Includes records, ephemera, newspaper cuttings and other items relating to the Women's Information and Support Association (WISA) between 1981 and 2022.

Handwritten and typed monthly meeting minutes from May 1981 to March 1982 (during which time WISA was named Women's group).
Handwritten and typed monthly meeting minutes from February 1984 to February 1986 (excludes April 1984). WISA did not meet in the month of January in1984, 1985 and 1986.
Handwritten meeting minutes from April 2000.

Flyer for events organised by WISA in August to December 1985.
Ephemera, handwritten documents and newspaper cuttings relating to WISA's tenth anniversary celebration held on 9 October 1993 in Maroochydore.
Ephemera, handwritten and typed documents and photocopied newspaper cuttings relating to a dinner organised by WISA on 12 October 1996 in Buderim. Maroochy Barambah was a guest speaker at this dinner.

Thirteen pages of photocopied newspaper cuttings about WISA and other topics relating to females (1935 to 1990).

An undated typed document titled 'Women in the workforce'. The name Sue Murray is written at the bottom of the document.
Typed document inviting women of the Sunshine Coast to a WISA meeting on 29 May 1993.
A printed portion of an email from Joan Welsh, to Joan Welsh, with the subject 'Welcome to Jackie Huggins' dated 3 March 2022. Appears to be the start of a speech given at a forum retrospectively celebrating WISA at which Jackie Huggins was a guest speaker.

This series contains awards and commendations received by Anthony Lawrence including a signed card from the poet Seamus Heaney and the inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award

Box 7

Folder 7
A handwritten note from Seamus Heaney to the author. Dated 2 October 1994. Written on a printed card of Heaney's poem 'Tollund'. One hundred and twenty-five copies of the card were printed privately for Heaney in September 1994.

Folder 8
Judith Wright Calanthe Award for Poetry presented to the author on 13 October 1999 in Brisbane. Awarded for the best published collection of poetry. This is the inaugural Judith Wright Calanthe Award, introduced in 1999 by the Queensland Minister for the Arts.

This series contains photocopies of book review cuttings for Anthony Lawrence's first and only novel In the half light (2000). These cuttings were compiled in 2001 by Pan MacMillan. the publisher of the novel.

Box 7

Folder 6
Photocopies of book review cuttings for the author's novel In the half light (2000). Compiled by Pan MacMillan in 2001. Originally in a display folder titled 'reviews of 'In the half light' by the author. Reviews published in 2000 to 2001.

Parcel 1

Folder 5
Book sleeve of the author's novel In the half light (2000). Originally included in the display folder titled 'reviews of 'In the half light' by the author.

This series is comprised of two scrapbooks created by Anthony Lawrence. The scrapbooks contain event flyers, invitations and programs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other items between 1974 and 2020. The scrapbooks are not arranged chronologically.

Parcel 2

Item 1
Scrapbook titled 'Anthony Lawrence scrapbook'. Scrapbook titled by author. Contains event flyers, invitations and programs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other items. Content of the scrapbook dated from 1974 to 2020. Creation date of the scrapbook unknown as content not arranged chronologically.

Item 2
Scrapbook titled 'Anthony Lawrence scrapbook'. Scrapbook titled by author. Contains event flyers, invitations and programs, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other items. Content of the scrapbook dated from 1986 to 2019. Creation date of the scrapbook unknown as content not arranged chronologically.

This series is comprised of research notes and materials created by Anthony Lawrence. Most of the research relates to the American poet Richard Hugo. The author's doctor of philosophy thesis (2010) included a critical essay on Hugo's work titled 'No stranger to the darker waters'. Other research relates to the poet Paul Muldoon and poetry line breaks.

Box 7

Folder 1
Two notebooks containing handwritten research notes relating to Richard Hugo. Undated. The author's doctor of philosophy thesis (2010) included a critical essay on Hugo's work titled 'No stranger to the darker waters'.

Folder 2
Typed notes with annotations and handwritten research notes in a folder titled 'no stranger to the darker waters: essay on the poetry of Richard Hugo'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Folder appears to contain drafts of the critical essay included in the author's doctor of philosophy thesis (2010).

