03160ctcaa22004091a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025019001300066035002100079040001800100042000900118043001200127045001700139100003700156245005800193260001600251300005400267500005800321506009000379520018600469520024500655541009400900544019600994544018101190545053601371545046801907600004702375610006702422650003402489650003802523651004002561651002902601656001902630656003202649920001502681953005402696399769620120918150456.0070622i19332006xx 000 0deng 1 a44141105 a(OCoLC)319707558 aANLbengdANL aanuc au-at---2 bd1933bd20061 aKillen, James,cSir,d1925-2007.10aPapers of Sir James Killen,f1933-2006h[manuscript]. c[1933-2006] a24.08 m.a(151 boxes) +e2 fol. boxes + 1 packet. aManuscript reference no.: MS Acc07.071, MS Acc08.067. aPart requires permission for research; part not available for research. Not for loan. aMS Acc07.071 comprises correspondence, subject files, speeches, press cuttings, scrapbooks, personal papers, diaries, photographs and audiovisual material (151 boxes, 2 fol. boxes). aThe Acc08.067 instalment comprises correspondence offering Sir James Killen a seat in the Chapel of St Paul's Cathedral, by virtue of his seniority within the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. Killen accepted a name plate (1 packet). aDonated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Lady Benise Killen.0 dAddress delivered by Hon. Jim Killen, Minister of Defence, at the National Press Club, Canberra, 7 May 1981;eLocated at;aNational Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 1032.0 dAddress delivered by Sir James Killen at the National Press Club, Canberra, 19 November 1985;eLocated at;aNational Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 1892.0 aLawyer, politician, author and orator. Denis James (Jim) Killen was born in Dalby, Queensland in 1925 and attended Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland. He graduated in law in 1962, seven years after entering Parliament in 1955. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Australian Air Force. He also worked as a wool classer and foreman before beginning his long parliamentary career. Killen joined the Liberal Party of Australia in 1949 and became founding president of the Queensland Young Liberals.0 aHe was the Liberal Member for the Brisbane seat of Moreton from 1955-1983, and held the positions of Minister for the Navy from 1969 to 1971 and Minister for Defence from 1975 to 1982. After leaving Parliament in 1983, Killen resumed legal practice. He was knighted in 1982. In 2001 he received a Centenary Medal and in 2004 he was created a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for distinguished contributions to public life. Killen died in Brisbane in 2007.10aKillen, James,cSir,d1925-2007vArchives.20aLiberal Party of AustraliaxOfficials and employeesvArchives. 0aLawyerszAustraliavArchives. 0aPoliticianszAustraliavArchives. 0aAustraliaxPolitics and government. 0aAustraliaxArmed Forces. 7aLawyers.2lcsh 7aFederal politicians.2local aPriority 1 aManuscripts subject term: Politics and Government