Country Party of Australia (Federal) surveys, 1971-1972

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Series 1

Content Summary:

In 1971 J.D. Anthony, the Leader of the Federal Country Party, commissioned a survey of Country Party members on a broad range of topical issues, covering areas such as the Country Party's role and reputation, immigration and economic conditions. Following on from the success of the first poll, a second poll was conducted in mid 1972, this time focussing on issues of national importance including the media, foreign investment and trade unionism. Documented in this series are collations of questions and results for both surveys, together with an extract pertaining to the questionnaire from Hansard.

Immediate source of acquisition:

In February 1986 the National Library of Australia received, as a donation, papers used by Don Aitkin in his research on the Country Party of New South Wales. The material had been made available to Aitkin whilst a doctoral student and post-doctoral fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra, during the 1960s, providing some of the background to his PhD thesis and its published revision The Country Party in New South Wales : a study of organisation and survival.

Names:

Aitkin, Don, 1937-

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