Attorney-General, 1923-1929
- Component identifier:
- Series 41
- Content Summary:
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In this series are miscellaneous papers which Latham wrote or acquired as a Minister or specifically as Attorney-General. They include notes on subjects to go to Cabinet (1927), notes on a draft arbitration treaty submitted by the United States (7 December 1928), a draft of the 1929 Seat of Government (Administration) Bill, papers on the Navigation Act, rough notes on the advice to be given to the Governor-General on the dissolution of Parliament (11 September 1929), letters from Sir Robert Garran (January 1927) and from Latham to S. M. Bruce (July 1927) on general political matters, and correspondence on migration, the taxation of bodies outside Australia, the position of Broome, the dispute over the Spotwood-Altona highway, and communist activities in Australia.
The series also includes files on the following subjects: duties on electrical machinery, sub-letting of leases in Canberra, the Abrahams brothers tax evasion case and a proposed amusements tax.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The bulk of the collection was presented to the National Library by Sir John Latham in December 1963, a few months before his death. In November 1974 the Library purchased some further papers from a secondhand book dealer. They comprised family letters and photographs, some diaries and papers relating to the High Court. These papers have been amalgamated into the original collection.
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Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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