Papers [manuscript].

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Papers [manuscript].

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General correspondence (1897-1918); letters re appointment to Survey Department (1865-1866); letters between Forrest and Governor Broome (1884); diary when on trip from Fremantle to Cambridge Gulf (1886); correspondence with A.R. Richardson, mainly re Homsteads Act (1896-1898); letters to N.W. Harper re Goldfields Water Scheme (1897-1900), letters to Sir John Kirwan about the Goldfields disputes (1898-1899) personal and political letters to J. and A. Sanderson (1899-1918); correspondence between C.C. Kingston and Forrest on railways and federation; letters to I.S. Emanuel re election campaign (1906-1916); notes relating to Federal and Commonwealth-state finance (1904-1909); correspondence concerning Australian Notes Act (1907); correspondence re naval defence (1914). Also correspondence and notes of Lady Forrest.

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Forrest, John Forrest, Baron, 1847-1918

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Explorer and statesman; expedition in search of traces of Leichhardt (1869), expedition from Perth to Adelaide (1870), expedition from Champion Bay to overland telegraph (1874); Commissioner of Crown Lands and Surveyor General (1883-1890); first Premier of W.A. (1890-1901); member of Federal Parliament (1901-1918); Acting Prime Minister (1907); first native born Australian to receive a peerage. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 22...