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Vision AustraliaAdministrative record - Text, Royal Sydney Industrial Blind Institution: Seventy-First Report 1951, 1951
... NSW Blind Cricket... Ball, and the success of the NSW Blind Cricket Club... Ball, and the success of the NSW Blind Cricket Club ...Articles in the annual report include: opening of the only nursery for blind babies and children at Victor Maxwell House, a new Braille shorthand class, the erection of an Occupational Therapy Department building, the development of a new switchboard operation course, a trial of long-term prisoners producing Braille has resulted in 83 being created, a profile on the late Jean Currie and appointment of Coral Cook in that position, awarding of an MBE to R.W. Kippax (who has occupied many positions at the Institution), thanks to A.F Toll for the free transport of Braille volumes and the Black and White Committee on another outstanding Ball, and the success of the NSW Blind Cricket Club and the young women at Helen Keller hostel forming the Amazons Blind Girls Sports Club.1 volume of text and imagescorporation records, royal sydney industrial blind institution, jean currie, black and white committee, nsw blind cricket, coral cook, r.w. kippax, victor maxwell kindergarten -
Vision AustraliaAudio - Sound recording, No vision, no vote, no way: 139 years of fighting for equality by Anna Fairclough, 2005
In 2005, archivist Anna Fairclough gave a historical presentation about the subsidiaries of the newly formed Vision Australia. She covers from the beginnings of the RVIB, RBS, AAFB and Victorian Braille Writers Association, the establishment of schooling, residential homes, employment skills and the changing ways of fundraising. Other milestones such as the lack of voting rights, payment of travel bonds for those who wished to cross state borders, the establishment of blind cricket, expansion of services outside capital cities as well as the impact of Tilly Aston and Helen Keller are mentioned in this brief talk on past 140 years.1 x MP3 file of a historical presentation by archivist Anna Faircloughassociation for the advancement of the blind, association for the blind, royal blind society of nsw, royal victorian institute for the blind, tilly aston, helen keller, anna fairclough -
Vision AustraliaAdministrative record - Text, Report Royal Blind Society of New South Wales 1979 Annual Report, 1978
An overview of activities and achievements during the past financial year. Articles in annual report include: the acquisition of Roselands Nursing Home to provide the first NSW based nursing home for blind people, passing of Roy Kippax, preparation to celebrate Centenary and Second Century of Service in June 1980 with outline of events, funds raised via the Annual Fair and various groups, Blind Sporting Association participated in various bowls and cricket events and 2 NSW athletes will be participating at the 1980 Olympiad in Holland, Braille Writers Association update, the Australian National Council of and for the Blind arranged the training of 10 doctors at Chittagong Eye Hospital in Bangladesh, and 'Art in Touch' exhibition was held at the Art Gallery of NSW.1 volume of text and imagesroyal blind society of new south wales, corporation records, roselands nursing home, roy kippax, kevin j stewart, bill byrne, judith lawrence, rex jackson, fundraising, blind sporting association, australian national council of and for the blind, braille writers association of new south wales, balmain blind bowling combination
