| Summary |
1. Curtin constituency correspondence files, 1950-1969. 2. Pamphlets, reports, speeches, leaflets, statements and printed ephemera relating to Australian politics, economics, post War planning and reconstruction, religion, defence and regional security, foreign relations and international affairs, immigration, education, law, the media, public health, geography, aviation and history. 3. Collection of historical source documents on Australian Aboriginal welfare and the Northern Territory, 1945-1963. These include: reports; conference papers; press statements; development plans; Ministerial notes; correspondence with Charles Duguid, Olive Pink and Lionel Rose; and publications on agriculture, animal industries, mining and other subjects. 4. Ten bound volumes of articles, speeches and broadcasts by Hasluck on foreign affairs, the United Nations, politics and government, the Northern Territory, Aboriginal welfare and other subjects, 1925-1989.
The speeches include diplomatic, political, Ministerial and Vice-Regal orations and addresses.
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| Biography/History |
Historian, diplomat (1941-1947), Liberal Party Member of the House of Representatives for the Western Australian seat of Curtin (1949-1969), Minister for Territories (1951-1963), Minister for External Affairs (1964-1969), Governor-General of Australia (1969-1974). His publications include "Black Australians" (1942), "The Government and the people, 1939-1945, Native welfare in Australia" (1953), "Mucking about" (1977), "Diplomatic witness" (1980) and several volumes of poetry. |
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