Foreign Affairs Committee, 1956-61

Component identifier:

Series 17

Content Summary:

In 1956 R.G. Casey proposed that a Joint Committee be appointed to consider foreign affairs generally and to inquire into matters referred to it by the Minister of External Affairs. It was boycotted by the Opposition and as a result the Committee consisted almost entirely of Government backbenchers from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Kent Hughes was elected Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and held the position until 1961. The series includes correspondence (mostly with R.G Menzies and R.G. Casey), notes, drafts of reports or papers and minutes.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was donated to the National Library, in several instalments between 1973 and 1991, by Lady Kent Hughes and her daughters, Mrs Janet Derham, Mrs Margaret Sasse and Dr Mary Lou Sheil.

Names:

Kent Hughes, Lady

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