Guide to the Papers of Sir Paul Hasluck, 1925-1989

Summary

Collection number:

MS 5274

Creator:

Sir Paul Hasluck

Extent:

6.51 metres and (23 ms boxes + 17 archive boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Sir Paul Hasluck, National Library of Australia, MS 5274, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Part available for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Biographical Note:

1905 Born in Fremantle, Western Australia

1922-1938 Journalist with the West Australian

1932 Married Alexandra Margaret Darker

1939-1940 Lecturer in History, University of Western Australia

1941-1947 Officer of the Commonwealth Department of External Affairs

1946-1947 Head of the Australian Mission to the United Nations

1948-1949 Research Reader in History, University of Western Australia

1949-1969 MHR for Curtin, Western Australia

1951 Published first volume of The Government and the people, part of the series Australia in the war of 1939-1945

1951-1963 Minister for Territories

1963 Minister for Defence

1964-1969 Minister for External Affairs

1969 Appointed G.C.M.G.

1969-1974 Governor-General of Australia

1970 Appointed G.C.V.O.; Published second volume of The Government and the people

1976 Published A time for building: Australian administration in Papua New Guinea

1977 Published Mucking about: an autobiography

1979 Created K.G.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

This collection was transferred to the Library in four consignments between 1976 and 2001. The first consignment (boxes 1-17), consisting of Curtin Electorate papers, was transferred to the Library from the Curtin Electoral Office by Hasluck's successor M.P., The Hon. Victor Garland. The second consignment (boxes 18-31) was presented to the Library by Sir Paul in 1983 and consists of printed and roneoed material on a variety of subjects. The third consignment (boxes 32-39) consists of ten bound volumes of personal papers in addition to five boxes of material relating to the Northern Territory and to Australian Aborigines. The fourth consignment (box 40) was received from Sir David Smith, Secretary to the Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, and consists of the Official Secretary's copy of speeches made by Hasluck between 1969 and 1974.

Please note that Hasluck's ministerial and official files are held by the National Archives of Australia, ACT Office.

Indexed terms

Names:

Sir Paul Hasluck

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1790695) 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], Papers of Sir Paul Hasluck, National Library of Australia, MS 5274, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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