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.

Beige manila folder with contact details written on the cover containing:
Document listing refugee support contacts and list of 'Spare Rooms for Refugees' volunteers;
Printed pages from 'Spare Rooms for Refugees' website, 4 Feb 2004;
Emails to Kate Durham and Julian Burnside, 8 Feb 2002 to 11 Feb 2004, 27 leaves;
Letter to Kate Durham from Howard Glenn, A Just Australia, 28 Jan 2004, 2 leaves;
Copy of facsimile to Russell Skelton from Kate Durham, 22 Feb 2002, 1 leaf;
Original and copy of facsimile to Denis Nihil from Sr Mary Mackin, 15 Sept 2003, 7 leaves;
Printed pages of contacts for 'Spare Rooms for Refugees' volunteers;
Printed pages from document Senate Select Committee – Children Overboard Affair, 21 Aug 2002;
Copies of facsimile document regarding Topside camp, Nauru, 11 Mar 2002;
Copies of newspaper articles: 'Island of no Hope' The Dominion Post, 3 Jan 2004 and ‘Pacific Confusion’ The Australian, [undated];
Handwritten letter to Alan Montague from Kate Durham [undated];
Flyers regarding Spare Rooms for Refugees;
Invitation to welcome newest arrivals from Nauru.

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)

Typescript draft, 3 leaves, giving an account of the Annual Dance Festival held on Thursday Island and education in the Torres Strait Islands; author unknown; undated by most likely 1993'; handwritten notes on the reverse of the last page, some in shorthand, possibly by Jackie Huggins. Photocopy of the 3 leaf draft with a map of the canoe trading routes in the Torees Strait Islands.

The Murri School (also known as the Aboriginal and Islander Independent Community School) was first established in 1986. This file contains the following:

One typed page: AIICS, 1986
Open letter from Quaker Services Australia, 27 Jan 1986
Quaker Services Australia, Background Paper no 12: Australian Aboriginal Education projects
Report of the Committee on Higher Education Funding, Overview and Recommendations
Background of the Aboriginal and Islander Cultural Studies Centre, 3 May 1988
Job share proposal, June 1988
Minutes Board Meeting of AIICS, 18 Aug 1989
Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness program (hereafter ASSPA), policy draft, 21 Dec 1990
Memo on state financial assistance, 1991
Interim report from Bill Lowah on land acquisition, 12 Dec 1992
Memo to Mavis Ingle and Lisa O’Brien on school restructuring, 3 Feb 1993
Memo to directors on resignation, 3 Feb 1992
Memo to staff and directors on school development workshop, 22 Feb 1993
Proposal to improve current staffing arrangements, 10 May 1993
Proposal to improve current staffing arrangements, 11 May 1993
Memo to directors, Mavis Ingle and Kevin Eastman on education unit staffing arrangements
AIICS meeting of board of directors, 11 May 1993
AIICS meeting of board of directors, 1 Feb 1994
AIICS constitution
Areas of study offered at AIICS
Newspaper cuttings, stationary costs, flow chart, janitor checklist, pamphlets.
Children's Song Booklet, Speech Night, 10 Dec 1992.