Administration records created and collected by the Ecumenical Refugee Support Group Incorporated (TERSGI).

Box 1
Item 1
Digital video disc (DVD) containing Helen Findlay's born digital files collected while in the position of secretary for TERSGI and a volunteer for the Multicultural Development Association (MDA). The files are in a variety of formats including Microsoft Word 97-2003, Microsoft Excel 97-2003, PDF and JPG files. Files are arranged into ten folders. Nine of these folders hold archival records, primarily administrative, relating to TERSGI and MDA, covering the period from 1999 to 2019 (incomplete). One folder holds records relating to Annual General Meetings, as well as annual reports. Dated: 1995 to 2019.

Folder 1
General administrative files from 1990 to 1994, and 2010. Includes two typed copies of the TERSGI constitution, one annotated with pen; a handwritten list of household essentials and vendors; a typed summary of TERSGI, its objectives and activities; a typed appeal for volunteers and donations; a contact list of Community Refugee Settlement Scheme (CRSS) groups; mail out templates for invitations to TERSGI picnics; a document titled 'Review of the Community Refugee Settlement Scheme' prepared by the Settlement Planning and Evaluation Section of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; and a record of tutors allocated to refugee clients. Also includes a typed letter by Helen Findlay nominating Audrey Ledwich for an Australian Honour in 2010.

Folder 2
Membership applications, dated 1990 to 1997, 2001, and 2007.

Folder 3
Mailing lists, and membership and subscription listings, 1992 to 2000.

Folder 4
Information sheets and service support documentation created or collected by TERSGI possibly to assist refugee clients with resettlement. Includes a typed list titled 'Essential things to know'; a Social Security pocket rates card pasted to scrap paper; contact lists and organisational charts of branches within the Department of Immigration; a photocopy of a handwritten page of English language class options for adult refugees; and a brochure of community programs funded by the Department of Immigration. Dated: 1993 to 1996.

Folder 5
Two leaves of notes, one typed, one handwritten, for what appears to be an introductory speech delivered at a talk arranged by TERSGI in 1991. The speech introduces speakers Judith Given and Lyn Robinson and their talk titled 'Access to English language training for people of non-English speaking background'. The speech also mentions a question and answer session with Linda Mortensen, the coordinator for the CRSS at the Department of Immigration.

Folder 6
Research, excerpts and ephemera relating to refugees and immigration from 1993 to 1995. Includes a document with a typed theological quote, undated, with no author attribution; typed discussion papers about the operations of the Department of Immigration at the Australian Embassy in Belgrade and its processes around visa applications from Albania, Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Romania; a September 1994 issue of MAI newsletter by the Mutual Assistance for Indochinese; a photocopy of a newsletter article about Nick Bolkus and the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; and a copy of a typed poem titled 'They came walking, walking' by Joseph G. Healey.

Minutes, agendas and meeting notices for the Ecumenical Refugee Support Group Incorporated's (TERSGI) general meetings and management committee meetings. Many of the minutes have income and cash statements, balance sheets, and expenditure reports attached. Also includes minutes or reports from other meetings TERSGI members attended, such as meetings relating to the Migrant Resource Centre (MRC); the Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (DILGEA), later known as the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (DIEA); and the Community Refugee Support Scheme (CRSS).

Box 1
Folder 7
Minutes and agendas for 1990.

Folder 8
Minutes and agendas for 1991.

Folder 9
Minutes and agendas for 1992.

Folder 10
Minutes and agendas for 1993.

Folder 11
Minutes and agendas for 1994.

Folder 12
Minutes and agendas for 1995.

Folder 13
Minutes and agendas for 1996.

Folder 14
Minutes and agendas for 1997.

Folder 15
Minutes and agendas for 1998 to 1999.

Folder 16
Minutes and agendas for 2000 to 2001.

Folder 17
Minutes and agendas for 2002 to 2004.

Folder 18
Minutes and agendas for 2005 to 2009.

Letters sent and received by the Ecumenical Refugee Support Group Incorporated (TERSGI).

Refugee client referrals and information sheets, as well as some correspondence. Up to about the year 2000, the referrals are made to the Ecumenical Refugee Support Group Incorporated (TERSGI) under the Community Refugee Support Scheme (CRSS). From 2002, the referrals are made under the Community Support for Refugees (CSR), a subset program of the Integrated Humanitarian and Settlement Strategy (IHSS). From 2006, the referrals to TERSGI are from the Multicultural Development Association (MDA); some TERSGI members also volunteered for the MDA, either concurrently or after TERSGI disbanded.

Box 3
Folder 1
Client and sponsorship registers from 1992 to 1995. Includes client names, arrival dates and contact details.

Folder 2
Two photographs, colour, 10 x 15 cm, of what appears to be a refugee family or families sitting on a riverbank with their backs to the camera, ca. 1995. Possibly taken along the Brisbane River.

Folder 3
Client information and referrals from 1990 to 1992.

Folder 4
Client information and referrals from 1993 to 1994.

Folder 5
Client information and referrals from 1995 to 2005. Includes two photographs, 6 x 5 cm and smaller, of two clients.

Folder 6
Client information and referrals from 2002 to 2005.

Folder 7
Client information and referrals from 2006 to 2008, and 2010 to 2014, collected by Helen Findlay as a volunteer for the Multicultural Development Association.