MS 5816
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Tom Uren
- Title
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Papers of Tom Uren
- Date Range
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1970-1978
- Collection Number
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MS 5816
- Extent
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19 metres (109 boxes)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2093896).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Tom Uren, National Library of Australia, MS 5816, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
This collection covers the period 1970 78 and was transferred to the Library in a number of consignments between 1977 and 1979. Some of the consignments came directly from Tom Uren while the remainder came via Uren's Press Secretary, Clem Lloyd, who used the papers to write an administrative history of the Department of Urban and Regional Development.
Further papers of Tom Uren are held at MS 6055. The papers of Clem Lloyd are held at MS 8013.
Biographical Note
Tom Uren was born in Balmain, Sydney in 1921 and was educated at Manly High School. His career as a professional boxer was interrupted by wartime service. He was a prisoner of the Japanese from 1942 to 1945, during which time he worked on the Burma-Siam Railway.
From 1958 to 1990 he was the ALP member for the House of Representatives seat of Reid, located in western Sydney. From 1973-75 he was the Minister for Urban and Regional Development, and from 1976 to 1977 he was Deputy Leader of the Opposition. In 1983 he became Minister for Territories and Local Government, and from 1984 to 1987 he was Minister for Local Government and Administrative Services.
Throughout his Parliamentary career Tom Uren was an active member of the left wing of the ALP, maintaining opposition to the Vietnam War, conscription and nuclear testing. His chief political interests are urban affairs, the environment, veterans' affairs and security and intelligence.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. ALP/Parliamentary, 1971-75
Includes: Electoral material; circulars; committee reports; minutes; press conference/television transcripts; correspondence; speeches; policy statements; VIP flights; car claims; and Parliamentary allowances.
1971-73 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 1
1974-75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Parliamentary questions and tabled documents (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Series 2. Speeches, 1970-77
1970-73 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4
1974 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 5
1973-75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 6
1976 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 7-8
1977 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 9-10
Series 3. Press releases, 1972-77
1972-75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 11
1974 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 12
1974-75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 13
1975 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 14
1976 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 15
1977 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 16
Series 4. Numbered subject files, 1972-75
Includes: minutes, correspondence, reports and policy documents
Administration and personnel (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17
S.G. Litchfield minutes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17
Di Talty minutes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17
Harry Stein (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17
Urban policy meetings (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17
Caucus committees (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17
ALP Campaign Committee (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17
ALP State Branches (File [unnumbered]) - Box 17
ACTU land (File [unnumbered]) - Box 18
Elections, 1974 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 18
Opposition (File [unnumbered]) - Box 18
Australian Capital Territory (File [unnumbered]) - Box 18
Area improvement programmes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19
Ministerial meetings (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19
Botany Bay Project (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19
Cities Commission (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19
Animal Health Laboratory (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19
Projects and programmes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19
Estimates, 1973/4 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 19
DURD Information Service (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Environment - Black Mountain (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Environment - Builders Labourers Federation (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Dandenongs (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Environment - General (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Googong Dam (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Molonglo Parkway (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Lake Pedder (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Port Phillip Bay (File [unnumbered]) - Box 20
Housing (9 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Cable television (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Paul Ritter (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Club of Rome (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Australian Council of Social Services (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Total Environment Centre (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Institute of Australian Geographers (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Hunter Valley Research Foundation (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Civic Design Society (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Schools (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Council of Planning Librarians (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Information Centres (File [unnumbered]) - Box 21
Urban Research Unit (File [unnumbered]) - Box 22
State Land Commissions (5 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 22
Land Commissions - South Australia and Tasmania (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23
Land prices (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23
Land tenure (File [unnumbered]) - Box 23
Legislation (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24
Bicycle way (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24
Local government (4 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24
NCDC (6 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24
Hunter Valley (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24
NSW resident action (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24
The Rocks (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24
South Sydney (File [unnumbered]) - Box 24
NSW - Open space (File [unnumbered]) - Box 25
NSW - Newtown; Victoria Street; Waterloo; Wollongong (File [unnumbered]) - Box 25
Government offices (7 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 25
Organisations - Australian Council for the Arts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
National Commission on Social Welfare (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
Poverty enquiry (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
Public Works Committee (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
Parliament House (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
Post Office - PMG (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
Queensland - Brisbane floods (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
Bundaberg (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
Coordinator General (+ 5 other files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 26
Ross River Dam (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
