MS 8083
Papers of Jack H. Kelly (1895-1983)
- 1924-1983
- 9 metres (64 boxes)
- Available for reference.
The first consignment of these papers was received by the Library
in 1972, and was originally accessioned at MS 3039. This consisted
of a 1966 lecture and a research proposal.
The second consignment was deposited in the ANU Archives of Business
and Labour in 1968 while Kelly was attached to the ANU Department
of Economic History. It was transferred to the National Library's
custody in 1990. The ANU's deposit number was P49.
The third consignment was received after Kelly's death in 1983
and included many papers previously removed by Kelly from the
ANU Archives for further use.
This guide now incorporates all consignments of Kelly's papers.
The papers include a small amount of material relating to Kelly's
farm in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, and more substantial
series relating to the War Service Land Settlement Scheme (1945-47),
the Bureau of Agricultural Economics (1948-60), and the Beef Roads
Scheme (1961-64); also photographs of life in the Northern Territory,
newspaper cuttings, articles and interviews.
Kelly's writings were substantial, and there are series comprising
published and unpublished works on all aspects of his career.
Research material for unfinished works is also included.
In some cases, Kelly had drawn together material from diverse
origins to form resource material for his proposed publications;
this material has been left in the order in which Kelly had kept
it (Series 30-32). Notes indicate where related material is to
be found.
Although Kelly has been described as the political father of the
Snowy Mountains Scheme, very few papers are available to record
his interest and involvement in this Scheme.
The papers have for the most part been stored in Kelly's original
file covers, and file titles are mostly his own. Item numbers
refer to either files, volumes, folders, or tapes, according to
the nature of the series.
1895 - Born 17 May, at Hornsby, NSW.
1907 - Left home for two years; worked in mining, shearing,
timber industries.
1914-19 - Served in Australian Imperial Force.
1919-40 - Farmed a block in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation
Area as part of the Soldier Settlement Scheme.
1925-37 - Landholders' advocate, Land and Valuation Court.
1927 - Elected president of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation
Authority.
1928 - Elected president of Wade-Mirrool Irrigation Area
Shire Council.
1937-45 - Member of Statutory Special Land Board, Murrumbidgee
Irrigation Area.
1940-44 - Served in RAAF.
1941 - United Country Party candidate for Murrumbidgee
in the State elections.
1945-47 - Appointed, with wide powers, to War Service Land
Settlement Scheme (WSLS).
1949 - Snowy Mountains Scheme established. Kelly
played a major role in its development and implementation.
1948-60 - Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Surveyed the
cattle industry in Northern Australia. Major report published
in 1952. Retired in May, 1960.
1961-64 - Involved in Beef Roads Scheme in Northern Australia.
1967-74 - Honorary Fellow, Department of Economic History,
Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
1983 - Died April, in Canberra, aged 88.
Publications:
1952: Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia.
1958: Beef Industry Studies in Northern Australia: Economic
Survey of Queensland's Gulf Region.
1959: The Beef Cattle Industry in the Leichhardt-Gilbert Region
of Queensland: An Economic Survey.
1966: The Struggle for the North.
1966-67: Human rights for aborigines: a prerequisite for northern
development.
1967: Northern Australia's Beef Cattle Economy: A Major Field
Study in 1967.
1971: Beef in Northern Australia.
Works in progress at time of death:
'Down to Earth: Rural Reconstruction in New South Wales'.
'World War II Rehabilitation of Ex-Servicemen: War Service Land
Settlement Scheme: Anatomy of Investigation'.
'Cattlemen of the North'.
- Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
- War Service Land Settlement Scheme
- Northern Australia Development Committee
- Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Correspondence, Files, Reports
- Bureau of Agricultural Economics: General/Personal Files
- Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Diaries
- Notebooks and Fieldbooks
- Memoranda Books
- Beef Roads Scheme 1961-64
- Northern Australia's beef cattle economy: 1967
- Lectures, Articles and Interviews
- People the North Committee, 1961-66
- Hansard Extracts re Rural Reconstruction, Agriculture, Water,
etc, 1971-77
- Newspaper Cuttings, 1941-82
- Miscellaneous
- Photographs
- Maps
- Tapes
- Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Publications
- General Publications
- Research and Writings
'Historical Development in Northern Australia: A Century in
Retrospect' [ca 1962]
- The Struggle for the North [1966]
- 'The Northern Australia Development Committee 1945-48' [1973]
- 'Northern Australia Development: The Beef Roads Construction
Project 1960-64' [ca 1974]
- 'Down to Earth: Rural Reconstruction in New South Wales' [ca
1977]
- 'Reflections and Recollections of a Soldier Settler in the
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, 1919-40'
- 'World War II Re-Habilitation of Ex-Servicemen: War Service
Land Settlement Scheme, Anatomy of Investigation' [ca 1979-80]
- 'Cattlemen of the North' (other title: 'Adventure in Northern
Australia: Economic Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry [ca 1980]
- 'A Vision Splendid: History of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation
Area'
- Research Material for Autobiography
- Research Material on Rural Reconstruction
- Research Material on the Northern Territory
- Miscellaneous Research Material
Series 1. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
After his war service with the Australian Imperial Force, Kelly
took up a farm in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, where he grew
rice. Very few papers record the part he played in changing the
original settlement scheme. Its success was endangered by the
uneconomic size of the allocated holdings. See Series 21 for Kelly's
account of this period, which influenced his participation in
the land settlement scheme after the Second World War.
- 'Non-Irrigable Purchase No. 8, various papers re T. Darchy
power of attorney' [Kelly's file title]: includes agreements,
correspondence and accounts re water supply and rice-growing on
Kelly's property, 1936-50.
- Farm 1175 [Kelly's farm at Mirrool]: personal and farm papers,
including valuation, mortgage, personal letters of reference,
application for commission in RAAF, 1924-51.
- Personal papers, 1929-61 [bulk 1938-40].
Series 2. War Service Land Settlement Scheme
In 1943, Kelly prepared a report for Eastern Command Headquarters
on possible postwar land settlement schemes. After his discharge
from the Army, Kelly worked for the War Service Land Settlement
Scheme, from New Year 1945 to December 1947, where he was responsible
for the inspection of properties throughout Australia for potential
land settlement of ex-servicemen, under the direction of J.G.
(later Sir John) Crawford. See 11/27 for a brief account of this
period by Kelly, and Series 27 for a full history by him. See
11/20 for other WSLS papers from 1945.
- E.S. Clayton, Report on Mallee Investigation, NSW Department
of Agriculture, 1930.
- Land Settlement Board, New Zealand: memoranda and circulars
re settlement of ex-servicemen, 1943-45.
- Lists of Witnesses to Rural Reconstruction Commission, 1943.
- Rural Reconstruction Commission, Index to Evidence, manuscript
notes, n.d.
- Interdepartmental Committee, 1945.
- Land Settlement of Servicemen, Conference of Commonwealth
and State Officers, February 1945.
