The Australian Women's Register

MS 6000 consists primarily of material collected by Andrews during her research into traditional social dance in Australia, although her political activism, medical research and personal interests are also represented in the collection. The collection comprises correspondence, handwritten notes, publications, photocopies of articles and book extracts, photographs and other graphic material (25 boxes, 1 elephant folio). The Acc12.117 instalment comprises the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) Andrews received in 1994 for her contribution to Australian dance. The engraving on the medal verso reads “Shirley Aldythea Andrews” (1 packet).