Greg Weir further archive of gay issues, 1946-1996

MLMSS 8180

fonds

1946-1996

Textual Records, Clippings

119030

0.65 metres of textual material (4 boxes)

Teacher and gay rights activist. Greg Weir took legal action against the Queensland government in 1976 for not employing gays. He worked as an electorate assistant to a Queensland senator, 1981-1987.

Reference:
National Library of Australia collection: Papers of Greg Weir, 1891-1995 (bulk 1974-1994) [manuscript], MS 8915

Photocopies of correspondence, articles, cuttings, reports, minutes, and other papers assembled by Greg Weir as an addition to his original archive, collected during twenty years of political activism.

The original archive at MLMSS 5938 has been arranged into 25 volumes by Weir, with this further archive including additions to 16 of these volumes.

The collection includes a comprehensive index to the archive. The material relates to gay and lesbian issues, homosexual law reform, the origin and development of the Palm Sunday rallies, the AIDS epidemic and civil liberties, particularly with respect to the gay and lesbian communities in Queensland.

BOX 1
Index
Volume 4: Gay and Lesbian Issues, 1977
Volume 6: Gay and Lesbian Issues, 1979
Volume 8: Gay and Lesbian Issues, 1980-1981
Volume 9: AIDS Issues, 1981-1983
Volume 11: Gay and Lesbian Issues - 10th National Conference, 1984
Volume 12: Gay and Lesbian Issues - Keith Wright (ALP Queensland), 1984

BOX 2
Volume 7: Greg Weir - Legal Case Ends and other 'Non-Gay' Activities of the 1980s
Volume 14: Gay and Lesbian Issues - Queensland - Sturgess Inquiry, 1984/1987
Volume 17: AIDS - General, 1985

BOX 3
Volume 18: AIDS - General, 1986
Volume 19: AIDS - Queensland National Campaign on AIDS Education, 1986
Volume 21: AIDS - Queensland Parliamentary Leadership, 1987
Volume 22: Gay and Lesbian Issues - Organising Models in Queensland, 1988-1989
Volume 23: Gay and Lesbian Issues - Law Reform Queensland, 1989-1990

BOX 4
Volume 20: AIDS - General, 1987
Volume 25: Greg Weir - Personal Correspondence, 1946-1996

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Information upgraded as part of the Manuscripts Unprocessed eRecords Project 2011-2012

A detailed index to the papers, compiled by Greg Weir, is available on the online from the National Library of Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/ms/findaids/8915.html