Australia: political affairs, September 1943-December 1946

Component identifier:: File 1119/G. 579/31–73. AJCP Reel No: 5611
Content Summary:: Report up to 12 Oct. 1944; illness of J. Curtin; Minister for External Affairs statements (a) war crimes (b) Wellington Conference between Australian and New Zealand Ministers (Nov. 1944); reports up to 22 Nov. 1944 and 27 Dec. 1944; opening of Federal Parliament by Duke of Gloucester 21 Feb. 1945; report up to 20 Feb. 1945; changes in the Commonwealth Cabinet; report up to 28 Mar. 1945; speech by Senator R.V. Keane in the Senate, 26 Apr. 1945; report up to 28 Apr. 1945; F.M. Forde as Australian Prime Minister, successor to J. Curtin; J.B. Chifley becomes Prime Minister on 13 July 1945; report up to 11 July 1945; method of appointment of new Australian Prime Minister; War Cabinet decisions following on surrender of Japan; reports up to 27 Aug. 1945, 29 Oct. 1945, 8 Jan. 1946; notes on the general situation; situation arising from the death of Senator Keane; general election in Australia: industrial strife following the general election; opening of 18th Parliament on 6 Nov. 1946: speech from the throne; reports of meetings of Federal Executive of Australian Labor Party (Sept. 1943–Dec. 1946).
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