Guide to the Papers of Gordon Bryant
MS 8256
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Gordon Bryant
- Title
- Papers of Gordon Bryant
- Date Range
- 1917-1991
- Collection Number
- MS 8256
- Extent
- 46.74 metres (326 ms boxes, 5 folio items + 1 rolled items box)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn496691).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Gordon Bryant, National Library of Australia, MS 8256, [series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The Bryant Papers were received in two consignments. The first was transferred from the Victorian Regional Office of the National Archives of Australia in November 1991, in accordance with Mrs Bryant's wishes.
These papers had been deposited there in 1975. Just over half of them had been assigned the control number MP1803/1. The remainder had been registered into 31 individual record series and held under Commonwealth Record Series control numbers. Further papers at Mrs Bryant's home (in a garage) had been put into cartons by NAA staff in 1991 and brought to the National Archives of Australia on a temporary basis.
At the time of transfer to the National Library, NAA staff retained series or parts of series which related to periods when Gordon Bryant was Minister, as well as diaries from 1973 to 1975 and one notebook.
In 1992, papers relating to Bryant's post-parliamentary activities were transferred direct from Mrs Bryant's home to the Library. Amongst these cartons was material which had been packed from his office at La Trobe University's School of Economics and Commerce and returned to Mrs Bryant.
Arrangement
National Archives of Australia staff provided copies of their lists, marked to show which groups of papers had been retained. These original inventories, together with copies of biographical information on Bryant, are held in the lists cabinets in the Manuscript work area.
Because of its size, the Bryant collection was sorted and listed by a team of four Manuscript staff. Taking into account the fact that many of the original NAA boxes, although listed, were not sorted and that some of their contents had been removed by the National Archives of Australia as Commonwealth records, it was decided to amalgamate the boxes with the unprocessed cartons and sort the entire archive into 28 designated series. Descriptions from the NAA inventories have been incorporated into the final list where appropriate.
A large number of duplicates of leaflets, articles and reports, as well as publications, were culled during the sorting process. Items which were obviously readily available from the Library's printed collection (such as government publications) were discarded, while others were forwarded to the appropriate section of the Library for consideration.
Biographical Note
Gordon Munro Bryant was born on 3 August 1914 in Lismore, Victoria and obtained tertiary qualifications at Melbourne Teachers' College and the University of Melbourne. He taught in primary and secondary schools from 1935 to 1955.
In 1934 Bryant joined the Citizens' Military Force. During World War II he was on full-time duty with the CMF and AIF from December 1941 to October 1946. He served in the Army in Northern Australia, then went to Indonesia with the 7th Division as a member of the 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF. Between 1954 and 1961 he held the rank of Captain Staff Officer in the CMF, after which he retired with the Efficiency Decoration. He continued to take an active interest in defence and ex-service affairs through the Naval and Military Club and the RSL. He was one of the first active opponents of Australia's participation in the Vietnam War and closely monitored the affairs of East Timor.
Bryant first stood for Parliament in 1951 for the seat of Deakin, and again in 1954 - both times unsuccessful. In 1955 he was elected to the House of Representatives for Wills, Victoria (ALP), a seat he held until 1980. He was appointed as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs from 19 December 1972 to 9 October 1973, then as Minister for the Capital Territory from 9 October 1973 to 11 November 1975. For a short time, from 9 October 1973 to 12 November 1973, he acted as Minister for Repatriation.
Among the numerous Parliamentary committees on which Bryant served were: Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Committee Enquiring into the Grievances of the People of Yirrkala, Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Committee on Aboriginal Land Rights, Committee on Environment and Conservation and the Committee on the New and Permanent Parliament House.
In 1964 Bryant was Deputy Leader of the Australian Delegation to the 53rd Annual Conference of the Interparliamentary Union, Copenhagen. He was a member of the Interparliamentary Union Council Meeting in Lucerne, 1964 and Canberra, 1966. As a member of the ALP, Bryant was the Party's first delegate to the Socialist International at Brussels in September 1964. In 1978 he was a delegate to the 33rd United Nations General Assembly.
Bryant's involvement in Aboriginal issues led him to become President of the Aborigines Advancement League in Victoria from its inception in 1957 to 1964, and Senior Vice-President of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (later Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders) from 1957 to 1973. Among his chief concerns were the rights of Aborigines in Arnhem Land during mining development. The national campaign for the 1967 Referendum on Aboriginal powers was conducted from his office.
As well as being a member of the National Library Council from 1976 to 1980, Bryant had a lifelong interest in education from the days of his early teaching career. He was Chairman of the Northern Metropolitan Regional Board of TAFE and Associate Fellow of the La Trobe University. Other educational councils on which he served were the Newlands High School, the Batman Automotive College and the Pascoe Vale High School.
On 5 December 1942 Bryant married Patricia Jean Hilton Grant. They had two sons, Robin and Linton.
Bryant died in Melbourne on 14 January 1991, survived by his wife, sons and several grandchildren.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Family Correspondence and Papers, 1942-88
Principally correspondence exchanged between Gordon and Patricia Bryant and their children, especially including the frequent wartime correspondence of Gordon and Patricia Bryant (1942-45). Also genealogical research material and study material.
Series 2. Political Correspondence and Related Papers
This series contains the bulk of general correspondence and other papers received and sent by Gordon Bryant in his capacity as Member for Wills and after his retirement.
This series contains groups of material organised in three main ways: by surname of constituent, by name of theMinistry or Department concerned, and by year. Groups of files arranged in A-Z sequence according to constituents' surnames extend from 1959 to 1980, the 1959-60 sequence having been reused in the years 1967-68. Files arranged according to the name of the Ministry or Department concerned appear from 1974 onwards. The large amount of material received in some disorder has been grouped in approximate chronological order by year, but not sorted into more precise date order.
