Audio - Sound recording, No vision, no vote, no way: 139 years of fighting for equality by Anna Fairclough, 2005

Historical information

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.

Physical description

1 x MP3 file of a historical presentation by archivist Anna Fairclough

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