Series 1: Ron Austin papers

MLMSS 12251
R 2479

series

1958-2018

9683739

0.32 metres of textual material (2 boxes), includes photographs - typescript
1 sash

BOX 1
FOLDER 1
Ron Austin - CV, reference reports and tributes. Includes certificates relating to Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Hall of Fame, Pride History Group honorary life membership, City of Sydney certificate of recognition and others, 1963-2019

FOLDER 2
Ron Austin - Children's Library and Craft Movement. Includes clippings, pamphlets, black and white photographs (13) relating to the Children's Library and Craft Movement. Also includes article, 'Practical child art' by Frances Derham, 1958-1975

FOLDER 3
CAMP NSW. Includes photocopy of proceedings transcript for the Royal Commission on Human Relationships, of which Austin was involved; CAMP (NSW Branch) newsletter, January 1975; CAMP Ink, Vol. 4, no. 7, 1970; Memorandum and Articles of Association of CAMP Lobby Ltd, 1975, articles relating to CAMP, protests and homosexuality, 1970-1976

FOLDER 4
1978. Includes list of Sydney Gay Mardi Gras parade details, 1978-1985; clippings relating to homosexuality rights, gay rights marches and demonstrations; letters to NSW Premier, Neville Wran relating to homosexuality liberation; manifesto and objectives of Sydney Gay Task Force group; various gay newsletters, resignation letter of Robyn Kennedy from the Executive of CAMP, 1977-1985

FOLDER 5
78ers Events Group. Includes 78ers Events Group newsletters and meeting agendas; working draft for original participants entry in the 1998 parade; application for funding 1998 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival; 78ers Events Sub-Committee meeting minutes; site map for Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras website; newsclippings and brochures relating to Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parades, 1997-1998

FOLDER 6
Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby. Includes records relating to annual report, 1994

FOLDER 7
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Includes New Mardi Gras Limited annual report, annual general meeting agendas, letters and newsletters, 1992-2012

FOLDER 8
Sydney G&L Pride Centre. Includes Pride Sydney Lesbian and Gay Community Centre Limited and Sydney Pride Centre Limited annual reports, letters and newsletters, 1991-2010

FOLDER 9
Pride History Group. Includes meeting agenda and minutes, financial statements, 2013-2014

FOLDER 10
Ron Austin interviews. Personal statement for the Tribunal on Homosexual and Discrimination, 27-28 November 1976; Pride History Project Oral History interview transcript; interview transcript relating to Campaign Against Moral Persecution (CAMP) NSW; ; IDAHO the exhibition catalogue; magazines and clippings featuring interviews with Ron Austin, 1976-2013

FOLDER 11
Ron Austin miscellaneous correspondence and brochures, circa. 1992-2012

FOLDER 12
16 black and white photographs predominantly of Ron Austin as a young adult. Includes photographs of friends and colleagues, possibly 1940s-2010s


BOX 2
FOLDER 1
Jeremy Fisher writings. Includes articles and typed transcript of 'Cuddling a book: Reading and gay self-identity' and 'Visible man: A meditation', 1994-2007

FOLDER 2
Anton Veenstra poems

FOLDER 3
Ink portraits and cartoons, some accompanied with poems

Young, gay, and proud / published by an autonomous collective of the Melbourne Gay Teachers and Students Group. (Melbourne : Melbourne Gay Teachers and Students Group, [1978])

Sydney's first gay Mardi Gras : what brought it on and how it changed us / Joseph Carmel Chetcuti. (Princes Hill, Victoria : Lygon Street Legal Services, 2018)

R 2479
Ron Austin's 78ers sash

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