A wide range of interesting related photos , anecdotes , newspaper clippings and other information continues to surface following this blog's reporting of the death and work in the Northern Territory and Western Australian of activist Doctor Bill Day ,82.
The paper was published fortnightly in Sydney by journalist editor Denis Freney (1936-l995 ) , who campaigned against the Vietnam War, South African apartheid and supported East Timor independence . He was also a sub editor on the Communist Party of Australia paper, Tribune .
His personal papers are in the National Library, Canberra, They comprise correspondence, notebooks, brochures, flyers, journal articles, memorabilia, newscuttings, pamphlets, photographs, press releases, reports and research material.
They document Freney's career and activities as a teacher, political activist, journalist and writer. The papers particularly relate to Freney's involvement in the Campaign for an Independent East Timor as well as independence campaigns in New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Other topics include the Nugan Hand Bank and crime and corruption in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s.
Correspondents include Abilio Araujo, Julie Ann Ellis, José Ramos Horta, Brian Manning, Warwick Neilly, Michel Pablo, Chris Santos and Barak Sope. File 1 in Series 3 contains further correspondence by José Ramos Horta which had been given to Freney.
Darwin agronomist and East Timor activist , Robert Wesley-Smith recalled how Bill Day had helped him dispose of a large quantity of West Australian paddy rice which was to have been shipped to East Timor to be grown there , just before the Indonesian invasion .
Some of the rice had been milled, bagged and sold by Wes and Day from a warehouse . "All the Chinese restaurants came and carted away many bags, " said Wes, " at a good price ." Some of the paddy rice had been sold as horse feed.
A cheque had been sent to a Melbourne support group as a result of their rice sales .
UPCOMING : More interesting Bill Day photos and anecdotes .
