Correspondence between the Sarwari family – Sajjad, Sediga and Sakina - and Jenny Riley, H. Thompson, Ellen Kehoe, Karen Brown and Julian Burnside, accompanied by copies of letters to Sediga from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.

Letters to Jenny Riley from Mohammad Taqi, including one letter in Dari.

Letters between asylum seekers and Australian correspondents, including some letters in Dari. Letter writers include:
Hussain Fayzi
Basim Garawak
Michael Gawenda (The Age newspaper)
Grace Gordon
Basim Grawook
Gulbanow
Lal Mohammad Haassani
Mirhabib Habib
Mohammad Habibi
Mohammad Habiby
Abdul Hadee
B Hussaini
Nasir Haidari
Abdul Ghaon Haiden
Ghulam Haider
Mohammad Arif Haleemy
Mohammad Yasin Hamzaie
Jemil Khan Hashimi
Hassan ?
Ghulam Hazrat
Mohammad Anwar Hedayat
W. Al-Shahib- Hilli (Iraqi Human Rights Group)
Ali Yawar Hussain
Mosa Hussain
Jafar Hussaini
Khaliq Ibrahimi
Zarghona Jawadi

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.

Photocopied newspaper cutting and press release attached.

This file is from a green manila folder labelled ‘Nasty People – Spare Rooms and other Correspondence’ containing:
Government documents:
• Application for employer sponsored migration to Australia (form 47ES)
• Employer nomination under the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (form 1054)
• Authorisation of a person to Act and Receive Communication (form 956);
Letters to refugees from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [undated];
Facsimiles from Kate Durham to various recipients 2002,15 leaves;
Emails, letters and facsimile to Kate Durham from various correspondents, 5 Feb 2002 to 5 Jan 2004;
Letter to Michael Gawenda from Kate Durham, 1 Nov 2001;
Handwritten letter to Ms Eichman from Kate Durham [undated];
Personal references for Kate Durham, Sept to Nov 2001;
Emails to Julian Burnside, 4 Feb to 8 Feb 2002, 3 leaves;
Emails to Spare Rooms for Refugees, 3 Feb 2002 to 11 Feb 2004, 5 leaves;
Pamphlet and information forms from Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre Inc (RILC);
Newspaper cutting 'A beautiful country with some ugly people in it';
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings and handwritten letter [possibly Farsi script] signed by Kate Durham;
Printed pages from Burnside’s website, 11 Feb 2002;
Letter to Matthew[?] from Jill Singer re column on racism in Australia [undated];
Draft copy of speech by Kate Durham re Asylum seekers on Nauru;
Media release and promotion for ASAP (Asylum Seekers are People) concert;
Copy of Mohammad Habibi identification card;
Copy of ‘The Lucky Country’;
Copy of page of handwritten text [in script, possibly Farsi];
Copy of call to action against detention of asylum seekers on Nauru.

Correspondence and ephemera relating to the exhibition Sewing all the way to here, organised by Kate Durham and held at Shepparton Art Gallery.

12 unnumbered drawings by architect G.M. Berkman for clients H.W. and A.M. Garms, 242-250 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, for renovation to the existing building.

Four drawings by G.M. Berkman for clients L. & A. Hoepper for house on the corner of Wobur and Waruda Streets, Brackenridge. Plans included are site and drainage plan, wardrobe and cupboard details, kitchen cupboard details and electrical plan.

3 drawings, undated, by architect G.M. Berkman for Harry and Ann Garms at the rear of 17 Longman Terrace, Chelmer. Drawings are numbered: WD1 (Job no. 6-1); WD2 (Job no. 6-2); and WD3 (Job no. 6-3)