Papers from a folder labelled 'Private papers', 1923-1938

Containers:

Box 44

Component identifier:

File 16

Content Summary:

Includes draft of a Guide to the press of Australia, prepared by the Attorney-General's Department (1924); agenda for a meeting of the Council of Defence (1938); and correspondence relating to White's retirement from the Government Service (1923; 1928)

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were acquired in several instalments from the family of Sir Brudenell White. The first large instalment was received in 1976 from White's daughter, Rosemary, Lady Derham. This was followed by small additions to the collection in 1979, 1982, 1984 and 1989. In 1999 Lady Derham added the remaining papers she held to the collection. A further small addition was received in 2003 from White's grandson, Mark Derham.

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