War on the waterfront, 1935-1992 bulk (1942-1988)

Component identifier:

Series 6

Content Summary:

This series contains material relating to Lockwood's book, War on the waterfront: Menzies, Japan and the pig-iron dispute, published in 1987. It includes: correspondence of the WWF relating to the embargo by the Federation on loading scrap iron destined for Japan; other correspondence; photographs; research material, including on pre-war Australia-Japan connections; notes; and drafts, manuscripts and proofs of the book. Lockwood headed most of the files and drafts for the book, 'Kembla'. See Series 1, Correspondence, File 22, Box 4, for letters of support to the WWF for their embargo on loading scrap iron onto SS Dalfram bound for Japan in 1938. Due to Lockwood's habit of filing a range of records together, material relevant to this series can be found throughout the collection and unrelated papers are also present in this series.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Rupert Lockwood were received in eleven instalments between 1997 and 2011 from Lockwood's daughter, Penny Lockwood.

Subjects:

Politics and government
Mass media
Society and culture

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