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Julian Burnside and Kate Durham Papers File
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Collective Statements 3

Forms produced by Spare Rooms for Refugees and completed by asylum seekers detained on Nauru. By adding their names to the forms, asylum seekers accepted an offer by Australian volunteers to correspond with them, supply books, clothes and other goods, and act as informal guardians in dealings with government and refugee agencies.

Mohammad Mehdi

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.

Durham documents

Documents relating to Kate Durham:
Small notebook belonging to Kate Durham documenting trip to Nauru;
Letters to Kate Durham and Julian Burnside from asylum seekers [some in Farsi, with translations] various dates, 2002;
Letter to Jenny Riley from Niamatullah Khalili, 1 May 2003;
Letter to Jenny Riley from Anwar Khan Mohammadi [undated];
Letter to Naeem from Kate Durham [undated];
Letter to Mohammed [Mehdi?] from Kate Durham 15 Feb;
Letter to Mohammed Mehdi from Kate Duham 5 Feb 2002;
Letter to 'Spare Roomers' from Kate Durham, 14 Feb 2002;
Miscellaneous notes [written by Kate Durham].

Mustafa Najib

Correspondence between Mustafa Najib and Kate Durham and Jenny Riley, accompanied by explanatory notes from Mohammad Mehdi and a statement written by Najib for a ceremony of condolence for a refugee who lost 5 members of his family at sea.

Correspondence K – O

Letters between asylum seekers and Australian correspondents, including some letters in Dari. Letter writers include:
Niamatullah Khalili
Noor Agha Khoshdell
Fiona Logan
Liagat Ali Mahmodi
Abdullah Maqsoodi
Ahmad Menhuman
Mina
Anwar Khan Mohammadi
Esmatullah Mohammadi
Ghulam Abbas Mohammadi
Mohammadullah Mohammadi
Soltany Zand Mohsen
Qudratullah Muhibi
Hassan Ali Muhsini
Mahram Ali Muradbaik
Esa Murtazawi
Mohammad Jan Nabizadh
Haidari Nasir
Ahmad Mehman Navazan
Mohammad Musa Nazari
Mohammad Jawd Nazary

Collective Statements 1

Jointly authored letters and statements by asylum seekers relating to their claims for refugee status, their treatment by Australian authorities and the events and circumstances surrounding their interception by Australian naval and customs vessels and subsequent detention on Nauru, including some statements in Dari.

Nasty People – Spare Rooms and other Correspondence

This file is from a green manila folder labelled ‘Nasty People – Spare Rooms and other Correspondence’ containing:
Government documents:
• Application for employer sponsored migration to Australia (form 47ES)
• Employer nomination under the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (form 1054)
• Authorisation of a person to Act and Receive Communication (form 956);
Letters to refugees from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [undated];
Facsimiles from Kate Durham to various recipients 2002,15 leaves;
Emails, letters and facsimile to Kate Durham from various correspondents, 5 Feb 2002 to 5 Jan 2004;
Letter to Michael Gawenda from Kate Durham, 1 Nov 2001;
Handwritten letter to Ms Eichman from Kate Durham [undated];
Personal references for Kate Durham, Sept to Nov 2001;
Emails to Julian Burnside, 4 Feb to 8 Feb 2002, 3 leaves;
Emails to Spare Rooms for Refugees, 3 Feb 2002 to 11 Feb 2004, 5 leaves;
Pamphlet and information forms from Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre Inc (RILC);
Newspaper cutting 'A beautiful country with some ugly people in it';
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings and handwritten letter [possibly Farsi script] signed by Kate Durham;
Printed pages from Burnside’s website, 11 Feb 2002;
Letter to Matthew[?] from Jill Singer re column on racism in Australia [undated];
Draft copy of speech by Kate Durham re Asylum seekers on Nauru;
Media release and promotion for ASAP (Asylum Seekers are People) concert;
Copy of Mohammad Habibi identification card;
Copy of ‘The Lucky Country’;
Copy of page of handwritten text [in script, possibly Farsi];
Copy of call to action against detention of asylum seekers on Nauru.

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