Correspondence and ephemera relating to the exhibition Sewing all the way to here, organised by Kate Durham and held at Shepparton Art Gallery.

Folder 1: Photograph of Mohammad Mehdi, computer disk containing letters from Mehdi, correspondence between Mehdi and Kate Durham, Julian Burnside, John Pace and Grace Gorman (127 leaves and 3 envelopes), Nov 2001-Jul 2005.
Folder 2: Letters to Kate Durham and Selina from Mohammad Mehdi (102 leaves), July-Nov 2002.

Photograph of Boman Ali and letters and cards to Kate Durham from Ali.

Newspaper cuttings and letters to Kate Durham from Mohammad Sagar Hossain, including some letters in Bengali.

Photocopies and prints of photographs, showing children, women and men in detention in Nauru, Kate Durham visiting the Nauru detention centre in August 2004, a family being reunited at an airport, and Philip Ruddock, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, 2003-2004, 30 photographs. Folder also contains a satirical comic strip about the plight of asylum seekers, four copies of a satirical sketch of Prime Minister John Howard and two postcards featuring artwork by Kate Durham.

Beige manila folder with contact details written on the cover containing:
Document listing refugee support contacts and list of 'Spare Rooms for Refugees' volunteers;
Printed pages from 'Spare Rooms for Refugees' website, 4 Feb 2004;
Emails to Kate Durham and Julian Burnside, 8 Feb 2002 to 11 Feb 2004, 27 leaves;
Letter to Kate Durham from Howard Glenn, A Just Australia, 28 Jan 2004, 2 leaves;
Copy of facsimile to Russell Skelton from Kate Durham, 22 Feb 2002, 1 leaf;
Original and copy of facsimile to Denis Nihil from Sr Mary Mackin, 15 Sept 2003, 7 leaves;
Printed pages of contacts for 'Spare Rooms for Refugees' volunteers;
Printed pages from document Senate Select Committee – Children Overboard Affair, 21 Aug 2002;
Copies of facsimile document regarding Topside camp, Nauru, 11 Mar 2002;
Copies of newspaper articles: 'Island of no Hope' The Dominion Post, 3 Jan 2004 and ‘Pacific Confusion’ The Australian, [undated];
Handwritten letter to Alan Montague from Kate Durham [undated];
Flyers regarding Spare Rooms for Refugees;
Invitation to welcome newest arrivals from Nauru.

Letters to Kate Durham, Jenny Riley and Julian Burnside from Ali Rezai.

Red manila folder labelled ‘Red Hot’ containing:
Copy of facsimile from Minister for Finance, The Republic of Nauru to the editor, Letters to the Editor, The Age, 5 Jan 2004;
Copy of facsimile from Tampa refugees to unknown , Dec 2001;
Copy of letter to DIMIA Office from asylum seekers, Nauru, 16 Apr 2003;
Handwritten letter to Noor Association from Niamatullah Khalili, 1 May 2003 [in script, possibly Farsi];
Letters and facsimile to Kate Durham from asylums seekers on Nauru, 1 May 2003 to 14 Jun 2004;
Letter to Brenton Holmes, Secretary, Select Committee on a Certain Maritime Incident regarding Submission to the Inquiry, 28 Jul 2002;
Copy of document Soldiers, Sailor sand Asylum Seekers, 12 Oct 2002;
Pamphlets from the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office & Australian Catholic Social Justice Council;
Printed pages [with handwritten annotations] regarding Lavinya Sivapala’s story, 29 Dec 2001.

Two photographs of Amin Jan Amin and letters to Kate Durham, Jenny Riley and Jill Singer from Amin.

Letters to Kate Durham and Jenny Riley from Eid Mohammad Hussaini.