MS 8371
Papers of Professor Gordon Stanley Reid ( -1989)
- Papers
- 1987-1988
- 7.04 m (44 boxes)
- Available for reference
The papers were donated by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library
in two instalments in 1989 and 1990.
The collection comprises extensive research files maintained by
Professor Reid and his research assistants while researching the
history of the Commonwealth Parliament. The files contain notes,
articles, newspaper cuttings and printed materials, as well as
photocopies of primary materials dating from as early as 1861.
The files are named and arranged in a numerical sequence devised
by the researchers.
The papers also contain 1987 drafts of an unpublished chronology
of the Federal Parliament, 1901-1986 and drafts and proofs of
Australia's Commonwealth Parliament, 1901-1988: ten
perspectives published by Melbourne University Press in 1989.
Files 1.3 - 8.3 appear to correspond to the time periods discussed
in the chronology, while files 9.3 onwards seem to contain background
material for the Ten perspectives. There are some omissions
in the numbering of the files.
Professor of Politics, University of Western Australia, 1966-70,
1974-78, 1983-84; Vice-Chancellor, 1978-82; Governor of Western
Australia, 1984-1989, and author and joint author of various publications
on Australian politics including The politics of financial
control (1966), Out of the wilderness: the return of Labor
(1974), The Western Australian elections (1974), and The
premiers of Western Australia, 1890-1982 (1982). Professor
Reid, assisted by Dr Martin Forrest, was commissioned to write
a history of the Commonwealth Parliament as part of the Parliament's
Bicentenary Publications Project. Professor Reid died in 1989.
Series 1 Research files
1901-1914
Box 1
1.3.1 Opening of Parliament, 1901
1.3.2 Opening of Parliament - Artworks - Tom Roberts / Charles
Nuttall
1.3.3 First Federal Election 1901
1.3.4 Constitution conventions and Federation, 1897-1899
1.3.5 Executive organisation, 1900-2
1.3.6 Parliamentary staff and departments, 1901
1.3.7 Standing orders and procedure, 1901
1.3.8 Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1.3.9 Inauguration of the Commonwealth, 1901
2.3.1 First members and senators, 1901-4
2.3.2 Presiding officers
2.3.3 Standing orders and procedures, 1901-12
Box 2
2.3.2 Standing orders and procedure, 1901-12
2.3.4 Electoral matters
2.3.5 Parliamentary staff & departments, 1901-06
2.3.6 Dissolutions, 1909
2.3.7 Privilege, 1904-14
2.3.8 Interhouse relationships, 1902-08
2.3.9 Financial procedures, 1901-13
2.3.10 Parliament House, Melbourne
2.3.12 Constitutional change
2.3.13 Miscellaneous, 1901-14
1914-1918
Box 3
3.3.1 Parliament and conscription, 1916-18
3.3.2 Double dissolution 1914 and related issues
3.3.3 Outbreak of war - Parliament and Finance, 1914
