Constitutional Centenary Foundation, 1989-95
- Component identifier:
- Series 34
- Content Summary:
- The Constitutional Centenary Foundation was established in 1991 as an independent body which sought to encourage public discussion and debate on the Australian system of government. Sir Ninian Stephen was the first President. Else-Mitchell was a member of the committee of the ACT Chapter, which was formed in June 1994. This small series contains minutes, agenda papers, correspondence, reports, circulars and cuttings. There is also some correspondence concerning the Centenary Conference on Australian Federalism which was held at the University of Melbourne in February 1990. The correspondents include Denis Tracey, Dame Leonie Kramer and Donald Nairn.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- Justice Else-Mitchell first placed papers in the National Library in 1981. He had earlier donated a considerable quantity of papers to the Mitchell Library in Sydney but decided that the later papers documenting his involvement in a range of national organisations should be in the National Library. Further papers were received in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1995. The 1989 and 1991 instalments were donated under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme.
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Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1353885).
- 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- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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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