Papers of R S Ross, 1876-31

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Series 21

Content Summary:

Robert Samuel Ross, Lloyd Ross's father, was born in Sydney in 1873. When he was 12, he moved to Queensland with his parents where his father Robert Maxwell Ross, a compositor from Scotland, was to edit a paper. As a young man Ross took up his father's profession and later became editor of the Barrier Truth (Broken Hill) and The Socialist (Melbourne). In 1915 he launched his own magazine, Ross's Monthly which survived until 1924 when it was incorporated into the Union Voice (Melbourne) with Ross as editor.

A pacifist and international socialist, Ross was secretary of the Victorian Socialist Party for several years. During World War I he was an active campaigner against conscription. Ross was also a member of the Y Club and ran Ross's Book Service which offered a wide variety of literature. He died in 1931 after a long and active career in the Victorian Labour Movement.

This series consists of correspondence, leaflets, magazines, minute books, newscuttings and pamphlets relating to some of the socialist and labour organisations with which Ross was actively involved.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were purchased from Lloyd Ross by the National Library in three instalments in 1974, 1979 and 1982. Further instalments were received after his death, in 1988 and 1991.

Names:

Lloyd Ross

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