'Victorian politics : a personal sketch', 1899-1900

Component identifier:

Subseries 8_6

Content Summary:

Deakin's memoir 'Victorian politics', begun in 1899, was intended as a history of his role in the Victorian Parliament from 1879 to 1900. Although it was abandoned by Deakin after he had covered the years up to the end of 1881, it survives as a vivid account of his entry into colonial politics. It was later published as The crisis in Victorian politics, 1879-1881 (1957), edited by J.A. La Nauze and R.M. Crawford.

This subseries contains Items 8/222 - 8/534.

Immediate source of acquisition:

On 3 December 1965 Ivy Brookes, the eldest daughter of Alfred Deakin, formally presented the Deakin Papers to the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, for permanent preservation in the National Library. After Deakin's death in 1919 his papers remained in the possession of his widow, Pattie, until her death in 1934. They were used extensively by Herbert Brookes, and by Professor Walter Murdoch while he was working on the first biography of Deakin, published in 1923. In 1945 the Deakin Papers were examined by an officer of the National Library and it was agreed that the papers would ultimately be deposited in the Library. In 1948 Professor R.M. Crawford of the University of Melbourne became custodian of the papers on the understanding that either an extensive selection of documents or a biography would be based on them. Subsequently his colleague, Professor J.A. La Nauze, began Deakin's biography and the papers remained in his custody until the work was completed in 1965. From time to time other papers relating to Deakin were added to the original collection by Herbert and Ivy Brookes, Lady Rivett and Sir Thomas and Lady White. Professors Crawford and La Nauze also added letters or copies of Deakin letters that they had acquired from other sources.

Names:

Brookes, Ivy

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