Miscellaneous printed material, 1891-1900

 
Component identifier:
Subseries 11_11
Content Summary:

Selection of articles, pamphlets and other printed material relating to federation, including On effective voting (1896) by Reverend T.J. Smith, The history of federation (1894) by G.G. Read Murphy, A digest of federal constitutions (1896) by John Quick, Federation, as proposed by the Adelaide Convention (1897) by W.M. Hughes and W.T. Dick, Annual report for the year ending 30 June 1899 (1899) by the Australasian Federation League of New South Wales, 'Equitable representation' (n.d.) by Professor Nanson, Suggestions (1897) by Luogo, Historical sketch of Australian federation, extracted from The Year Book of Australia (1891) by G.B. Barton, Proceedings, People's Federal Convention, Bathurst, November, 1896 (1896), The Australian Commonwealth Bill : the Spectator's criticism : a reply (1900) by J.H. Symon, The Australian Commonwealth Bill : observations by Mr J.H. Symon, Q.C., in reply to Chief Justice Way's attack upon the delegates and Mr Chamberlain's 'compromise' as to Clause 74 (1900) by J.H. Symon, The attainment of federation : what was lacking in the Convention Bill (1898) from the Daily Telegraph, The Canadian Dominion and proposed Australian Commonwealth : a study in comparative politics (1895) by J.G. Bourinot, Honour to whom honour is due, a federal retrospect (1899) by Bruce Smith and Draft federation bill : speech (1897) by J.H. Want.

This subseries contains Items 11/331 - 11/345.

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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This collection is available for research.
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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