Papers of J. H. L. Cumpston [manuscript]. 1852-1981.

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Papers of J. H. L. Cumpston [manuscript]. 1852-1981.

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Collection includes: manuscripts and material concerning Cumpston's publications; journal articles, correspondence, diaries, newspaper cuttings, reports, addresses and lectures, maps, certificates; material relating to the Cumpston family. Much of the material concerns health issues and information collected during Cumpston's time as Director-General of the Commonwealth Department of Health. Also includes a copy of "Memoirs of a British agent" by R.H. Bruce Lockhart (1933) with inserts of Cumpston's comments on Lockhart's text and correspondence from Frank Anstey discussing Lockhart's career and memoirs.

2.16 m. (14 boxes) + 3 folios.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7066512

Libraries Australia

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Lockhart, Robert Bruce Sir, 1887-1970.

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Anstey, Frank, 1865-1940

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Frank Anstey (1865-1940), born in England, arrived in Australia as a stow-away at the age of 11. He worked as a cabin-boy on boats "blackbirding" amongst the Pacific Islands; and back in Australia was active during the 1880's in the Seaman's Union, and the labor movement generally. In 1902, 1904 and 1907 he represented the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of East Bourke for the Labor Party. Subsequently Anstey held the federal seat of Bourke from 1910 to 1934. During his federal career he was...

Cumpston, J.H.L. (John Howard Lidgett), 1880-1954

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John Howard Lidgett Cumpston was Commonwealth Director-General of Health and Quarantine from 1913-1945. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1914-1929. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225713710 ...

Cumpston family.

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