Redfern Legal Centre records, ca 1976 - ca. 1988

MLMSS 8582

fonds

ca. 1976 - ca. 1988

Textual Records, Clippings, Ephemera

411723

3.12 metres of textual material (19 boxes)

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is an independent, non-profit community centre established in 1977 and located in the Sydney inner-city suburb of Redfern. It is part of a network of four Inner Sydney region community legal centres, including the Inner City, Kingsford, and Marrickville legal centres. The RLC is dedicated to promoting social justice and human rights. It provides free legal advice, referral and casework to disadvantaged people and groups who live within its catchment area, which extends to the Botany, Leichhardt and City of Sydney municipal areas. Many of those seeking assistance are ineligible for Legal Aid but still cannot afford private legal services. A very high proportion of the centre’s clients are from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse communities. The RLC is dedicated to community legal education and advocates for the reform of inequalities in laws, the legal system, administrative practices and society as a whole.

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Redfern Legal Centre records, ca. 1977 – ca. 1988 consisting of RLC office files and Community Lawyer files relating to the administration and services of the centre. Files are labelled and contain a large quantity of related reference information, reports, notes, photocopied articles, news clippings, ephemera, Government legislation, and correspondence.

BOX 1
Redfern Legal Centre office files: RLC conferences and policy papers, 1978-1982, Family Support Services, conferences, meetings, 1982-1984, Miscellaneous file, ca. 1980, Prison cases, 1981-1985

BOX 2
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Financial Counselling – Funding and Evaluation – Miscellaneous papers, 1979-1983

BOX 3
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Remissions articles, Prisons - General including Probate and Parole Act, 1985, Probation and Parole cases, ca. 1986, Queensland Remissions and Parole Practices, ca. 1988, Release on Licence Applications, ca. 1983, Remissions Cases, ca. 1981, Student training, S.22 Orders, Peter Schneidas, Visiting Justice cases, Prisons articles and news clippings, Prisoners file, Prisoners Haveus Corpus, Draft Visiting Justice report, 1983, Prisons official visitors, ca. 1985, Prisoners rights, ca. 1988, Nagle, ca. 1985

BOX 4
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Prisoners interstate transfers, ca. 1986, Prisoners private assault prosecutions, ca. 1985, Ombudsman, Prison Medical Service, ca. 1983, Materials on Natural Justice – Parole Board, ca. 1982, Prisoners Programmes, Probation and Parole Act, ca. 1983, Women in prison – drug and alcohol issues, ca. 1983, Prisons – Privacy Committee, ca. 1983, Probation and Parole Act Workshop, ca. 1984, Interstate transfer of prisoners, ca. 1982, Lifers – Licenses - R.O.L. Board, ca. 1983, Visiting Justice file, ca. 1980, Prison – Goulburn Track – Ombudsman’s report, 1982, Prisons S29 orders, ca. 1988, Prison cases AH, ca. 1986

BOX 5
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Prisons remissions, ca. 1986, Prisons – Discipline, ca. 1987, Criminal Law and Prisons Manual, ca. 1985, Redfern Legal Centre Community Lawyer files: South Sydney Factories etc., ca. 1978, Occupational Health Module, ca. 1983, Overeaters Anonymous, ca. 1983, Young Women’s Group, ca. 1985, Community Health Services Directory (Inner Metropolitan), ca. 1976, Children’s Services, ca. 1982, Radio East Sydney, ca. 1984, Community Organisations – Limited liability, ca. 1984, Council for Civil Liberties, ca. 1984, Caveats, ca 1985, Conference of the Commonwealth Legal Aid Council, 1984

BOX 6
Redfern Legal Centre Community Lawyer files: Community Lawyer, 1982-1983, Invalid Pension, ca. 1982, Legal Education, ca. 1978, Environmental Law, ca. 1981, East Sydney Tech – Consumer Law, ca. 1978, Elgar Street, ca. 1983, Leichhardt Council, ca. 1985, Combined Community Legal Centres, ca. 1985, Migrant Radio Tapes, ca. 1982, Associations Incorporations Act, ca. 1985, Incorporation of Developmental Youth Services, ca. 1984, Housing, ca. 1981, Health Survey, ca. 1982

BOX 7
Redfern Legal Centre Community Lawyer files: Housing – General, ca. 1982, Housing Commission, ca. 1981, Glebe After School Centre, ca. 1988, Family Court – Counselling, ca. 1979, Children of Prisoners Support Group, ca. 1983, Hydro – Act –TAS, ca. 1983, Hornsby and Kuringai Hospital, ca. 1982, Montrose Child Life Protection Unit, ca 1980, Milperra College, ca. 1982, Law Consumers Association, ca. 1982, Louisa Lawson, ca. 1982, Legal Needs Project, ca. 1983, South Sydney Community Information, ca. 1972, Community Organisations, ca. 1985, Council Welfare Centres, ca. 1983, Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, ca. 1983, Statistics, ca. 1979, Community Activities Centres, ca. 1982

