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AU NBAC H6
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- 1985 - 2008 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
58 boxes
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Biographical history
The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations was formed at the first AIDS Conference in Melbourne on 17 November 1985 by the state-based AIDS Councils. Other members of the federation are the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA), the Australian IV League, the Anwernekenhe National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV/AIDS Alliance (ANA), and Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association. The federation provides leadership, coordination and support to Australia's policy, advocacy and health promotion response to HIV/AIDS. It is also active in the Asia Pacific region.
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Scope and content
Minutes of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations and its constituent members, correspondence and administrative files, project files, audiovisual material including videos and audio cassettes and printed material.
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Many files were part of an original numbered filing system at AFAO, organised into the following record groups: Finance and Administration (record group 1, items 1-18); AFAO Committee Record (group 2, items 19-34, 241-247); Membership liaison (record group 3, items 35-60, 248-249); Government liaison (record group 4, items 61-72, 250-255); Non government liaison (record group 5, items 73-77, 256-261); Media and public relations (record group 6, items 78-84, 262-268); National AIDS Bulletin and Clearing House (record group 7, items 85-86); Policy and Information (record group 8, items 87-99, 269-287); International liaison (record group 9, items 100-105, 288-313); International Projects (record group 10, item 106); National Projects (record group 11, items 107-183, 199-214).
There are also records which the depositor grouped under headings, but without original file numbers: Legal Rights Project Files (items 215-231); Meeting papers (items 184-194); Printed materials (items 314-376); Videos (items 377-413); Audio cassettes (414-427).
The original list for the collection is available on request.
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Entered from deposit description 22 November 2012. Item list uploaded Jan 2022