Constitutional Convention Proceedings

Component identifier:

Series 2

Content Summary:

This series documents proceedings of the Constitutional Convention from Monday 2 February until the final session on Friday 13 February 1998. It includes: invitational and introductory material issued to delegates, rules of debate, order of speeches and other administrative material, speeches relating to the opening of the Convention, minutes, notices of motion, amendments and other proceedings of the Convention.

The series includes an incomplete set of material documenting Convention proceedings: notice papers, speakers' lists, speeches and records of Convention proceedings and decisions on Working Group resolutions. The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has undertaken to provide copies of public submissions to the Convention, in addition to a set of minutes of individual Working Groups considering Constitutional resolutions and models. In addition to a complete set of printed transcripts (Hansard) to the proceedings, the collection includes 37 VHS videotapes covering the Convention's plenary sessions.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The records were collected by National Library Information Services staff prior to the 1998 Constitutional Convention, and when located at Old Parliament House during the Convention to provide reference services to delegates. As the records were collected from a number of sources before and during the Constitutional Convention, the series arrangement reflects the source of the material and within this, pre-Convention and Convention processes.

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