Northern Territory: General Northern Territory Correspondence, 1908, 1912, 1915-16, 1920

 
Component identifier:
Series 18
Content Summary:

Private correspondence with Government representatives, notably W. Baldwin Spencer, concerning various matters, including: illegal entry of Chinese into Australia; appointment of Dr. Gilruth as Administrator of the Northern Territory; work of Chief Protector of Aborigines (W. Baldwin Spencer); Parliamentary party's visit (1912); relations between Asians and Aborigines; Administration personnel; sheep raising at Mataranka; Royal Commission concerning the Northern Territory (1920).

Comprises Items 1036-1054

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were donated to the Commonwealth National Library by Hunt's daughter, Miss Marion Hunt, in 1936. Some other papers of Atlee Hunt, including three diaries, were donated by Mr Bruce Hunt in 1964 and are housed at MS 1100.

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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