02462ctc a2200361 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025019001200066035001700078035001200095035001200107040001600119043001200135045001700147100004000164245006200204260001500266300001100281500004300292506004300335510008000378520090700458545038401365555004001749600005001789650003801839650002901877650004201906651005101948656003201999856005302031984001602084224601820060802120636.0921110m19001941at neng d1 a9541539 9000009541539 91914742 a2246018 aANL:MSbeng au-at---2 bd1900bd19411 aWatson, John Christian,d1867-1941.10aPapers of John Christian Watsonf1900-1941h[manuscript]. c1900-1941. a30 cm. aManuscript reference no. : NLA MS 451. aAvailable for reference. Not for loan.4 aGuide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ;cB142 (Rev. 1). aCorrespondence including material on political and trade union matters most of which falls within the period of Watson's term in Federal Parliament. Subjects include the choice of a site for a federal capital, progressive land tax, conscription, and Watson's retirement from the position of leader of the Labour Party in 1907. Correspondents include Sir Edmund Barton, John Langdon Bonython, Alfred Deakin, Henry Bournes Higgins, Sir Isaac Isaacs, Sir George Houston Reid, Thomas Price, William Morris Hughes, G. Beeby, J.S. Collings, J. Curruthers, William Dyson, Lord Novar, B.R. Wise, J. Mansay MacDonald, S.M. Mowle, R. Jebb, J.W. Gregory, A. Walkins, and J.M. Toomey. Also included are various speeches, articles and notes relating mainly to Watson's political career, press cuttings, receipts, income tax returns, electoral returns, account book, leaflets, pocket diary for 1900, and photographs. aBorn Valparaiso, Chile, arrived in Australia from New Zealand in the 1880s and worked as a compositor in Sydney; became President of the Australian Labour Federation 1893; entered Legislative Assembly 1894 as the member for Young; elected to Commonwealth House of Representatives for Bland 1901; Prime Minister of Australia April to August 1904. In 1910 he retired from politics.0 aDescriptive list (19 p.) available.10aWatson, John Christian,d1867-1941vArchives. 0aPoliticianszAustraliavArchives. 0aLabor unionszAustralia. 0aPrime ministerszAustraliavArchives. 0aAustraliaxPolitics and governmenty1901-1945. 7aFederal politicians.2local423Finding aiduhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms451qEAD aANLcMS 451