Correspondence, sketches, a Design Study, photographic slides, copies of newspaper articles and financial records relating to the competition for a design for the National Archives of Australia Headquarters in Canberra.

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.

Letters from William Fryer
• William (Will, Bill or Billy) Fryer, Brisbane to Liz, 17 Jun 1915
• Will Fryer, Sydney to his mother, 7 Oct 1915
• Will Fryer, A69 Warilda, to Liz 12 Oct 1915
• Will Fryer, Helmich Camp, to Liz, 19 Nov 1915
• Will Fryer, Helmich Camp, to his Mother, 19 Nov 1915
• Will Fryer, Helmich Camp, to his Mother, 2 Dec 1915
• Will Fryer, Helmich Camp, to Kitty, 2 Dec 1915
• Will Fryer, Polygon Camp, Abassia, Cairo, to his Mother, 21 Dec 1915
• Will Fryer, [Egypt], to Liz, 10 Feb 1916
• Will Fryer, Tel-el-Kebir, to Liz, 27 Mar 1916
• Will Fryer, OAS, Egypt, to his mother, 13 Apr 1916
• Will Fryer, postcard reading ‘Miss Edith Cavell, Murdered, Oct 12 1915 Remember!’ [nd.]
• Will Fryer, [France] to his mother, 7 Jul 1916
• Will Fryer, France, to Liz, 30 Jun 1916
• Will Fryer, France, to his mother, [nd.]
• Will Fryer, In the Field, to Liz, 20 Jul 1916
• Will Fryer, France, postcard to his mother, 18 Aug 1916
• Will Fryer, No. 5 Red Cross Hospital, France to his father, 22 Sep 1916
• Will Fryer, Bishops Knoll, No. 5 Red Cross Hospital, [France] to Liz, 26 Sep 1916
• Will Fryer, Bishops Knoll [Hospital], to Liz, 5 Oct 1916
• Fryer, Bishops Knoll, to Miss E. S. Fryer, State School, Springsure, Queensland, 14 Oct 1916
• Will Fryer, Bishop’s Knoll, to Liz, 26 Sep 1916
• Walter Fryer, circa 1916
• Will Fryer, Dorset to Liz, 15 Feb 1917
• Will Fryer, No. 1, Command Depot, Pesham Downs, Salisbury Plains, [1917]
• Will Fryer, Brisbane to Liz, 18 Aug 1917
• Will Fryer to Richard, postcard, n.d.

Thirty-nine tyescript drafts, some with handwritten emendations. Mostly comprises reviews of literary works by others.

Green folder with heading 'Prose writing 1975-90' containing: handwritten list of prose titles dating from 1975 to 1990 on single lined page; and various short pieces of prose, photocopied and manuscript written by Judith Rodriguez in this period.

Original folder (retained) has handwritten on cover 'The hanging of Minnie Thwaites (writing for project with Robyn Archer, 1983) (The file includes the first rough draft by Judith Rodriguez and Robyn Archer of The Hanging of Minnie Thwaites, July 1983 (Not used in writing book)'. Includes: handwritten and typescript notes.

Three lists:
• The first list describes letters and postcards, from David Malouf to Judith Rodriguez, (numbered between 1 to 250), Dec 1957 to Dec 1977. Annotated copy of typescript list.
• The second list describes letters and postcards, from Judith Rodriguez to David Malouf, (numbered between 1 to 168), Apr 1961 to Nov 1977. Annotated copy of typescript list.
• The third list contains notes, written by Judith Rodriguez, commenting on and describing detail of the contents of each item contained within the first and second lists. In some instances the third list has cross-references to other items within the same list. The third list is original typescript.

Handwritten letters, some are to 'My dear Collie'. One is signed 'your affectionate Mother, Margaret M. Bell'.

Some of the social events that Francis Needham Bell participated in. Includes: Longreach, Isisford, Yalleroi, Barcaldine and desert amateur picnic race club statements, programs and reports, 1930 to 1943. -- Race Book of Colil Basil Peter Bell, 1904. -- 31 Dance cards of Francis Needham Bell, 1932 to 1946.

Dance card details: Wednesday, 18 July 1934 Longreach Gold Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 20 July 1934, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, no pencil. -- Friday, 9 November 1934, Longreach First Annual Diggers' Ball, Shire Hall. -- Thursday, 18 July 1935, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 8 November 1935, Longreach Second Annual Diggers' Ball, crest of Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League Australia on cover. -- Friday, 1 May 1936, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club Annual Ball. -- Friday, 3 July 1936, Bachelors' Ball, 1936, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, no pencil. -- Wednesday, 22 July 1936, Longreach Gold Club's Annual Ball. -- Thursday, 23 July 1936, Caledonian Association Longreach Annual Ball. -- Friday, 24 July 1936 Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 13 November 1936, Diggers' Ball, Longreach Shire Hall. -- Thursday, 29 April 1937, Bachelors' Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, list of Barcaldine Bachelors on last page. -- Friday, 30 April 1937, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club, Annual Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine,tangled. -- Thursday, 22 July 1937, Caledonian Association, Longreach, Annual Ball, no pencil. --Friday, 23 July 1937 Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 23 July 1937, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Friday, 20 August 1937, Matrons' & Spinsters' Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine. -- Friday, 12 November 1937, Diggers' Ball, Longreach Shire Hall. -- Thursday, 21 July 1938, Caledonian Association, Longreach, Twenty-first Annual Ball, no pencil. -- Friday, 11 November 1938, Diggers' Ball, Shire Hall, Longreach, no pencil. -- 1939, Matrons' Ball. -- Friday, 21 July 1939, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Thursday, 18 April 1940, Barcaldine and District Bachelors' and Spinsters' Ball, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, no pencil. -- Friday, 19 April 1940, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club, Share Hall, Barcaldine. -- Friday, 24 May 1940 Tower Hill Picnic Amateur Race Club Annual Ball. -- Friday, 12 July 1940, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball. -- Wednesday, 23 April 1941, Barcaldine Amateur Racing Club, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, - -- Friday, 18 July 1941, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, -- Friday, 17 May 1946, Tower Hill Picnic Amateur Race Club Annual Ball. -- Tuesday, 22 July 1958, Longreach Amateur Race Club's Annual Ball, no pencil. -- Tower Hill Picnic Amateur Race Club Annual Ball, undated.

Correspondence, photographs, notes, newspaper cuttings, relating to the Moffatt/Bell family vault at Ipswich Cemetery (burial site for Thomas Bell (ca. 1798-1872), Mary Isabella Moffatt (nee Bell) (1826-1866), John Alexander Bell (ca. 1829-1901), Ipswich Racecourse, and ‘Maryville’, the first home of Joshua Peter and Margaret Bell.