Special Adviser to the Australian Mission to the United Nations, 1960-1965

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Component identifier:
Series 8
Content Summary:

As a member of the Australian Delegation to the United Nations, Toogood attended the 15th Session of the General Assembly in New York as Special Advisor on Papua and New Guinea (1960-1961). The series includes 'Special report by the Australian Government on the preparation and training of indigenous civil and technical cadres in non-self-governing territories in respect of the Territory of Papua', 'Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples' (statement by J. Plimsoll, 2 Dec. 1960), and a statement by J.A. Forsythe for the Committee on Information from Non-self-governing Territories. Other papers include correspondence, itinerary, guest list, general notes on the United Nations and a small amount of material relating to the United Nations Trusteeship Council (1964).

Comprises Files 1-4.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were donated to the Library by Gerald Toogood's son Ian Toogood in 1991.

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The collection is available for reference.
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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