- Land Settlement of Servicemen, Principal States: general,
1945.
- Land Settlement of Servicemen, all states: general, n.d.
- Ex-Service Settlement: draft agreements, agenda, etc, 1945.
- Land Settlement, Summaries of Post-War Proposals, ca 1945.
- Land Settlement of Servicemen, Agent States: general, 1945.
- Investigation - Farm Size, 1945-46.
- Post-War Reconstruction: notes and memoranda - early material,
1945-46.
- Investigation of Proposals, 1946.
- Investigation of Proposals, New South Wales, 1945-47.
- South West Proposals, New South Wales, 1946-47.
- Investigation of Proposals, Queensland, 1945.
- Investigation of Proposals, South Australia, 1945.
- South Australia Department of Lands, Reports on South East
District, 1946.
- Investigation of Proposals, Tasmania, 1945-46.
- Investigation of Proposals, Victoria, 1944-46.
- Investigation of Proposals, West Australia, 1945-46.
- Investigation of Proposals, various districts, 1946.
- Current matters, 1946.
- Miscellaneous papers, 1946-48.
- Edgeroi Report and Others: memoranda and reports, 1947.
- War Service Land Settlement - NSW Proposal: memoranda by J.H.
Kelly, 1947.
- Correspondence, reports, 1946-48; includes some later material,
footnotes to 273 pp document [post-1976].
- War Service Land Settlement, Northern Territory: report and
correspondence, 1948-49; 'War Service Land Settlement in the Northern
Territory', draft typescript, n.d.
Series 3. Northern Australia Development Committee, 1945-48
The Northern Australia Development Committee, with members
from the Commonwealth, Western Australian and Queensland governments,
was established in 1945 to promote the development of Northern
Australia. At its penultimate meeting in 1947, the NADC recommended
the taking of an economic survey of the cattle industry in Northern
Australia. See 11/27 for a brief account of this period by Kelly,
and Series 23 for a full history.
- Miscellaneous papers, 1945-49.
- Report on the Development of Northern Australia 1946-1947,
Vol. 1.
- Report on the Development of Northern Australia 1946-1947,
Vol. 2.
- 'Fred Rose's research', 15 folders, 1945-52. [See also
10/7].
- Reports and minutes, file of Fred Rose, 1947-49.
- Submission for Work and Undertakings to Improve Quantity and
Quality of Beef Exported through Wyndham ('W.A. Submission, 1948').
Series 4. Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Correspondence,
Files, Reports
The survey recommended by the NADC was entrusted to Kelly by
J.G. (later Sir John) Crawford, Director of the BAE. Kelly worked
on economic surveys of the cattle industry in Northern Australia
from April 1948 until his retirement in 1960. He presented major
reports in 1950, 1952, and 1959. See 11/27 for a brief account
of this period by Kelly, and Series 28 for a full history.
- Report on Transport of Beef in the West Kimberleys, December
1947, 39 pp.
- J.H. Kelly, 'Investigation of Stock Losses in Northern Australia:
Interim Report', 1948.
- Northern Australia Cattle Survey, Northern Territory Samples,
1948.
- Regional Land Use Study: Reconnaissance Survey of the NSW
North-West (Namoi) Region, by J.H. Kelly and W.D. Hardy, 1948.
- Regional Land Use Study: Reconnaissance Survey of the NSW
North-West (Namoi) Region, by J.H. Kelly and W.D. Hardy: manuscript
and typescript draft, 1948.
- Regional Land Use Study: Reconnaissance Survey of the NSW
North-West (Namoi) Region, by J.H. Kelly and W.D. Hardy: draft,
notes correspondence, 1948.
- Regional Land Use Study: Reconnaissance Survey of the NSW
North-West (Namoi) Region, by J.H. Kelly and W.D. Hardy: report,
2 April 1948.
- Papers on the Aerial Transport of Beef, 1948-56.
- Northern Australia Cattle and Land Statistics, 1948-63.
- Miscellaneous, 1949-57.
- Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland: typescript responses, 1950.
- Region B3-F, Assessments, 1950. [P49/J]
- The State-Commonwealth Kimberleys Development Committee, Development
of the Kimberleys, draft, September 1951.
- The State-Commonwealth Kimberleys Development Committee, Development
of the Kimberleys, draft with inserts, September 1951.
- The State-Commonwealth Kimberleys Development Committee, Development
of the Kimberleys, 1 November 1951; Comments on the Report,
1951.
- Northern Territory Pastoral Leases and Grazing Licences, 1951.
Northern Australia Cattle Population and Turnoff, 1956.
- Economic Utilisation of the Beef Production Potential of Northern
Australia: Kimberleys (WA) - NT - QLD: draft, April 1950.
Transport: draft, n.d.
- Northern Australia, various papers, 1951-53.
- Material for Cattle Survey Report, including submissions on
Northern Australia Authority, 1951-52.
- Cattle Survey, 1952-53.
- J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern
Australia, BAE, January 1950. [See also 30/7].
- 'Economic Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia':
typescript, n.d.
- J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern
Australia, BAE, unabridged draft, September 1952: Copy No.
1. [See also 30/8-9].
- J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern
Australia, BAE, unabridged draft, September 1952: Copy No.
4, annotated.
- J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern
Australia, BAE, November 1952.
- J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern
Australia, BAE, November 1952.
- Beef Cattle Survey NSW: 1953.
- Bass Strait Islands Investigations: King Island 1953: including
report by J.H. Kelly on the Tasmanian Government Proposal for
the Establishment of Abattoirs on King Island.
- Proposal for transport of beef by rotor-ship: correspondence,
1953-54.
- Miscellaneous notes and correspondence, 1954-60.
- Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region:
responses to survey questions, 1954.
- Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region,
Key to Report: typescript of responses, 1954.
- Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region,
typescript responses, 1954.
- Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region:
investigator's comments, 1954.
- Station Surveys - Northern Australia: Ord-Victoria Region
including Victoria River Downs, ca 1954.
- 'The Beef Industry in Northern Australia', typescript, first
draft, ca 1954.
- Northern Australia Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region,
1955.
- 'Beef Industry of Australia': three drafts of report, ca 1956.
- NSW Beef Cattle Survey, Region C (Riverina), 1956.
- 'Australian Beef Production - Integration of Breeding and
Fattening Resources', drafts, 1956; 'Queensland - The Beef State',
drafts, 1956.
- 'Beef Industry of Australia', Reconnaissance Survey of the
Queensland Gulf Region: draft chapters, ca 1956.
- 'Beef Industry of Australia': notes, draft report, correspondence,
1956-58.
- Reconnaissance Studies: drafts of various reports, 1956.
- Gulf Peninsula Survey: correspondence, notes and draft report,
1957.
- Department of Agriculture and Stock, Survey of Beef Cattle
Industry, blank questionnaire, 1958.
- J.H. Kelly, Beef Industry Studies in Northern Australia:
Economic Survey of Queensland's Gulf Region, BAE, September
1958: master copy. [See also 30/12].