A feature of this series is the large amount of correspondence with constituents about immigration matters, much of which is in special files arranged by surname, and ranging from 1963 to 1980. A smaller group of files contains correspondence on abortion in the period 1973-78.
Parts of this series previously constituted National Archives of Australia Series M2307.
Abortion: letters from outside Wills, in favour of the Bill, 1973 and Abortion: letters not answered, 1973 (File 255) - Box 35
Abortion: letters of thanks, 1973 and Abortion: second letters from correspondents, 1973 (File 257) - Box 36
Minerals and Energy, 1974 and North West Regional Council for Social Development, 1974-75 (File 345) - Box 47
Overseas Trade, 1974; PMG, 1974-75 (see Box 79, after file 597); Repatriation, 1974-75 (see Box 79, after file 597) and Science, 1974-75 (File 348) - Box 47
Special Minister of State, 1975, Tourism and Recreation, 1975 and Urban and Regional Development, 1974-75 (File 353) - Box 48
Draft of a book by John Tomlinson (possibly Is band-aid social work enough?), sent to Bryant for the writing of a foreword, 1976 (File 423_425) - Box 56-57
Series 3. Business Papers
This series contains material relating to Bryant's own business affairs. Files with specific headings appear first, followed by loose accounts and business documents arranged in rough chronological order.
Files [unnumbered]
Series 4. Diaries and Notebooks, 1957-74
The first part of this series consists of diaries maintained by the Hon. Gordon Bryant during his career as a member of the House of Representatives and a Federal Minister. They contain appointments concerning his official capacity, as well as those concerning work related and purely social engagements. Some of the diaries contain quite detailed entries for each day, with comments on inward and outgoing phone calls and various problems of constituents.
The notebooks and address books include some shorthand entries, names and telephone numbers, draft speeches, meeting notes, conference notes and figures. Loose notes have been placed in Series 5.
A file containing notes and notebooks c. 1973 was removed and retained by National Archives of Australia before the collection was transferred to the Library in 1991.
The piece numbers largely represent the numbers given to the items by National Archives of Australia.
Notebooks with dates (as far as they can be determined): many of these are marked as being kept at 'Parliament House, Canberra'. Pieces 40-52 were numbered by NAA staff 1-13.
Larger notebooks with dates: many of these are re-used diaries.
Notebooks: 'Private House (?), notes only. Selection for Wills', 10/8/77 - 9/12/80 (Item 63) - Box 96
Assorted notebooks: History Journal - Pat Bryant's notes on Chinese History (also used as a cutting book) (Item 102) - Box 100
Series 5. Loose Notes
Notebooks have been placed in Series 4, while whole drafts have been placed in Series 6. This series comprises mostly fragments, pages taken from notepads, jottings on covers of files, telephone messages, loose diary notes 1954-57, travel itineraries and notes for a speech on education 1962. The notes are both handwritten and typed, and have been arranged in rough chronological order where dates can be discerned.
Series 6. Articles, Speeches, Writings, 1959-83
This series includes such things as talks, speeches and speech notes, broadcasts, transcripts of interviews, seminar papers, articles, reports, letters to newspaper editors, open letters, book reviews, discussion papers, press releases and statements. Bryant's broadcasts on the 3KZ Labor Hour are represented in the series.
As a general rule, talks, articles and writings by Bryant are placed first, followed by talks, articles and writings by others. There is a good deal of overlap of categories within this series and with other series. Items on specific subjects appear in series such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Matters, ALP, and General Parliamentary Papers. Press releases by other Ministers are in the latter series. Published and unpublished items by Bryant have been kept together in Series 6, while published items by other people are usually in Series 25 - Press Clippings and Printed Material. The descriptions of the box contents are grouped according to file and only some of the more notable items are highlighted.
Subseries [unnumbered]. Talks by Bryant
1959-63 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 105
Includes reprint of Bryant's speech on the Repatriation Bill (1959), ALP policy on New Guinea (1963)
1966-67 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 105
Includes statement of declaration of the poll for Wills (1966), 'Vietnam - the withdrawal of troops' (1966), 3KZ broadcast on the National Library of Australia (1967)
1970-71 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 105
Includes 'Education 1970', 'The Australian troops in Vietnam - Vietnam is big enough to look after itself' (1970), 'Prescribing the limits of nationalism' (National Anti-War Conference, 1971) (1971), 'National service' (1970), 'The war in Vietnam' (1972), TDT, talk on the PSA interview (taped in office, 1973), address on National Aborigines Day (1973), Armistice Day 1975 'What else could the Governor-General have done?', 'Treatment or punishment' (Public seminar on the Future of Corrective Services in the ACT, Bryant as Minister for the ACT, 1975), 'The back-bencher and his role in Government' (1976), letter to Governor-General Kerr plus 'The Yarralumla Coup D'état' (speaker's notes, 1976), Anzac Day ceremonies (1977-80), Speech to Labor Women's Conference (1978), Speech on May Day at Mount Isa (1978), transcripts of visit to Rhodesia as observer for Rhodesian elections (1979), interview with David Goss with reference to the UN (1979), 'Ted Peters - an appreciation' (1980), 'The Olympic Games' (1980), 'Can Australia be Independent' (1984), recorded reminiscences (1985), defence statement (n.d.), 'Aboriginal society under Labor' (n.d.)
