8 bundles of papers relating to the principal considerations and events concerning the BPC during the years 1926-1946

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Containers:
Box 32-35
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Content Summary:

These papers are additional to those contained in the main volumes of documents.

Four (4) of these bundles contain extensive summaries covering the 1926-1942 period. Each summary is accompanied by a collection of related documents. These summaries and back-up papers provide a chronology of the significant highlights in the history of the Phosphate Commissioners, particularly in regard to inter-government and inter-personal relationships between the three partner countries in their mining, shipping, distribution and political activities.

There are four (4) other bundles without summaries. These contain documents relating to principal events and issues during the years. 1942-1946.

Documents relating specifically to wartime events in the Islands during 1941-1942 are in Box 3. (19 folders)

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1791626) for the access conditions.
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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