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Zelda D'Aprano

A crusader for equal pay, Zelda D'Aprano, the daughter of poor migrants, embraced Communism and fought for women's rights.
Series : Australian Biography Series 5 | Year : 1996 | Total Duration : 26.5 Minutes | Producer : Robin Hughes, Linda Kruger
Director : Robin Hughes, Linda Kruger |
MS pan across women protesting and chanting for equal pay. Protesters boarding tram with placards and still chanting, Zelda D'Aprano amongst them.
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Access No. 139355 | 41 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC | Colour |
CU interview with union activist and feminist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her need to do something about injustice when she sees it.
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Access No. 139417 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU tilt up B&W photograph of Zelda D'Aprano's Ukraine born parents.
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Access No. 139418 | 17 secs | 1920s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with union activist and feminist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her parent's migration to Australia and becoming fervent communists.
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Access No. 139419 | 15 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano's mother.
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Access No. 139420 | 8 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano's about her mother's strong belief system.
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Access No. 139421 | 14 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano's mother and pan across photograph to D'Aprano as a child next to her siblings Morry and Clara. B&W photograph of D'Aprano as a young woman playing the piano accordion (1944). B&W photograph of Zelda as a child with her siblings on a motor bike.
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Access No. 139422 | 24 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about growing up in a working class family.
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Access No. 139423 | 26 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano at age 14 carrying suitcase on her way to work.
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Access No. 139424 | 13 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her first job.
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Access No. 139425 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage of grocery packing firm with women packing cans as they come along production line.
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Access No. 139426 | 7 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Film World | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about the boredom of factory work.
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Access No. 139427 | 17 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage and popular song soundtrack of women arriving to work at cannery, WS cannery interior with women packaging and CU to cans coming down chute onto conveyor belt.
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Access No. 139428 | 11 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Film World | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about reading romance magazines as an escape for her.
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Access No. 139429 | 15 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU tilt up B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano as a young woman dressed for work as an usherette.
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Access No. 139430 | 10 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her early romantic experiences.
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Access No. 139431 | 22 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
ECU B&W photograph of Zelda D'Aprano and pan to her future husband Charlie D'Aprano.
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Access No. 139432 | 10 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about falling in love with Charlie D'Aprano at age 15 and getting permission from her mother to marry him at 16.
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Access No. 139433 | 26 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W wedding photograph of Zelda and Charlie D'Aprano.
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Access No. 139434 | 10 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her marriage to Charlie D'Aprano at age 16.
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Access No. 139435 | 35 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano standing with her mother in the backyard. Zoom into their faces.
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Access No. 139490 | 15 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about seeking contraceptive advice from a doctor and her subsequent unplanned pregnancy.
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Access No. 139491 | 45 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU tilt up B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano holding her small daughter Leonie. WS of D'Aprano's brick housing commission house, West Heidelberg.
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Access No. 139492 | 14 secs | 1940s | West Heidelberg, Vic, Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about the joy she and her husband had of having a housing commission house after difficult times living with relatives and boarding.
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Access No. 139493 | 22 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano with her young daughter in a family portrait.
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Access No. 139494 | 4 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
WS B&W footage of brick housing commission house with young girl in foreground, WS mother on verandah placing bundled baby into cane bassinette and WS several children from the housing commission homes playing ball game on street in front of house.
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Access No. 139495 | 6 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Film World | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano about the poverty surrounding the housing commission area in which she lived when her daughter was young and how she started factory work as soon as her daughter started school.
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Access No. 139496 | 18 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of women working in clothing factory.
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Access No. 139497 | 11 secs | 1940s | Australia | © ABC Content Sales, Library Sales | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her growing discontent with factory work.
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Access No. 139498 | 14 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival pan across suburban housing commission area.
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Access No. 139499 | 4 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Film World | B&W |
CU B&W archival photograph of Zelda D'Aprano's face in family portrait.
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Access No. 139500 | 8 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her reasons for joining the Communist Party.
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Access No. 139501 | 42 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano at the time she joined the Communist Party.
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Access No. 139502 | 7 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano about applying for and getting a job as a dental nurse in a psychiatric hospital.