- Beef Industry Report: Movement of Cattle in Northern Australia:
correspondence and reports, ca 1958-61.
- Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region,
Comments: correspondence, 1958-59.
- J.H. Kelly, The Beef-Cattle Industry in the Leichhardt-Gilbert
Region of Queensland: An Economic Survey, Canberra: BAE, April
1959.
- Beef Industry in Australia: manuscript and typescript notes
and references, ca 1963.
- Cold Storage Capacity of Export Meatworks, Bacon Factories
and Cold Stores, 2 pp., n.d.
- Economic Survey of the Northern Territory Beef Cattle Industry
1959/60-1964/65, blank questionnaires:
General Schedule
Physical Improvements
Taxation Information Schedule
- Budgets, 1948-58.
- Budget material, 1960s.
Series 5. Bureau of Agricultural Economics: General/Personal
Files
A series of files kept by Kelly during his period at the BAE,
containing correspondence, minutes and reports; most correspondence
is with members of the BAE, such as J.G. Crawford and R.A. Patterson.
- General/Personal File, 1948-March 1951.
- General/Personal File, up to 1954.
- General/Personal File, 1956.
- General/Personal File, 1957.
- General/Personal File, 1958.
- General/Personal File, 1959.
- General/Personal File, 1959-60.
- General/Personal File, June 1961-February 1962.
Series 6. Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Diaries
Other diaries were stored by Kelly amongst his research material
for his autobiography, and will be found at 30/2-4.
- April-November 1948 (a detailed account of Kelly's first
survey trip of the Northern Territory).
Series 7. Notebooks and Fieldbooks
Notebooks containing diaries, rough notes on surveys, copies
of telegrams, and research notes, for the War Service Land Settlement
Scheme, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and private purposes.
Each number represents one volume.
1. Land Settlement of Servicemen, Interdepartmental Committee,
Rough Notes of Minutes, 1945.
2. Notes on Goulburn, Crookwell, Berriquin, Wakool, Tulla, Murray
Valley (VIC), also first Northern NSW tour, 1945. [See also 27/1].
3. NSW No. 2, October 1945.
4. War Service Land Settlement Investigations, Victoria, December
1945.
5-13. NSW War Service Land Settlement Inspections, 1946.
14. NSW Western Division N/W 1 to 11, 1946.
15. NSW: Glenrock, Tulla, Cunninyeuk , Notes of discussions, 1947.
16-17. NSW War Service Land Settlement Inspections, 1947.
18-20. Untitled, 1947.
21. South Australia: South east, Wanilla, Kangaroo Island, n.d
22. South Australia, Murray River Irrigated Areas, Record of Visits
by J.G. Crawford and J.H. Kelly, n.d.
23. 1948, No. 1.
24. 1948, No. 2.
25. 1948, No. 2A, Limbunya, Diary Recordings.
26. 1948, No. 3.
27. NSW North West, Survey by Kelly and Hardie, Notes, 1948.
28. Telegram Book, 1948.
29. Field Petrol Order Book, 1948.
30. Notes of Meeting, Lambert and Kelly, Cattle Committee of WA
Pastoralists Association, Perth, 14 December 1948.
31. 1949 No. 1, Macumba, Alice Springs, Kimberleys.
32. 1949 No. 2, Kimberleys.
33. 1949, No. 3, Channel Country, Hidden Valley.
34. NSW North East Cattle Survey, 1952-53.
35. King Island projects, 1953.
36. NSW Beef cattle Survey, 1953.
37. 1954, No. 1.
38. Gulf Region Field Book, July -September 1954.
39. 1954, No. 3, North Queensland Cattle Survey.
40. Gulf Region Field Book, Sept - Oct 1954.
41. 1955.
42. Telegram Book, 1957.
43. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area No. 1, 1957.
44. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area No. 2, 1957.
45. Wakool and some Berriquin, 1957.
46. Berriquin, 1957.
47. Jack Quirk Notes, North Kimberleys, Channel Country, and
others, 1960.
48. Anna Plains, Oobagooma, and others, 1960.
49. Notes, ca 1967.
50. Eastern Queensland, Coastal Hinterland, May-June 1968.
51. Brigalow, 1968.
52. No. 1, 1967; No. 2, 1969.
53. No. 2, September-October 1969, Viewing of Lakelands.
54. Rural Reconstruction, Dubbo to Humula, 1972.
55. Western Division Field Samples, 1972.
56. Western Division Serial Nos. 11-18, 1972.
57. Notes, 1972.
58. Notes, 1972-7
59. Notes, 1980.
60. Notes, 1983.
Series 8. Memoranda Books
Memoranda books containing carbon copies of manuscript minutes,
letters and reports to the BAE by Kelly during his survey trips.
Each number represents one volume.
- 1948.
- April-July 1949.
- August-November 1949.
- 1950.
- 1951.
- March-October 1954.
- June-September 1954.
- September 1954 - October 1955.
- Fortnightly Reports, Gulf Region Survey, 1955.
Series 9. Beef Roads Scheme, 1961-64
After his retirement from the BAE, Kelly undertook a private
survey with the intention of becoming a consultant. However, late
in 1960 he was invited to return to the BAE in order to evaluate
proposals for road construction under the Beef Roads Scheme in
Northern Australia. These thin files contain calculations, correspondence,
and reports.
- Permanent Heads Committee; Development in relation to Beef
Production and Export.
- Original workings.
- Original workings: Kimberleys.
- Original workings: Queensland Gulf Country.
- Katherine Beef Road Investigations.
- Original workings: Northern Territory.
- (a) Mataranka - Elsey - Roper Valley.
- Original workings: Queensland Channel Country.
- Road Systems A-F.
- (g) Anthony's Lagoon - Borroloola.
- Channel Country 1949 Road Transport Survey.
- (a) Wave Hill - Limbunya - Inverway - WA Border.
- (b) Kulgera - Finke.
- (c) Stuart Highway - Woodgreen - Ammaroo.
- (d) Georgina Downs - Austral Downs - Queensland Border.
- Key and Developmental Roads.
- Gulf Region Survey Analysis.
Series 10. Northern Australia's beef cattle economy: a major
field study in 1967.
In 1967, Kelly received a grant administered by the Australian
National University, and began a research project under the aegis
of the Research School of Social Sciences. Correspondence deals
with the obtaining of the grant, and the organisation of the project
with both farmers and industry leaders.
- Completed survey schedule, 1960.
- Interviewing schedule (blank).
- Nine completed Interviewing Schedules, 1967.
- Draft outline of report 'Northern Australia's Beef Cattle
Economy'.
- Correspondence with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1966-67.
- Correspondence and itineraries, 1967.
- Correspondence, 1967-68.
- Correspondence, 1967-68. Includes Interim Archives Agreement
with Australian National University, 1968.
Series 11. Lectures, Articles and Interviews
- J.H. Kelly, Various addresses, 1950-57.
