Guide to the Records of Federal Parliamentary Labor Party (Caucus)
MS 6852
National Library of Australia
| Date completed: | September 1983 |
| Last updated: | November 2002 |
Table of Contents
Collection Summary
Introduction
Scope and Content
Access
Copying and Publishing
Preferred Citation
Provenance
Related Material
Box List
Collection Summary
| Creator: | Australian Labor Party Caucus |
| Title: | Records of Federal Parliamentary Labor Party (Caucus) |
| Date Range: | 1906-1990 |
| Collection Number: | MS 6852 |
| Extent: | 5.5m. (39 boxes) + 1 folio volume |
| Repository: | National Library of Australia |
Introduction
Scope and Content
The collection broadly comprises Caucus minutes 1906-1989; correspondence book 1909-1917; minute books, Labor Senators' Party meetings 1915, 1916; an attendance roll for Federal Labor members at Caucus meetings, 1914-1938; Caucus committee files; Caucus general correspondence; agendas, resolutions, circulars, contacts, submissions, reports, committee lists, and other papers. The files include Federal Executive 1956-1965; Select Committee on Voting Rights for Aborigines, 1960-1965; Federal conferences 1961 and 1966; Legal documents on Portuguese ship-jumping in Darwin, 1962; Richardson report on Parliamentary salaries 1948-1959; and files on notices of motions.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the Library by the Australian Labor Party in 1982. Additions were made to the collection in December 1991 (boxes 14-18) and March 1996 (box 19-39).
The Caucus minutes, which were received with a consignment of ALP Federal Secretariat records ( MS 4985) in 1978, were transferred to MS 6852 in 1983 and 2002.
Copying and Publishing
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissable 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Related Material
See also Arthur Calwell Papers, MS 4738, Boxes 50 and 53, for typed transcripts of Caucus minutes 1901-1960.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Federal Parliamentary Labor Party (Caucus), National Library of Australia, MS 6852, [series and/or folder number]'.
BOX LIST
Box
| 1-3 | Caucus minutes |
| Minute books, 1906-1952, 1969-1971 Correspondence book, June 1909-March 1917 Minute book Labor Senators' Party meetings, 1915, 1916 Attendance roll, Federal Labor members at Caucus meetings, 1914-1938 Unlabelled Cabinet (?) minute book, 23 June 1931-25 November 1931. (See also folio 1 for ALP Caucus minutes, 1952-1969) |
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| 4 | Correspondence, 1956-1959 A-G |
| 5 | Correspondence, 1956-1959 L-P |
| 6 | Correspondence, 1956-1959 P-Z |
| 7 | Correspondence, 1960-1965 A-Q |
| 8 | Correspondence, 1960-1965 R-Z Correspondence, Secretary, 1967-1968 |
| 9 | Files on Caucus committees (24 files) Australian Labor Party, Dandenong Branch, Victoria, 1969-1971 (1 file) |
| 10 | Files on Caucus Committees, Northern Australia, 1948-1966 (7 files and
loose material Files on Federal Executive, 1956-1965 (3 files) |
| 11 | Files on Select Committee on Voting Rights for Aborigines, 1960-1965 (7 files) File “Caucus”, 1964-1966 File on Federal Conferences, 1961, 1966 |
| 12 | egal documents on Portuguese ship-jumping in Darwin, 1962 Personal files for Evatt, Calwell, Dalziel, Dedman, 1949-1966 Richardson report on Parliamentary salaries, 1948-1959 (2 folders) |
| 13 | Files on notices of motions ALP, authorization of proxy votes, N.T.
public works, delegations, election pamphlets, atomic energy, invitations, and N.T. local government, N.T. |
| 14 | Caucus minutes, 3 Nov. 1971 – 10 Apr. 1974 (2 volumes) |
| 15 | Caucus minutes, 10 June 1974 – 29 September 1975 |
| 16 | Caucus minutes, 22 Dec. 1975 – 16 Mar. 1977 |
| 17 | Caucus minutes, 27 Apr. 1977 – 7 Mar. 1979 |
| 18 | Caucus minutes, 21 Mar. 1979 – 13 May 1981 |
| 19 | Caucus general correspondence, 1975-1976 |
| 20 | Caucus general correspondence, 1977-1978 |
| 21 | Caucus general correspondence, 1979 - May 1983 |
| 22 | Caucus general correspondence, June 1983 - May 1984 |
| 23 | Caucus general correspondence, June 1984 - December 1985 |
| 24 | Caucus general correspondence, 1986 |
| 25 | Caucus general correspondence, 1987 - March 1988 (April June 1988 not held) |
| 26 | Caucus general correspondence, July-December 1988 |
| 27 | Caucus general correspondence, 1989 |
| 28 | Correspondence with ALP National Secretariat, 1983-1990 Correspondence with ALP Victorian Branch, 1986-1989 Correspondence with NZ Labor Party, 1982-1983 Caucus agendas, notices of motion, advice of meetings, 1982-1989 |
| 29 | Agendas 1990 Caucus resolutions, 1983-1989 Caucus circulars, 1987-1990 Childcare replies, 1992 Political contacts/ministers' offices, 1983-1990 |
| 30 | Bound minutes, 1981-1983 |
| 31 | Bound minutes, 1983-1985 |
| 32 | Bound minutes, 1985-1987 |
| 33 | Bound minutes, 1987-1988 |
| 34 | Bound minutes, 1988-1989 Duplicate minutes (for photocopying purposes), 1980-1982 |
| 35 | Duplicate minutes, 1983-1987 |
| 36 | Duplicate minutes, 1988-1989 |
| 37 | Remuneration Tribunal submissions, 1984-88 Remuneration Tribunal correspondence, 1985 Caucus committees - lists, 1969-90 National Party Co-ordinating Committee, 1987-88 Government Caucus Committees Secretariat - reports, 1987-89 Parliamentary committees/delegations - notification/results/ministry 1983-89 |
| 38-39 | Caucus Committees - notification/results/transfers, 1983-89 Caucus budget information, 1984-87 Caucus Conference, 1988-89 Campaign Review Committee, 1988-89 Overseas travel, 1987-89 Electorate allowances, 1978-86 Correspondence, memoranda, mostly with WA Parliament, 1985-89 |
| Folio 1 | Minute book of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, 17 September 1952 – 24 February 1969 |