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Function and purpose

These files document the activities of various governmental bodies including the Commonwealth, State and local Governments and foreign governments during International Women's Year.

Some of these files contain only a few folios (forwarding correspondence and photocopied material outlining the Government's plans to mark International Women's Year). The foreign Governments include France, Canada, Spain, Singapore, Israel and Jordan, and in Australia the local bodies include Bankstown, Mudgee and Newcastle.

There are also files in this series on some local government authorities (Libraries and Adult Education Board) and various United Nations Organisations Committees. Some of the programmes sent in by Australian local government bodies are submissions asking for grants from the National Advisory Committee. These were referred on to the appropriate body but the original file and submission were retained.

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Language of material

Physical characteristics

System of arrangement and control

The series is arranged by single number with a ‘GOV’ (Government) prefix.   Some older files show a ‘W/GOV’ prefixes – where presumably ‘W’ means ‘Women’ – but it appears this usage was dropped at an early point.  As the operation of the retrieval function requires standard format, all items have been entered in the database showing the ‘GOV’ prefix only , whether or not ‘W/GOV’ appears on the item itself. 

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Access conditions

Series history

Items of this series in the custody of NAA were re-sentenced by Collection Review in 2005. 

Provenance

Immediate source of acquisition

Custodial history

Quantity in agency custody

Disposal history

The temporary portion of consignment A4224/2 was destroyed on 17 June 2010. 

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