 28 Submissions: This series comprises of an undated submission to the Senate Standing Committee in relation to the revocation of the Traffic (Amendment) Ordinance ,1981. Box 3

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTES:
RESTRICTIONS ON USE [INTELLECTUAL/PUBLICATION]
Library permission and acknowledgement required
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS [PHYSICAL]
Available for research, not for loan

CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE
Library permission and acknowledgement required

SUMMARY OF SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Women Against Rape (WAR) papers are part of Canberra Women’s Archive (CWA), which was started early in 1982 by a small group of students at the Australian National University (ANU). CWA was supported but not funded by ANU and consists of the records of thirty-five community women’s organisations which were established in the ACT during the 1970s. The collection documents the history of the second wave feminism movement within women’s community groups in Canberra.

The Canberra Women's Archive was donated to the Jessie Street National Women’s Library (JSNWL) in 1993 by Mary Hutchison and Frances Sutherland when, due to lack of funds, it became impossible for the Archive to continue its operations. Conditions of the donation are that the collection be kept together and not subsumed into another major collection.


TERMS GOVERNING USE AND REPRODUCTION
Permission and acknowledgement is required to copy material for research purposes.

DATE OF ACQUISITION
1993

EXTENT
(H)25cm x (W)27cm x (D)40cm + (H)45cm x (W)30cm x (D)5cm

INFORMATION RELATING TO COPYRIGHT STATUS
Library permission and acknowledgement required

LANGUAGE NOTE
English

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