Research material, 1955-1996

Component identifier:

Series 19

Content Summary:

This series comprises a large collection of files containing research material accumulated by Hall. The topics researched are varied and include the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), crime, national security, the Labor Party, Gallipoli, Wilfred Burchett, Henry Lawson, Native Police in the 1800s, and the Mount Rennie rape case of 1886. There are a number of smaller files covering a range of miscellaneous topics.

The research material is in a wide variety of formats, and includes copies of reports and royal commission proceedings; copies of book chapters and newspaper/journal articles; copies of documents from Government archives; copies from Hansard; and correspondence. Many of the files contain notes and typescript drafts by Hall, together with photocopies of early documents.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were acquired in two instalments. The first was purchased from Hall in 1992 and the second was purchased from his family in 2003, following Hall's death.

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