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A message to Queensland women, 28 January 1986 / Margaret Reynolds

Contents of a fax sent to 'Queensland Women', detailing state government policies implemented in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia over ten years previous to 1986. It has a title page of many different news headlines, and a cover page with the Parliament of Australia - The Senate stationery heading and Ms Reynolds's signature.

Reynolds, Margaret, 1941-

Women's word : newsletter of the Women's Policy Unit, Office of the Cabinet of Queensland issue one.

White pages with black, purple and green print. The first issue of a newsletter published in December, 1991, by the Women's Policy Unit, part of the Office of the Cabinet of Queensland. The newsletter informs of what the Unit is doing, what women in other regions and communities across Queensland are doing, and also provides information on government services and women's organisations. The front page features an article introducing the Women's Policy Unit. The back page has articles on the National Committee on Violence Against Women and economic development of rural communities. Inner pages contain articles on the Women's Policy Unit's strategies for promoting women artists; a meeting of over 400 women in Laura, North Queensland, to discuss issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; an overview of the Women's Budget Statement; and a recap of the "Balancing the Gains - Women, Efficiency and Restructuring" conference held in October of the same year at Mayfair Crest, Brisbane.

Women's Policy Unit Office of Cabinet Queensland

From lunchroom to boardroom : records of oral history project, Women in the Labor movement,1930-1970

  • UQFL300
  • Collection
  • 1991-1992

Forty open reel audiotapes of interviews, transcripts and documentation about the project, and accompanying posters.

From Lunchroom to Boardroom was an oral history project by historian Therese Collie and visual artist Judith Hewitson. The objective of the project was to record the stories of a wide variety of women who participated in the Queensland labor movement from the 1930s though to the 1970s. Funded in 1991 by the Australia Council, and supported by the Oral History Association of Queensland, the Union of Australian Women and the Trades and Labour Council. Interviews were conducted by Therese Collie. Transcripts of the interviews were compiled by Sue Pechey. Interviews with Joyce Murphy, Ivy Willey, Jenny Prohaska, Alice Hughes, Ivy Neilsen, Jean Bowden, Marie Crisp, Constance Healy, Jean O'Connor, Ida Welsh, Vi Cox, Susie Dickson, Frances Bishop, Julba Julba Woman Dance Troupe, Loma Thompson, Pat Bowe, Bessie Lymburner, and Elena Timms.

Trades and Labor Council of Queensland, Women's Equal Opportunity Committee

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