General Parliamentary Papers

Component identifier:

Series 13

Content Summary:

The contents of this series, which have been arranged in rough chronological order, include minutes and letters sent between Bryant and other parliamentarians (especially Doug Everingham, Member for Capricornia), press releases of people other than Bryant, papers sent to each other for comment, Cabinet submissions, bills, conference papers, questions on notice, a few Parliamentary newsletters, administrative circulars, lists of Members and Ethnic Background Papers. One recurring theme is planning for the new Parliament House (as early as the 1950s).

Papers relating to the Australasian Study of Parliament Group have been placed here, but for international organisations such as the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference see Series 15.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The Bryant Papers were received in two consignments. The first was transferred from the Victorian Regional Office of the National Archives of Australia in November 1991, in accordance with Mrs Bryant's wishes. These papers had been deposited there in 1975. Just over half of them had been assigned the control number MP1803/1. The remainder had been registered into 31 individual record series and held under Commonwealth Record Series control numbers. Further papers at Mrs Bryant's home (in a garage) had been put into cartons by NAA staff in 1991 and brought to the National Archives of Australia on a temporary basis. At the time of transfer to the National Library, NAA staff retained series or parts of series which related to periods when Gordon Bryant was Minister, as well as diaries from 1973 to 1975 and one notebook. In 1992, papers relating to Bryant's post-parliamentary activities were transferred direct from Mrs Bryant's home to the Library. Amongst these cartons was material which had been packed from his office at La Trobe University's School of Economics and Commerce and returned to Mrs Bryant.

Names:

Bryant, Pat, Mrs.

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