In 1985, amidst a backdrop of limited expectations for people who are blind or have low vision, PENI (People for Equality Not Institutionalisation) was formed. Frustrated by the lack of support from the agencies that were designed to help them and community attitudes, the group sought to increase representation at agencies management, employment opportunities, accessible information, participation in decisions and change perception of how they should live their lives. In these recordings, Ramona Mandy reads the PENI Newsletter number 3 and a radio show covers the formation of PENI and the reaction of RVIB management and the BWU (Blind Workers Union) to this. 1 CD with 3 sound filespeni, ramona mandy, david blyth, martin stewart

ABC Radio show 'Hindsight" which looks at the historical, and not so historical, limitations that were placed on blind and vision impaired people through the twentieth century. Through interviews with various people who lost or were born with limited or no sight as well as historian Judith Buckrich, the changes over the last 150 years about the politics of the blind and the thinking around it are reflected upon. From the first institute for the blind set up in Victoria in 1866, there have been restrictions on conditions, access of service, working life, education, travel, voting rights, attitudes on using white canes or dog guides, pensions, workers rights, and socialising between blind men and women. The impact of Helen Keller's visit in 1948 resulted in some changes, however many other groups such as the Blind Workers Union, and individuals like Tilly Aston, worked to put blind people in charge of their lives and in the institutions that affected them. 1 sound file of radio show interviewroyal victorian institute for the blind, judith buckrich, dorothy hamilton, barry palmer, anna fairclough, alice mcclelland, harry worland, megan denyer, david blyth, john murphy, major general paul cullen, roy hallett, martin stewart, nick gleeson, jennifer bowen, abc radio

Ernest Albert Shade was involved with many musical groups, especially the Shire of Eltham Concert Band, Eltham Youth Concert Band and Eltham Orchestra. The Shire of Eltham provided a detailed submission in support of a nomination for an Order of Australia award. Contents Letters Honours Secretariat, Canberra, 2 August 1991 and 19 November 1991, seeking more information to support a nomination for Ernest Albert Shade to receive an award. Submission from Shire of Eltham to Honours Secretariat, Canberra,2 January 1992, nominating Ernest Albert Shade for an Order of Australia award.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcernest albert shade, salvation army, melbourne conservatorium of music, thomas white, professor kenneth hunt, melbourne university rifles military band, city of preston orchestra, preston symphony orchestra, preston and northcote community hospital, helping hand agency, q theatre guild, geelong musical comedy company, peninsula light opera companies, lyric light opera company, cheltenham light opera company, geelong light opera society, donald cant, darebin players, shire of eltham concert band, eltham youth concert band, victoria bands league, beatrix shade, geelong amateur musical association, samaritan players, bank of new south wales entertainment group, lewis coleman, harrold burrows, john hales, david sadedin, eltham orchestra, society for growing australian plants, janice dadd, eltham historical society, ron blyth, valma brundell, warren fordham, eltham community centre, eltham high school, eltham concert band, eltham phoenix club, nathan warhaft, joyce warhaft, gideon warhaft, sally warhaft, eltham community festival, fred balaam, neville shade, beatrice chapple, beatrice shade nee chapple, frederick shade, ronald shade, libby shade, michael shade, janet shade, bruce mcbrien, a b horsley, ruth weaver

arthur william (panty) tyers, kevin gervasoni, bobby schottler, joan horne, norma brown, julie schottler, kylie sawyer, jack antonie (captain), lindsay blyth

jack wilson, bill goldsworthy, les parkes, myra tyers, thelma lowe, joyce lemon, jean chamberlain, olga mead, una dean, isabelle friend, zelma robson, jessie fairbairn, nellie lee, jean dean, eileen davis, gladys fairbairn, florrie asterbury, jim mcphee, gladys hibberd, dot leeder, wally worcester, thelma tyers, perce hoyle, mona harvey, leila stubbs, arthur cole, jack box, acky mcnulty, j. rickard, jack doyle, gus ritter, tom morris, len berry, tom gainsberg, colin moore, fred tyers, les wilkinson, w. mayne, ern barrett, ray brighton, ken allen, ted rolph, tommy hogg, lindsay mckay, mark lemon, adam blyth, lyle stubbs, frank lawn, bill farnsworth, sam mead, g. sylvia

lindsay blyth, fred holcombe, jim chiselett, george ball, bill kalley, jim thompson, gordon matheson, les swain, fred lang, ponty tyers, bert braidie (capt), les droscher, a. mcphee

tom tierney, jack walsh, les droscher, jim small, jimmy allison, len watkins, ponty tyers, jack millhouse, les rigby, bob storer, fred hart, norm price, jack hart, bill summerfield, adam blyth, les mctaggart, george sylvia, bert braidie (capt), jamie crosbie, bill crosbie, fred longmore