- J.H. Kelly, 'Beef from the North', National Development
1 (October 1952), 28-33.
- 'Expansion could mean 50,000 cattle for M.I.A. and boost of
sheep numbers to one million', Farmers' Newsletter, September
1953, 2-3.
- J.H. Kelly, 'Movement of cattle in Northern Australia: problems
of the remote areas', AGROS (Magazine of the Melbourne
University Agricultural Students Society), 1959, 13-15, 69-71.
- J.H. Kelly, article on development of Northern Australia,
n.d. [late 1950s?].
- H. Hirst, 'Kimberley Research Station and the development
of the Ord River Valley in Western Australia', 16 May 1960.
- J.H. Kelly, 'Problems of transporting beef cattle in Northern
Australia', Australian Society of Animal Production NSW Branch,
22 March 1961.
- J.H. Kelly, 'Beef cattle resources and transport needs in
Northern Australia', The Proceedings of a Symposium on Beef
Production, Australian Society of Animal Production, 1961.
- Papers by J.H. Kelly:
'Property investment opportunities in the beef industry of Australia',
Canberra, 21 May 1961.
'Beef potential in North-Western Queensland', [ca 1961?].
'Northern Australia's beef cattle economy: a major field study
in 1967', Adelaide University, 30 August 1967.
'Northern Australia's beef economy: twenty years of research and
investigation', Work-in-Progress Seminar, Australian National
University, 8 December 1967.
'Australian beef potential: role of Townsville lucerne in Northern
Development', Brisbane, 20 May 1968.
- R.A. Patterson, 'Economic aspects of transport co-ordination
in Northern Australia', Australian Agricultural Economics Society,
Melbourne, 1962.
- Symposium Material, Kimberleys, 1963.
- J.H. Kelly, 'The transport of cattle in Northern Australia',
The Australian Quarterly XXXV/2 (June 1963), 16-31.
- J.H. Kelly, 'Town and country: Northern Australia potential',
ABN Channel 2 interview, 6 August 1963.
- J.H. Kelly, Broadcast interview, 1964: transcript, 8 pp.
- R.A. Patterson, 'The new role of government in Northern Australia',
Australian Agricultural Economics Society, Perth, 10-12 February
1965.
- R.A. Patterson, 'Positive action for development of Australia's
Northern Resources', Symposium on the Development of Northern
Australia, Sydney, 15 February 1965.
- J.H. Kelly, 'The captive North', ANU, sponsored by the Capricornia
Society, 9 May 1966.
- J.H. Kelly, 'The beef industry in Northern Australia', Australian
Aerial Agricultural Association, Sydney, 10-11 November 1966.
- J.H. Kelly, 'Beef roads in the North', Australian Territories
8/2 (April 1968), 16-23.
- Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University:
papers on the Work-in-Progress series, including:
Kyra Suthern, 'Imperialism and William Cooper in the nineteenth
and early twentieth century', 24 May 1968.
R.W. Archer, 'Sydney central business district redevelopment:
the prospect for the Southern sector', n.d.
- N.G. Cassidy, 'A new means for the mitigation of drought in
the pastoral areas of Australia', 3 pp., ca 1968.
- M.A. Jones, 'Housing policy as part of a welfare policy',
ANU, 7 June 1968.
- J.H. Kelly, 'Role of Aborigines in the development of the
cattle industry in the Northern Territory' (Aborigine Co-operative
Summer School, Jan-Feb 1971): correspondence and notes, 1970-71.
[See also 30/30-32, 32/18].
- 'Northern Territory land holdings', Conference on Foreign
Ownership of Australia, Bankstown, 12 October 1973; and papers
relating to the Australian Ownership Council, 1973-75.
- Tribute to Paddy Grace, MLC [ca 1901-75]: includes manuscript
and typescript obituaries, 1975; political leaflets 1949-64; Coleambally
Progress Association, The Story of Coleambally, 1971; and
other papers on Coleambally.
- Oral history interviews by the National Library of Australia:
letters and transcripts, 1971-75.
- Dictation for Sir John Crawford, 5 September 1982: two analogue
cassettes and transcripts re War Service Land Settlement Scheme
and the economic survey of the beef cattle industry of Northern
Australia.
- Various addresses, 1961-73.
- Assorted journals containing articles by or about Kelly (one
bundle):
Country Hour Journal
Oct 1951
June 1953
Dec 1955
Jan 1956
The Australian Hereford Journal
Mar 1956
The Australian Shorthorn
Aug 1952
Oct 1955
April 1956
July 1956
Oct 1956
Jan 1957
The Living Earth
Oct 1963
Dec 1963
- Quarterly Review of Agricultural Economics (one bundle):
Jan 1948
Jan 1949
Oct 1949
Jan 1950
April 1950
Jan 1951
Oct 1953
Jan 1961
Series 12. People the North Committee, 1961-66
- Progress reports, 'What the Press is Saying' series, publicity
leaflets, 1961-65.
- North Australian Development Symposium, Sydney, 14-15 February
1966.
Series 13. Hansard extracts, 1971-77
- McMahon Government: rural reconstruction, rural finance, wool
industry, fertiliser bounty, wheat, War Service Land Settlement,
Western Division, water resources, Northern Territory, Simpson
Desert, Aborigines, national rural bank, 1971-72.
- Whitlam and Fraser Governments: rural reconstruction, rural
finance, wool industry, fertiliser bounty, wheat, War Service
Land Settlement, Western Division, water resources, Northern Territory
self government, rural policy, outlook, national rural bank, Aborigines,
1973-77.
Series 14. Newspaper Cuttings
1. Cuttings by or about Kelly, 1941-66.
2. Northern development press reports, 1964-76.
3-5. Rural Reconstruction, 1969-77; includes typed brief extracts on
rural reconstruction, rural finance, wool industry, fertiliser
subsidy, wheat industry, War Service Land Settlement, Western
Division, water resources and irrigation, Northern Territory
including Woodward Report, rural policy, outlook for primary
industries, national rural bank, Aborigines.
6. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, 1981-82, including reports of
Kelly's Golden Wedding anniversary.
7. Miscellaneous, 1970-71.
8. Miscellaneous, ca 1964-83.
Series 15. Miscellaneous
- Various notes typed during period of near blindness, including
Water Transport
Barkly Tableland Transport
General Observations
Observations on the Disappearance of the Station Manager and Drover
Beef Cattle Industry
- Sundry papers, 1954-56.
- Outpost Radio Transceiver File, 1958-81.
- Typescript notes and typing practice, ca 1960?
- Beef Industry Development Survey: itinerary 1960, and notes
on Brunette Downs, 1964.
- Northern Territory Pastoral Leases, New Holdings: maps, gazette
notices, Hansard extracts, 1964-66; Australian Labor Party policy
speech: extracts, 1949.
- 'Papers detached from various files': chapters of various
writings, ca 1959-69.
- 'Special references': 22 items, with list, 1951-71.
- Agricultural Statistics, 1962-75.