Subseries [unnumbered]. Articles by Bryant
1962-68 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 106
Includes 'Why we earn more than we get: the work of a federal member' (1962), 'Defence policy' (article for Fabian Society, 1962), Report on Yirrkala Northern Territory and bauxite deposit leases (1963), 'The work of a Federal Minister' (1965), 'The threat to the legal profession in South Africa' (1965), 'Parliament and the expert' (1968)
1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 106
Includes 'Parliamentary responsibility and the role of the Minister' (Australian Quarterly, 1972), 'The Citizen Forces - some notes and thoughts' (1972)
1976 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 106
Includes 'The backbencher and his role in government' (1974-75-76), 'The Torres Strait Islands' (to The Age, 1976), 'The Douglas Wilkie article in the Sunday Press' (1976), 'The Australian economy - a critique of the government's economic theories' (1976), 'The Torres Strait border issue: consolidation, conflict or compromise' (1976)
1978 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 106
Includes 'The Westminster system, republicanism, etc.' (1978), 'The government of Canberra' (1978), report on visit to the New Hebrides (1978)
1979-84 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 107
Includes 'On the road to government' (1979), 'The Labor Government, 1972-75: a survey' (1979), notes in support of writs against The Age and The Australian (1979), 'A call to all people loyal to the Australian spirit to support our Olympians' (1980), 'Public Enterprise in Australia' (1980), 'The Dismissal: an alternative view to Don Markwell's article - why Whitlam was to blame' (1984). 'The Senate and Justice Murphy' (1984), undated or hard to date articles.
Subseries [unnumbered]. Talks by Others
Talks by others (File [unnumbered]) - Box 109
Includes speech by Tom Uren in launching Professor Ted Wheelwright's collection of essays 'Capitalism, socialism or barbarism?: the Australian predicament' (1979), comments by Anthony Clunies-Ross on the IAC Report (n.d.), 'The relation between education and the requirement of an industrial society' (Ian Spicer, ANZAAS, 1977), interview given by PM John Gorton on Four Corners, 1969, '1929 and all that' (J.O. Stone, Shann Memorial Lecture, 1984), 'Health: a national responsibility - the Labor view point' (Minister for Health's speech, University of WA Summer School, 1974), 'Nuclear weapons and ANZUS' (David Lange, PM of NZ, 1985), 'Western capitalism: its sequential development' (W.N. Parker, 1983), interview with Professor Sir Gustav Nossal on Monday Conference (1977), Loan Bill 1968, (Second reading speech by William McMahon), 'Coping with the economy: a political legacy' (Justice Michael Kirby, National Press Club, 1987), speech by Tom Uren to the Australian Council of Local Government Associations (1978), address by PM Malcolm Fraser to Special Session of UN General Assembly devoted to disarmament (1978), Monday Conference interview with Don Chipp (1977), 'Some thoughts on developments in the international trading system - an Australian perspective' (R.V. Garland, 1978), speech by Bill Hayden to Tasmanian Branch of ALP in 1978, 'Democratic Socialism and the ALP' (Ken Fry, Young Labor Conference, n.d.), speech by Whitlam on rural and regional Australia, 1977
Subseries [unnumbered]. Writings by others
Writings by others (File [unnumbered]) - Box 109
Includes 'Agony in the Pacific' by Lambert Wilson, 1969
Writings by others (File [unnumbered]) - Box 110
Includes 'Attitudes to women executives in Australian business: an opinion probe (John P. Young and Associates 1973), 'Nixon, Congress and the Moratorium' (Malcolm Saunders 1974), 'Recent developments in secondary industry' (Department of Secondary Industry 1974), 'Infrastructure requirements for a self-reliant defence policy' (Brigadier P.J. Grenville 1974), 'The consequences of Australian uranium (A.L. Moore 1977), statement by Tom Uren, Deputy Leader of the Opposition 1977, 'The efficacy of US military and economic sanctions against Israel (Mara Moustafine 1977), 'Australia, Japan and the Western Pacific Economic Relation, 1976-77: an overview' (n.d.), 'United States sanctions against Israel (Stephen Rosen and Mara Moustafine 1977)
Writings by others (File [unnumbered]) - Box 111
Includes 'The human rights issue in Australia's region (n.a., n.d.), 'Submission to Federal Party Representatives concerning the endless and unwarranted attacks on cheese imports' (1979), 'Some aspects of the European information industry (H. Zwillenberg, 1980), 'A party in disarray: Victorian Labor after the split, 1955-66' (Lyle Allan, masters thesis, 1980), 'Ethnic politics in the ALP' (Lyle Allen, 1982), 'A 1983 perspective of an accountability in government administration in Victoria' (F. Belli, 1983), 'Europe since 1870: a bird's eye view' (W.N. Parker, 1983), 'Workers' cooperatives and job creation' (Adam Ashforth, 1983), 'The angry children of Malcolm X' (Julius Lester, n.d.), Research assignment on migrant grievances in Australian society by John Urquhart (n.d.), 'Cost of labour: is it uncompetitive?' (John de Petro, n.d.), 'Question Time performance and leadership style: a study of Whitlam and Fraser (David Brereton and James Walter, n.d.)
Series 7. Elections
In his long parliamentary career Bryant was an active campaigner in elections at Federal, State and local levels. Included in this series are papers relating to his unsuccessful campaign for the State seat of Deakin in 1954, as well as material concerning his election to the Federal Seat of Wills in the following year. Bryant contested and held Wills in a further nine elections until his retirement in 1980, the only member of the Whitlam Ministry to retain his seat after the election of December 1975. Also filed in this series are election results, ALP campaign literature and posters, voting forms and electorate briefs spanning the length of his period in parliament.
Subseries i. General Election Information
Subseries ii. Federal Elections
Series 8. Australian Labor Party
A member of the Australian Labor Party for almost 40 years, Bryant was active in a variety of areas of the Party hierarchy, as a local and State branch official, conference delegate, member of the Federal Caucus and Minister during the Whitlam Government. He served on numerous Party committees, including the Defence and Foreign Affairs Committee of which he was Chairman, and was Secretary of the Education Committee for 14 years until 1972.
In this series are filed Federal and State Party rules, Caucus minutes, committee papers and conference notes, as well as papers relating to the Labour Party (Great Britain) and the Victorian Fabian Society. Also documented is Bryant's participation in the ALP at a local level, through his involvement in the Wills Federal Electorate Assembly and the Brunswick, Coburg, Greensborough and Viewbank-Yallambie Branches, of which he was at various times a member.