Folder 3
Handwritten research notes relating to Paul Muldoon in a folder titled 'Muldoon notes'. Folder titled by author. Undated.

Folder 4
Printed research material with handwritten annotations in a folder titled 'writing poetry'. Folder titled by author. Printed by the author in 2012.

Folder 5
Printed research material and handwritten research notes. Loose at the time of donation and put together in a folder. Undated.

This series is comprised of drafts of unpublished playscripts and filmscripts by Anthony Lawrence. Most folders relate to the filmscript 'Blood oath' (formerly titled 'The desert run'). Included in this series are two letters responding to scene breakdowns submitted from 'Blood oath'. Other folders include drafts for scripts of 'In the half light' and 'Snow White and the seven crazies'.

Box 6

Folder 2
Typed draft with handwritten annotations of 'Blood oath' (formerly titled 'The desert run') script. Dated 1988. Unpublished.

Folder 3
Typed draft with handwritten annotations of 'Blood oath' (formerly titled 'The desert run') script. Undated. Unpublished

Folder 4
Typed draft with handwritten annotations of 'Blood oath' (Formerly titled 'The desert run') script. Printed on continuous computer paper. Undated. Unpublished

Folder 5
Typed draft of 'Blood oath' (formerly titled 'The desert run') script. Printed on continuous computer paper. Undated. Unpublished

Folder 6
Handwritten draft on index cards of 'Blood oath' (formerly titled 'The desert run') script. Undated. Unpublished

Folder 7
Two handwritten drafts with handwritten annotations of 'Blood oath' (formerly titled 'The desert run') script. Scenes 33 to 57 and 29 to 30. Undated. Unpublished

Folder 8
Two typed drafts of 'blood oath' (formerly titled 'the desert run') script. Scenes 28 to 124 and scenes 23 to 37. Undated. Unpublished

Folder 9
Two typed letters responding to scene breakdowns submitted from the script of 'Blood oath' (formerly titled 'The desert run'). Dated September 1990.

Folder 10
Handwritten draft on index cards of 'In the half light' script. Undated. Unpublished. Based on the author's debut novel In the half light (2000).

Folder 11
Typed and handwritten drafts with handwritten annotations of script in a folder titled 'Snow White and the other crazies'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Unpublished.

This series is comprised of drafts of published and unpublished poetry and prose by Anthony Lawrence between 1989 and 2021. Many drafts are sorted into folders titled by the author. Many drafts are unsorted and untitled. Published versions of poems are found in the author's anthologies, doctor of philosophy thesis and various periodicals published between 1989 and 2019.

Box 1

Folder 1
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in a folder titled 'typed working drafts of poems for the book Bark'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthologies (1989 to 2008) and other periodicals (2000 to 2004). Other titles unpublished.

Folder 2
The University of Queensland press proof of the author's anthology Bark (2008) with handwritten annotations. Folder titled by author. Dated 2008.

Folder 3
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'the grave of the southpaw', 'companion birds' and 'guidance and knowledge. Folders titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in the author's anthology Bark (2008) and other periodicals (2007 to 2008).

Folder 4
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'stingers', 'the shovel', 'the boat' and 'graphology'. Folders titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in the author's anthology Bark (2008) and another periodical (2006).

Folder 5
Typed drafts of poetry in a folder titled 'words and music'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Published in the author's anthology Words and music (2008) and other periodicals (2010).

Folder 6
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations, handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in a folder titled 'the welfare of my enemy'. Includes two notebooks. Folder titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in the author's doctor of philosophy thesis (2010) and verse novella The welfare of my enemy (2011).

Box 2

Folder 1
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in a notebook titled 'poems and notes towards the book the welfare of my enemy'. Notebook titled by author. Undated. Titles in this notebook are published in the author's doctor of philosophy thesis (2010) and verse novella The welfare of my enemy (2011).

Folder 2
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'nocturn', 'the art of the eye', 'the pelican', 'eclipse' and 'domestic emergencies'. Folders titled by author. Undated except for the folder 'nocturn' dated 2012.Titles in this folder are published in the author's anthology Signal flare (2013) and other periodicals (2010 to 2013). 'Domestic emergencies' was the winner of the Peter Porter Poetry Prize in 2010.

