Australia Largely comprises material relating to Parents and Teachers Against violence in Education (PTAVE), an Australian organisation against corporal punishment in schools. Including - - incident report forms. - promotional material; pamphlets sent to schools. - correspondence with STOPP including a visit made to the UK and the potential organisations/institutions of interest. - information regarding the campaign to abolish corporal punishment in schools in Australia. - copies of 'PTAVE Reports' the organisation's newsletter, some of which include children's accounts of being punished at school and news on corporal punishment in schools from round the world. - correspondence regarding the abolition of corporal punishment in schools in New South Wales. - correspondence regarding use of corporal punishment in church schools in Australia. - correspondence with a corporal punishment abolitionist pressure group in New Zealand called PAVE. - copy of a pamphlet 'Self discipline & Pastoral Care: a report of the Committee of Inquiry into Pupil Behaviour and Discipline in Schools'. - copy of the Human Rights Commission Discussion Draft Paper no.1 'Corporal Punishment in Schools and the Rights of the Child'. Also- - photocopies of press cuttings relating to the use of corporal punishment in schools in Australia. - a letter from British Council suggesting visiting Inspector of Schools from Australia meet with members of STOPP. 1979-1987