File F3894 - Women's Information and Support Association Records

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F3894

Title

Women's Information and Support Association Records

Date(s)

  • 2022 (Creation)
  • 1981-1996 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 folder

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Name of creator

(1981-1996)

Administrative history

The Women's Information and Support Association (WISA) operated from 1981 to approximately the mid-90s. Initially called Women's Group, WISA changed its name to the Women's Information and Support Association in 1983. WISA operated from the Sunshine Coast and was the catalyst for many of the women’s services of today, such as domestic violence services, family planning and women’s refuges. The objective of WISA was to promote feminism and eliminate sexism by providing support and information to the women of the Sunshine Coast.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Acquired from Joan Welsh

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Scope and content

Includes records, ephemera, newspaper cuttings and other items relating to the Women's Information and Support Association (WISA) between 1981 and 2022.

Handwritten and typed monthly meeting minutes from May 1981 to March 1982 (during which time WISA was named Women's group).
Handwritten and typed monthly meeting minutes from February 1984 to February 1986 (excludes April 1984). WISA did not meet in the month of January in1984, 1985 and 1986.
Handwritten meeting minutes from April 2000.

Flyer for events organised by WISA in August to December 1985.
Ephemera, handwritten documents and newspaper cuttings relating to WISA's tenth anniversary celebration held on 9 October 1993 in Maroochydore.
Ephemera, handwritten and typed documents and photocopied newspaper cuttings relating to a dinner organised by WISA on 12 October 1996 in Buderim. Maroochy Barambah was a guest speaker at this dinner.

Thirteen pages of photocopied newspaper cuttings about WISA and other topics relating to females (1935 to 1990).

An undated typed document titled 'Women in the workforce'. The name Sue Murray is written at the bottom of the document.
Typed document inviting women of the Sunshine Coast to a WISA meeting on 29 May 1993.
A printed portion of an email from Joan Welsh, to Joan Welsh, with the subject 'Welcome to Jackie Huggins' dated 3 March 2022. Appears to be the start of a speech given at a forum retrospectively celebrating WISA at which Jackie Huggins was a guest speaker.

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Unrestricted access.

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In copyright. Contact the Fryer Library. Can be reproduced for personal research and study. For other uses see About copyright. Please attribute the Fryer Library.

Language of material

  • English

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Alma MMS ID

991014622078203131

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Status

Final

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Full

Dates of creation revision deletion

Created, KM, 26-Sep-2024.

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  • English

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