Guide to the Papers of Frederick Blakeney, 1942-1986

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 8476
Extent:
0.75 metres and (5 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item] Papers of Frederick Blakeney National Library of Australia MS 8476 [series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Part available for research; part not available for research (Box 1 is closed until the records are over 30 years old). Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:
The papers relate to Blakeney's career as a diplomat. The collection includes file copies of correspondence written while Blakeney was the Australian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany the U.S.S.R. and the Netherlands appointment diaries photograph albums miscellaneous photocopies typescripts notes roneoed and printed material.
Biographical Note:

Frederick Blakeney was born in 1913. He was educated at the Marist Brothers; High School in Darlinghurst Sydney and the Sydney University.

He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1946 after a brief period as a Teaching Fellow in Modern History at Sydney University earlier that year. In his diplomatic career he held the following positions: Australian Minister to Cambodia Vietnam and Laos (1957-59) and Australian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (1962-68) the U.S.S.R. (1968-71) and the Netherlands (1974-77) and the Australian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva (1977-78). He also held various senior positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Blakeney died in May 1990 survived by his wife Marjorie and a daughter.

Reference: Who's who in Australia 1980 (p. 111)

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1179432).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Frederick Blakeney National Library of Australia MS 8476 [series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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