Gallipoli letter from Keith Arthur Murdoch to Andrew Fisher, 1915 [manuscript]

Bib ID:
4551680
Format:
Manuscript
Author:
Murdoch, Keith Arthur, Sir, 1885-1952
Online Version:
National Library of Australia digitised item
Related Online Resources:
Additional information about this item available from Despatches from Gallipoli webpage
Access Conditions:
Available for research. Not for loan.
Description:
[1915]
Series:
Papers of Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch
Summary:

The Gallipoli letter is an 8000 word private report which was written by Keith Arthur Murdoch with the help of a British war correspondent (Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett) after he visited the Gallipoli peninsula in September 1915. It describes the organisation, and conditions of the Gallipoli campaign. It was sent to Andrew Fisher (Australian Prime Minister) and Henry Herbert Asquith (British Prime Minister).

Biography/History:

Sir Keith Murdoch began his journalistic career with the Melbourne Age; war correspondent with the Australian forces during the First World War; Director General of Information June-Dec. 1940; President of Australian American Association (Vic. Section) 1941-46, President of Trustees of National Gallery, Vic.

Notes:
  • Part of Papers of Keith Arthur Murdoch.
  • In MS 2823 Series 2 Folder 1.
  • Photocopy enclosed.
  • Selected in 2015 for inclusion in UNESCO's Memory of the World Australian Register.
  • Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231555472
Subject:
Time Coverage:
1915
Occupation:
War correspondents
Other authors/contributors:
Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis, 1881-1931
Exhibited:
  • Selected items exhibited: "Treasures Gallery", National Library of Australia, 16 September 2013 - 2 February 2014.
  • Exhibited: Treasures Gallery NLA Iteration 10, 24 September 2015 - February 2016
Related Records:
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