Papers of Lord Rosebery 1883-1926 [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 979683
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1847-1920
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference in the Newspaper Reading Room, LG 1.
- Description:
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- 1883 - 1926
- 2 microform reels ; 35 mm.
- Summary:
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Correspondence of Lord Rosebery relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Principal correspondents are Lord Carrington, Governor of New South Wales, 1884-90 and Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor-General of Australia, 1914-20. Other correspondents include Lord Ripon, Robert Murray Smith, Edward Wallington, Robert Louis Stevenson, J. Henniker Heaton, Lord Hopetoun, Lord Beauchamp and Lord Brassey. Subjects include British politics, vice-regal appointments, Australian Federation, imperial relations, French convict system in New Caledonia, British and German annexation in New Guinea, naval defence, New Hebrides, honours, Australian involvement in World War I, recruiting, economic problems, and visit of the Prince of Wales to Australia in 1920.
- Biography/History:
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British politician. Foreign Secretary in Gladstone Government in 1886 and 1892-94. Prime Minister March 1894-June 1895. Leader of the Liberal party 1894-1896. Author of works on William Pitt (1889), Sir Robert Peel (1899), Napoleon (1900) and Lord Chatham (1910).
- Notes:
- National Library Reference no.: Mfm G 28314
- Reproduction:
- Microfilm. Scotland. : Copied for the National Library of Australia by the National Library of Scotland. 2 microfilm reels.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- List available (19 p.) from the Special Collections Reading Room.
- Subject:
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- Carrington, Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, Baron, 1843-1928 -- Correspondence
- Munro Ferguson, Ronald Craufurd, Sir, 1860-1934 -- Correspondence
- Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1847-1920 -- Correspondence
- Governors general -- Selection and appointment -- Australia
- Governors -- Selection and appointment -- New South Wales
- Australia -- Economic conditions -- 1851-1901
- Australia -- Economic conditions -- 1901-1945
- Australia -- Politics and government -- 1851-1901
- Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945
- Other authors/contributors:
- National Library of Scotland
- Also Titled:
- Selected papers relating to Australia 1883-1926 [microform]
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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