Erica Jolly
Papers
MSS 0244
Biographical
Erica is a teacher and author who was a founding member of the SA Social Studies Teachers Association (contributing to its text books) and the SA History Teachers Association. Erica graduated from Adelaide University with honours in history, going on to teach and hold curriculum positions in secondary schools for nearly 40 years. She gained her Masters in English Literature from Flinders University in 1978, and over the years has been elected to Flinders' governing council and academic senate, helped establish and combine various faculties and schools, been an official university donor, and supported a student bursary for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Erica's published works include a history of vocational education in South Australia from 1897 - 2001, We Came to Marion 1955 - 1995 (1995), A Broader Vision: Voices of Vocational Education in SA (2001), Challenging the Divide: Approaches to Science and Poetry (2010), and Making a Stand (2015).
Erica Jolly is a long‐time member of the Australian Federation of Australian Women South Australia, now called The Australian Federation of Graduate Women, AFGW, or GWSA. The Australian Federation of University Women, founded in 1922, is the national umbrella organisation for state Federations of University Women in Australia. The AFUW lobbies the Federal Government on issues pertaining to women in academia. It also organises triennial conferences and awards several fellowships for post-graduate study. It has campaigned for equal pay and employment opportunities for female academics and against gender discrimination in education.
Transferred from University Archives. Kept in the order received.
Contents
Papers primarily related to the Australian Federation of University Women, includes correspondence, pamphlets, handouts and conference documentation. Also includes other writings by Erica Jolly on various topics.
Box 1
Folders of material related to the Australian Federation of University Women
- Australian Federation of University Women 1991-2002
- Australian Federation of University Women 2002
- Australian Federation of University Women 2003
- Australian Federation of University Women 2004
Box 2
Folders of material related to the Australian Federation of University Women
- Australian Federation of University Women 2005
- Australian Federation of University Women 2006
- Australian Federation of University Women 2007
- Australian Federation of University Women 2008 (folder 1)
Box 3
Folders of material related to the Australian Federation of University Women
- Australian Federation of University Women 2008 (folder 2)
- Australian Federation of University Women 2009
- Australian Federation of University Women 2010
- Australian Federation of University Women 2011
Box 4
Folders of material related to the Australian Federation of University Women
- Australian Federation of University Women 2012
- Australian Federation of University Women 2013
- Australian Federation of University Women 2014
- Australian Federation of University Women 2015-2018
Box 5
- Folder of material related to the AFUW involvement regarding issues facing Indigenous tertiary students. Includes reports correspondence, 2 CD-ROMs 3.5” floppy disk, and some source material. Also includes some articles on the closure of the Henley High School. Kept in a fabric conference pack folder from the Australian Federation of University Women 32nd Triennial Conference 23-26 April 2003.
- Bundle of material related to the draft for the publication of the celebration of the life of Graduate Women – SA, 1914-2016. Includes note written by Erica explaining given background information on the draft.
- Bundle of material related to the AFUW involvement with the Children’s Services Act 1985 and Education Act 1972.
Box 6
- Loose material:
- Folder of letters of recommendation regarding Erica Jolly, for the position of Principal of Mitcham Girls High School
- Exercise book of addresses and notes regarding AFUW material
- Book: ‘Help yourselves’ an anthology of contemporary writing on food / compiled by Erica Jolly and Frances Wells. Education Department of South Australia, 1979.
- Copy of an address by Patricia Winter on “Inclusive Curriculum” to the Australian Association of Special Education. 15th June 1993. Reported by Erica Jolly.
- Letter regarding closure of Henley High School library. Addresses to Liz Schnyder, Principal of Henley High School. 27 October 2011
- Copy of “Seminars for Young Women” Women’s Challenges and Achievements. An account of the joint contribution to the celebration of the centenary of South Australian Women’s Suffrage. 25 June 1994
- Unpublished report: Inclusion Schools for All Project. Report by Erica Jolly.
- Bundle of material relating to the AFUW. All dated 2000. Broken down into sections labelled:
- Booklet” 4th edition of the AFUW policies and attitudes record. 2000.
- Correspondence
- Council meetings
- IFUW material
- Letters sent to Education Liaison States and Territories
- Minutes of Council Meetings
- National Report on Schooling. 1998
- Resolutions and Responses (triennial conference)
- Bundle of material of the Australian Federation of University Women, includes correspondence, membership reports, AGM reports, newsletters, etc.
Box 7
- Copies of AFUW – SA Newsletter.
- 1996, Vol. 5, Issue 3
- 2003, Volume 12, Issue 6
- 2004, Volume 13, Issue 1
- 2004, Volume 13, Issue 3
- 2004, Volume 13, Issue 6
- 2005, Volume 14, Issue 1
- Copy of Graduate Women, October 2003, Issue 144 (2 copies)
- Folder of emails from Alice Rwamo, President of the Burundi Association of University Women regarding support and fundraising for Burundian school girls. Dated 2004.
- Folder labelled AFUW (SA) Women’s Groups
- Folder labelled AFUW material
- Folder labelled AFUW – ‘Gen’ – correspondence and report for AGW. 1998
- Copies of interview transcripts from the AFUW Oral History Project
- Folder labelled National History Teacher’s Conference
- ‘A broader vision: voices of vocational education in twenties century South Australia.’ Erica Jolly. Michael Deves Publishing, Adelaide 2001.
- Letter from Attorney-General Philip Ruddock MP to Erica regarding treatment of Australians in Guantanamo Bay. 2 July 2004.
- CD-ROM labelled Erica Jolly. Educaiton article for Ran Hoenig.
- Folder labelled AFUW Inc – National. Dr. Daphne Elliot – HEIP
- Folder of material related to Daphne Elliot and her work regarding indigenous education.
- ‘Tauondi Talk’. Tauondi Aboriginal Community College, Vol 2, No 16. 2004.
- Tauondi Year Book 2000.
- Social Justice and Native Title Reports 2005.
- ‘Education for Aborigines’ Report to the Schools Commission by the Aboriginal Consultative Group. June 1975
Box 8
- 2 folders on Aboriginal education in schools including correspondence and source documentation
- The Northern Territory Board of Studies. Australian Indigenous Studies. Curriculum Policy and Implementation Guidelines. Transition – Year 12.
- Folder of material related to Reconcilliation, including correspondence and source material
- Folder of miscellaneous material, correspondence, pamphlets and articles, primarily on the Women’s Legal Service and indigenous support.
- Folder of material related to Indigenous Native Title.
- Copy of a paper ‘Adelaide’s Recipe for Life: Wisdom of the Kaurna’ written by Gerald McBride, 2002.
- Publication: Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students: information about avenues of educational financial support covering scholarships, bursaries, grants awards… Second edition 2005. 2 copies.
- Draft of a report titled ‘Kalaya Children’s Centre. The Share and Care Programme.
- Material related to the Indigenous Medical Scholarships Project and loose information on indigenous education.
- CD-ROM. Australian Indigenous Languages. SSABSA.
Listed by Marie Larsen
June 2020