Papers. ca. 1858-ca. 1977.

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Papers. ca. 1858-ca. 1977.

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Comprises manuscripts, ephemera, photographs, newspapers, books, and pamphlets collected by Sam Merrifield. They relate to the labour movement in Australia and overseas, including records of the Australian Labor Party, to the Essendon-Moonee Ponds area of Melbourne, and to Merrifield's professional and personal life.

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Australian Labor Party. Victorian Branch

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Merrifield, Samuel

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Dr Sam Merrifield was born in Moonee Ponds in 1904. He worked as a surveyor for several Victorian government departments and was Commissioner of Public Works and President of the Board of Land and Works, 1952-1955. He entered the Victorian Parliament in 1943 as MLA for Essendon, moved to the seat of Moonee Ponds in 1945, lost his seat in 1955, and served as MLC for Doutta Galla, 1958-1970. He was involved in many community organisations and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by Monash ...