BOX 8
Redfern Legal Centre Community Lawyer files: Yinbilliko School, ca. 1984, Corner House Womens Collective, ca. 1977, Botany Randwick United Way, ca. 1981, Marrickville CYSS training and development project, ca. 1984, Women’s Legal Resource Project, ca. 1982, Young People’s Emergency Phone Service, ca. 1982, Eveleigh Workshops, ca. 1982, Newsletter, ca. 1982, Market Rents Challenge, ca. 1980, Community Information Centres, ca. 1979

BOX 9
Redfern Legal Centre Community Lawyer files: Community Child Care, ca.1985, Drugs – Agencies, ca. 1981, Immigration, ca.1973, RLC Publications – Mailing list, ca. 1983, Community Lawyer, ca. 1984-1985, Miscellaneous phone advice, ca. 1985, Redfern Legal Centre office files: Law Foundation, ca. 1988, Liquor Licence, ca. 1982, Media and Press Skills, ca. 1983, Mental Health, ca. 1980

BOX 10
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Neighbour Disputes, ca. 1983, Offenders in Public Places, ca.1979, Opinions, ca. 1982, Parole Act, ca. 1983, Police – General, ca. 1986, Prosecutions, ca. 1982, Public Interest – Immunity, ca. 1980, Records of Interview, ca. 1984, Sentencing, ca. 1981, Sexual Assault, ca. 1986, Social Security, ca. 1988, Trade Practices, ca. 1986, Verbals, ca 1988

BOX 11
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Victims Compensation, ca. 1988, Visiting Justice, ca. 1978-1983, Prisoners Legal Service Review, 1988, Prisoners Legal Service Review minutes and papers, ca. 1989

BOX 12
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Prisoners Legal Service – Steering Committee, ca. 1981-1983, Prisoners – Policy Submissions and Correspondence, ca. 1979, Bail Survey, 1983

BOX 13
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Prisoners Legal Aid Services, ca. 1982, Prisoners Legal Service – Funding Appeals, ca. 1981, Legal Aid Commission, 1986, Legal Aid Commission – Submissions and Correspondence, ca. 1977-1985, Legal Services Commission, 1987, Legal Services Commission – Funding – Correspondence, 1983-1985

BOX 14
Redfern Legal Centre office files: ATLAS – After Hours Telephone Legal Advice Service – Funding, ca. 1980, Migrant Radio Tapes Project – Funding, ca. 1980, Mental Health – Funding, ca. 1980, Handicapped Persons Service – Funding, ca. 1981, Law Foundation – Library Proposal, ca. 1982, Desk Manual – RLC – Law Foundation, ca. 1981, Law Foundation, ca. 1988, Legal Services Commission – Funding Submission and Correspondence, 1979-1986

BOX 15
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Administration – Law Review, ca. 1980, Attorney General’s – New Legislation, ca. 1989, AIDS, ca. 1985, Anti-Discrimination Board - Cases, ca. 1987, Appeals – District Court, ca. 1986, Apprehended Violence, Arrest, ca. 1985, Bail, ca. 1980, Bankruptcy, ca. 1984, Business – Calling, ca. 1986, Children, ca. 1984, Committals, ca. 1984, Community Justice Centres, ca. 1980, Cases – ca. 1985.

BOX 16
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Cases - Judgements, ca. 1977-1985, Crime and Justice Bulletin, ca. 1987, Defactos, ca. 1987, Demonstrations, ca. 1980, Drugs, ca. 1985, Environmental Law – Cases, ca. 1987, High Court Precedent ca. 1981, Incorporation materials, ca. 1985, Immigration, ca. 1983, Inquest, ca. 1985.

BOX 17
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Financial Counselling, ca. 1982, Insurance – Commonwealth - Correspondence, ca. 1987, General Funding Policy Funding Campaign, ca. 1980, Legal Aid Council papers, ca. 1981

BOX 18
Redfern Legal Centre office files: Department of Youth and Community Services, ca. 1984, Law Foundation, ca. 1981, Legal Services Commission NSW, ca. 1980, Legal and Bodies, ca. 1979, RLS Office letters and correspondence, ca. 1979-1985

BOX 19
Redfern Legal Centre office files: RLS Office letters and correspondence - General, ca. 1977-1985

Restricted - This collection contains confidential, personal and/or culturally sensitive information: The Library requires you to sign an ‘Undertaking with regard to access’ for this collection to protect the privacy of individuals. This form will be supplied to you prior to access. Guidelines for accessing sensitive collections. State Library provides access after permission: Written authority is required from the Principal Solicitor, Redfern Legal Centre prior to access. Please contact Redfern Legal Centre at: Address: Redfern Legal Centre, Gadigal Land, PO Box 1805, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Email: info@rlc.org.au Phone: (02) 8037 8001

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