MS 7507 - Records of the Australian Country Party / National Party of Australia

The online finding aid to the Records of the Australian Country Party / National Party of Australia is not yet available however the following brief description is provided:

(148 boxes)

Leader of the Australian Country Party. Large collection of papers, mostly created between 1950-71, including: correspondence; appointment diaries; speeches; press statements; interviews; Hansard extracts; newspaper cuttings; Country Party minutes, agenda papers, policy papers, and other documents relating to Federal, State and Branch levels of the Party; election material; papers concerning positions held as Member for Murray, as Federal Minister and Deputy Prime-Minister.

Speeches, press cuttings, press statements and Hansard extracts available for reference; all other documents, incl. diaries and correspondence, closed for 30 years from their date of creation. List available (15 p.)

Comprehensive collection of Federal, State, Electorate and Branch records, 1915-1983 (bulk, 1950-83) including: minutes; files; election material; documents relating to Young Australian Country Party.

Restricted access. List available (19 p.)

See also our Manuscript Records relating to the Australian Country Party