Subseries i. Federal Parliamentary Labor Party
Caucus Committees: Australasian Study of Parliament Group (see also Box 215) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 129
Caucus Committees: Health and Welfare Committee and Aboriginal Affairs Subcommittee (File [unnumbered]) - Box 133
Subseries ii. Australian Labor Party, Victorian Branch
State Conferences: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 143
State Conferences: Women's Central Organising Committee Conference, 1956 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 146
Subseries iii. Australian Labor Party, Victorian Branch
Series 9. National Library of Australia
Bryant was twice elected as the Parliamentary Representative on the Council of the National Library of Australia, from February 1964-April 1973 and again from March 1976 until his retirement in 1980.
National Library Advisory Committee in the Social Sciences: minutes and notes, 1975-78 (File 7) - Box 155
National Library Advisory Committee in the Social Sciences: minutes and notes, 1979-81 (File 8) - Box 155
Series 10. Parliamentary Committees
Over the course of his long political career Bryant served on many parliamentary committees. These included the House of Representatives Standing Committees on Aboriginal Affairs, 1976-77 and Environment and Conservation, 1976-77, and the House of Representatives Select Committee on Greivances of the Yirrkala Aborigines, 1963. Twice nominated to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs (later Foreign Affairs and Defence), Bryant was a member between 1970-72 and 1976-80.
Filed in this series are various minutes, correspondence, submissions to, and reports of, some of the parliamentary committees to which Bryant was elected.
Bryant's membership of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library in the periods 1956-72 and 1976-80 is documented in Series 14. Papers relating to his committee work for the Australian Labor Party can be found in Series 8.
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: minutes and correspondence, member lists, papers relating to dual nationality, draft report on the Middle East Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. Subcommittee on Indochina (File [unnumbered]) - Box 158
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. Subcommittee on Indochina (File [unnumbered]) - Box 159
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. Subcommittee on Defence Matters (File [unnumbered]) - Box 160-64
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. South-Africa Subcommittee (File [unnumbered]) - Box 165
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. Subcommittee on Territorial Boundaries (File [unnumbered]) - Box 165
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. Subcommittee on Industrial Support for Defence Needs and Allied Matters (File [unnumbered]) - Box 165
Series 11. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Matters
The core of this series is Bryant's period as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1972-73), much of which is documented in the papers held by the National Archives of Australia, but his involvemernt with indigenous issues extended beyond that portfolio. He was President of the Aborigines Advancement League, Victoria, from 1957 to 1964, and Senior Vice-President of the Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (later FCAATSI) from 1957 to 1973. He was also a member of the [Parliamentary] Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and of the Committee on Aboriginal Land Rights.
The following bodies or issues are represented in the various parts of this large series:
Federal Council for Aboriginal Advancement (founded 1957) and its successor Federal Council for the Advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI).
National Aboriginal Consultative Committee (independent body which followed FCAATSI in 1973).
Council for Aboriginal Rights, Victoria.
House of Representatives Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.
Federal Parliamentary Labor Party Subcommittee on Aboriginal Affairs and ALP Caucus Welfare Committee.
Aboriginal Loans Commission.
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (Inc.).
Aboriginal Development Commission Bill, 1979.
Aboriginal Land Fund Bill, 1974.
Family Law Bill.
Aboriginal Embassy.
Land Rights.
Abschol.
Aboriginal Child Care Agency.
Mapoon and Yirrkala missions.
Rainbow Alliance.
Subseries i. Aborigines Advancement League
Minutes, correspondence, notes, 1958-61, 1962-63, including material relating to the Aboriginal Girls' Hostel (File [unnumbered]) - Box 169
Financial papers: payment advice, 1967; receipt books, 1971-72; refund of subscriptions to Smoke Signals, 1973; postal order receipts, 1973 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 170
Subseries ii. Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders (FCAATSI) 1964-75
This sub-series contains reports, newsletters, campaign material and some newspaper cuttings collected by Bryant during and after his term as Senior President of FCAATSI, 1961-67.
The material includes completed membership forms, printed reports of several of the Council's annual conference, reference papers concerning Aboriginal welfare, housing, education and land rights, and several copies of the FCAATSI newsletter Rights and advancement. Also campaign material produced by the Council for the 1967 Referendum campaign for Aboriginal rights.
Also included are some plastic "Vote Yes" buttons and cardboard pin-on tags for the referendum campaign and newspaper cuttings pasted onto backing sheets.
Correspondence and notes: Background papers on role and history of FCAATSI, 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 171
Correspondence and notes: Paper and correspondence relating to FCAATSI revival, 1987, 1989 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 171
Correspondence and notes: Member list and lists of affiliated organisations, c. 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 171
Correspondence and notes: Minutes and related correspondence, 1960, 1963, 1965-69, 1971-72 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 171
Correspondence and notes: Financial statements and correspondence, 1959-60 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 171
Correspondence and notes: Correspondence with Joe McGuinness, FCAATSI Federal (File [unnumbered]) - Box 171
Correspondence and notes: Correspondence with the Minister for the Interior, 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 171
Correspondence and notes: Correspondence with the Minister for the Environment, Arts and (File [unnumbered]) - Box 171
Correspondence and notes: Correspondence with Federal and State Departments, 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 171
Correspondence and notes: General correspondence and notes, 1964-66, 1968, 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 172
Correspondence and notes: File of Stan Davey, FCAATSI Federal Secretary, 1965 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 172
Annual Conferences: Annual Conference, 1972: letters regarding donations of goods, services, financial support; general and embassy correspondence; letters from Members and Senators; press arrangements; notices and cuttings; agenda, resolutions and report (File [unnumbered]) - Box 173
General and subject files: General reports and statements, 1958-71, including 1958 signed petition requesting changes to Sections 51 and 127 of the Constitution (File [unnumbered]) - Box 174
General and subject files: Paper by Bryant about FCAATSI organisation, 1967 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 174
General and subject files: ALP speaker's notes on Aboriginal matters, 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 174
General and subject files: Pamphlets pertaining to the Aboriginal Embassy (File [unnumbered]) - Box 174
General and subject files: Notes relating to compensation over oil spillage in the Torres Strait (File [unnumbered]) - Box 174
Subseries iii. Legislation
Subseries v. Land Rights
Joint Select Committee on Aboriginal Land Rights: briefing papers, records of hearings, miscellaneous notes and information (File [unnumbered]) - Box 177
Aboriginal Land Rights National Support Group: notes, correspondence, circulars (File [unnumbered]) - Box 177
Subseries viii. Publications and Printed Matter
Subseries ix. Files in General Chronological Sequence
These files, which do not fit into the above sub-series, are of a miscellaneous nature or contain a range of different material.
