Series[UMA-SRE-20180075] Personal and professional papers of Geoffrey BellAccessionAccession lot 212IdentifierUMA-ITE-2018007500052Scope and ContentOriginally housed in green binder, labelled “IYDP National Committee -3-” [binder not retained]. Contains materials relating to meetings 8-9 of the National Committee of Non-Government Organisations for International Year of Disabled Persons, 1981. Geoff Bell was on the committee as representative for the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Materials include: Meeting minutes and agendas; Committee reports; State, Territory and Organisations reports; Correspondence [including a copy of letter from Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser regarding closed captions on television]; Information regarding IYDP (International Year of Disabled Persons) forums, events, campaigns, and publicity; material relating to disability rights in areas such as: access and mobility; education, training and employment; income security; and housing. Organisations represented/mentioned include: ACROD (Australian Council for Rehabilitation of Disabled), AAMR (Australian Association for the Mentally Retarded), Australian Council of Social Service, Australian Deafness Council, UNAA (United Nations Association of Australia), ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions, representative Geoff Bell), CAI (Confederation of Australian Industry), NCW (National Council of Women in Australia), National Aboriginal Conference, FECC (Federation of Ethnic Community Councils of Australia), Royal Guide Dogs For The Blind Association of Tasmania, Royal Tasmanian Society for the Blind and Deaf, Confederation of Australian Industry National employers Industrial Council, Human Rights Bureau.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2018.0075 Unit 0007
Bell, Geoffrey A., IYDP National Committee- 3 (1980), [UMA-ITE-2018007500052]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 18/11/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/443389