South Australia (2 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Tasmania (2 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Transport (7 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 27
Victoria (14 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
Urban water projects (File [unnumbered]) - Box 28
Western Australia (7 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29
Western Sectors policy (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29
Western Region Commission (File [unnumbered]) - Box 29
Western Sector - Melbourne (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Western Sector - Sydney (2 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Mount Druitt (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Iron Triangle (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Noarlungu (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
N.E.A.T (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Kurnell (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Land prices - Sydney (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Iwasaki - Yeppoon (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Caucus briefing notes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
La Trobe Valley (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Cities Commission (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Coastlines (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Financial corporations (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Housing and construction (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Blue Mountains (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Nimbin (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
National Capital Development Commission (File [unnumbered]) - Box 30
Forest Place (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Warringah (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Sewerage (7 files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Refineries (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Northern Territory (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Population (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Mainline Corporation (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Habitat (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Commonwealth/State relation (File [unnumbered]) - Box 31
Series 5. Articles, reports and papers re. Planning, the Environment and Development
Papers collected 1972-75 (unsorted) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 32-40
Papers collected, 1976-77 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 41
Series 6. Regional reports and studies
General (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42
Northern Territory (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42
Tasmania (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42
Western Australia (File [unnumbered]) - Box 42
Queensland (File [unnumbered]) - Box 43
South Australia (including Monarto) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 44
Victorian country (File [unnumbered]) - Box 44
Greater Melbourne (File [unnumbered]) - Box 45
Country New South Wales (File [unnumbered]) - Box 46
Greater Sydney (File [unnumbered]) - Box 47-48
Canberra/A.C.T (File [unnumbered]) - Box 49
Australian Capital Territory (File [unnumbered]) - Box 50
Albury/Wodonga (File [unnumbered]) - Box 50
Various large format regional studies (File [unnumbered]) - Box 51
Dossiers of regional information, 1974-75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 52
Regional reports and studies, 1976-77 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 53
Series 7. DURD minutes, briefing notes, cabinet documents, etc., 1973-75
Miscellaneous unsorted papers (including papers re Ministerial trips and visits) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 54-72
Regional Ministerial Council Meetings (File [unnumbered]) - Box 73
National Estate (File [unnumbered]) - Box 74-77
Australian Capital Territory/National Capital Development Commission (File [unnumbered]) - Box 78-79
Albury/Wodonga (File [unnumbered]) - Box 80
Cities Commission (File [unnumbered]) - Box 80
DURD structure and administration (File [unnumbered]) - Box 81
Job applications, 1975 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 81
Royal visit, 1973 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 81
Report of Working Party on Regional Activities (File [unnumbered]) - Box 81
Australian Heritage Commission minutes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 81
Library Board of NSW (File [unnumbered]) - Box 81
South Australian urban budget, 1974/5 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 81
Western Australian Urban Land Council, 1975 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 81
Housing (File [unnumbered]) - Box 82
Building and construction (File [unnumbered]) - Box 82
Defence Service Homes (File [unnumbered]) - Box 82
Transport (File [unnumbered]) - Box 82
Australian Land Commission (File [unnumbered]) - Box 82
Land values (File [unnumbered]) - Box 82
Roads and transport (File [unnumbered]) - Box 83
Legislation committee, 10/4/73 and 13/5/75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 83
Urban Caucus Committee (File [unnumbered]) - Box 83
Series 8. Correspondence, 1972-75
A-Bishop (File [unnumbered]) - Box 84
Barnett-Byrne (File [unnumbered]) - Box 85
Cadman-Connor (File [unnumbered]) - Box 86
Cope-Dawkins (File [unnumbered]) - Box 87
Devitt-E (File [unnumbered]) - Box 88
F-Hayden (File [unnumbered]) - Box 89
Hazelhurst-Johnson (File [unnumbered]) - Box 90
Jones-Landa (File [unnumbered]) - Box 91
Landsdowne-Missen (File [unnumbered]) - Box 92
Mailer-Stephen (File [unnumbered]) - Box 93
Stewart-Young (File [unnumbered]) - Box 94
Whitlam (File [unnumbered]) - Box 95
Whitlam (File [unnumbered]) - Box 96
Grafton City Council (File [unnumbered]) - Box 96
Petitions, 1974 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 96
Invitations, 1973-74 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 96
Letters to newspapers (File [unnumbered]) - Box 96
Referred representations - Wheeldon/Stewart (File [unnumbered]) - Box 96
Telegrams (File [unnumbered]) - Box 96
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (File [unnumbered]) - Box 96
Private and confidential, 1974-75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 96
Letters re abortion, 1973 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 97
Miscellaneous unsorted (File [unnumbered]) - Box 97
Miscellaneous unsorted (File [unnumbered]) - Box 98
Correspondence schedules (File [unnumbered]) - Box 99
Series 9. Papers re. Defence, Vietnam and Foreign Affairs
Miscellaneous, 1970-75 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 100
Series 10. Photographs
Mostly of Uren with other politicians (File [unnumbered]) - Box 100
Series 11. Deputy Leader of the Opposition, 1976-78
Papers re ALP and policy formation (File [unnumbered]) - Box 101
A.L.P. Elections, 1976-78 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 102
1977 election (File [unnumbered]) - Box 103
Foreign affairs (File [unnumbered]) - Box 104
Defence, intelligence and security (File [unnumbered]) - Box 105
Environment/Uranium (File [unnumbered]) - Box 105
Primary industries/rural policy (File [unnumbered]) - Box 106
Urban and regional development (File [unnumbered]) - Box 105
Trade unions/Industrial relations (File [unnumbered]) - Box 107
Welfare and unemployment (File [unnumbered]) - Box 107
Aborigines/Arukun (File [unnumbered]) - Box 107
Immigration (File [unnumbered]) - Box 107
Education (File [unnumbered]) - Box 107
Civil liberties (File [unnumbered]) - Box 107
Trade and industry (File [unnumbered]) - Box 108
Women (File [unnumbered]) - Box 108
Arts (File [unnumbered]) - Box 108
Public Service (File [unnumbered]) - Box 108
Federalism (File [unnumbered]) - Box 108
Canberra (File [unnumbered]) - Box 108
Melbourne (File [unnumbered]) - Box 108
Tasmania (File [unnumbered]) - Box 108
Darwin (File [unnumbered]) - Box 109
Sydney (File [unnumbered]) - Box 109
1976 Northern trip (File [unnumbered]) - Box 109
Questions without notice (File [unnumbered]) - Box 109
Miscellaneous unsorted (File [unnumbered]) - Box 109