1956-59, also Parliamentary Paper 'Recommendation on policy in native affairs in Northern Territory of Australia', by D. Donald Thomson (1977) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 182
Includes early papers on the founding of the Aborigines Advancement League of Victoria (founded 1957) and papers on Aboriginal welfare (File [unnumbered]) - Box 182
1960-63. Includes issues of Fellowship - monthly bulletin of the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship (File [unnumbered]) - Box 182
1961-67. Includes papers presented to Fifth National Conference on Aboriginal Affairs, Adelaide, 1962 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 183
1962-64. Includes file on Aboriginal education and file on Torres Strait Islands (File [unnumbered]) - Box 184
1962-65. Includes files on Yirrkala Inquiry and Bauxite Deposit Leases (File [unnumbered]) - Box 185
1963-67. Includes files on the Aborigines and New Guinea Committee of the ALP and on Commonwealth Aboriginal Policy (File [unnumbered]) - Box 186
1963-66. Includes papers of seminar 'The Problems of Aboriginal Employment, Wages and Training', 1966, held by Centre for Research into Aboriginal Affairs, Monash University. (File [unnumbered]) - Box 188
1966-70. Includes ABSCHOL newsletters and papers of seminar by Centre for Research into Aboriginal Affairs, 1967: 'Education for Aborigines' (File [unnumbered]) - Box 189
1969-73. Includes reports by W.D. Scott and Co. Pty Ltd 'Reconnaissance of means for Aboriginal advancement on South Coast of New South Wales' (1989), Volumes 1 and 2. Also file on petition by Max Geikie re medical treatment (File [unnumbered]) - Box 191
1972-75. Includes file on correspondence from Torres Strait Islands and Papua New Guinea (File [unnumbered]) - Box 192
1972-75. Includes report 'Aboriginal welfare and living conditions on south coast of New South Wales: a review for the Directorate of Aboriginal Welfare, Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare', NSW, 1972 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 193
Also 'Aboriginal housing', by Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Report of seminar on Aboriginal Housing, Canberra, 1972), and file on Labor Government and Aboriginal matters (File [unnumbered]) - Box 193
1973-74. Includes submission by Bryant to Inquiry into Auditor-General's Report on the Financial Administration of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, plus attachments. See also Box 195, 196. (File [unnumbered]) - Box 194
1974-75. Includes second report of the Aboriginal Land Rights Commission, April 1974, and Report of Auditor-General and transcripts of evidence of Inquiry into the Administration of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 1974 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 195
Draft by Sreten Bozic 'From caves to Yirrkala - 30,000 years of Aboriginal art', and file on the Department of Aboriginal Affairs Inquiry (File [unnumbered]) - Box 196
1973-78. Includes files on 'Aborigines and the Law': seminar at Monash University, 1974; Family Law Bill - replies to letters against Bill; file on Yirrkala Mission, 1976 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 197
1976-78. Includes report on proposal to establish National Committee on Aboriginal Education (1976); seminar 'The Torres Strait border issue: consolidation, conflict or compromise', edited by James Griffin, 1976; report by House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, on alcohol problems of Aboriginals, 1977 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 199
Series 12. Minister for the Capital Territory, 1972-75
This series includes correspondence, itineraries, diary notes, reports, papers, evaluations, assessments, papers relating to his role as Minister for the Capital Territory and as Member of Parliament, etc.
Series 13. General Parliamentary Papers
The contents of this series, which have been arranged in rough chronological order, include minutes and letters sent between Bryant and other parliamentarians (especially Doug Everingham, Member for Capricornia), press releases of people other than Bryant, papers sent to each other for comment, Cabinet submissions, bills, conference papers, questions on notice, a few Parliamentary newsletters, administrative circulars, lists of Members and Ethnic Background Papers. One recurring theme is planning for the new Parliament House (as early as the 1950s).
Papers relating to the Australasian Study of Parliament Group have been placed here, but for international organisations such as the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference see Series 15.
