Guide to the Papers of Ralph Gore, 1930-1964
Collection context
Summary
- Collection number:
- MS 2819
- Creator:
- Ralph Gore
- Extent:
- 1.4 metres and (10 boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
- Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ralph Gore, National Library of Australia, MS 2819, [series/file/item number]'.
- Availability:
- Available
- Access conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
Background
- Content Summary:
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The papers comprise correspondence with the Administrator, Government House, Port Moresby; business correspondence; prisoner applications for early release; Appeal Board papers; legal reports; transcripts of criminal and civil cases; Territory of Papua Annual report for 1929-30; a typescript by Paul Quinlivan on colonialism and ownership of land in New Guinea and other papers relating mainly to trials heard by Gore in Papua and Papua New Guinea.
Note Boxes 2-10 include manuscript volumes inscribed with the spine titles, 'Circuit criminals,' 'PM criminal,' and, 'Telefomin trials,' 1948-62. The volumes contain transcripts of criminal and civil cases.
- Biographical Note:
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Ralph Thomas Gore was born in Glen Innes, NSW, on 4 October 1888. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and was called to the Queensland Bar in 1915. He was Associate to Sir Samuel Griffith in 1915-16 and then served in the AIF. He practised at the Queensland Bar in 1919-24 and became Crown Law Officer in Papua in 1924. He was Judge of the Supreme Court of Papua 1928-42 and Judge of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea 1945-62. He died in 1968.
- Provenance:
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The papers were donated to the Library by Gore's widow in 1969.
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Ralph Gore
Access and use
- Conditions Governing Access:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn77616).
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Preferred citation:
- Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Ralph Gore, National Library of Australia, MS 2819, [series/file/item number]'.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
- Contact: