Articles, [19--] [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 331456
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Anstey, Frank, 1865-1940
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [19--]
- 2 cm.
- Summary:
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Typescript copies and two original manuscripts of articles by Frank Anstey. They include "The Viceroy" (a profile of Lord Bruce), "Red Ned" (on E.G. Theodore) and "The Cheery Optimists" (an inside account of Federal Labor Party and Cabinet discussions re the 1930 monetary crisis).
- Full contents:
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- 1. The Viceroy
- 2. Red Ned
- 3. The cheery optimists.
- Biography/History:
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Frank Anstey (1865-1940), born in England, arrived in Australia as a stow-away at the age of 11. He worked as a cabin-boy on boats "blackbirding" amongst the Pacific Islands; and back in Australia was active during the 1880's in the Seaman's Union, and the labor movement generally. In 1902, 1904 and 1907 he represented the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of East Bourke for the Labor Party. Subsequently Anstey held the federal seat of Bourke from 1910 to 1934. During his federal career he was deputy leader of the Fed. Lab. Party (1922) and held the portfolio of Health and Repatriation in the Scullin government (1929-1931). Anstey was fiery speaker and pamphleteer, and his published works include Monopoly and Democracy (1906); War and Finance (1915); Kingdom of Shylock (1915, 1917); Red Europe (1919), and Facts and Theories of Finance (1931).
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 4636.
- Reproduction:
- Mostly carbon typescript copies.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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Out of Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 2010 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1940
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1900
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