Folder 3
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in a folder titled 'bloodlines' (dated 2012). Folder titled by author. Title in this folder was published in the author's anthology Headwaters (2016) and another periodical (2012). Headwaters (2016) was the winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards in the poetry category in 2017.

Folder 4
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'seeing goats', 'on waking' and 'arboreal'. Folders titled by author. Undated except for the folder 'seeing goats' dated 2008. Titles in this folder are published in periodicals (2010 to 2011).

Folder 5
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'lepidoptera', 'visiting Keats' and 'time capsule'. Folders titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in periodicals (2014 to 2016).

Folder 6
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of poetry in folders titled 'the plains', 'a tasting', 'the measurement institute' and 'theatre'. Folders titled by author. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in periodicals (2017 to 2018).

Folder 7
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations, handwritten drafts of poetry, notes and prose in a folder titled 'new book'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Titles include ‘Reading Ted Kooser in the medical centre waiting room’, ‘The coins they palmed’ and ‘Street theatre’ among others. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthology (2013) and other periodicals (2009 to 2013). Other titles unpublished.

Folder 8
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations in a folder titled 'poetry on planes'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Titles include 'Button', 'The octopus', 'I watched it pass over' and 'The brindle horses' among others. Some titles in this folder are published in periodicals (2017 to 2019). Other titles unpublished.

Folder 9
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in folders titled 'Antarctica'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Used in the long-term exhibition 'Islands to ice' at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Box 3

Folder 1
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations in a folder titled 'the endangered sonnets'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Unpublished.

Folders 2-4
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations and handwritten drafts of unpublished poetry in titled folders. Folders titled by author. Undated.

Folders 5-6
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations, handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in folders titled 'poetry drafts' and 'poems in progress'. Folders titled by author. Undated except for two loose leaf pages dated 2006 and 2019. Titles include 'In exremis', 'The deep' and 'Margins of error' among others. Some pages untitled. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthologies (2011 to 2016) and other periodicals (2012 to 2015). Other titles unpublished.

Box 4

Folder 1
Continuation of Box 3, Folders 5-6.

Folder 2
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes in three untitled notebooks. Undated except for one page of a notebook dated 2010. Titles include 'Lines in absentia' and 'The welfare of my enemy' among others. Some pages untitled. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthologies (2011 to 2013) and doctor of philosophy thesis (2010). Other titles unpublished.

Folders 3-6
Typed drafts of poetry with annotations, handwritten drafts of poetry and notes. Loose at the time of donation and put together in seven folders. Undated except for two loose leaf pages dated 2014 and 2015. Titles include 'Imagining the dark, 'My darling turns to poetry at night' and 'Elegy' among others. Some pages untitled. Some titles in this folder are published in the author's anthologies (2008 to 2016) and other periodicals (2007 to 2016). Other titles unpublished.

Box 5

Folders 1-3
Continuation of Box 4, Folders 3-6.

Folder 4
Typed drafts of prose, handwritten drafts of prose and notes in folders titled 'the night horse drafts'. Folders titled by author. Undated. Unpublished.

Folder 5
Typed drafts of prose with annotations, handwritten drafts of prose and notes in a folder titled 'novel'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Unpublished.

Folder 6
Four typed drafts of prose with annotations. Loose at the time of donation and put together in a folder. Undated except for one draft dated 1990. Unpublished.

Box 6

Folder 1
Handwritten drafts of prose and notes in a notebook titled 'the waggafish letters'. Notebook titled by author. Undated. Published in The waggafish letters blog (2010).

Parcel 1

Folder 1
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes a notebook relating to 'The welfare of my enemy'. Undated. Titles in this folder are published in the author's doctor of philosophy thesis (2010) and verse novella The welfare of my enemy (2011).

Folder 2
Handwritten drafts of poetry originally in a folder titled 'eclipse'. Folder titled by author. Undated. Title in this folder was published in the author's anthology Signal Flare (2013).

