Constitution

Containers:

Box 10 (MS 2001)

Component identifier:

Series 8

Content Summary:

This series concerns Sir Robert Garran's involvement with the development of the Australian Constitution. There are proposed amendments, the draft bill, speeches by Garran and a review of Garran's Annotated Constitution, together with a bound volume of papers (Item 268) from the Federal Convention, 1891, 1897-1898. Please note: Item 268 has been microfilmed and should be used in preference to the original. The microfilm reels are located in the Newspaper Reading Room (mfm G24 757-8).

Items 1-268

Immediate source of acquisition:

The bulk of the Garran Papers were obtained shortly before and immediately after Sir Robert Garran's death in 1957, from Garran's son, John Garran. Further papers were located in 1968 in the possession of another son, Richard Garran.

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