University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson Creator: George Petersen, 1921-2000 Historical Note: George Petersen was a left-wing Socialist politician, member of the Australian Labor Party and parliamentarian in Illawarra during the 1960s through to the 1980s. Mr Petersen donated his collection of personal papers to the University Archives in July 1998. Record Summary: Personal records – Correspondence, newsclippings, publications, ephemera Date Range: 1964-1996 Quantity: 25 metres (169 boxes plus 4 oversized scrapbooks) Access Conditions: Available for reference. Contact Archivist in advance to arrange access. Note: For additional biographical information about Mr Petersen refer to his entry in the Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales directory on the New South Wales Parliamentary Archives web site at: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/Archives_ MemberPage. Inventory: Compiled 31 July 2001. Last revised 4 January 2011 Page 1 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson Item List Box 1 • Illawarra ALP Preselection 1983 • Homosexuality 1982-84 • Personal 1986-87 Box 2 • Long Service Leave for Building Workers 1984-86 • Health Cuts to 1982 [1975-82] • NSW General Election for Legislative Assembly - Statistical Returns 1979, 1981 and 1984 Box 3 • Premier (1) 1974-77 • Premier (2) 1977-79 • Public Transport (3)1983-85 Box 4 • Public Transport (4) 1980-83 • Roads (1) 1977-83 • Roads (2) 1985-7 Box 5 • Socialist Left in ALP in NSW 1977-84 • Trotskyists 1982-87 • ALP Dogfights 1978-81 • Coke Ovens 1980 • Medicare Seminar 1985 • Dapto (including Wongawilli) 1984 Box 6 • Prisons • Caucus Minutes 1978-81 • Untitled 1986-87 Box 7 (Correspondence) • October 1968 • November 1968 • December 1968 • February 1969 • March 1969 • April 1969 • May 1969 • June 1969 Page 2 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson Box 8 (Correspondence) • June 1969 • July 1969 • August 1969 • September 1969 • December 1969 • August - September 1970 Box 9 • Illawarra State Electoral Council Minute Book 1970-84 • Coke Ovens (Health Effects) 1976-81 Box 10 • ALP Local Branch 1970-84 • ALP Local Branch 1975-81 • ALP Local Branch May 1974 - July 1984 • Health Cuts Box 11 • Corrective Services 1976-78 • Employment & Finance 1978-88 Box 12 • Education #7 1975-88 • Education 1986-87 Box 13 • Parliament 1970-79 • Parliament 1984-85 • Nuclear Disarmament 1984-86 • Age Tape 1985-86 Box 14 • Newcastle Dockyard 1987 • Oaths & declarations 1972-73 • Mumbulla Mountain 1978-79 • ‘Motel’ Play - New Theatre Group 1968 • Miners’ Superannuation 1968-85 Box 15 • Migrants 1981-88 • Forestry 1876-86 Box 16 • Terania Creek 1979-83 • Environment Protection 1976-83 Page 3 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson • Electricity 1980-87 • Bev Fleet 1979 Box 17 • Education 1980-85 • Press Cuttings of the 1960s • Press Cuttings 1960-1970 Box 18 • Energy / Water Resources / Sewerage 1984-87 • Agriculture & Fisheries (Primary Industries) 1983-88 Box 19 • Attorney General & Justice #1 1973-76 • Attorney General & Justice #2 1976-80 Box 20 • Consumer Affairs #1 1974-77 • Consumer Affairs #2 1978-85 • Bag Searchers 1987 • Asbestos 1979 • Boat Ramps 1976-85 Box 21 • Aborigines 1974-80 Box 22 • Select Committee on Aborigines 1979-81 • Aborigines 1979-87 Box 23 • Asthma 1969 • Australia Reconstructed 1987 • Youth & Community Services #1 1974-80 • Youth & Community Services #2 1980-84 Box 24 • Youth & Community Services #3 1984-85 • Youth & Community Services #4 1985-88 Box 25 • Ombudsman 1983-87 • Scrapbook July-December 1987 • Scrapbook May-July 1988 Page 4 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson Box 26 • Miscellaneous #1 1975-76 • Miscellaneous #2 1976-79 • Miscellaneous #3 1979-81 Box 27 • Housing #4 1980-84 • Housing #5 1983-85 • Housing #6 1985-86 Box 28 • Health #1 1970-75 • Health #2 1975-78 • Health #3 1978-80 • Health #4 1980-82 Box 29 • Election 1987 • Election 1988 • Untitled 1983 • Personal 1982-84 • Illawarra Workers Party 1987 • Illawarra Workers Party (II) 1987-88 • Policy Statements 1982 • Mental Health 1987 Box 30 • Richmond Report 1981-88 Box 31 • Health 1982-87 • Guns 1975-88 • Free Speech 1986-87 • Four Wheel Drivers 1986 • Fishing 1975-87 Box 32 • Fightback 1987 Box 33 • Socialist Party 1986 • The Socialist 1959 • Fascists 1963-85 • Diary 1984 • Diary 1985 • Diary 1986 Page 5 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson • Ian Sinclair 1978-79 Box 34 • Personal 1984-85 • Press Cuttings 1989-96 • Aborigines 1973-79 • Personal 1977-79 Box 35 • Sport, Recreation & Tourism 1982-88 • Brisbane 1979 Box 36 • Sport, recreation & Tourism #2 1976-82 • Public Transport (I) 1974-77 Box 37 • Public Transport (II) 1978-80 • Hospitals 1991 • Shellcove Marina 1997 Box 38 • Socialist Left 1968-82 • Correspondence 1989 • New South Wales Parliamentary 1982-85 • Labor Party Minutes Box 39 • Cringilla & Dapto 1983-85 • Correspondence - Illawarra Workers Party 1987 • Proposed Cringilla & Wongawilli Dump 1982-83 Box 40 • Health (9) 1986-88 • Health (8) 1984-85 • Health (6) 1982-84 Box 41 • Health (5) 1982 • Health (7) 1984-85 • Lands 1974-75 Box 42 • Traffic 1975-81 • Public Works (1) 1975-77 Page 6 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson Box 43 • Public Works (2) 1977-79 • Public Works (3) 1979-84 • Public Works (4) 1984-87 Box 44 • Ian Temby 1984-85 • Tariffs 1986 • Superannuation 1975-88 • Steel 1983-87 • Speeches 1987 • South Coast Conservation Society 1972-86 ‘Smoke Signal’ [journal] Box 45 • Sex Education 1973-80 • Rubbish Dumps 1980 • Roads 1985-87 • Evidence Amendment Act 1979 • Summary Offences Act 1971-83 • Land Valuation prior to 1968 (Wollongong Municipality) Box 46 • Vietnam 1967 • Vietnam 1968-70 • Vietnam 1969-70 • Vietnam 1975 • Vietnam 1979 Box 47 • Unanderra ALP Correspondence 1965-67 • Unanderra ALP Correspondence 1965-67 • Unanderra ALP Correspondence 1968-69 Box 48 • ‘A Comment on the ALP’ 1976 • Kembla & Illawarra ALP Election 1960s • Preselection – Shellharbour Municipality 1985 • Preselection 1967 + Election 1968 + Preselection 1972 (1966-84) • Parliamentary Socialism 1965-80 Box 49 • G. Petersen Photographs / Cartoons • Privacy 1979-86 • Parliamentary Socialists 1971-84 Page 7 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson Box 50 • Workers Compensation 1984-88 Box 51 • Workers Compensation 1984-88 Box 52 • Women’s Electoral Lobby 1980 • Western Suburbs Leagues Club 1973 • Welfare 1987 • Violence 1972-74 • Urban Transport Advisory Committee 1979-80 • Uranium 1977-86 • Unemployment 1983-88 • Union Struggles 1981-88 Box 53 • Union Struggles 1979-80 • Tax 1984-88 Box 54 • Koonawarra Community Centre 1983 • Jamberoo Pass Road 1976-77 • Interpreters 1975-87 • ID Card 1986-87 • Bob Harrison 1978 Box 55 • Housing 1977-87 • Huntley Colliery 1971-87 • Homosexuality 1987-88 Box 56 • Home Purchase / Home Loans 1987 • Home & Community Care 1984-87 • Abortion 1976-77 • Miscellaneous • BLF [Builders Labourers Federation] 1986 Box 57 • BLs (Builders Labourers) 1986 • Diary 1979 • Socialist material 1964-67 • Miscellaneous 1977-94 Page 8 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson Box 58 • Elections & Preselections 1967-88 • Miscellaneous Box 59 • Personal 1986-88 • Police in the Illawarra 1976-79 Box 60 • Police Verbals 1983-84 Box 61 • Coal 1983-88 • Clutha 1971-75 Box 62 • Colong 1977-88 • Commonwealth Cottages – Unanderra 1963 • Conservation 1970-88 • Communist Party 1980 • April 1970 • Occupational Health & Safety Box 63 • AWU 1973-88 • Industrial Relations Bill 1990 • Essential Services Act 1988 • Correspondence 1987 • Correspondence January 1971 Box 64 • Socialist Left 1981-85 • Parliamentary Socialist 1977-86 Box 65 • Correspondence 1983-86 • Correspondence 1986-87 • Transport Accident Compensation 1983-87 Box 66 • Workers Compensation 1987 Box 67 • March 1971 • ALP Administrative Committee Business 1972-73 Page 9 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson Box 68 • Socialist Left 1971-73 • Correspondence July 1971 – May 1973 • February 1971 Box 69 • Correspondence 1968-70 • May 1970 • ALP Seminar Papers 1973 Box 70 • Leichardt Council 1972-80 • Legal Aid 1981-87 • The Lanfranchi Case 1973-81 • Land Prices 1963-80 Box 71 • Land Prices 1960-61 • Land Prices 1972-73 • Premier (3) 1979-82 • Premier (4) 1982-85 Box 72 • Premier (5) 1985-87 • Police & Services (1) 1974-82 Box 73 • Police & Services (2) 1982-85 • Police & Services (3) 1983-87 • Cringilla & Dapto Waste Disposal 1982 Box 74 • Socialist Left 1986-87 • Richmond Report 1983 • Miscellaneous Box 75 • Scrapbook # 22, 6 June 1984 – 13 November 1985 • Scrapbook # 24, September 1986 • Scrapbook # 25, 4 October 1986 – 8 April 1987 • Scrapbook # 26, February – May 1987 • Scrapbook # 27, January – April 1987 Box 76 • Correspondence October 1969 • Correspondence November 1969 Page 10 of 19 University of Wollongong Archives (WUA) D Collections D210 George Peterson • Correspondence December 1969 • Correspondence January 1970 • Correspondence February 1970 • Correspondence March 1970 • Scrapbook #1, December 1970 – June 1971 • Scrapbook #2, June – September 1971 Box 77 • Racism 1984-85 • Scrapbook #7, October 1974 – June 1975 • Road 1974-79 • Redundancy 1980 • Rates 1977 • Rape 1984-87 • Railway Museum Albion Park 1971-84 • Penal Reform