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Series 15: Prime Minister, 1901-1923 (bulk 1903-1910)
Subseries 15.5: Portfolios, 1901-1923 (bulk 1903-1910)
Subseries 15.5.7: Defence, 1903-1913

Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, programs, memorabilia, press clippings and other papers dealing with defence, both naval and military. Letters to Deakin refer to general matters of strategy, Australia's changing relationship with the Royal Navy, the moves towards a Naval Agreement, the deliberations of the Committee of Imperial Defence, the 1909 Imperial Conference on Naval and Military Defence, the new defence scheme incorporating a voluntary training course, cases concerning military personnel, the interchange of naval officers between Australia and England and a graving dock for Melbourne.
Correspondents include Dr Richard Arthur, Colonel William T. Bridges, Sir George S. Clarke, Sir John Cockburn, R.M. Collins, W.J. Colquhoun, Thomas Courtney, Captain William Creswell, Lord Crewe, Admiral Sir Wilmot Fawkes, W. Graham Greene, Richard Haldane, Colonel John C. Hoad, W.M. Hughes, Sir Edward Hutton, Arthur Jose, J.W. McCay, Reginald McKenna, George Pearce, S.A. Pethebridge, Thomas Playford, Robert Scott, J.C. Watson and R.E. Williams.
Other papers include copies of cables sent by Colonel J.F.G. Foxton when in London in 1909 for discussions on naval proposals and financial matters, papers relating to the visit of the American Fleet in 1908 and a file on the visit to Australia of Lord Kitchener in 1910.
This subseries contains Items 15/3515 - 15/4296.

 

Subseries 15.5.7.1 Correspondence, 1905
This subseries contains Items 15/3515 - 15/3542.
Subseries 15.5.7.2 Correspondence, 1906
This subseries contains Items 15/3543 - 15/3606.
Subseries 15.5.7.3 Correspondence, 1907-1908
This subseries contains Items 15/3607 - 15/3670.
Subseries 15.5.7.4 Correspondence, 1909-1910
This subseries contains Items 15/3671 - 15/3703.
Subseries 15.5.7.5 Colonel J.F.G. Foxton, 1909
This subseries contains Items 15/3703a - 15/3857.
Subseries 15.5.7.6 United States Atlantic Fleet, 1907-1909
This subseries contains Items 15/3858 - 15/3944.
Subseries 15.5.7.7 Lord Kitchener, 1909-1910
This subseries contains Items 15/3944a - 15/4004.
Subseries 15.5.7.8 Memoranda, reports and other documents, 1905-1909
This subseries contains Items 15/4005 - 15/4101.
Subseries 15.5.7.9 Memoranda, reports and other documents, undated
This subseries contains Items 15/4102 - 15/4231.
Subseries 15.5.7.10 Press clippings and other documents, 1908-1913
This subseries contains Items 15/4232 - 15/4296.
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