1950s-1973. Includes report 'Parliament House, Canberra: the case for a permanent building' (1956), papers and photos on visit to the Philippines in 1967, 'Problems of the development of the Northern Territory' (report by F.J.S. Wise, 1955?), 'Responsibilities for urban and regional development' (E.G. Whitlam, 1968), file on visit to Eastern Europe (1968?), list of New Year Honours (1972), 'Regions: suggested delimitation of regions for the purpose of Section 17, Grants Commission Act, 1973' (1973) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 207
1975-75. Includes file on Royal Visit 1974, papers for Ministerial Conference on Natural Disasters Organisation (1974), 'Australian Government financial assistance to Tasmania and South Australia' (1975), 'List of permanent missions overseas' (1975), papers on Budget, 1975. (File [unnumbered]) - Box 209
1975-76. Includes papers on Budget, 1975 (continued), cabinet submissions (File [unnumbered]) - Box 210
1975-76, 'Lebanese war victims: submission to Hon. M.J.R. MacKellar, Minister for Immigration, from the Victorian Arab Charity Organisation' (1976), information on the 1976 Census, file titled 'Talking points material 1976', 'Commonwealth/State administrative arrangement: submission by Government of Victoria' (1976) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 210
1977. Includes 'Industrial support for defence needs and allied matters: interim report of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence' (1977), 'The Jackson Report and Australian industrial development policy' (David Lundberg, 1977), Brief for the Australian delegation to the seventeenth South Pacific Conference 1977, submission by the Commonwealth Department of Transport on oil spills in Australian waters (1977) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 211
1978-79. Includes file on Land Deals Inquiry 1978-79, papers on 1978-79 Budget, 'Media: a discussion paper (n.a., n.d.), address to the National Press Club by Sir Billy Snedden (1978), file on travel arrangements for MPs (1978), file on Parliamentary Science Group (1979), papers on Budget, 1979 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 212
1980-89. Includes information on accommodation for Parliament until new building completed, 'ALP tourism policy' (speech by Barry Cohen, 1980), 'Fixed term parliaments' (report by Alan Cumming Thom and Anne Lynch 1982), submission to Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Privilege by the Department of the Senate (1982), 'The information sources of Parliament' (K. Turner, 1984), 'Directing the Australian public sector: a consultant paper on the design and direction of Commonwealth business enterprises' (1984) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 213
Series 14. Parliamentary Library and Bicentenary Publications Project
Bryant was a member of the Parliamentary Library Committee on two occasions, firstly between 1956-72, and serving again in 1976-80.
In late 1980 the Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library proposed that the Parliamentary should mark the Bicentenary and the opening of the new Parliament House with a series of significant publications. Bryant was engaged as a consultant to the Project, which was administered by the Library Subcomittee on Publications under the guidance of an appointed Advisory Board. The Parliamentary Library was designated to provide funding and resources.
The Project produced publications in four areas, these being: a definitive history of the Australian Parliament; a shorter, popular account of the workings of Parliament; a comprehensive biographical dictionary of all former senators and Members; and a series of monographs on a range of topics dealing with aspects of Parliament. In addition, an ongoing series of interviews with former parliamentarians was initiated as part of the Bicentenary Oral History Project.
Included in this series are papers relating to Bryant's membership of the Parliamentary Library Committee as well as items documenting the activities of the Bicentennial Publications Project.
Subseries ii. Bicentennial Publications Project
Series 15. International Organisations and the United Nations
Bryant represented the Australian Parliament on a number of overseas delegations and at Parliamentary conferences. Documented in this series is Bryant's membership of the official Parliamentary Delegations to South-East Asia in 1970 and New Caledonia and Zimbabwe in 1979. He was a participant in the Australian Delegation to the 33rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, 1978-79, as well as Leader of the Parliamentary Delegation to Europe in 1975. Bryant was nominated Parliamentary Observer to South Pacific Commission Conferences in 1969 and 1977.
A life member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Bryant attended four Commonwealth Parliamentary Conferences between 1966 and 1980. He also maintained an active interest in international political organisations such as the World Council of Parliament Association, the Movement for Political World Union, Parliamentarians for World Order and the World Federalists, for which related correspondence and circulars are filed in this series.
Subseries i. International Conferences
Subseries iii. Parliamentary Delegations
Subseries v. Other International Organisations
Subseries vi. United Nations
United Nations Parliamentarians Group Delegation to 33rd UN General Assembly (File [unnumbered]) - Box 229
45th Plenary Session Committee for Coordination of Investigation of the Lower Mekong (File [unnumbered]) - Box 229
Series 16. International Year of Peace and Peace Movement
Bryant was a member of the Victorian Consultative Committee convened to plan for and monitor activities in the State relating to the International Year of Peace, 1986.
Included in this series are notes and correspondence accumulated as a Committee member, as well as leaflets, circulars and publications collected on the topics of peace and disarmament.
Series 18. Tafe Board, 1975-89
Bryant became Chairman of the Northern Metropolitan Regional Board of TAFE [Melbourne] in 1981, but as the date range of this series shows, his involvement with it began much earlier.
TAFE Board, 1976-86. Includes correspondence, reports, field plans, discussion papers, minutes, memoranda, reports, pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, job applications, budgets, grant applications, newsletters etc. (File 1_25) - Box 236-239
Northern [Metropolitan] Regional Board of TAFE. Includes correspondence, minutes, agenda papers, memorandums, reports, field plan drafts, budgets handwritten notes, papers, job applications, course notes, course funding applications, need analyses, grant applications, annual reports etc. (File 26_43) - Box 240-242
Individual TAFES, 1980-86 : Includes correspondence, plans, reopots, job applications, minutes, meetings, programs, pamphlets, handbooks, etc. TAFES include Melbourne CAE, Hawthorn Institute of Education, Inner Urban Study, Diamond Valley Learning Centre, other regional boards and areas such as Preston, Upper Murray, Goulburn, Gippsland and many more. (File 44_59) - Box 243-245
Series 19. Education - General
Because the material which Bryant collected relating to education is so extensive, it was decided to place it all in one series to facilitate research, rather than keep it in various other series such as Subject Files.
Series 20. Community Organisations, 1953-89
Hanover Welfare Services ; The Traveller's Aid Society of Victoria [and other organisations dealing with the homeless] (File 3) - Box 251
Miscellaneous community groups, includes Jaycees, Apex, Wills East Timor Association, Melbourne City Mission, etc. ; Australian National Anti-Defamation Committee (File 4) - Box 251
Greensbourgh Public Hall Trust, 1953-57 + undated. Includes correspondence, donations, petitions, minutes and papers. (File 6) - Box 251
Series 21. University of the Third Age, 1985-90
In his retirement, Bryant gave lectures on politics to the Yarra Valley University of the Third Age. Much of this series comprises lecture notes and copies of handouts.
