Immigration, 1903-1909

 
Component identifier:
Subseries 15_5_1_1
Content Summary:

Correspondence, memoranda, printed material and other documents, including Deakin's extensive correspondence with those who advocated British emigration, such as the Salvation Army and the States' Agents-General. Other correspondence deals with the racial aspects of 'White Australia', such as the use of Kanaka labour in Queensland, and the unsuitability of Asian migrants in Australia. Minor subjects include the Natal, German commerce, home rule for Ireland, Japan, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Samoa and other Pacific islands. Other papers include a memorandum to the Governor-General relating to the Immigration Restriction Act and a memorandum on immigration in Fiji.

Among the correspondents are Dr Richard Arthur, General William Booth, Timothy Coghlan, Lord Crewe, H.A. Gwynne, Rider Haggard, Atlee Hunt, Walter James, Arthur Jose, W. Kidston, Arthur Morgan, John Redmond, Richard Seddon, Sir Charles Smythe, Lord Tennyson, J. Unsworth and Bishop Gilbert White.

This subseries contains Items 15/2081 - 15/2271, 15/2548 - 15/2567.

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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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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