Collection UQFL474 - Carole Ferrier Papers

Identity area

Reference code

UQFL474

Title

Carole Ferrier Papers

Date(s)

  • 1963-2010 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

15 boxes, 1 parcel

Context area

Name of creator

(1946-)

Biographical history

Carole Ferrier (nee Westwood) was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England on 18 February 1946. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours from the University of London externally after moving to New Zealand. She gained her PhD from the University of Auckland. Ferrier arrived in Australia in January 1973 from New Zealand to teach English at the University of Queensland. In the 1970s and 1980s she was an active participant in Brisbane’s radical activities being arrested over 30 times. Her prominent opposition to the Bjelke Petersen government brought her to the attention of the Special Branch of the Queensland Police Force, and she was the subject of ongoing surveillance and harassment. Ferrier was a member of the International Socialists and a founding member of Socialist Action and the Queensland Coalition for Democratic Rights. She was involved in Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ during its early years, and she played a leading role over many years in campaigns for civil liberties and the rights of women, Indigenous Australians and workers. In 1975, she was a founding editor of the feminist journal 'Hecate: A women's Interdisciplinary Journal'. She has presented papers at over 70 conferences, published more than a hundred journal articles and book chapters, and written a biography on Jean Devanny.

Archival history

Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1963-2007
Collection alternatively titled as: Carole Ferrier Collection.

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Scope and content

Pamphlets, bulletins, newsletters, political ephemera, newspaper cuttings and political documents relating to protest politics and culture in Brisbane from the 1970s; debates and issues within the International Socialists and Socialist Action; research work, photographs, interviews, transcripts of interviews, and correspondence relating to Jean Devanny; correspondence; and documents relating to Carole Ferrier's academic activities.

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Accruals

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Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright applies.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Contains: Audio cassettes, slides, negatives, floppy discs.

Finding aids

Uploaded finding aid

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Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Hecate Press is the publisher for the journal Hecate : an interdisciplinary journal of women's liberation which began in 1975, International Women's Year. Founding and ongoing editor of Hecate is Professor Carole Ferrier. Hecate Press Records are located at UQFL235.

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Note

The collection was rehoused in 2019 as part of the 17-10 Fryer Project and box numbers were reallocated. Refer to the chart at the end of the PDF Finding Aid to convert old box numbers to new numbers.

Where appropriate, publications have been removed and catalogued separately or discarded

Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991008762169703131

Millennium Local System Number

b22347628

OCLC Number

1058645186

Libraries Australia ID

63030463; 45230518

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Status

Revised

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, Linda Justo, 23-Jun-2023. Revised, Linda Justo, 9-Jul-2021. Revised, Linda Justo, 16-Apr-2020; Revised, Linda Justo, 27-Jun-2019; Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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