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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Photocopied newspaper cutting and press release attached.

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.

Four photocopies of architectural plans drawn by Anketell & K. Henderson for the new premises of the Bank of Australasia located on the corner of Queen and Wharf Streeets, Brisbane. The first plan includes elevations. This building began construction in ca. 1927. The Bank of Australasia was sold by the ANZ Bank in 1981. It was later demolished. Berkman used the stones from the building for the Garms house in Tennyson.

18 drawings by architect G.M. Berkman for clients Harry and Ann Garms at 79 King Arthur Terrace, Tennyson. Drawings include floor plan, site and foundation plan, elevations, lighting pan, roof plan, door plan, fireplace and lintel set out, link plan, kitchen details, stair details and window details.

Two drawings of door and window details by architect G.M. Berkman for clients Harry and Ann Garms at 12 Days Road, The Grange. Drawing numbers: 830107 (Job no. 11-1) and 830108 (Job no. 11-2)