National Aids Archives Collection

Deposit No Name of Deposit Date Range Shelf Metres Type of Records
H2 Commonwealth Government Products 1980-2001 9.30 An artificial collection, mostly publications, plus posters & AV material produced by the Commonwealth Health Department (and successor agencies). AIDS Education Unit, Communicable Diseases Branch. A small number of publications are from other Commonwealth agencies. All relate to the AIDS/HIV education campaign.
H1 General Library Reference material 1980-1993 1.20 General reference items on AIDS in Australia as a whole. Included are catalogue listings from libraries, chronologies, personal research work and researcher bibliographies.
H3 Non Government Products 1983-1994 14.70 An artificial collection of all forms of printed material including posters, plus AV material produced by non-government bodies as part of the HIV/ AIDS education campaign.
H4 Family Planning Federation of Australia 1971-1988 20.10 Minutes, files and papers relating to administration, policy, education, contraception, finance, statistics, publicity, committees and related bodies. These include the South Pacific Family Planning Programs and the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
H5 *Australian IV League (AIVL) 1987-1992 2.25 Minutes, reports, conference and workshop papers, correspondence, subject, and general files, press cuttings and publications.
H6 *Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) 1986-1993 10.65 Policy records, minutes, project and subject files covering the major activities of the Federation, files from the Legal Rights Project Office and publications.
H7 *Haemophilia Foundation of Australia (HFA) includes predecessors 1979-1993 9.90 Council Executive, & Conference papers, correspondence with interstate societies and overseas bodies, general and research files, AIDS related files and papers, publications, press cuttings, audio-visual items and records of predecessors- the Australian Federation of Haemophilia Societies & the Haemophilia Society of Victoria.
H8 *AIDS Action Council of the ACT c. 1980s 13.50 General files and publications.
H9 *Phil Carswell Papers 1983-1993 3.00 Personal papers of P Carswell documenting his membership of the Victorian AIDS Council, NACAIDS & ANCA, and other AIDS-related bodies from 1983. Papers relate to AIDS policy, programs, and work in this field with Government /Community liaison.
H10 Geoffrey Harrison Papers 1973-1993 7.35 Personal papers of G Harrison covering his work as a publicist in the Performing Arts field and his involvement as a campaigner, advocate on treatments policy & education publicist in HIV/AIDS community and national organisations. Included are files, albums, diaries, posters, audio tapes & cassettes.
H11 *Public Health Association. (PHA)

includes former titles
1968-1991 10.65 Meetings papers, annual reports, correspondence and publications files, conference papers, membership lists, publications and papers re workshops, special interest groups & related organisations.
H12 Magnus, Nankervis and Curl 1987-1990 0.90 Records relating exclusively to the contract this Company held to devise Phase 2 advertising campaigns for the National AIDS Education Program, 1987-1990. Includes general files, questionnaires, media proposals, scripts, production documentation and research papers.
H13 ACT-UP Melbourne (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) 1990-1993 0.45 Files re Melbourne campaign, publicity & planning, inter-organisational campaign papers plus news and publicity material from overseas organisations. This collection consists of copies of records retained by the organisation.
H14 *AIDS Trust of Australia (ATA) 1987-1992 1.65 Trustees meetings papers, correspondence & subject files re donations, fundraising, sales, agreements & various activities; press releases, press cuttings, AIDS information papers & reports.
H15 *Scarlet Alliance 1984-1993 2.10 Subject files covering all aspects of their activities, meetings and conference papers, reports & submissions; documentation relating to sex worker rights, other sex worker organisations, and HIV/AIDS issues here and overseas.
H16 *Churches AIDS Pastoral Care & Education Program (CAPE) 1988-1993 1.65 History of the program, Committee of Management records, papers re sub-committees, correspondence & subject files, Youth Conference papers, kits & publications.
H17 *AIDS Society of ASIA and the Pacific (ASAP) 1989-1992 1.05 Aims, rules, Executive Committee and conference papers and files re programs and activities.
H19 *Bill Bowtell Papers 1983-1993 3.30 Files documenting B Bowtell’s involvement in HIV/Aids policy and administration (1983-93). He was Senior Policy advisor to the Health Minister (1983-86), and involved with ANCA, AFAO, and other bodies.
H20 National Association of People Living With AIDS (formerly NPLWAC) 1991-1993 1.05 Classified file series covering aspects of the work of this organisation.

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