Eltham Living and Learning Centre, 1979-87. Includes correspondence, course papers, notes, newspaper clippings relating to courses and flyers (File 10_15) - Box 255
Yarra Valley Campus, 1986-90. Includes correspondence, course papers, notes, newspaper clippings relating to courses and flyers (File 18_23) - Box 256
Series 22. Military Matters, 1941-89
Most of this series relates to Bryant's activities in ex-service organisations, but there are a few items dating from the period of his service in World War II and some material on general defence issues.
RSL - miscellaneous, 1972-75 ; Remembrance Day's, 1977, 1984 ; Australian War Memorial, 1973 (File 7) - Box 259
Balikpapan Campaign, Jul-Aug 1945 - operations records D. Coy diary ; engineer intelligence report and correspondence, 1945-79 (File 11) - Box 260
British Commonwealth Forces, Commander-In-Chief - Visitors book, Japan [photocopy] (File 19) - Box 261
Series 23. Subject Files and Reference Material
Sequences of subject files were kept by Bryant's office and where they are distinct these have been kept intact in boxes 263 to 271. The remainder of this series consist of titled files created at various times under different systems. Because of the difficulty of establishing with certainty to which system or period they belong to they have been placed in two alphabetical sequences. Bryant also collected a large amount of loose reference material, especially on countries such as Rhodesia. Much of this material was found in lever arch files with very mixed contents. Where there is no other appropriate location, this material has been grouped in files at the end of each letter of the alphabet. There is some overlap and duplication throughout the sequences comprising Series 23.
Below is a short summary of the broad sequences used in this series. To keep the Subject Files series succinct and aid research, titled files or loose reference material which relate to distinct series such as Aboriginal Matters, Education or Business Papers have been placed in the relevant series. At the end of the whole series is a residue of files with mixed contents which could not be satisfactorily sorted into single subjects.
Brown envelopes, 1972-76: Agriculture, Customs, Education, Foreign Affairs, Repatriation, Science Services and Property (File [unnumbered]) - Box 263
Brown envelopes, typed white labels, 1975-78: Gordon Bryant - Personal (includes business papers, financial, police report on car accident with J. Wass, correspondence, travel arrangement, tax. Bannockburn Road, Nomination for MHR), Backbencher, Bills and Paper Office, Blue Book, Broadcasting TV Radio etc, Brunswick Citizens Advice Bureau, Budget, Jim Cairns, Canberra Brickworks, Canberra Roundup, Jim Canny, Cattleman's [sic] Federation, Child care centres, China, CIA's Australia Connection, Citizenship ceremonies and ACT, Coburg Peace Committee, City of Broadmeadows, City of Brunswick (File [unnumbered]) - Box 264
Brown envelopes, typed white labels, 1975-78: Chiropodists, Church nursing services, Coburg Council, City of Melbourne, City of Northcote, City of Preston, Civilian Widows, Coburg Football Club, Coburg Citizen, Common Fund Campaign, Community Radio Federation Ltd, Compensation, Committee on Committees, Committee of Inquiry Concerning Public Duty and Private Enterprise, Community Aid Abroad, Condolence messages, Congratulatory messages, COWAC (File [unnumbered]) - Box 265
Brown envelopes, typed white labels, 1975-78: Disarmament, Don Dunstan, Earthquake, Education, Economics (File [unnumbered]) - Box 266
Brown envelopes, typed white labels, 1975-78: Elections 1977, Electoral office, Electorate staff, Employment/unemployment, Environment and Conservation Standing Committee, Electricity, Election Campaign comment, Elephants, Engagements over, Estate duties, Ethnic groups, Earthquake, Europe, Finance, Fire brigades, Flags, Footwear, Federal Elections, FILEF Women's Group (File [unnumbered]) - Box 267
Brown envelopes, typed white labels, 1975-78: Fraser Island, Fruit industry, Germany, Governor-General, Commonwealth grants - Wills, Grassby, Greek Orthodox Community Brunswick, Greensborough Press Ltd, Hansard, Hearing Aids, Heidelberg Council, Health, Heidelberg Emergency Housing Group, Henry George League, Homosexuality, Homeless persons, Hungary, Human Relations Commission, Human rights, IAC, Immigration, Indonesia, Inger Rice Foundation, Insurance, International Biographical Centre (File [unnumbered]) - Box 268
Brown envelopes, typed white labels, 1975-78: Barry Jones Them 'n' Us, PAC Kruger, Labor candidates, Labor Movement - The Way Behind and the Way Ahead, Local Government, Maroondah Associated Newspapers P/L, Marriage and family law, Manufacturing industry and commerce, Media, Medibank, Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, Newport Power Station, NSW Land Board Office, New Zealand, New Hebrides, New statesman and Nation, Nesic, New York, Northern Territory, NW Regional Council for Social Development Ltd, Norfolk Island, Nursing homes, Nuclear power, Office staff, Omega, Overseas letters (File [unnumbered]) - Box 269
Brown envelopes, typed white labels, 1975-78: Pre-school, Press releases, Progress associations, Printing, Protocol, Probate, Penal, R. Pollard, Private Inquiry into Medical Fees, Parliamenttary lists (State), Petitions, Papua New Guinea, Parliament House, Parliament House - Visits, Retail Turnover Tax, Returned Services League, Rhodesia, Scrutineer Form - Bill Brown, Sergeant-At-Arms, Shelter - National Housing Action, Society of Labor Lawyers, Snowy Mountains Trout Ltd, Solar, South Africa, South Pacific Conference - Pago, South Sea Island Feast, Speeches, State college, State members, State Savings Bank, Statistics, Superannuation and retiring allowances (File [unnumbered]) - Box 270
Brown envelopes, typed white labels, 1975-78: Thank you letters, Torres Strait Islanders, Trade Practices Commission, Trade unions, Frank Troja, Turkish Folk Dance Group, WAA (Women's Action Alliance), Unemployment, United Nations, Uranium - nuclear power, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney and University of Sydney Union, Tom Uren, USSR Society, VP Day, VACRO, Vehicles, Vietnam, Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers, Victorian Football League, Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers, Victorian Council of Social Welfare, [Victorian] Farmers Union, Victorian Teachers Union, Warrnambrook Standard P/L, Welfare Committee, Waterworks Trust letters, Senator Wheelan, Gough Whitlam, Women's Action Alliance, Women's Suffrage, Yugoslavia (File [unnumbered]) - Box 271
