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University of Queensland Queensland -- Politics and government -- 1965- English
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F. D. O. Fielding Papers

  • UQFL126
  • Collection
  • 1969-2014

Correspondence; articles, newspaper cuttings; newsletters; press releases from Queensland Council for Civil Liberties; University Senate correspondence including minutes and agendas; papers from the Senate Review of Academic Organisation of the University; reports including the Committee of Inquiry into the Development of Pharmacology in the University of Queensland; papers including a history of the Thirty Club meetings from 1921 to 1982.

Fielding, F. D. O. (Fred Derek Osmond), 1929-2014

Photographs of a demonstration against the awarding of an honorary doctorate of Laws to Queensland Premier Johannes Bjelke Petersen, Mayne Hall, University of Queensland, 1985

  • F3483
  • File
  • 1985

Thirty-two black and white photographs, on a CD-ROM, of a demonstration on 10 May 1985 against the awarding of an honorary doctorate of Laws to Queensland Premier Johannes Bjelke-Petersen. Up to 5000 UQ students, UQ staff, trade unionists and other outraged citizens attended the protest outside Mayne Hall, St Lucia, where the award ceremony was to take place. Although the ceremony proceeded, the Premier did not attend.

Photographs:
1 and 17. Academics with 'University of Queensland Academic Staff Association (Union of Employees)' Banner.
2 and 18. Protestors, one holding placcard, looking towards lawn in front of Forgan Smith Building West Wing.
3 and 19. Protestors with placcards saying 'University Senate supports the rich. Not truth' and 'A degree below normal'.
4 and 20. Three young men with Nazi regalia including one in a graduate gown with Nazi regalia on sleeve, and protestor in a clown suit.
5 and 21. Protestors enacting a ceremonial Nazi flag burning on the steps of the Forgan Smith building, with some wearing Nazi regalia.
6 and 22. Protestor with PA system on steps of Forgan Smith Building (that lead into the Department of Law).
7 and 23. Protestors with a banner from the Federated Clerks Union on the lawns in front of Forgan Smith Building West Wing facing Mayne Hall, University of Queensland. Includes former library staff Deb Johnston, Noela Stallard and Amanda Courtney.
8 and 24. Demonstrators with banners outside Mayne Hall, University of Queensland. Banners include: 'Shame Senate [indecipherable]', 'International Socialists. Strike Petersen out!', and 'Unite in opposition'.
9 and 25. Protestors outside Mayne Hall, University of Queensland.
10 and 26. Police, demonstrators and media outside Mayne Hall at the University of Queensland, Brisbane. Harley Stumm, 4ZZZ journalist can be seen with glasses. Dan O'Neill (partially obscured) can be seen with megaphone.
11 and 27. Protestors sitting on grass at the University of Queensland.
12 and 28. Brad Bauman, University of Queensland student Union president about to address the crowd.
13 and 29. Protestors with masks, mortar boards and placard at the University of Queensland, Brisbane. Phil Monsour can be seen on far left.
14 and 30. Jack Ford and David Barbagallo with protestors holding flags and Nazi regalia on the steps of the Forgan Smith Building (that lead into the Department of Law).
15 and 31. Protestors with Academics for Human Rights banner in front of Central Library. Professor Eileen Byrne can be seen behind banner in the middle. Christine Cuskelly can be seen in right hand foreground.
16 and 32. Protestors from the Federated Clerks Union at Mayne Hall, University of Queensland including Library staff member, Noela Stallard.

Rutherford, Joanne

Ephemera from University of Queensland political groups

  • F3315
  • Item
  • [c.1971]-[c.1975]

Leaflets, ephemera, newsletters. Most groups associated with University of Queensland, and many part of University of Queensland Student Union. Issues covered include the strike at University of Queensland in 1971, Greg Weir case, Vietnam Moratorium, Springboks and apartheid, women, Aborigines and racism, and uranium mining.

Bruce Dickson Papers

  • UQFL395
  • Collection
  • 1960-1983

Ephemera, badges, posters, drawings, newspaper cuttings scrapbook, and videorecordings relating to radical politics, labour movements, student demonstrations, and student activities, including some theatre productions.

Dickson, Bruce

Werner Schlick Papers

  • UQFL347
  • Collection
  • 1964-1978.

Documents on student unrest and protest at the University of Queensland from 1964 to 1978. Includes newsletters, correspondence, programs of events, periodicals, pamphlets, handouts and flyers.

Schlick, Werner, 1930-

Dan O'Neill Papers

  • UQFL132
  • Collection
  • 1966-1983.

Newsletters and bulletins ; notes ; conference programs and papers ; pamphlets ; letters ; meetings minutes ; articles, posters, newspaper cuttings of Springbok tours ; other newspaper articles ; University of Queensland handbooks and programmes. Relating to socialist movement in University of Queensland, Vietnam war student protests, leftist political ideology, trade unionism.

O'Neill, Dan, 1938-

Mark Plunkett Papers

  • UQFL338
  • Collection
  • 1977-1980.

Transcript of hearing relating to bashing of student during demonstation in Brisbane, 1977 (Folders 1 & 2) ;photographs of Right to March demonstrations, Brisbane, 1978 (Folder 3) ;papers relating to a political controversy about Sir Garfield Barwick's shares in Mundroola Pty. Ltd. (Folder 4). Material in Folder 4 originates from period 1978-1981 when Mark Plunkett was assistant private secretary to Bill Hayden (then Leader of the Opposition). Plunkett was asked to investigate the activities of Mundroola Pty. Ltd., the Barwick family company, of which Sir Garfield Barwick was a director, for possible conflicts of interest. Gareth Evans started action to impeach Barwick.

Plunkett, Mark