About the collections
Our Special Collections are home to thousands of culturally significant, unique and hard-to-find items. These collections offer a rich resource for staff and students and enable the research and teaching goals of the University.
The collection commenced at the request of the inaugural University Librarian George Buick to document the growing issue 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. The Collections held by the Geoffrey Bolton Library are a unique and precious resource.How we curate our Special Collections
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 Collection
- Betty Daly-King Collection
- Betty McIntosh Collection
- Bob Hetherington Collection
- Brian Aldiss Collection
- Celia Taylor Collection
- Centre for Research for Women (CRW) 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
- Ian Watts 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
- Robert K. Paget Collection
- Rottnest Island Oral History Collection
- Science Fiction Collection
- Shane Guthrie 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 and Politics Conference, Canberra 1975 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