Series 8 - Letters
Correspondence to the media (Newspapers, Radio and Television) on various subjects


Date Range1979 - 2005
ProvenanceWEL Cairns
Description

Includes letters to the Cairns Post and other newspapers; Radio and Television programs such as Life Matters and Beauty and the Beast.

Letters are usually signed by Joan Trewern as the Representative of the Women's Electoral Lobby Cairns

ArrangedOrder imposed by Archives
Related Series
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2  WEL Cairns Newsletters 1975 - 2005


Inventory Listing

Letters to the Editor of the Cairns Post and Regional newspapers : 1983 - 1989

Letters to the Cairns Post and Regional newsletters were on a variety of subjects including:

Abortion
Advertising
Anzac Day
Bali Bombing
Birth control
Cairns Base Hospital
Child care centres
Children overboard
Colour of print / typeface in publications
Constitutional convention
Daylight saving
Detention centres
Discrimatory language
Domestic violence
Euthanasia
Gender equality
GST
Gun Lobby
Illegal fishing
Iraq
Kosova
Native Title
Non-sexist language (in particular the use of the word 'he' and 'chairman'
Paid maternity leave
Plastic bags
Pregnant car
Prostitution
Rape in marriage
Republic
RU 486
RU 486
Sexism in the media and literature (TV & Advertising)
Violence
Women in sport
and even 'wearing a black tie with tails'

Creator WEL Cairns
Control Date order imposed by the Archives
Date range 11/8/1983 - 18/12/1989, With gaps
Inventory Identifier WELC00021 Box Number 28 Series 8
Letters to the Presenter of the ABC Program Life Matters

Topics include:
Congratulatory letters to various presenters
Non-sexist language
Women's commitment to their babies
Abortion rights
Euthanasia
Storytelling to children
Migrants identities
Crime novels
Ethical behaviour
Industrial reform legislation
Depression
Reconciliation
Aging
Sea-changes
Child support
Classical music

Creator WEL Cairns
Control Date order imposed by Archives
Date range 5/5/1994 - 10/8/2005
Inventory Identifier WELC00020 Box Number 29 Series 8
Letters in response to non ABC radio and television programs
Creator WEL Cairns
Inventory Identifier WELC00168 Box Number 29 Series 8
Letters to ABC radio

Letters to the various ABC radio talk shows : Australia talks back; Late night live; The spirit of things; The law report; The moral map; The science show; Morning extra
Topics include
University funding
Violent toys
Religion, science and morality
The failure of science to inspire school children
Women's physicality
Abortion
Education

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1979 - 1999
Inventory Identifier WELC00340 Box Number 29 Series 8
Letters to the Editor of the Cairns Post and regional newsletters : 1990 - 1999

Letters to the Cairns Post and Regional newsletters were on a variety of subjects including:
Abortion
Advertising
Anzac Day
Bali Bombing
Birth control
Cairns Base Hospital
Child care centres
Children overboard
Colour of print / typeface in publications
Constitutional convention
Daylight saving
Detention centres
Discrimatory language
Domestic violence
Euthanasia
Gender equality
GST
Gun Lobby
Illegal fishing
Iraq
Kosova
Native Title
Non-sexist language (in particular the use of the word 'he' and 'chairman'
Paid maternity leave
Plastic bags
Pregnant car
Prostitution
Rape in marriage
Republic
RU 486
RU 486
Sexism in the media and literature (TV & Advertising)
Violence
Women in sport
and even 'wearing a black tie with tails'

Creator WEL Cairns
Control Date order imposed by the Archives
Date range 19/1/1990 - 31/12/1999, With gaps
Inventory Identifier WELC00238 Box Number 28 Series 8
Leters to ABC radio

Letters to presenters of various radio talk shows eg. Australia talks back; Comedy half hour; Bush telegraph; Earthbeat; Top of the state
Topics include:
Late term abortion
Aids
IVF
Biodegradable plastic bags
Public perceptions of politicians

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 2000 - 2005
Inventory Identifier WELC00341 Box Number 29 Series 8
Letters to the Editor of the Cairns Post and regional newsletters : 2000 - 2005

Letters to the Cairns Post and Regional newsletters were on a variety of subjects including:

Abortion
Advertising
Anzac Day
Bali Bombing
Birth control
Cairns Base Hospital
Child care centres
Children overboard
Colour of print / typeface in publications
Constitutional convention
Daylight saving
Detention centres
Discrimatory language
Domestic violence
Euthanasia
Gender equality
GST
Gun Lobby
Illegal fishing
Iraq
Kosova
Native Title
Non-sexist language (in particular the use of the word 'he' and 'chairman'
Paid maternity leave
Plastic bags
Pregnant car
Prostitution
Rape in marriage
Republic
RU 486
Sexism in the media and literature (TV & Advertising)
Violence
Women in sport
and even 'wearing a black tie with tails'

Creator WEL Cairns
Control Date order imposed by the Archives
Date range 13/1/2000 - 15/8/2005, With gaps
Inventory Identifier WELC00239 Box Number 28 Series 8
Letters to the Editor - Barfly and other newspapers

Topics include:
The primacy of women in child raising
Non-custodial fathers forming lobby groups

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 1997
Inventory Identifier WELC00316 Box Number 29 Series 8
Letters to Beauty and the Beast on Women's issues

Topics include:
Indigenous Australians
Sexist advertising
Prostsitution
Women politicians
Cheerleaders

Creator WEL Cairns
Date range 2000 - 2002
Inventory Identifier WELC00317 Box Number 29 Series 8

Published by the James Cook University Library, December 2007
Listed by Alan Cockerill
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Updated 17 December 2007
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