Special Collections commenced at the request of the inaugural University Librarian George Buick to document the growing issues of Aboriginal land rights, women’s rights and gay rights. These issues became a focus of the collection, which commenced in 1975 and was initially called The Alternative and Contemporary Documents Collection (ACDC). The current Special Collections are a continuation of this initiative.
How we curate our Special Collections
This policy defines the collections development guideline and access conditions to Special Collections.
A-Z listing of Special Collections
- 20th Century Paperback Collection
- 6UVS FM : – An Audio History Collection
- Abortion Law Reform Association (ALRA) (WA branch) Collection
- Andy Collins Collection
- Australian Peace Committee (WA branch) Collection
- Bali Oral History Archive
- Betty Daly-King Collection
- Betty McIntosh Collection
- Bob Hetherington Collection
- Brian Aldiss Collection
- Celia Taylor Collection
- Centre for Research for Women Collection
- Christabel Chamarette Collection
- Clive Hamer Collection
- Dee Margetts Collection
- Department of Indigenous Affairs Collection
- Diana Warnock Collection
- Dot Goodrick Collection
- Douglas Social Credit Movement of Western Australia Collection
- Faster Than Light Radio Show Collection
- Film Ephemera Collection
- Film Tie-In Collection
- Francis Byrne Collection
- Gay and Lesbian Archives Western Australia (GALAWA) Inc.
- George Peet Collection
- Gerry Glaskin Collection
- Griff Watkins Collection
- History of Chiropractic Collection
- History of Murdoch University Collection
- Incest Survivor Association Collection
- Irene Greenwood Collection
- Jean Teasdale Collection
- Jennifer Lindsay Collection
- Joan Williams Collection
- John Clements Collection
- Ken McPherson Collection
- Leigh Edmonds Collection
- Marion Blackwell Collection
- Megan Sassi Collection
- Michael Durey Collection
- Mills and Boon Collection
- Original ABC Radio Drama Manuscripts Collection
- People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND) (WA branch) Collection
- Play Scripts from TV Script Production Course Collection
- Political Pamphlet Collection
- Popular Men’s and Women’s Magazines Collection
- Poster Collection
- Publications of the Allied Geographical Section Collection
- Rare Books Collection
- Robert Holmes à Court Collection
- Roger K. Paget Collection
- Rottnest Island Oral History Collection
- Science Fiction Collection
- Shane Guthrie Collection
- Simon Goodman Collection
- Sir Walter Murdoch Collection
- Solar Energy Research Institute of Western Australia (SERIWA) Collection
- Stan Gorringe Collection
- Suffragette Collection
- Toronto Film Society Programme Notes Collection
- Vivienne Abraham Collection
- Western Australian Council of Churches Noonkanbah Documents
- Whittington Interceptor Sustainable Agriculture Land Treatment Society Incorporated (WISALTS) Collection
- Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) (Bunbury branch) Collection
- Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) (Perth branch) Collection
- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) (WA branch) Collection
- World Council of Churches Delegation Documents Collection
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