- Proposal for a Field Study in Northern Cattle Regions, letter
to R.A. Patterson, MP, 18 July 1975.
- Northern Territory History Unit: correspondence about oral
history recordings, 1982-83. [See also 18/4].
- Papers relating to Frank Stephens' holding at Yenda, 1934-43:
photocopies made in 1982.
- Miscellaneous loose papers.
Series 16. Photographs
Photographs mostly relate to Kelly's surveys of Northern Australia,
and include Aborigines, scenes of farming life, travel, and cattle.
All are in black and white, and date from the 1940s-60s. See also
32/20 for a photographic record of Rosewood Station.
1. Album with typescript captions, ca 1948.
2-10. Folders of photographs.
11. Small box of contact prints.
12. Negatives.
Series 17. Maps
Various maps, principally of Northern Australia, either used
or produced by Kelly (half a box plus two folders).
Series 18. Tapes
Analogue cassette tapes recorded by Kelly. No assessment has
been made of their quality. Archivally preserved recordings by
Kelly, including some of those here listed, are available in the
National Library's Oral History section, and the Northern Territory
History Unit.
- Interview at Townsville with Frank Rossiter re Burdekin Dam,
29 September 1981.
- A. Malcolm: Rice History, February 1982.
- Address to Rotary Club, 23 March 1982.
- Recording for Northern Territory Oral History program, 24
November 1982 (two tapes). [See also 15/11].
- Reminiscences (three tapes), n.d.
Series 19. Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Publications
Published or semi-published material produced by the BAE.
- Quarterly Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. I-III,
1948-50.
- Expansion of Northern Territory Beef Cattle Production,
May 1952.
- J.G. Crawford, The Economics of Conservation, 1952.
- Beef Cattle Production: An Index of Cost Movements 1951-52,
April 1953.
- The Development of the Beef Cattle Industry in Queensland
(with Special Reference to the Significance of Killing Facilities,
July 1955.
- Survey of Beef Cattle Production in Victoria and Agricultural
Districts of Western Australia, 1955.
- Report on Progress of Australian Developmental Plans Concerning
Meat Production and Export, February 1955.
- The Economics of Crop Fattening of Beef Cattle in Southern
and Central Queensland, 1958.
- Report on Development in Australia to Increase Production
and Export of Meat, 1958.
- The Economics of Road Transport of Beef Cattle: Western
Australian Pastoral Areas, 1958.
- The Economics of Road Transport of Beef Cattle: Western
Australian Pastoral Areas, 1958, 59 pp.
- The Economics of Road Transport of Beef Cattle: Western
Australian Pastoral Areas, 1958, restricted edition, 55 pp.
- The Economics of Road Transport of Beef Cattle: Northern
Territory and Queensland Channel Country, 1959.
- W.T. Allen and P. Duane, 'The Economic Importance of Rice
as an Influence on Farm Incomes in the Riverina', draft, ca 1959.
- 'Meat Industry: Slaughter of Breeding Cattle', Standing Committee
on Agriculture, Fifty-Ninth Meeting, 19 June 1959.
- The Transport Problem of the Beef Cattle Industry,
Report to the Advisory Committee appointed by the Standing Committee
on Agriculture: draft, December 1960.
- The Economics of the Development of Road Transport of Beef
Cattle: Far North of South Australia, 1960.
- The Economics of Crop Fattening of Beef Cattle in Southern
and Central Queensland 1959, 1960.
- Development of Water Transport for Beef Cattle: Gulf of
Carpentaria and Cape York Peninsula, 1961.
- Cattle Movements between Queensland and New South Wales
1955 to 1961, 1961, and related papers.
- Development of Water Transport for Beef Cattle: Gulf of
Carpentaria and Cape York Peninsula, 1961.
- Development in Australia to Increase Production and Exports
of Meat, 1961.
- P.A. Westerman, 'The Kimberley Beef Cattle Industry', Quarterly
Review of Agricultural Economics XIX/4 (October 1966), 206-216.
- The Beef Situation, 1966.
- Aboriginal Pastoral Properties: Arnhem Land - Northern
Territory, 1971.
- Beef Cattle Production: An Index of Cost Movements, July
1, 1952 to April 1, 1953.
- Beef Cattle Production: An Index of Cost Movements 1st
July, 1950 to 1st January 1958.
- Beef Cattle Numbers in Australia by Classes and By Statistical
Divisions 1945-60.
Series 20. General Publications
A small number of commonly available publications were not
retained.
- New South Wales Government Gazette, 9 September 1884.
- Report of the Royal Commission into the Financial and Economic
Position of the Pastoral Industry in the Leasehold Areas in Western
Australia, Perth, 1940.
- Royal Commission on Abattoirs and Meatworks, Queensland,
1945, and manuscript notes.
- Royal Commission on Pastoral Lands Settlement (Queensland),
Brisbane: Government Printer, 1951, and manuscript notes.
- The Story of the Air Beef Project in North West Australia,
Sydney: F.H. Johnston for Air Beef Pty. Ltd., 1951.
- W.A. Beattie, A Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry of Australia,
Pt I: Northern Australia, Melbourne: CSIRO, 1952.
- F.G.G. Rose, 'The Pastoral Industry in the Northern Territory
during the Period of Commonwealth Administration, 1911-53', Historical
Studies Australia and New Zealand 6/22 (May 1954), 150-172.
[See also 3/4-5].
- R.B. Kelley, Native and Adapted Cattle [Sydney: Angus
and Robertson, 1959]: corrected typescript.
- W.B. Payne, Report on Progressive Land Settlement in Queensland,
Brisbane: Land Settlement Advisory Commission, 1959.
- F.H. Bauer, Historical Geographic Survey of Part of Northern
Australia, Part I: Introduction and the Eastern Gulf Region,
Canberra: CSIRO, 1959.
- R.A. Perry, 'Pasture Lands of the Northern Territory, Australia':
typescript, ca 1960.
- Prospects of Agriculture in the Northern Territory: Report
of the Forster Committee, Canberra: Department of Territories,
1961, and typescript review by J.H. Kelly, March 1963.
- Proceedings of Bankers' Residential Conference on Beef
Cattle in Queensland, Held in Rockhampton, April-May 1962,
Sydney, 1962.
- Report of the Pastoral Leases Committee, Western Australia,
March 1963.
- Development of the Northern Territory, Canberra: Department
of Territories, 1961.
- North Queensland Co-operative Bacon Association Ltd., Annual
Reports, 1963-66.
- F.H. Bauer, Historical Geography of White Settlement in
Part of Northern Australia, Part 2: The Katherine-Darwin Region,
Canberra: CSIRO, 1964.
- Australian Cattle and Beef Research Committee, Annual Report,
1964-66.
- Report of the Committee of Investigation into Transportation
Costs in Northern Australia, Canberra, September 1965.
- Labour History 9 (November 1965).
- H.P. Brown, Growth Rate Tables, Australian National
University, 1965.
