Guide to the Records of the National Party of Australia, 1915-1983

Summary

Collection number:

MS 7507

Creator:

National Party of Australia

Extent:

(1 large folio box + 2 medium phase boxes + 2 outsized phase boxes + 1 small phase box + 136 ms boxes + 10 ms cartons + 128 sound/av carriers)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the National Party of Australia, National Library of Australia, MS 7507, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Restricted.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection includes: early minutes and Federal Executive meeting records; Federal Council files; Electoral Council files; Branch files; State Branch and Council files; committee records; field staff records; files on individuals (including parliamentarians) and organisations; subject files; election records; conference records; publicity and publications; correspondence; financial records; Young Australian Country Party records and other records. The collection contains very little material dating before 1950.

Biographical / Historical:

In 1975 the Australian Country Party changed its name to the National Country Party of Australia. In 1982 its name was changed to the National Party of Australia.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn465996) for the access conditions.

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the National Party of Australia, National Library of Australia, MS 7507, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

Contact us