Governor-General's appointment, 1925-1932

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Series 17

Content Summary:

Sir Isaac Isaacs was appointed Governor-General in 1931. Symon and others disagreed violently with the way this was brought about. Correspondence with Sir Edward Mitchell, Sir John Latham, Sir William Irvine, E. P. Auld and Sir Edward Wallington is included in this series, together with copies of Symon's letters to the press.

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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