Rainbow Archives, Friends of the Earth activities (meetings, demonstrations) and material relating to environmental issues, ca. 1971-1984

PXE 719

series

approximately 1971-1984

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Clippings, Photographs, Posters, Ephemera, Textual Records

73074

Drawings - 5 drawings
Clippings - 2 newscuttings
Photographs - 169 photoprints (b&w and col.) - 9 proofs
Posters - 14 posters
Ephemera - 2 leaves, 1 pamphlet - 9 postcards
Textual Records - 1 folder (57 printed pieces)

Consists of photographs of numerous protests and demonstrations throughout Australia with a particular emphasis on anti-uranium mining and anti-nuclear energy. Also includes photographs of atomic plants in the United States and United Kingdom as well as images showing the after effects of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There is also a folder of historical images aimed at secondary school students for use in the classroom.

1. Demonstration outside the Ranger Inquiry, Pitt Street, Sydney 1975 or 1976?
2-8. Friends of the Earth, Uranium Ban Waggon
9. Friends of the Earth and supporters demonstrate Melbourne City Square on uranium mining - then march to Treasury Place to protest outside commission hearing
10-11. Campaign against nuclear power, Friends of the Earth environment action group, 1976 [shop window]
12. Demonstration on Fraser's arrival, 28 June 1977
13-14. N.S.W. University, Fraser attending a Chamber of Manufacturers dinner [uranium demonstration]
15. Aborigines at Gunya Way [newscutting] in Workers News, no.193, 6th Oct 1977
16. [Demonstration] Melbourne 1977
17-18. [Demonstration] Land Rights & Keep uranium in the ground, 1978
19. Wake up Australia, the environment needs you! 1980
20-22. Co-operative effort against uranium Jan 26 - Feb 26
23-25. Uranium miner 1984
26. Melbourne university student, Ian Bovill wearing gas mask on bicycle pollution demo, 1977
27. October 22nd rally, onlooking crowd
28. Melbourne demonstration
29. Fight the nuclear society, export Fraser not uranium
30-31. [Demonstration at Circular Quay, Sydney]
32. Police remove a protester from Parliament House [newscutting]
33-47. [untitled demonstrations]
48-57. World bike ride, nuclear free future, Lismore & Sydney Town Hall, 1982
58. The low level radioactive waste treatment plant installed at the Lucas Heights nuclear research establishment of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission / Photo AAEC
59-60. Atom free energy display [outside Australian Atomic Energy Commission]
61-62. Mary Kathleen Uranium Ltd. (The town centre ; The removal of overburden) Dec 1974
63-72. Atomic plants [U.K.]
73-75. Atomic plants [U.S.A.]
76. Trucks leave the former north German salt mine, Asse 11, which the Federal Republic is using as an underground storage site for its low and medium level radioactive wastes
77. A scientist from the atomic experimental station `Riscoe' inspects one of the 126 enormous concrete silos containing radio-active waste, (Denmark)
78-82. [untitled plant]
83. What do you do in case of a nuclear accident - kiss your children good-bye [mother & baby]
84-87. National uranium declaration ; The Nuclear fuel cycle ; Plutonium life span ; Uranium is used for ... [Charts & text]
88-93. [anti nuclear cartoons, 5 drawings + 1 photograph]
94. Low level waste dump, sampling bore hole
95. Warning danger industrial waste ... [sign]
96-98. Mining, rutile - Aerial top-dressing of a rehabilitated mining area ; Bagged rutile being loaded for export ; An expensive display built to provide information about the sand mining industry
99. Sand mining, south Fraser Island
100. Mineral Deposits Limited's 1500 tonnes per hour mining and concentration plant operating south of Forster, New South Wales ...
101. Kurnell oil refineries
102-104. Timber industry - Tasmanian MP's inspecting woodchip logging operations on Tasmania's east coast ; Wood chip mills ; The blower
105. Strike [meeting] 21 Dec 1970
106. F.O.E. at Ranger enquiry
107. Housing units - A view of `Matavai' & `Turanga' the two 30 storey buildings at Waterloo
108. Woolloomooloo demolitions 1973
109-110. [Photographs of posters] The jails are the crime ; Tommorrow's bacon!
111. Display at Alternative Technology Fair, Townsville, 1976
112-114. A type of wind mill ; Wind power now!
115-121. [Solar power]
122-127. Washpool Wilderness, N.S.W. [postcards supporting the creation of a National Park addressed to Parliament House, Sydney]
125-126. Tasmania's future energy needs [postcards addressed to Parliament House, Hobart & Parliament House, Canberra]
127. [Tasmanian native forest, postcard addressed to Parliament House, Hobart]
128-139. [Published posters of Hiroshima & Nagasaki]
140-141. Hiroshima and Nagaski display presented by the World Bike Ride for peace ... ; Hiroshima ... never again [posters]
142-202. [untitled - miscellaneous]
203-204. Parliament lawn & Civic Centre ; Taken at Commonwealth Bridge & Parliament House, Canberra [Proofsheets]
205-211. [untitled proofsheets]
212-268. History in photographs, 1900-1950. Volume 2. Terrey Hills, N.S.W. : Reed Education, 1975. (secondary school texts; Social history--20th century) [1 folder, incomplete set]

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Transfer from the Manuscripts Section (Friends of the Earth N.S.W. : further records, 1949-1954, 1964-1990, collected as part of the Rainbow Archives) Location number: ML MSS 4902 Add-on 1922 Mitchell Library