Papers relating to the Country Party of New South Wales [manuscript]. 1919-1972.

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Papers relating to the Country Party of New South Wales [manuscript]. 1919-1972.

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Original documents & Aitkin's notes concerning activities of the Country Party of NSW,particularly in New England region.Material was collected& created whilst a doctoral student&post-doctoral fellow in the early 1960s:1.Country Party of NSW.1919-1962: including minutes of Progressive,Country&United Country Parties,NSW,1919-1938;United Country Movement, minutes&notes,1931-1938;Political Committee, Free Selector's Association minutes,1915-1916;General Secretary Central Executive Council reports, 1929-1930 ;Australian Country Party Association minutes, 1926-1943,1945-1960.2.Annual Conferences:minutes & some agendas,1927-1962.3.Central Council & Central Executive:minutes&notes,1928-1968;lists of office bearers,1920-1962.4.Federal & State Electorate Councils:minutes&financial statements, 1927-1962 .5.Branch records:minutes,financial statements, correspondence mostly about activities of Gunnedah Branch.6. Other papers:includes election material; broadcasts;press releases;papers relating to the New England New State Movement;Country Party of Aust. (Federal) surveys 1971-1972; Federal Council minutes 1954; Australian Farmers' Federal Organisation minutes, 1926-1930.2.

72 cm. (5 boxes) + 1 folio box.

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Australian Country Party (N.S.W.). Central Executive.

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Australian Country Party (N.S.W.). Gunnedah Branch.

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Australian Country Party (N.S.W.)

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Aitkin, Don.

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Academic. Born in 1937, Aitkin's academic research has focussed on the activities of the Australian Country Party. A Professor of Macquarie & Australian National Universities, Aitkin is a former Chairman of the Australian Research Grants Committee & Australian Research Council. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra in 1991 & Vice President, Australian Vice-Chancellor's Committee in 1994. From the description of Papers relating to the Country Party...

Australian Country Party (N.S.W.). Conference.

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Australian Country Party (N.S.W.). Central Council.

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New England New State Movement

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The chief objective of the Movement formerly The Northern New State Movement (N.S.W.) was the establishment (by constitutional means) of self-government for the northern district of N.S.W. known as New England. The proposed State was to stretch from the Hunter valley (including the City of Newcastle) in the south to the Queensland border, and from the coast westward to the border of South Australia. From the description of Records [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record ...