- Northern Territory Administration, Land And Survey Branch,
Annual Report 1965-66.
- Interdepartmental Committee, Report on the Vegetable Industry,
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, October 1966.
- Australian Meat Research Committee, Annual Report,
1967.
- Annual Report on the Northern Territory, 1967-1968,
Canberra: Department of Interior, 1970.
- Rural Credit in New South Wales: A Guide to Sources and
Uses, United Farmers and Woolgrowers' Association of New South
Wales, 1969.
- Tom Connors, 'Closer Settlement Schemes', Australian Quarterly
42/1 (March 1970), 72-85.
- Rural Policy in Australia, Green Paper, 1974, and manuscript
notes.
- Queensland Agricultural Industry, Livestock and Livestock
Products, 1976-77 Season, Brisbane: Australian Bureau of Statistics,
1978.
- Australian Institute of Agricultural Science - North Queensland
Branch, Innovative Technology and Research in Agriculture in
the 1980s, Seminar, Townsville, 7 June 1980.
- A Preliminary Analysis of North Queensland-East Coast USA
Meat Trade, Townsville: Department of Civil and Systems Engineering,
James Cook University, September 1981.
- Ricemill News 4/1 (1982).
Series 21. 'Historical Development of Northern Australia:
A Century in Retrospect' [ca 1962]
- Typescript, 88 pp.
- Typescript drafts of each chapter.
- Typescript drafts of each chapter:
'Prospects of Agriculture in the Northern Territory: Report
of the Forster Committee, 1961'.
- 'The Payne-Fletcher Inquiry'.
- 'The Beef Cattle Potential of the Kimberleys'.
- 'The Beef Cattle Potential of Queensland'.
- 'Natural Cattle Regions of Northern Australia'.
- 'CSIRO Beef Cattle Industry Survey by W.A. Beattie'.
- 'Economic Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia'.
- 'Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia,
1952'.
- 'Conclusions on a Century in Retrospect'.
Series 22. The Struggle for the North (1966)
See also 30/16 and 32/16 for reviews of this book.
- Promotional material, 1966, and three letters, 1967.
- First version - original.
- First draft.
- Draft.
- Printer's copy.
Series 23. 'The Northern Australia Development Committee 1945-48'
[1973].
- 'Notes for first draft, including 1949 Chifley Policy Speech'.
- Notes and documentation; report on tour of Northern Australia,
19 October 1973; Northern Development Council: communiqué,
26 November 1973.
- Documentation: 'Papers relative to NADC including press cuttings
and Hansard references': 35 items, 1930-51, with index.
- Typescript article, 27 pp., n.d.
- 'First draft' (120 pp. + appendices, maps).
- 'First draft copy'.
- Draft and notes, 'Current use'.
- Final draft, December 1973.
- Final draft, December 1973, with annotations.
Series 24. 'Northern Australia Development: The Beef Roads
Construction Project 1960-64' [ca 1974]
- Notes and resource materials (including correspondence, 1950-53).
- Notes and resource materials (including Minutes of Evidence,
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, Hearings on
the Top Springs to Wave Hill Road, Northern Territory, 1963).
- Resource materials, including
Newspaper cuttings, 1960-74.
The Air Beef Project: A Summary, 1952.
Commonwealth Advisory Panel on Air Transport of Cattle or Beef,
Report, 1955.
Department of National Development, Beef Road Development in
Northern Australia, 1965.
Department of National Development, Beef Road Development in
Northern Australia, 1968.
'Beef Roads: A National Asset', National Development Quarterly
1/5 (September 1969), 26-29.
Department of National Development, Beef Roads: A Review of
Progress, 1970.
Series 25. 'Down to Earth: Rural Reconstruction in New South
Wales'
[other title: 'The Case for Farm Reconstruction in New South
Wales'], ca 1977
- Working copy.
- Amended and retyped chapter drafts.
- Draft submitted to reviewers, with comments, 1977.
- Draft submitted to reviewers, with comments.
- Documentation, Chapter I.
- Documentation, Chapter II.
- Documentation, Chapter III.
- Documentation, Chapter IV.
- Documentation, Chapter V.
- Documentation, Chapter VI.
- Documentation, Chapter VII.
- Documentation: The Marketing of Australian Wool: A Report
by the Australian Wool Corporation, December 1973.
Series 26. 'Reflections and Recollections of a Soldier Settler
in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, 1919-1940'
1. Rough outline, 5 pp.
2-3. Two copies of typescript (105 pp. + appendix).
4. First draft of typescript (105p.); paper on the subject delivered
to the Griffith and District Historical Society, 24 March 1982
5. Various drafts
Series 27. 'World War II Re-Habilitation of Ex-Servicemen:
War Service Land Settlement Scheme, Anatomy of Investigation'
- Basic Material, including:
Queensland Proposals Field Book, Notes of Tour by J.G. Crawford
and J.H. Kelly, First War Service Land Settlement Investigation,
April 1945.
Correspondence and reports, 1945-46.
Preliminary Investigation Reports: Queensland, South Australia,
Victoria, Tasmania, 1945.
Progress reports, 1946.
Correspondence and notes, 1942-47.
- Edited drafts
- Typescript, marked 'original' (272 pp. + notes and appendices).
- Typescript (272 pp. + notes and appendices), June 1979.
- Typescript (272 pp. + notes and appendices), June 1980.
Series 28. 'Cattlemen of the North'
[original title: 'Adventure in Northern Australia: Economic
Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry 1948-73']
- Draft typescript (188 pp.).
- Draft typescript (188 pp.)
- Two draft typescripts (each 110 pp.).
Series 29. 'A Vision Splendid: History of the Murrumbidgee
Irrigation Area', 1981
- Two draft typescripts (60 pp.), 1981
- Chapter 5: 'The House of McWilliam' [story of the vintners]:
corrected draft, 4 August 1981.
- A.D. Malcolm file, including notes on the Large Area Holders'
Committee [1929-38, of which Kelly was secretary], newspaper cutting
1938, and correspondence nominating Alan Dewar Malcolm for a knighthood,
1981-82.
- History of the M.I.A.: notes and research materials.
- History of the M.I.A.: notes and research materials
- History of the M.I.A.: notes and research materials
Series 30. Research Material for Autobiography
Kelly was working on his autobiography in the period before
his death, but it is difficult to identify a single autobiographical
work among the texts listed in this guide.
- File Index and Draft Outline of Autobiography.
- Diary, Survey of Queensland Gulf Peninsula, 1950.
- Diary, Economic Surveys, 1954, 1955, 1957 (1 vol.).
- Diary, Economic Survey, 1967.
- Barkly Tableland Railway Investigation, includes:
Newspaper cuttings 1951-80.
J.H. Kelly, Reconnaissance Survey of Northern Territory Cattle
Holdings, Interim Report on Investigations, 22 March 1949.
Sir Harold Clapp, Standardisation of Australia's Railway Gauges,
March 1945.
