Magda Hansson and Alan Winchester papers, ca.1982- ca. 1997

MLMSS 8784

fonds

ca.1982- ca. 1997

Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera

401935

1.0 metres of textual material (6 boxes)

Magda Hansson worked in the Sydney sex industry as a dominatrix and was associated with sex worker collectives including the Australian Prostitutes Collective. Alan Winchester, social activist, was a key figure in the fight against HIV AIDS among injecting drug users in Sydney in the early 1980’s. He was personally involved in community development, peer education and harm reduction. Alan was a founding member of the AIDS Drug Information Collective (ADIC), the forerunner to NSW Users & AIDS Association Inc. (NUAA) and was the inaugural President of NUAA. He died in 2008.

Reference:
Compiled from the collection and http://www.nuaa.org.au (accessed 12/11/2012)

Magda Hansson papers together with the papers of Alan Winchester, ca. 1982-ca. 1997, including Magda Hansson 'slave' client applicants correspondence (restricted), papers concerning The Australian Prostitutes Collective, the International Women's Day Collective in Sydney; Albion Street Aids Centre; Needle & Syringe Exchange Programme at Langton Centre; Aids Drug Information Collective at Kings Cross; Sex Workers Collective; Intravenous Drug Users Group; CEIDA; Act-Up; Badlands Refuge; Gender Centre; Australian IV League (AIVL); Methadone Action Group (MAG); NSW Users & AIDS Association Inc. (NUAA)

BOX 1 (PARTLY RESTRICTED)
Magda Hansson slave client applicants correspondence in 4 folders, ca. 1990-1993, (restricted), Scarlet Alliance folder, ca. 1991, Paul Devall’s stories (typescript), ca. 1990, Australian Prostitutes Collective membership applications, rules of the association, and A.I.D.S. related, ca. 1986-ca. 1987, newsletters and miscellaneous papers, SWOP Committee, Female Prostitution in Sydney and Overview by Roberta Perkins (typescript), ca. 1985

BOX 2
Badlands Refuge, ca. 1990, 5th National AIDS Conference kit, 1992, Alan Winchester papers - International Womens Day Collective, ca. 1990-1992

BOX 3
Alan Winchester papers – The Langton Centre and AIDS Drug Information Collective, ca. 1986-ca. 1988, Queensland Intravenous A.I.D.S. Association, ca. 1984, CEIDA material, information related to AIDS, drug use and pilot needle and syringe exchange programs.

BOX 4
Alan Winchester papers - information related to AIDS, drug use and pilot needle and syringe exchange programs.

BOX 5
Alan Winchester papers - information related to AIDS, drug use and pilot needle and syringe exchange programs, 2nd National Conference on AIDS kit, 1986, 8th Conference of the Non-Governmental Organizations (IFNGO) kit, 1986

BOX 6
Alan Winchester papers - information related to AIDS, drug use and pilot needle and syringe exchange programs, Australian I. V. League, and personal papers

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 8784/Box 1

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