Guide to the Papers of Robert Archdale Parkhill

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MS 4742

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Collection Summary

Creator
Robert Archdale Parkhill
Title
Papers of Robert Archdale Parkhill
Date Range
1904-1947
Collection Number
MS 4742
Extent
0.2 metres (1 box, 4 folio items)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, Parkhill published speeches and four albums of newspaper cuttings.

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1237364).

Conditions Governing Use

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred Citation

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Robert Archdale Parkhill, National Library of Australia, MS 4742, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

The papers of Robert Parkhill were acquired from the Parkhill family in 1973.

Biographical Note

In 1904 Parkhill began his long career on the organisational side of non-labor politics when he was appointed Secretary of the Liberal and Reform Association of New South Wales. He directed 19 Federal and State election and referendum campaigns in New South Wales from 1904 to 1928. In 1927 he entered the Federal Parliament as the Member for Waringah. He held a number of portfolios in the government of J.A. Lyons, including Minister of Defence (1934-1937). He was defeated at the 1937 election and did not return to public life.

Item Descriptions

Correspondence, 1904 - 1935 (File 1) - Box 1

The correspondents include Alfred Deakin, Joseph Carruthers and John Lawson

Photograph of the Lyons Ministry, c.1932 - 1934 (File 2) - Box 1

Four photographs (File 3) - Box 1

Including a photograph of Parkhill as a young man and group photographs of the Lyons Ministry, c.1932 - 1934

Photographs of Parkhill (File 4) - Box 1

Including one black and white photograph and one which was transmitted by picturegram on 31 January 1933.

Certificate appointing Parkhill to be a Knight Commander of Saint Michael and Saint George, 22 June 1936 (File 5) - Box 1

Newspaper cuttings containing apologies to Parkhill from the Bathurst National Advocate, 10 November 1920 (File 6) - Box 1

Speeches by Parkhill on the Australian and Empire Defence (2 vols), 1935 - 1937 (File 7) - Box 1

Newspaper cuttings, 1914 - 1928 (Item [unnumbered]) - Folio 1

Newspaper cuttings, 1929 - 1933 (Item [unnumbered]) - Folio 2

Newspaper cuttings, 1933 - 1936 (Item [unnumbered]) - Folio 3

Newspaper cuttings, 1936 - 1947 (Item [unnumbered]) - Folio 4


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