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Julian Burnside and Kate Durham Papers File
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Miscellaneous

This file is from a blue folder, annotated with contact details and list of contact attached, and contains:
Pamphlets from Romero Community Centre and Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support, Queensland;
Iranian Community Organisation form;
Australian Fabian Society pamphlet ;
Copies of letter to Amnesty International from refugees at Topside Camp, Nauru, 1 May 2003;
Emails to Kate Durham from ‘Spare Roomers’ re providing welfare for refugees, 2 Jun to 21 Aug 2002, 38 leaves;
Emails to ‘Spare Roomers’ from Kate Durham, 20 Jun to 3 Sept 2002, 11 leaves;
Email to Julian Burnside from Rachel Young [attached to letter to Persian Publications from Kate Durham], 15 Aug 2002, 2 leaves;
Email to Julian Burnside from James Rose and Clare Barry, 11 Aug 2002, 1 leaf;
Handwritten draft of letter to David Knight from Kate Durham [undated];
Printed indexes: Documents from Sue Henderson ; KBD Documents, 2 leaves;
Miscellaneous notes.

Criminal Law Conference 3 -5 May 2002

Previously housed in a ring binder folder labelled 'Criminal Law Conference 2-5 May 2002', this file is comprised of:
Letters to Kate Durham and Julian Burnside from refugees on Nauru, 27 Apr to 26 Aug 2002, 7 letters [some written in Farsi script];
Letters to refugees on Nauru from Kate Durham, 2 letters [undated];
Letter to Kate Durham from Howard Glenn, Australians for Just Refugee Programs, 9 Apr 2002;
List of contacts and notes regarding refugees on Nauru;
Original and photocopied newspaper cuttings regarding refugees on Nauru.

Reports, Articles and Newspaper Cuttings 2

Newspaper cuttings relating to asylum seekers held in detention by the Australian Government, the use of Nauru as a site for detention, the politics behind the Government’s policies on asylum seekers, and the support provided to asylum seekers by Kate Durham and others in Australia.

Reports, Articles and Newspaper Cuttings 1

Reports, articles and newspaper cuttings relating to the Tampa and SIEV X events, the Australian Government’s policies on asylum seekers arriving by boat, the treatment of asylum seekers intercepted by the Australian Defence Forces and Customs, and the conditions and treatment of asylum seekers detained in Nauru and elsewhere, 2002-2003. Includes reports and accounts of Kate Durham’s visit to the Nauru detention centre in 2002.

Photographs

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.

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.

Collective Statements 2

Mass declarations by asylum seekers and related correspondence, including some material in Dari. The declarations follow a standard format, with each signatory declaring she or he is being detained on Nauru against their will and instructing pro bono lawyers to take legal proceedings on their behalf.

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].

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