Seccession Movement, Western Australia, 1895-1933
- Component identifier:
- Series 16
- Content Summary:
- In 1930 a movement had grown in Western Australia to secede from the Commonwealth. Symon was a staunch opponent and wrote vigorously against it. There are many press cuttings and some correspondence with Braddon Saunders, W. Ogden, F. Gates, W. H. Gee, Sir John Latham and Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (later Lord Gowrie).
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The papers were received by the Library between 1966 and 1968 from Sir Josiah Symon's literary executor and daughter, Miss L. K. (Kilmeny) Symon. In December 1980 Sir Josiah's Commonwealth railway life pass was donated to the Library by the State Library of South Australia on behalf of a donor who was living in the house previously owned by Kilmeny Symon and had found the pass in a crack in the flooring.
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- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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