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Access No. 139503 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS Archival B&W photograph of nurse walking along a path next to psychiatric hospital.
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Access No. 139504 | 4 secs | 1960s | Vic, Australia | © North Eastern Metropolitan Psychiatric Services | B&W |
Archival B&W photograph of the interior of a dental surgery at Mont Park (part of which is now La Trobe University).
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Access No. 139505 | 18 secs | 1950s | Australia | © North Eastern Metropolitan Psychiatric Services | B&W |
WS B&W photograph of the interior of the psychiatric hospital dental surgery waiting room.
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Access No. 139506 | 9 secs | 1950s | Australia | © North Eastern Metropolitan Psychiatric Services | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about how she came to be active in the union whilst working at the psychiatric hospital.
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Access No. 139507 | 14 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of Zelda D'Aprano in the 1950s.
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Access No. 139508 | 7 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
Interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano about the battle she faced as a unionist when working at a psychiatric hospital.
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Access No. 139509 | 25 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of CU to machinist feeding fabric under sewing foot.
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Access No. 139510 | 11 secs | 1960s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
WS B&W photograph of a nurse talking to man in empty hospital dormitory with beds lining either side of room and oil heaters in line down centre. GS of woman making bed, back to camera.
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Access No. 139512 | 7 secs | 1950s | Australia | © North Eastern Metropolitan Psychiatric Services | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about women's issues, equal pay etc not yet being relevant to her when she was a union representative at the hospital in which she worked.
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Access No. 139513 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of Zelda D'Aprano smiling to camera with brooch on lapel.
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Access No. 139514 | 4 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her husband Charlie's attitude to her union activism. Zoom out to MS.
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Access No. 139515 | 16 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU 1940s B&W photograph of Zelda D'Aprano with her husband Charlie.
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Access No. 139516 | 10 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about how her husband drifted apart after marrying young.
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Access No. 139517 | 30 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W zoom into photograph of Charlie D'Aprano.
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Access No. 139518 | 7 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her feelings after her husband Charlie left the marriage.
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Access No. 139519 | 18 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W archival footage of Trades Hall building exterior and CU to signage on portico of the historic building.
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Access No. 139520 | 12 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC Content Sales, Library Sales | B&W |
Zoom into CU of activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about going to work for the meatworkers' union.
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Access No. 139521 | 23 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano at the time she started working at the Meatworkers' Union.
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Access No. 139522 | 4 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about the unrest amongst workers at the Meatworkers' Union and her frustration at not knowing how to deal with it.
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Access No. 139523 | 1 min 2 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano with protesters holding signs about unequal pay. Pan across photograph with Bob Hawke standing amongst protesters, 1969.
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Access No. 139524 | 18 secs | 1960s | Australia | © The University of Melbourne | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano explaining the significance of the equal pay campaign.
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Access No. 139525 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W footage of equal pay demonstrators walking city streets with placards and entering the Arbitration Commission. WS track of women seated in rows in Arbitration Commission.
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Access No. 139526 | 31 secs | 1940s | Australia | © ABC Content Sales, Library Sales | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her feeling of humiliation that men were arguing and making decisions regarding equal pay for women. Zoom into D'Aprano as she speaks.
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Access No. 139527 | 28 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU to B&W newspaper headlines announcing the disappointing results of the equal pay decision. Pans across articles.
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Access No. 139528 | 6 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Sydney Morning Herald | B&W |
CU activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about the poor results from the equal pay arbitration case.
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Access No. 139529 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano.
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Access No. 139530 | 5 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano chained and padlocked to doors of the Commonwealth Centre holding sign to camera reading "No More Male and Female Rates - One Rate Only". Zoom out from chains around door.
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Access No. 139531 | 10 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Herald Weekly Times | B&W |
CU B&W newspaper headlines "In Chains on 'equal pay'"reporting on activist Zelda D'Aprano's act of protest over the Federal Government's stand on equal pay.
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Access No. 139532 | 2 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Melbourne Sun | B&W |
Tilt down B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano in chains being led away by Commonwealth police and to policeman with notebook during her protest regarding equal pay, 1969.
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Access No. 139533 | 4 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Herald Weekly Times | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her reaction after her first major protest.