Folder 3
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes originally in a folder titled 'Antarctica'. Folder titled by author. Dated 2016. Used in the long-term exhibition 'Islands to ice' at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Folder 4
Handwritten drafts of poetry and notes. Loose at the time of donation and put together in folder. Undated except one loose leaf page dated 2017. All pages untitled. Includes notes written on a brochure for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlist listing the author's anthology Headwaters (2016).

Correspondence, reports and diaries for the University of Queensland Bushwalking Club (UQBWC). There are thirteen Annual reports, including the the first annual report from 1950 which records the formation of the club. There are documents, correspondence, and reports relating to the Mt Barney Hut that the Club constructed as well as field trip notes (mostly from trips at Mt Barney). Two diaries of outings and activies for 1994 and 1995 are present. Three folders contain content relating to clubs which shared members with the UQBWC: the University of Queensland Rockclimbers Club, the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club and the Brisbane Rockclimbing Club. There is a photograph album of activities of the club from the 1950s, comprising 147 black and white photographs, some yellowing with age, and 4 colour photographs. Most photographs have been pasted onto the pages, with captions.

Correspondence, reports and diaries for the University of Queensland Bushwalking Club (UQBWC). There are thirteen Annual reports, including the the first annual report from 1950 which records the formation of the club. There are documents, correspondence, and reports relating to the Mt Barney Hut that the club constructed as well as field trip notes (mostly from trips at Mt Barney). Two diaries of outings and activies for 1994 and 1995 are present. Three folders contain content relating to clubs which shared members with the UQBWC: the University of Queensland Rockclimbers Club (now the University of Queensland Mountain Club), the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club and the Brisbane Rockclimbing Club.

Box 1

Folder 1
Correspondence, incoming and outgoing. Fourteen letters from 23 Mar 1959 to 18 Jun 1968. Photograph from Orientation Week, 1977.

Folder 2
Annual reports from 1950-1965 (missing 1957, 1958, and 1964).

Folder 3
President's report for 1958, 1964, 1966, 1966-67, 1968. Secretary's report for 1965-65. Outings officer's report for 1967. Most are handwritten.

Folder 4
Correspondence, field reports, Mt Barney hut documents, 1953-1970.
Mt Barney hut documents include: Report on the first building trip to Mt Barney to build the hut, 22 to 28 May 1954; 'UQBWC Policy on Huts etc. 1954'; rough drawing of hut elevation and floor plan; Report on hut construction, 12 to 14 Jun 1954; Report on Mt Barney Hut, 21 to 22 May 1955; letter to the secretary of the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club updating them on the progress of the Mt. Barney hut, 5 Sep 1955; list of construction requirements; Letters between the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club and the UQBWC regarding the slow progress of construction, 25 Feb 1957, 3 Apr 1957; Progress report by D.S. Dunstan, 14 Apr 1957; Report on building trips to Sharney Shed, May 1958; report on aluminum for the Barney hut, 9 to 10 Aug 1958; letter from the club to the Youth Hostels Association of Queensland regarding repairs to the Hut, 3 Oct 1967; 'A list of Bora Grounds in South-East Queensland' compiled for the Directors of the Bornong Project by Elizabeth N. Marks, 14 Sep 1970

Folder 5
Newsletters for Nov 1983, Feb 1985, Mar 1985, Jun 1985.
Four one-page newsletters reporting on club activities and giving notice of upcoming trips, meetings and other events. Two newsletters are typescript and two are photocopies of handwritten newsletters. The three newsletters from Feb 1985-Jun 1985 are numbered 1 to 3.

Folder 6
Mail-outs sent to members, Feb 1983, Apr 1983, Aug 1984, Nov 1984.
Four mail-outs, typescript, sent to club members.

