[1989.0014.00001] Franchise for Aborigines

Description

Accession[1989.0014] Films of the University Of Melbourne Centre For The Study Of Higher EducationIdentifierUMA-ITE-1989001400001Scope and ContentFilmstrip illustrating aspects of electoral enrolling and voting for use in lectures to Aboriginal people. In 1962, the Commonwealth Electoral Office commissioned the University of Melbourne Department of Audio-Visual Aids to create an educational filmstrip, following legislative changes to the Commonwealth Electoral Act of that year. Fifty copies of the filmstrip ‘Franchise for Aborigines’ were created and used throughout Australian communities as a wall projection in talks which illustrated and explained the active participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the voting process. This copy is "Franchise for Aborigines" version ‘No.2'.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1989.0014 Unit 0032Copyright StatusPublic domainConditions of Use and ReproductionThis item is out of copyright. Please acknowledge the University of Melbourne Archives as the source of this materialMenuBrowse digitised items | Available online

Provenance

CreatorWhite, CharlesRoleCreator

Provenance

CreatorThake, EricRoleCreator

Provenance

CreatorMelbourne Centre For The Study Of Higher Education (University Of Melbourne)RoleProvenance

Dates

Date1962

Description Control

Previous System ID1989.0014.00001Other IDs#915

Characteristics

Genre/FormFilm transparencies