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Access No. 139557 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano with women protesters holding signs reading "Unequal Pay is Sex Discrimination".
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Access No. 139562 | 7 secs | 1960s | Australia | © The University of Melbourne | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about the formation of the Women's Action Committee.
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Access No. 139564 | 29 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano on tram paying conductor seventy-five percent of the fare as women only received seventy-five percent of wages.
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Access No. 139566 | 7 secs | 1960s | Australia | © The Herald & Weekly Times | B&W |
Tilt down B&W photograph of women demonstrators to Zelda D'Aprano amongst them holding sign "What Use is a Beauty Queen?"
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Access No. 139570 | 5 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Melbourne Age | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about some of the activities the Women's Action Alliance arranged and participated in.
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Access No. 139571 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS colour photograph of three young women holding pro-abortion placards, November 20, 1971.
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Access No. 139573 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | Colour |
CU to activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about the significance of the first pro-abortion rally and the lack of media coverage it received.
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Access No. 139575 | 20 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS colour photograph of women at pro-abortion rally, November 20, 1971.
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Access No. 139576 | 7 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | Colour |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her disappointment at the treatment the union staff at Trades Hall received at their Christmas break and the letter she wrote as a result.
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Access No. 139577 | 54 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photographic portrait of activist Zelda D'Aprano at the time she worked at Trades Hall.
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Access No. 139578 | 6 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
MS B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano sitting at desk writing.
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Access No. 139579 | 7 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about her action of writing a letter of complaint to the meatworkers union Secretary, George Salaf.
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Access No. 139580 | 16 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour footage with tilt across top of Trades Hall building exterior down portico and columns.
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Access No. 139581 | 10 secs | 1960s | Australia | © ABC Content Sales, Library Sales | Colour |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano becoming emotional as she recounts being sacked from the Meatworkers Union and her subsequent disappointment with the communist movement. Zoom in to D'Aprano as she speaks of not being able to find employment with other unions.
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Access No. 139582 | 1 min 22 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano looking to camera holding sign.
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Access No. 139583 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Herald Weekly Times | B&W |
Zoom out to MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about appealing to the union over being sacked from Trades Hall.
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Access No. 139584 | 39 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
ECU B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano smiling.
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Access No. 139585 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about how she was able to channel the injustices she felt she had experienced into the Women's Action Committee.
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Access No. 139586 | 32 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS colour photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano with two colleagues inside the Mail Exchange where she was employed.
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Access No. 139587 | 9 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | Colour |
Zoom out to MS of activist Zelda D'Aprano being interviewed and talking about her job as a mail sorter.
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Access No. 139588 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS slow-motion of mail being sorted from bags on long bench.
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Access No. 139589 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about the advantages of being employed as a mail sorter and the freedom it gave her to attend to her political activities.
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Access No. 139590 | 31 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W footage of an ASIO document.
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Access No. 139591 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © ABC Content Sales, Library Sales | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about an ASIO document leaked to the press about her and her feelings of fear and depression over it.
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Access No. 139592 | 17 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W footage of an ASIO document about activist Zelda D'Aprano.
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Access No. 139593 | 7 secs | 1970s | Australia | © ABC Content Sales, Library Sales | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about the perception her co-workers had of her being a spy after leaked ASIO documents.
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Access No. 139594 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano taken towards the end of her employment at the post office.
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Access No. 139595 | 4 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | B&W |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about being superannuated from the post office.
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Access No. 139596 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W footage of young men and women holding Women's Liberation rally in city square. Zoom to Banner reading "Womens Rights Now". Tilt from toddler in stroller to banner about safe contraceptives.
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Access No. 139597 | 10 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
MS interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about the Womens' Action Committee running consciousness raising groups and the positive response from women.
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Access No. 139598 | 40 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano in front of microphone.
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Access No. 139599 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | Colour |
CU tilt up archival colour photograph of activist Zelda D'Aprano signing her autobiography.
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Access No. 139600 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Zelda D'Aprano | Colour |
CU interview with activist Zelda D'Aprano talking about why she wrote her autobiography.
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Access No. 139601 | 1 min 32 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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