Guide to the Papers of Harland Gordon Brooks

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MS 8128

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Collection Summary

Creator
Harland Gordon Brooks
Title
Papers of Harland Gordon Brooks
Date Range
1933-1977
Collection Number
MS 8128
Extent
11.2 metres (50 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
National Library of Australia

Introduction

Conditions Governing Access

Part available for research (Series 7); part requires permission for research (Series 1, Series 4 (part), Series 5-6); part not available for research (Series 2, Series 3, Series 4 (Boxes 20-25, 29-31)). Consult Manuscripts Branch for advice regarding access.

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Harland Gordon Brooks, National Library of Australia, MS 8128, [series/file number]'.

Provenance

The papers of H.G. Brooks were purchased from his widow in 1987.

Biographical Note

Harland Gordon Brooks (1920-1985) was an R.A.A.F. Officer before joining the Department of Immigration in 1950, where he held various senior positions. In 1969 he was awarded an A.N.U. Fellowship to undertake a research into Australia's post war immigration planning programmes relating to non- British European Assisted Migration. He returned to the Department of Immigration, as a Special Project Officer and remained there until his retirement in 1978.

Item Descriptions

Class [unnumbered]. Original consignment

Series 1. Writings

The founding years, 1788-1850 (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
South Australia immigration 1851-61 (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
West Australia immigration to 1900 (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
Queensland immigration to 1900 (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
Australian immigration 1901-11 (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
Immigration from Greece 1821-1966 (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Immigration from Italy 1861-1966 (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Immigration from the Netherlands to 1960 (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Addresses on immigration history (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Statistics on immigration to 1933 (1 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Australian immigration 1933-48 (4 vol.) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
International Government Committee for European (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Migration 1951-60 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
A Country Study: Austria, Germany, Cyprus (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4
A Country Study: Greece (File [unnumbered]) - Box 5
A Country Study: Italy (File [unnumbered]) - Box 6
The displaced person scheme (vol.1 and 2) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 7
Typescripts: "Emmigration to Australia" (File [unnumbered]) - Box 8

Series 2. Immigration Planning Council

Working papers and reports (File [unnumbered]) - Box 9
Austria - Egypt (File [unnumbered]) - Box 10
Finland - Israel (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11
Italy - Sweden [box not sighted May 2010] (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12
Switzerland - Yugoslavia, General Assisted Passage Scheme (File [unnumbered]) - Box 13
Refugees - Correspondence, 1966-75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14
Monthly summary 1970 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14

Series 3. Numbered files

Files No 1 - 293 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15
Files No 294 450 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 16
Files No A 1 - A 117 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 16
Files No A 119 - A 260 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17
Files No A 261 - A 320 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 18
Indexes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19

Series 4. Immigration files

Immigration program (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Arrivals and departures second assistand scheme, 1969-76 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
A study of factors influencing withdrawals by U.K. applicants (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Appendices, 1968 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Circulars, 1956-77 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Census, 1971 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 22
Circulars, 1956-77 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 22
Correspondence, Greece 1964 70 [box not sighted May 2010] (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23
Correspondence, Italy 1964 [box not sighted May 2010] (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23
Miscellaneous correspondence 1966-70 [box not sighted May 2010] (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23
Instructions to immigration officers (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24
Feasibility Study for an Intergrated Information System, 1973 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 25
Report on the efficiency of the immigration group, 1975 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 25
Committee on Overseas professional qualifications, 1976 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 25
Handbooks (File [unnumbered]) - Box 25
Organisation and functions handbooks, 1958-63 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
Immigration Advisory Council - agendas and meetings (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Reports of committee of social patterns, 1973 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Information papers, 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Conference for immigration, 1968-75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Australian citizenship convention, transcript, 1963 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Immigration publicity council, minutes of meetings, 1973 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Commonwealth Immigration Planning Council, Report 1968-69 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Employment prospectus by industry and occupation, 1976 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
European refugee problems (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
Special report by Zettenbach (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
Commission on the European Refugee Situation, 1959 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
Report of meeting of Australian State Migration Officers, 1975 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
Course on migration for officials from Latin American Countries, 1968 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
Study on internal migration on behalf of the Cities Commission, 1975 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
Miscellaneous printed material from Overseas (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
Handbook for State Officer on Admission for Residencee of European (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29
Aliens, 1970 - Report of meeting of State and migration officers, 1925 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29
Instruction for Structured Selection Access System, 1972-3 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29
Medical standard for selecting migrants, 1971 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29
Agreement between Australian and Portuguese Government, 1971 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29
Parliamentary briefs, 1976-77 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Visas for migrants to Australia, 1964 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Social security and migration Report, 1971 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Information Manual, 1974 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Miscellaneous documents, 1967-71 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Overseas student handbooks vol 1-3, 1970 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Overseas movement handbook (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Press releases, 1973-77 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 32
Department of Immigration Statistical Bulletins, no 1-24, 1952-57 (2 vol) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 33
Statistical Bulletin, 1958-61 (1 vol), notes on statistics (File [unnumbered]) - Box 34
General instructions, 1954-56 and miscellaneous photocopies (File [unnumbered]) - Box 35

Series 5. Scrapbooks

Numbered scrap books, Vol 1-64 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 36-42
Asia, Africa, Brazil And Chile (File [unnumbered]) - Box 43
Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France (File [unnumbered]) - Box 44
Greece, Germany (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45
Iran, Iraq, Italy (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46
Netherland, Poland, Rhodesia, Spain, Turkey (File [unnumbered]) - Box 47
USA and Latin America, Ukraine, Yugoslavia (File [unnumbered]) - Box 48
Scrapbooks on International Committee on European Migration, refugees - and Commonwealth Government, 1961 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 49

Series 6. Personal

Focus Camera Club, 1940-41 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 50
Certificates and letters of recommendations (File [unnumbered]) - Box 50
Album with photos and letters to Mr Bussell from a cycling holiday, 1941 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 50

Class [unnumbered]. Consignment received 1 July 1991

Series 7. Photograph albums (family, armed service and official duties)

'Chronicles 1937-41' - South Australia (including The Pioneer Camera Club) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
'Chronicles of 1942' - South Australia, Victoria (including RAAF) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
'Chronicles of 1942 (II) - South Australia, Western Australia (including family) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
Airman's log' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
'Logbook 1943-45' - New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia (RAAF, Broome), Canberra (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
[late 1940s] - New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Central Australia, Canberra (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
[1947 or 48] - New South Wales, Canberra (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
'Chronicles of 1948' - South Australia, Victoria, Canberra (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
'Chronicles of 1950' - New South Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Canberra (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
[early 1950s] - Canberra, RAAF Richmond (File [unnumbered]) - Box 52
'Chronicles of Wandeen' - New South Wales, South Australia, Canberra (1951-52) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 52
'Canberra to Athens' - on liner Orcades (1954) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 52
[1956] - Greece (including Olympic Games torch ceremony) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 52
Five albums [1955-57] - Greece (including visit of Sir Arthur Fadden), Egypt, Middle East (File [unnumbered]) - Box 53

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