3.3.4 Parliament and finance, 1914-18
3.3.5 Secret sessions, 1916
3.3.6 Federal War Committee, 1915-16
3.3.7 War Precautions Act, 1914-19
Box 4
3.3.7 War Precautions Act - Regulations
3.3.9 Voting/electoral matters in war-time, 1916-18
3.3.10 Attempt to extend life of parliament in 1917
3.3.11 Role of Parliament in war-time
3.3.12 Presiding officers, 1912-19
Box 5
3.3.13 Clerks and parliamentary staff, 1915-19
3.3.14 Censorship, 1915-18
3.3.15 Government and procedure, 1914-18
3.3.16 Referendum Bills, 1914-16
3.3.17 Labor "split", 1916
3.3.18 Parliamentary salaries and allowances, 1918
3.3.19 Miscellaneous
4.3.1 Parliament and finance, 1919-27
4.3.2 Continuation of wartime controls and effect of wartime
legislation
4.3.3 Voting/electoral matters
Box 6
4.3.4 Presiding officers and chairman of committees, 1920-25
4.3.5 Clerks and Parliamentary staff, 1920-22
4.3.6 Standing orders and procedure, 1918-28
4.3.7 Opposition/Party developments, 1920-23
4.3.8 Senate and the exercise of its powers, 1921
4.3.9 Referendum bills and constitutional change, 1921-28
4.3.11 Privilege cases 1. Expulsion of Mahon 2. Other
4.3.12 Committees, 1917-40
4.3.14 Parliament House : Move to Canberra (a) general
4.3.14 Parliament House : Move to Canberra (b) Speakers' chair
and EPA (Empire Parliamentary Association)
Box 7
4.3.14 Parliament House : Move to Canberra (c) The move : staff
etc, papers, furniture
4.3.14 Parliament House : Move to Canberra (d) Design and
construction
4.3.15 Theodore allegations, 1928
4.3.16 General/miscellaneous
1927-1939
Box 7 (cont)
5.3.1 Background and party developments, 1931-33
5.3.2 Opening of Parliament in Canberra
5.3.3 Electoral and voting matters
5.3.4 Presiding officers and parliamentary staff, 1929-46
5.3.5 Procedure and standing orders, 1931-39
Box 8
5.3.6 Inter-House disputes, 1918-35
5.3.7 Committees, 1917-45
5.3.8 Legislation, 1934
5.3.9 Parliament, finance and the economy, 1930-32
5.3.10 Referendums and constitutional change, 1929-43
5.3.11 Parliamentary salaries and allowances, 1928-49
5.3.12 Dissolutions, 1929
5.3.13 Miscellaneous, 1927-36
6.3.1 Chapter six-Background
6.3.2 Chapter six-Presiding officers and parliamentary staff,
1941-51
6.3.3 Chapter six-Procedure and standing orders, 1943-44
6.3.4 Chapter six-Secret sessions
6.3.5 Beginning and end of World War 2
6.3.6 Chapter six -Move to prolong parliament, 1940
6.3.7 Chapter six-Committees 1941-44 (1 of 2)
Box 9
6.3.7 Wartime Committees (2 of 2)
6.3.8 Chapter six-National Security Act and Regulations
6.3.9 Chapter six-Regulations and Ordinances Committee
6.3.10 Chapter six-Censorship, 1940-42
6.3.11 Chapter six-Privilege, 1940-45
6.3.12 Chapter six-Inter House Relations, 1943
6.3.13 Chapter six-National government, 1940-41
6.3.14 Chapter six-Advisory War Council, 1940-45
6.3.15 Constitutional change/Commonwealth powers, 1930-44
