Guide to the Papers of Hugh Gilchrist, 1827-2007

Summary

Collection number:

MS 4931

Creator:

Gilchrist, Hugh and Hugh Gilchrist

Extent:

(45 boxes + 3 cartons + 5 folders)

Language:

English and English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Hugh Gilchrist, National Library of Australia, MS Acc11.156, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Part available for research; part not available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The bulk of the papers in MS 4931 comprise correspondence, 1969-1987, relating to Greek-Australian relations. There are personal diaries and various official despatches, 1958-1972, of Gilchrist in his positions as Australian Ambassador to Greece and Spain and as Acting High Commissioner in South Africa; minutes of the Australia Council Literary Board, 1979-1982, and typescripts of writings by Gilchrist on Greek-Australian relations

Biographical / Historical:

Diplomat and author. Hugh Gilchrist was born in Sydney in 1916, and graduated in arts and laws from Sydney University. Following military service in the Second World War, Gilchrist entered the Department of External Affairs and served in Canberra, London, Berlin, Paris, Jakarta and South Africa. He was posted to Greece in 1949 as a member of the UN Special Commission on the Balkans. Subsequently, he was Australia's High Commissioner in Tanzania, Ambassador to Greece in 1968-1972, head of the Legal Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to Spain. In retirement, Gilchrist served on the Australia Council's Literature Board and as a consultant to the Department of Foreign Affairs. He also undertook historical research and was the author of the three-volume work, Australians and Greeks (1992-1997). Gilchrist died in Canberra in 2010.

Conditions Governing Access:

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1353228).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Hugh Gilchrist, National Library of Australia, MS Acc11.156, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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