Papers of Lyndhurst Falkiner Giblin 1885-1965 [manuscript]

Bib ID:
2950469
Format:
Manuscript
Author:
Giblin, L. F. (Lyndhurst Falkiner), 1872-1951
Related Online Resources:
Finding aid at National Library of Australia
Access Conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.
Description:
  • [1885-1965]
  • 0.90 m (5 archives boxes)
Summary:

Letters from Professor L.F. Giblin to his wife, to his sisters Edith and Ella, and his brother Allan; to Professor A.G B. Fisher et al. Letters from Melbourne University, the ANU, the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, to Mrs. Giblin. Correspondence between J.M. Garland and Dr. Rupert Scheider. Canberra diary of Mrs. Eilean Giblin. 31/8/1940-13/8/1941 ; 1/1/1942-18/10/1943.

List of Correspondents -- Bennett, Samuel -- Brigden, James Bristock -- Clausen, Francis Felix -- Copland, Sir Douglas Berry -- Crawford, Sidney -- Duffy, William B. -- Dyason, Edward Clarence -- Earp, Frank Russell -- Exley, Harold James -- Firth, Gerald G. -- Fisher, Allan George Barnard -- Garland, John M. -- Gepp, Sir Herbert William -- Giblin, Aella -- Giblin, Alan -- Giblin, Desmond -- Giblin, Edith -- Giblin, Mrs Eilean L.F. -- Giblin, Emily Jean Mrs -- Giblin, Lyndhurst F. -- Gibson, Alexander Boyce -- Gifford, John Liddle King -- Hall, Mrs Edith M. Hytten, Torleiv -- Johnston, Walter Lindsay -- Lyons, Joseph Aloysius -- McMinn, Jas. C. -- Massy-Greene, Sir Walter -- Niemeyer, Sir Otto -- Pitt, George Henry -- Reddaway, William Brian -- Richardson, Martin -- Schieder, Dr Rupert M. -- Shann, Edward Owen -- Sheppard, John -- Simpson, George -- Theodore, Edward G. -- Wadham, Samuel McMahon -- Walker, Edward Ronald -- Wickens, Sir Charles -- Wilson, Sir Roland -- Wood, Gordon Leslie.

Full contents:
  • Series descriptions: Series 1: Letters from Giblin to his wife: 419 letters written by Giblin to his wife from 1917 to 1950; they are arranged in chronological order.
  • Series 2: Letters from Giblin to his sister Aella: Letters to his sister Aella from 1890-1938; type script copies are also included.
  • Series 3: Letters from Giblin to his sister Edith (Mrs Hall): Typescript copies of letters to his sister Edith between the years 1885-1951.
  • Series 4: Letters from Giblin to his brother Alan: Small number of letters to his brother Alan, from 1916-1918.
  • Series 5: General correspondence: General correspondence to and from Giblin between the years 1896 and 1950. There are also letters from Mrs Giblin to Sidney Crawford and some letters of sympathy to her after her husbands death. Some correspondence between Mrs Hall and L. Crawford and between John Garland and R. Schieder. These letters refer to Giblin's association with Martin Grainger in British Colombia. Other correspondents include; E.G. Theodore, J.A. Lyons, A.G.B. Fisher, Sir Douglas B. Copland, Sir Otto Niemeyer, E. Dyason, W.B. Reddaway, W.B. Duffy, Sir Walter Massy-Greene and Sir Charles Wickens.
  • Series 6: Mrs Giblin's war time diaries: The diaries are in two volumes, 1940-41 and 1941-43; they were deposited by Mrs Giblin in 1952 and 1953 and relate to life in Canberra during the war years.
  • Series 7: Basic wage and standard hours: Printed and typescript material on wages, prices and economic effects of a 40 hours week in Australia. The Standards Fours Enquiry by A..J. Tyrer and the Standard Hours Case by H.P. Brown are also in this series.
  • Series 8: Land values: Typescript material on land values, land sales control, the valuation of land under an incremental tax, the stabilisation of rural land values, the land valuation policy in New Zealand and the report on land valuation by Justice Uthwatt.
  • Series 9: Other economic papers: Manuscripts and typescripts on various economic topics; a complete list is to be found in Finding aid appendix.
  • Series 10: Letters to John Smith: Letters were written in simple language by Giblin to "John Smith" and published in the Herald (Melbourne) during the Depression (1930). Their object was to persuade the people to accept a reduction in the basic wage awarded by the Arbitration Court. More letters to John Smith are also included in this series.
  • Series 11: Response to poetry: Typescript notes by Giblin, (24 January 1945) on "The response to poetry" and a copy of an article on the same subject written by the magazine Prometheus (25 September 1945).
  • Series 12: Biographical and miscellaneous papers: Diary that records briefly the last month of Giblin's life, press cuttings, Stand-to, August to September 1952, the future of the Botanical Gardens (Melbourne). A day in Cambridge, Port Arthur in the seventies, some notes from Mrs Hall (Dec. 1951), biographical notes and 2 photographs of Giblin.
Partial contents:
  • Series 9 contenets: – Manuscripts folders
  • 1 Australia agoniste
  • 2 Employment and unemployment in Australia, Nov. 1930
  • 3 A note on road expenditure
  • 4 Valuation of imports for duty
  • 5 Federal income tax
  • 6 Suggestions for income tax
  • 7 The just step to economic recovery
  • 8 Public finance
  • 9 A tax on tea
  • 10 Gold bonus
  • 11 Retail prices
  • Typescripts folders
  • 1 Australia in the shadows
  • 2 The taxable capacity of Australian States
  • 3 The Australian balance of payments
  • 4 Estimated total female breadwinners
  • 5 Estimated total male breadwinners
  • 6 Estimated costs of raising women's wages in certain industries
  • 7 The Premiers' plan myth
  • 8 Australia, 1940
  • 9 The future of Australia
  • 10 The National income, 1924-31
  • 11 Nationalisation of credit
  • 12 Export farmers
  • 13 Export farmers' income
  • 14 Addendum to evidence by Prof. Wadham
  • 15 Memorandum for the Treasurer, 7 Sep. 1942
  • 16 Surplus rural export income
  • 17 The surplus of rural income
  • 18 Unemployment index, N.S.W.
  • 19 Notes on band board appointment
  • 20 White alien immigration
  • 21 The crisis in democracy
  • 22 Notes on Republic of Solitaria.
Biography/History:

Prof. Giblin was born in Hobart, the son of a former Premier of Tasmania. He was educated at the Hutchins School, Hobart, the University College, London, and King's College, Cambridge. After taking his degree he left England for British Columbia, to join the Klondike gold rush, and worked there for 8 years. He returned to Tasmania in 1906 and grew apples and taught secondary maths. He accepted a commission in the Commonwealth Military Forces and was elected as a Labor member for Hobart in State Parliament. During World War I he served in the AIF and attained the rank of major. After the war he returned to his farm, but soon became Tasmanian Government Statistician. He held this position from 1920-1928, and then accepted a professorial post at Melbourne University which he held until 1940. When World War II broke out, Giblin went to Canberra at the service of the Commonwealth Government, and remained there till the war ended. For seven years, until 1946, he was Chairman of the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Financial and Economic Policy. At the age of 72 he undertook the compilation of the history of the Commonwealth Bank, and the volume, The Growth of a Central Bank, was published shortly after his death in 1951.

Notes:
Manuscript reference no. : MS 366.
Index/Finding Aid Note:
Finding aid available (10 p.) in the Special Collections Reading Room, and on the Internet at http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms366
Subject:
Time Coverage:
1885-1965
Occupation:
Economists
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