6.3.16 Chapter six-Other issues/miscellaneous
Box 10
1945-1966
7.3.1 Parliament House
7.3.2 Senate, 1946-67
7.3.3 Presiding officers & parliamentary staff, 1945-65
7.3.4 Radio broadcasting
7.3.5 Standing orders and procedure
7.3.6 Proportional representation
7.3.7 Enlargement of Parliament, 1949
7.3.8 Double dissolution, 1951
7.3.9 Revival of the PAC (Public Accounts Committee)
Box 11
7.3.10 Joint Committee on the Constitution
7.3.11 Parliamentary salaries and allowances, 1946-64
7.3.12 Ordinary annual services
7.3.13 Committees, 1946-66
7.3.14 Inter-house relationships
7.3.15 Miscellaneous
8.3.1 Standing orders, 1967-81
8.3.2 Presiding officers and Parliamentary staff, 1970-85
8.3.3 Referendums and constitutional change
Box 12
8.3.4 Parliamentary salaries and allowances
8.3.5 Staff for MPs
8.3.6 Pecuniary interests and members' qualifications
8.3.7 Procedures including quorums, sitting days
8.3.8 Inter-house relations
8.3.9 Joint sittings
8.3.10 Double dissolutions, 1974-83
Box 13
8.3.11 November 1975
8.3.12 House of Representatives practice "the book" (Pettifer),
1958-79
8.3.13 Fixed term parliaments
8.3.14 Parliament and the judiciary, 1971
8.3.15 Electoral matters
8.3.16 (a) House of Representatives Committees
8.3.16 (b) Senate Committees
8.3.16 (c) Joint Committees
8.3.16 (d) Committees : Procedural issues
Box 14
8.3.16 (e) Committees : General
8.3.17 Televising Parliament
8.3.18 Other, 1966-88
9.3.1 The convention of ministerial responsibility
9.3.2 Elective ministries
9.3.4 Ministerial registrations
Box 15
9.3.5 Want of confidence -censure motions
9.3.6 Constitutional conventions -responsible government
9.3.7 Judicial notice of ministerial responsibility
9.3.9 Dissolutions of Parliament
9.3.10 Westminster model
9.3.11 Administrative law
9.3.12 Responsible government and political parties
9.3.13 Responsible government and the Senate
9.3.14 Cabinet, Prime Ministers and Ministers
Box 16
9.3.16 Governor-General (1 of 2)
9.3.16 Governor-General (2 of 2)
9.3.17 Ministers and public servants
10.3.1 Representation -theory and general
10.3.2 (a) Electoral legislation : Bills and Acts, 1902-83
Box 17
10.3.2 (b) Electoral legislation : Sources, secondary material
etc.
10.3.2 (c) Electoral legislation : Hansard debates, proceedings,
1972-77
10.3.3 Casual vacancies
10.3.4 Preferential voting
10.3.5 Proportional representation
Box 18
10.3.6 Compulsory voting
10.3.7 Electoral divisions and redistributions (a) General (b)
Hansard debates, 1905, 1975-79
11.3.1 Parliament and legislation
11.3.2 The Senate and the legislative process
Box 19
11.3.3 Delegated legislation
11.3.4 Legislative drafting
11.3.5 Private members and Senators Bills
11.3.6 (a) Legislation Committees
11.3.6 (b) Legislation Committees : Bills considered (1 of 2)
Box 20
11.3.6 (b) Legislation Committees : Bills considered (2 of 2)