Folder 7
Documents, correspondence and newsletter relating to the UQBWC. Handwritten and typed.
Document titled ‘Constitution of the UQBWC’, Undated.
Document stating rules and etiquette of the UQBWC. Undated.
Five pieces of correspondence reflecting on the early walks of the club. Dated 2000 to 2008. Typed and handwritten.
Field notes from bushwalks in Mt Barney National Park, 1950-1959. Field notes include: Mt Barney, 29 May to 4 Jun 1950 (by Jon Stephenson); Mt Barney, 1951 (by G. Broadbent); The ascent of Vidler’s Chimney, 23 Oct 1954 (by Jon Stephenson); Mt May to Mt Ballow, 8 to 10 Apr 1955; Report on Mt Barney Hut by J.R. McLeod, 20 to 21 August 1955; Mt Barney, 1 to 4 May (by John Carter). Undated but likely 1958 or 1959. Christmas Creek, Easter holidays 1959; Mt Barney 27 to 28 Sep 1959.
Newsletter titled ‘First term circular’ from 1964.

Folder 8
Newsletters, member list and other documents relating to the University of Queensland Rockclimbers Club (UQRCC). Now known as the University of Queensland Mountain Club (UQMC). Typed.
Newsletter titled ‘Chockstone’ from Mar 1976, Jun 1976 and Oct 1976.
Membership list from 1976.
Two documents relating to field trips taken by the club. Dated 1985.
Correspondence dated Nov 2014.

Folder 9
Documents, newspaper cuttings, correspondence and field notes diaries relating to the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club (BBWC).
Pamphlet titled ‘Who was what? And when?’ Printed in 1998. Lists the foundation members, honorary life members, committee members and committee positions for the first fifty years of the BBWC (1948-1998).
Five documents relating to the BBWC’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 1998. Typed and handwritten.
Four newspapers cuttings relating to Herbert Miller and Bert Salmon from 1954 to 1980.
Handwritten account of the Nimbin Rocks fatality in Sep 1956. Signed by Michael John Woodrow, Sep 1956. Includes two photograph negatives on one piece of film. One of the negatives is severely decayed.
Typed seven-page document titled ‘Carborundum – Mt Tibrogargan. A Reminiscence of the first ascent, 5th August 1956, some 50 years on’. Undated, but approximately 2006.
Field notes diary. Dated 1951 to 1954. The name N. Lamb is written on the front cover of the diary.
Field notes diary. Dated 1955 to 1956.

Folder 10
Newsletters, correspondence and documents relating to the Brisbane Rockclimbing Club (BRRC).
Newsletter from Nov 1965-Jun 1966. Typed.
Newsletter titled ‘The realised ultimate reality publication (RURP)’ from Mar 1970 (first four pages missing) and another month, undated. Typed.
Fifty-five-page document titled ‘Rock climbing in S.E. Queensland – a brief history’. Introduction signed N.Lamb, Mar 1967. Describes climbing routes in south-east Queensland with corresponding photocopies of hand drawn diagrams. Typed.
Five pieces of handwritten correspondence amongst members of the club. Dated 1966 to 1997.

Item 1
Outings and activities diary, 1994

Item 2
Outings and activities diary, 1995

Parcel 2
Map of Mt Barney from June 1948. Hand drawn map with handwritten annotations and handwritten remarks overleaf. Titled ‘rough sketch of route up the main peak of Mount Barney. By way of the saddle, from the Logan River, west of John Hardgraves home’. Drawn by J. Stephenson (1948), information compiled by C. Bell (1940). Handwritten remarks overleaf dated 1950.

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Inward correspondence, mostly typed, some handwritten, received by the Ecumenical Refugee Support Group Incorporated (TERSGI). Comprises photocopies, printouts and originals. The letters are mostly administrative in nature and relate to financial audits, taxation and annual returns, memberships, processes around supporting refugee clients, invitations to events and other activities, grant applications, and donations. Also includes letters received from the Department of Immigration and other government bodies, other refugee support organisations, and TERSGI members. Some correspondence relates to matters involving refugee clients, such as excursions to theme parks and similar attractions.

Box 2
Folder 6
Inward correspondence, 1990 to 1992

Folder 7
Inward correspondence, 1993 to 1994
Continues into next folder.

Folder 8
Inward correspondence, 1994
Continues from previous folder.

Folder 9
Inward correspondence, 1995

Folder 10
Inward correspondence, 1996, 2012