Report of Inter Departmental Committee, Construction of Railway
from Dajarra (Queensland) to Birdum (Northern Territory), ca 1953.
J.H. Kelly, Expansion of the Northern Territory Beef Cattle Production,
n.d.
- J.H. Kelly and D.B. Williams, The Beef Industry In Northern
Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1954.
- J.H. Kelly, Northern Australia Cattle Survey, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, January 1950.
- J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern
Australia, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, November 1952.
- J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern
Australia, First Draft including covering submission, Bureau of
Agricultural Economics, August 1952.
- Northern Territory Statistical Summary 1974, Australian Bureau
of Statistics.
- Report of the Australian Meat and Live-Stock Corporation to
30 June 1981.
- J.H. Kelly, The Beef Cattle Industry in the Leichhardt-Gilbert
Region of Queensland - An Economic Survey, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, April 1959.
- Notes on the Payne-Fletcher Inquiry (Northern Territory Investigation
Committee, 1937).
- Agricultural Development Advisory Committee, Closer Settlement
in the Northern Territory, 1973.
- J.H. Kelly, 'George Ashton: an appreciation', Canberra
Historical Journal, September 1974, and G. Ashton, 'The Memoirs
of George Ashton', Canberra Historical Journal, Sept 1973,
Sept 1974 [he was an early member of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics].
- Bill Hayden, review of J.H. Kelly, Struggle for the North.
Labour History 11, November 1966.
- Report of the Snowy River Investigation Committee on the Utilization
of the Waters of the Snowy River, Parliament of New South Wales,
1944.
- J.H. Kelly, 'The Captive North', lecture to the Capricornia
Society, Australian National University, 9 May 1966.
- J.H. Kelly, 'Development of Northern Australia Valley Regions',
lecture to Valley Region Conservation Planning Symposium, Men
of the Land Society, Sydney, 29 July 1963.
- War Service Land Settlement, Various Papers from 6 January
1945, including Hardy/Glenrock papers: broadcast by W.D. Hardy,
'That Australians are Committing Agricultural Suicide by Wantonly
Exploiting the Land', 9 October 1946.
- Australian Agricultural Company: Report from the Select Committee
on Lands Granted to the Australian Agricultural Company, 1881;
newspaper cuttings, 1963-80; Annual Report 1964.
- Historical Notes, Northern Territory, 1862-1953, including
Kriewaldt File, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1948-59, and
first draft, Chapter 1: 'The Pastoral Industry - South Australian
Period', n.d.
- J.H. Kelly, submission to Industries Assistance Commission,
Brisbane, 15 April 1973 [empty file cover].
- Autobiographical material, various papers, 1950-66.
- Autobiographical material, including drafts of 'Murrumbidgee
Irrigation Area in Retrospect', 1973; personal references in newspaper
cuttings, 1951-74; notes and reference material for oral history
recording by National Library, 1971; notes on Snowy Mountains
Scheme, ca 1971.
- Tom Quilty [pioneer cattleman of Springvale Station, Kununurra
WA], including correspondence 1967-81, photo 1954, survey notebook
No. 2, 1968.
- Newspaper cuttings, 1951-75, including Special articles JHK,
Special articles Northern Australia, ABC, Queensland, Northern
Australia - General, Kimberley, Miscellaneous, Northern Territory,
Aborigines, Not of immediate relevance.
- J.H. Kelly, List of papers deposited in the Archives of Business
and Labour, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National
University [these papers now form part of MS 8083], ca 1968.
- Vestey connection: newspaper clippings, 1959-81.
- Jack Kelly, Human Rights for Aborigines: Prerequisite for
Northern Development, Sydney: Australasian Book Society, 1966.
- Frank Stevens, Equal Wages for Aborigines: The Background
to Industrial Discrimination in the Northern Territory of Australia,
Clifton Hill: Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines
and Torres Strait Islanders, 1968.
- Honourable Ralph Hunt, Aboriginal Land Rights and the Northern
Territory, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service,
1972.
Series 31. Research Material on Rural Reconstruction
A series of files being actively used by Kelly in the period
before his death.
- File Index.
- C.J. King, 'An Outline of Closer Settlement in New South Wales',
Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics 25: 3-4,
September -December 1957; manuscript notes on King; 'Lands Department
Building, Sydney, 1876-1976: brochure.
- Western Division, Department of Lands, including correspondence
re draft of Down to Earth, 1975-76; Western Division survey,
1972; Fowler's Gap Field Station Annual Report, 1971; S.A. Hodgkinson
and K.J. Munro, The Financial Situation of Landholders in the
Cobar Area 1967/68 to 1970/71, NSW Department of Agriculture,
1971.
- Rural Reconstruction in New South Wales, including draft research
project, 1971; correspondence, notes and reports on field study,
1972.
- 'Down to Earth: Rural Reconstruction in New South Wales',
paper delivered to the Work in Progress Seminar, Condobolin Branches
of the United Farmers' and Woolgrowers' Association of NSW and
the Agricultural Bureau of NSW, 1 March 1973: correspondence,
drafts and working papers.
- Industries Assistance Commission, Inquiry into Rural Reconstruction:
submission by J.H. Kelly, April 1975; includes also BAE submissions
to the Industries Assistance Commission Inquiry into the Beef
Cattle Industry, 1975; Industries Assistance Commission Report:
Beef, September 1975.
- K.L. Fry, 'Soldier Settlement and the Australian Agrarian
Myth after the First World War', Long Research Essay, Australian
National University, 1973, with notes by J.H. Kelly.
- Rural Reconstruction Board, Annual Reports, 1942-71; Rural
Assistance Board, Annual Reports, 1972-81.
- NSW Department of Lands, Annual Reports, 1968-73; Western
Lands Commission, Annual Reports, 1973, 1975; Closer Settlement
Acts, Regulations, 1972.
- NSW Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, Annual Reports,
1914-36, 1961, 1969-74; Water Resources Commission, Annual Reports,
1976-80; Murrumbidgee Irrigation Trust, Annual Report, 1912.
- Irrigation and Water Resources, including Ord River Project:
reports, 1960, 1964, newspaper clippings 1962-81.
- Reserve Bank of Australia, Rural Credits Development Fund,
correspondence re project on Rural Reconstruction ('Down to Earth'),
1971-73; special purpose accounts, 1972-73; WA/NT cattle station
surveys, draft reports, 1960; Reserve Bank rural valuation guidelines,
1968, 1971.
- Rural Reconstruction Commission, Land Utilization and Farm
Settlement, 1944.
- J.H. Kelly and W.F. Owen, 'Beef Production in North-Eastern
New South Wales: A Report on a Reconnaissance Survey', Review
of Marketing and Agricultural Economics 22/1, March 1954.
- Rice Marketing Board, statistics and list of growers, 1972;
newspaper clippings, principally about rice, 1965-82; correspondence
about the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, 1970-72.
Series 32. Research Material on the Northern Territory
A series of files being actively used by Kelly in the period
before his death.