11.3.8 Extrinsic aids for interpretation
11.3.9 Advisory opinion
11.3.10 Statutory interpretation -High Court
11.3.12 Assent and proclamation
11.3.13 Statistics
11.3.14 Parliamentary procedure on legislation
11.3.15 Constitution alteration (1 of 2)
Box 21
11.3.15 Constitutional alteration (2 of 2)
11.3.16 Scrutiny of Bills Committee
11.3.17 Financial legislation
11.3.18 Amendment
11.3.19 Retrospective legislation
12.3.1 Parliament and the executive
12.3.2 Financial Procedures Budgets, 1966-86
Box 22
12.3.3 Parliamentary question
12.3.4 Bureaucracy
12.3.5 Parliamentary Committees : work and effectiveness
12.3.6 Public Accounts Committee : Auditor-General
12.3.7 Parliamentary scrutiny of administration
12.3.8 Parliament and public policy
12.3.9 Freedom of information
Box 23
12.3.10 Accountability
12.3.11 Public Expenditure
12.3.12 Public Works Committee
12.3.13 Parliamentary Committees : Estimates (Senate)
13.3.1 The concept of opposition
Box 24
13.3.2 Office of the Leader of the Opposition
13.3.3 Opposition : facilities, allowances etc.
13.3.4 Recognition of the Opposition in Standing Orders, etc.
13.3.5 Opposition in the Senate
13.3.6 Backbenchers
14.3.1 Party and Parliament : party system -general
14.3.2 Format recognition of Party
14.3.3 Party accommodation in Parliament House
14.3.4 Party officials : remuneration etc.
14.3.5 Party discipline
14.3.6 Judicial notice of parties
14.3.7 Constitution conventions and party
14.3.8 A.L.P.
14.3.9 Liberal Party
14.3.10 National/Country Party
14.3.11 Party coalitions
Box 25
14.3.12 Parties, 1890-1910
14.3.13 Miscellaneous
15.3.1 Parliament and media : general
15.3.2 Membership/organisation at the Press Gallery
15.3.3 Press Gallery : Melbourne, Canberra
15.3.5 Media and Privilege
15.3.6 Press Gallery -incidents
15.3.7 Parliamentary broadcasting
15.3.8 Lobbyists
15.3.9 Direct reporting -Hansard
15.3.10 Press Gallery : press clippings news items
15.3.11 Miscellaneous
Box 26
16.3.1-16.3.8 Parliament : staffing/personnel, 1901-1979
Box 27
16.3.9 Parliament : staffing/personnel, 1980-
16.3.10 Pinner Report 1932
16.3.11 Parliament : regulations
16.3.12 Parliament : staffing and appropriation
Box 28
16.3.13 Parliament : general information on staff, salaries etc.
16.3.14 Management reviews -House
16.3.15 Management reviews -Senate
16.3.16 Management reviews -Joint Departments
16.3.17 Public Service Act -Parliamentary provisions
Box 29
16.3.17 Miscellaneous
16.3.18 Edwin Blackmore; Keith Bradshaw; Roy Bullock; Charles Gavan
Duffy, Walter Gate, Frank Green, Edward Hubert, George
Jenkins, John McGregor, James Odgers, Ernest Parkes, Norman
Parkes, Allan Tregear, Alan Turner
16.3.9 Hansard staff and organisation
Box 30
16.3.19 Hansard
16.3.20 Joint House Department : staff and organisation
Box 31
16.3.21 Library staff and organisation
16.3.22 PAC/PWC to House of Reps Department, 1982
17.3.1 Privilege - general
17.3.2 Privilege and the courts
Box 32
17.3.3 Browne and Fitzpatrick case
17.3.4 Privilege - media (includes cases)
17.3.6 Privilege - newspaper clippings
17.3.7 Privilege - opinions
17.3.8 Privilege - certification
17.3.9 Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Privilege, 1984
17.3.11 Privilege : some recent cases
Box 33
17.3.12 Crown privilege
17.3.13 Miscellaneous
18.3 [ Parliament in decline ]
19.3.1 Accommodation in provisional Parliament House
19.3.2 Early consideration of a new parliament house
19.3.3 Determination of a site
19.3.4 New and permanent parliament house - design competition
19.3.5 Design and construction of the new Parliament House
Box 34
19.3.5 Design and construction of the new Parliament House
19.3.6 New Parliament House : furnishings etc.
19.3.7 Accommodation in permanent building
19.3.8 Future of provisional building
20.3.1 [ presiding officers ]
21.3.1 Biographies
21.3.2 Indexes to papers
Box 35
21.3.2 Index to papers
21.3.3 Members : statistics and other details
21.3.4 Parliament : books, reviews etc.
21.3.5 Ceremonial
21.3.6 Women in Parliament
Box 36
21.3.7 Opinions, High Court judgments
21.3.8 Public opinion polls
21.3.9 Parliamentary papers and records
21.3.11 Procedure : statistics
21.3.12 Senate files : indexes
Box 37
21.3.13 House files : indexes
21.3.14 The Parliamentarian : Parliamentary reports
21.3.15 The Table : contents
Unnumbered The Table : list; members; rules; Society of Clerks of
files: the Table
Box 38
Unfiled material
Box 39
Material to be filed
Box 40
Legislation Committees
Series 2 Writings
Chronology of the Federal Parliament
Box 41
Typescript draft chronology of the Federal Parliament, 1901-1986
(unpublished) 1987
Australia's Commonwealth parliament, 1901-1988: ten perspectives
Drafts of Australia's Commonwealth Parliament Volume 2 : Perspectives
1901-1986
Box 43-44
Marked up publishers proofs of Australia's Commonwealth Parliament,
1901-1988 : ten perspectives.
Guide prepared May 1994. Last updated 13 August 1996
|