Correspondence [manuscript]. 1953-1954.

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Correspondence [manuscript]. 1953-1954.

Three letters written by the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, to Cameron concerning the development of the National Library. Correspondence between Sir Robert, Sir Thomas White, as High Commissioner in London and Colonel T.G. Gayer-Anderson concerning the acquisition of the Gayer-Anderson collection by the National Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7077076

Libraries Australia

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White, T. W. (Thomas Walter), Sir, 1888-1957

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Pilot, politician, diplomat and writer. White served as Minister for Trade and Customs in the Lyons Cabinet (1933-38) and as Minister for Air and Civil Aviation in the Menzies Government (1949-51). He married Vera Deakin (youngest daughter of Alfred Deakin) in 1922, published the best-selling Guests of the unspeakable in 1928, and was Australian High Commissioner in London between 1951 and 1956. From the description of Papers. 1912-1992. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225...

Menzies, Robert, 1894-1978

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Prime Minister of Australia, 1939-1941 and 1949-1966. Leader of the Federal Opposition, 1943-1949. Member of the House of Representatives for Kooyong, Victoria, 1934-1966. Founder of the Liberal Party of Australia. From the description of Papers of Sir Robert Menzies, 1905-1978. 1905-1978. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 219969931 Federal politician and former Liberal Prime Minister. See "Who's who in Australia" 1977, p. 770. From the description of Le...

Cameron, A. G. (Archie Galbraith), 1895-1956.

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Speaker House of Representatives, 1950-1956; M.H.R. for Barker, South Aust., 1934-1956; leader of the Federal Country Party 1939-1940; held various cabinet positions during the 1930s and 1940s. From the description of Correspondence [manuscript]. 1953-1954. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225844373 ...

Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, 1881-1945

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National Library of Australia.

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Much of this collection was originally sent as specimen material to the National Library by the then Postmaster-General's Dept. Other material was presented to the Library or p̀assively' obtained in similar ways. The collection is not comprehensive. From the description of Philatelic items [manuscript]. 1860-1985. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225843143 ...

Carter, G. (George), 1934-

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Gayer-Anderson, T. G.

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