- File Index.
- Gunn file: correspondence with Sir William Gunn/Gunn Rural
Management Pty. Ltd., 1959, 1967-68; report; newspaper clippings,
1953, 1966-82.
- Tipperary Corporation/Sir William Gunn/U.S. Peninsula Holdings:
newspaper clippings, report, land acquisition proposal, 1966-80.
- 'Northern Australia Development Committee': newspaper clippings,
1971-81.
- Lakeland Downs: notes, article, correspondence, newspaper
cuttings, outline of lease proposal, 1969-77.
- King Ranch (Australia) Pty. Ltd./Brunette Downs Station ,
Northern Territory: correspondence, report, newspaper clippings,
1966-80.
- Stanbroke Pastoral Company Pty Ltd.: correspondence, annual
reports, newspaper clippings, 1967-74.
- Starke Station, Cape York Peninsula: consultancy report by
J.H. Kelly, correspondence, maps, notes, 1972.
- 'P.A. Cullen, E. McClintock': correspondence and reports on
Coolibah Station, NT, 1948, 1963-65.
- 'Gulf Region 1954 Survey, Vestey Surrender NT, PAR submission
to J.G. Crawford, Victoria River Downs Structural Improvement,
Wroxham Park Survey Report, Victoria River Downs Gazette Notice':
correspondence and other papers, 1952-56.
- Proposed Crown Lands Ordinance: memorandum, 9 June 1952.
Crown Lands Ordinances of 1912: notes, ca 1952.
Ministerial Conference on NT Pastoral Industry, 29 Apr 1950.
Ordinance No. 2 of 1950: draft submission, 1951.
Conference between Administrator - Northern Territory, Director
- Northern Territory Affairs, and Northern Territory Pastoral
Lessees' Association: statement and transcripts, 20-21 Mar 1951.
Discussion between Centralian Pastoral Lessees' Association, Department
of Territories, and Bureau of Agricultural Economics: notes, 8
Nov 1951.
Northern Territory Pastoral Leases - Minimum Economic Unit Size:
correspondence and other papers, 1953-54.
Future of Northern Territory and of Northern Australia: copy of
letter from General T.A. Blamey to Hon. J. Curtin, Minister of
Defence, 21 Dec 1944.
- Criticism of the Kelly Report by the Northern Territory Pastoral
Lessees' Association: reply by J.H. Kelly, 1953.
Pastoral Review editorial on Report on the Beef Cattle
Industry in Northern Australia: comments by J.H. Kelly, 26 Feb
1953.
Draft report on the Economic Survey of the Cattle Industry in
Northern Australia: covering letter, 11 Aug 1952.
Proposed Crown Lands Ordinance - Northern Territory: memorandum
9 July 1952.
Other papers on Northern territory, 1938, 1951, 1964.
- Northern Territory Crown Lands Ordinances and other ordinances
and regulations, notes and newspaper clippings, 1949-72.
- Bill Hayden, M.P.: questions in the House of Representatives
and correspondence, 1966-72.
- Northern Territory Legislative Council Debates, 1948.
Commonwealth Parliament: Hansard extracts re Northern Territory,
1961-71.
- The Struggle for the North: press reviews, 1966.
Beef in Northern Australia: press reviews, 1971-73.
- Darwin Abattoirs and Katherine Meatworks: papers, 1949-67.
- Aborigines:
Typescript drafts, correspondence, 1967-81; newspaper cuttings,
1968-81.
Includes lectures:
'Aboriginal Labour in Northern Australia', Australian Council
of Salaried and Professional Associations, Canberra, 4 Feb 1969.
'Role of Aborigines in Development of the Cattle Industry in the
Northern Territory', Aborigine Co-operative Summer School, 2 Feb
1971. [See also 11/23, 30/30-32].
- Northern Australia - Special references:
Cattle industry survey: letters, 1967,
Townsville Stylo (Lucerne) Development: letter, 1970.
Cattle properties for sale: 1971.
- Rosewood Station NT and Jack Kilfoyle: correspondence and
papers, 1946-65;
Pictorial Record of Rosewood Station, Northern Territory: 36 mounted
photographs with captions [1959?].
- 'Northern Australia's Beef Cattle Economy - Field Studies':
itinerary and interviewing schedule, 1967.
Series 33. Miscellaneous Research Material
- Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme: copies of Murrumbidgee
Valley Water Users Association booklet, 1945, and other material.
- Report by the Northern Territory Land Board on the Centralian
Pastoral Industry under Drought Conditions, 4 December 1964.
- Beef in Northern Australia: documentation, 1971 (one
file).
- Inquiry into Land and Land Uses of the Northern Territories
of Australia (Payne-Fletcher Inquiry): draft typescript; also
chapter titled 'Northern Australia Development Committee', n.d.
- 'Notes and material for Northern Australia Chapter' [of
an unidentified work]:
Reports on East and West Kimberley Districts, n.d.
Transcript of oral history interview, 7 December 1981.
'Origins and Development of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics',
[J.H. Kelly or Eric Saxon?], ca 1977.
Newspaper cuttings, 1952-8
- Australian Constitution; Election and Referenda Statistics,
1901-75; Federal Elections: newspaper cuttings, 1972-77.
- Dr R.A. Patterson, file of newspaper clippings.
Series/Item Box
1/1 - 2/9 1
2/10-15 2
2/16-20 3
2/21-25 4
2/26-29 5
3/1-3 6
3/4-6 7
4/1-4 8
4/5-10 9
4/11-16 10
4/17-20 11
4/21-24 12
4/25-30 13
4/31-37 14
4/38-41 15
4/42-46 16
4/47-52 17
4/53 - 5/1 18
5/2-6 19
5/7 - 6/1 20
7/1-26 21
7/27-35, 37, 39, 41-46, 50-51, 22
57-60
7/36, 38, 40, 47-49, 52-56 23
8/1-9 24
9/1 - 10/3 25
10/4 - 11/9 26
11/10-25 27
11/26-29 28
11/30 - 13/2 29
14/1-5 30
14/6 - 15/6 31
15/7 - 16/1 32
16/2-8 33
16/9-12 34
17 35
18/1-5 35
19/1-15 36
19/16 - 20/3 37
20/4-13 38
20/14 - 22 39
20/23 - 21/4 40
21/5 - 22/4 41
22/5 - 23/4 42
23/5 - 24/2 43
24/3 - 25/2 44
25/3-5 45
25/6-12 46
26/1-3 47
26/4-5 65
27/1-2 47
27/3-5 48
28/1 - 29/3 49
29/4-5 65
29/6-8 66
30/1-2 49
30/3-7 50
30/8-15 51
30/16-23 52
30/24-26 53
30/27-32 54
31/1-4 55
31/5-8 56
31/9-10 57
31/11-12 58
31/13 - 32/7 59
32/8-12 60
32/13-16 61
32/17-19 62
32/20 - 33/1 63
33/2-6 64
33/7 66
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