Graham, Diana

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Diana Graham was a member of the WEL Rape Law Reform Action Group from 1976, and co-convenor of the WEL Family Law Action Group from 1977.

Di Graham was central to the debate on probate duties. Legislation around probate duties discriminated against women, she argued, as wives were obliged to wait for the probate period to expire despite their substantial direct and indirect contributions to assets which were seen as wholly belonging to their husbands or partners. Graham was convenor of the WEL probate group from c.1973.

From 1977, Graham was co-convenor (with Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt) of the WEL Family Law Action Group, of which Kerry Heubel was also an active member. She wrote numerous submissions to federal members of parliament, including a submission (written with Scutt and Heubel) to the joint select parliamentary committee on the Family Law Act in 1979.

In 1976, Graham had become a member of the WEL Rape Law Reform Action Group (again, convened by Scutt). The WEL draft bill on rape and other sexual offences formed the basis of rape law reform around Australia as well as substantially affecting reform and reform discussions in Aotearoa/New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Fiji, Canada and the USA. It was the basis of discussion at the first national conference on rape law reform, held in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1980 and hosted jointly by the Australian Institute of Criminology, the Tasmanian Law Reform Commission, and the University of Tasmania Law School.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Different LivesReflections on the Women's Movement and Visions of its Future : Different Lives
    Scutt, Jocelynne A.
    [1987]
    Published: Penguin
  2. Rape Law Reform
    Scutt, Jocelynne A.
    [1980]
    Published: Australian Institute of Criminology
  3. Getting Equal: The History of Australian Feminism
    Lake, Marilyn
    [1999]
    Published: Allen & Unwin
  4. National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection: Papers of Diana Graham (1975 - 1987)
    Correspondence (including correspondence with MPs), circulars, publicity, submissions, cuttings and reference material relating to the WEL. Probate Group, WEL Family Law Action Group, WEL Sexual Offences Law Reform Group, and the Feminist Legal Action Group.
    MS 7604

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  1. Papers
    Graham, Di, 1909-
    [ Unpublished : 1975-1997 ]
    At National Library
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  2. 1974.4.1 GHSON Graduation
    [ Unpublished : 1974 ]
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  1. Website: Australian Women in War
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  1. Arista U.K. MD Graham resigns. (Arista Records U.K. managing director Diana Graham) (Brief Article)
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    [ Article : 1995 ]
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  2. Assessing upgrades to the Bureau of Meteorology's wave forecasting system using satellite altimeter data / Tom H. Durrant, Diana J. M. Greenslade and Graham R. Warren
    Durrant, Tom. H., 1981-
    [ Article : 2009 ]
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  3. Polarized Politics and Policy Consequences
    Epstein, Diana; Graham, John
    [ Book, Article : 2007 ]
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  4. A mass spectrometric investigation of the volatile content of deep submarine basalts
    Graham, Diana G
    [ Article : 1978-2009 ]
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  1. 1969.19.1 Graham Hospital School of Nursing Last Will and Testament
    [ Unpublished : 1969 ]
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  2. 1983.4.1 Graham Hospital School of Nursing Graduation Program
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  3. 1981.4.2 Graham Hospital School of Nursing Graduation Program
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  1. Dressing Diana / Tim Graham and Tamsin Blanchard
    Graham, Tim, 1948-
    [ Book : 1998 ]
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  2. Diana, Princess of Wales : a tribute / Tim Graham ; with text by Tom Corby
    Graham, Tim, 1948-
    [ Book : 1997 ]
    Languages: Italian, English
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  3. Psychological control of pain / Diana Elton, Gordon Stanley, Graham Burrows ; with a foreword by Ernest Hilgard
    Elton, Diana, 1933-
    [ Book, Audio book, Thesis : 1980-1984 ]
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  4. With a southern touch / Diana Palmer, Heather Graham, Jennifer Blake
    Palmer, Diana
    [ Book : 2002-2005 ]
    read online at Open Library/Internet Archive
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    At 9 libraries
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  1. Psychological control of pain / Diana Elton, Gordon Stanley, Graham Burrows ; with a foreword by Ernest Hilgard
    Elton, Diana, 1933-
    [ Book, Audio book, Thesis : 1980-1984 ]
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  2. We remember D-Day / Frank & Joan Shaw
    Shaw, Frank
    [ Book, Audio book : 1994-1998 ]
    Languages: English, French
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  3. We remember the Home Guard / Frank and Joan Shaw
    Shaw, Frank
    [ Book, Audio book : 1991-1998 ]
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  4. We remember the Blitz / Frank and Joan Shaw
    Shaw, Frank
    [ Book, Audio book : 1992-1998 ]
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    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Wednesday 30 October 1946 Supplement: Woman's Magazine p 2 Article Illustrated
    ... THE BIG MOMENT: Nancy Wood cuts her cake surrounded by (left to right) Fay Stone, Denise Mynott, Diana Dixon, Reg .Swift, Graham Galt, and Alex Wood. ... 26 words
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  2. New members
    The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) Saturday 22 April 1950 Supplement: Sunday Magazine p 12 Article
    ... New members Collins, Glenyce, Maylands. Coxall, Beverley, Cadell. Daw, Diana, Woodlands Park. Daw, Patty, Woodlands Park. Foster, Dean, dapham. Harris, Robert, Cowell. lister, Yvonne, Whyaila, Moyle, Graham, NaUsworth. P«llissier, Phyllis, Port Au gusta. Petchell, Margaret, Unley Park. Richards, ... 49 words
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  3. DEPARTURES. FRIDAY.
    The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (NSW : 1838 - 1841) Monday 29 June 1840 Edition: MORNING p 5 Article
    ... barque, Darby, mas ter, for Manilla. THOMAS LOWRY, ship, Graham, master, for Batavia. MEANWELL, brig, Duck. master, for London. DIANA; ship, Milne, master, for New Zea land. DEPARFU REt. MARY ANN, ... 62 words
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