Two photographs of Amin Jan Amin and letters to Kate Durham, Jenny Riley and Jill Singer from Amin.

Letter to unidentified recipient from Aminah Hossaini.

Sewing projects, patterns and dolls created by asylum seekers while held in detention on Naru and put on display in the exhibition And everyone was an optimist at the gallery Gabrielle Pizzi in 2005. Four satin covered cakes of soap.
53 pillows created for exhibition Sewing all the way to here at Shepparton Art Gallery in 2006.

Comprises: 1 sculpture, 11 framed works of relief sculpture, 3 paintings and 273 panels of the artwork SIEV X. Captions and ephemera relating to exhibitions in Box 4.
7 steel framed display panels, 180cm x 90cm

Blurb: "In September 2001, the Australian government hatched an extreme response to 400 asylum seekers rescued from the Indian Ocean - they called it their "Pacific solution", but instead of a new life, Australia effectively sold them to the near-bankrupt island of Nauru, thousands of miles away into the middle of the Pacific."
First released Great Britain : BBC, 2002.
Censored in Australia.

Photograph of Boman Ali and letters and cards to Kate Durham from Ali.

Documents relating to Julian Burnside:
Printed pages – email contact list;
Printed pages – address list;
Printed pages from Burnside website 11 Feb 2002 to 2 Jun 2002, 17 leaves;
Printed pages from Burnside website Financial Analysis of Detention Centre Costs, 2 – 4 Jun 2002, 12 leaves;
Photocopied pages from Temporary Protection Visa Education Kit;
Photocopied pages from Refugee Council of Australia, Sept 2003;
Photocopied UNHCR document, Return Information Update, 15 Dec 2003;
Copy of Julian Burnside speech re Asylum Seekers, [undated];
Printed page from webpage 'Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock – Contact Details';
Copy of facsimile [correspondents unknown], of Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs form, Decision and Notification – Bridging Visa E – Subclass 050, 1 leaf;
Email to Tony Kevin from Keysar Trad regarding transcripts of interviews with boat, 11 Feb 2002, 9 leaves;
Copy of Tony Kevin’s opening statement to the Senate Select Committee Inquiry into a certain Maritime Incident, 1 May 2002;
Copy of handwritten notes on experiences of asylum seekers;
Copy of facsimile Media Release form from Republic of Nauru, Nauru Calls for Responsibility from Australian Government as Hunger Strike Worsens, 6 Jan 2004;
Photocopied map of Republic of Nauru;
Photocopied pages of letters from asylum seekers [written in script, possibly Farsi];
Newspaper cutting Afghanistan’s a mess. Iraq is... [undated];
Copies of newspaper cutting ‘No Hope Atoll’, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 24 to 25, 2002 [with handwritten annotations] ;
Two pages of handwritten notes [undated].

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.

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.

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.