Miscellaneous correspondence, 1913-16, 1919-20

 
Component identifier:
Series 43
Content Summary:

Personal and private letters from various people, including Australian and other government officials, concerning a miscellany of subjects: appointments for Northern Territory and Papua positions; origin and observance of Wattle Day; proposed new Anglican Mission on Groote Eylandt; powers of an Assistant Minister; rumour of Commonwealth Gvernment takeover of Fiji; alien indentured labour in the Pacific; boundaries covered by the term ‘Australasia'.

Press clippings concerning recruiting of Kanaka labour (1901).

Typescript Government agreement (unsigned) to employ petroleum expert for work in Papua and Australia.

Comprises Items 2349-2400

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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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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