Files by country: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Antarctica, China,, Chile, British High Commission news releases, Cambodia and South-East Asia (File [unnumbered]) - Box 272
Files by country: France, Germany, Japan, Israel, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, New Hebrides, Norfolk Island, Na-Griamel Foundation (File [unnumbered]) - Box 273
Files by country: Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, [East] Timor, Thailand, South Africa, Torres Strait (File [unnumbered]) - Box 274
General alphabetical run: ACT Casino File, ACTAC, Abortion, ACTU, Administrative Services, Agent Orange, The Age, Airlines, Air travel and freight, Alcoholism, American FFG-7 frigate, Amnesty International, ANZAC, Apprentices (File [unnumbered]) - Box 280
General alphabetical run: AICD Resource Centre, American-Australian Association, Arab, National Archives of Australia, Attorney-General, Airline (Hawker de Havilland brochures), Atomic tests, AGIO, ABC, ANU, Anti-war movement, Australian Institute of Criminology, loose items filed under A. (File [unnumbered]) - Box 281
General alphabetical run: Balikpapan, Bannockburn Road, Bicentenary, Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Bryant - biography, Bryant - personal 1979, Budget speeches, Business and Consumer Affairs, Budget briefing 1978, loose items filed under B (File [unnumbered]) - Box 282
General alphabetical run: Capital assets, Census 1961, Christmas cards list 1974-78 (includes photos with names of assembled Caucus Members used for front of cards), Citizenship ceremonies, Civil rights, Coburg City Council correspondence (1962-63) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 283
General alphabetical run: Coburg Citizen (draft articles, administrative files 1956-70), Communist Party of Australia, Community relations, Community service, Concorde, Consumption, Construction, Crime (File [unnumbered]) - Box 284
General alphabetical run: Crimes Bill 1960, Defence (much of this would have been gathered for Bryant's book 'By honour bound') (File [unnumbered]) - Box 285
General alphabetical run: Diary Plan (Five year), Disarmament, Drugs, D - general (File [unnumbered]) - Box 288
General alphabetical run: Employment, Environment, Fabian Society, F111 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 290
General alphabetical run: Foreign Affairs/foreign policy, Foreign investment, Finance, F - general (File [unnumbered]) - Box 291
General alphabetical run: Paul Green, Health, Housing, Honours-in-Confidence, Home Affairs and Capital Territory, Heidelberg, Homeless persons, Human rights, Independence movements, Industrial democracy, Industry/labour/commerce (File [unnumbered]) - Box 292
General alphabetical run: Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, I - general, Karmel Report (File [unnumbered]) - Box 293
General alphabetical run: Labor government, Labor [sic] Party Britain, Labour and industry, Libraries, Literacy, Licences, Library Association of Australia (File [unnumbered]) - Box 294
General alphabetical run: Manufacturing, Maoris, Maps (Wills Electorate), Maritime surveillance, May Day and Socialist International, Media, Medibank, Metric, Middle East, Minerals and Energy, Miners' land rights 1986, Miscellaneous Workers' Union, [Back to] Mittyack, Monash University, Monday Conference (File [unnumbered]) - Box 295
General alphabetical run: Mont Park Development Proposal, Mount Isa, Municipal finance (local government), Mutton vs Bryant 1976, M - general, National service (File [unnumbered]) - Box 296
Newport Power Station, Nuclear power and nuclear tests, National development, National Health, New Parliament House, New Members of Parliament, Nicaragua, Northcote, Northern Territory, North-West One Step Welfare Centre, November 11th (File [unnumbered]) - Box 298
General alphabetical run: National Library, Naval and Military Club, New Hebrides article, National Campaign for a Democratic Constitution, National Energy Strategy, Netherlands, National Aborigines Conference, N - general, Olympics 1986 (boycott of), Omega Transmitting Station, Opinion polls, Oil, Overseas (File [unnumbered]) - Box 299
General alphabetical run: Parliament House-Joint House Department, Parliamentary Caucus, Parliament, Peace movement, Petitions, Political viewpoints of various politicians, Petrov Commission, Press releases - G. Bryant, Primary industry (File [unnumbered]) - Box 300
General alphabetical run: Passes, Post and Telecommunication, Power of attorney, Power without glory, Privileges, Premiers conference, Press releases, Preston,Prime Minister, Productivity, Protection of privacy, Public AccountsCommittee, Public Service, Political issues 1976, Politics - leaflets,pamphlets and election literature etc., Politics 1986 (first of three files) (File [unnumbered]) - Box 301
General alphabetical run: Politics 1986 (continued, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3), P - general, Queenscliff Staff College Questions upon notice, Racism, Radiation laboratory, Redistribution - Victoria, Reading material, Referendums, Refugees, References, Region 14 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 302
General alphabetical run: Reservations - Bryant and Morrison, Ted Robertson, Road [Bannockburn], Remuneration Tribunal, Repatriation, Retirement (File [unnumbered]) - Box 303
General alphabetical run: School councils, Schools - UN Day 1977, Science and technology, Science and the environment, SEATO, Social security/social welfare (File [unnumbered]) - Box 304
General alphabetical run: Solar energy, South Pacific, Special Trade Representations, Staff - conditions of employment, Standing orders - House of Representatives, State banks in Australia, Suez Canal, S - general, Tariffs, Taxation (File [unnumbered]) - Box 305
General alphabetical run: [assorted file] Tax, Trade, Textiles, T - general, Telecom, Television, Torres Straits, Timor (Ref. United Nations File), Trade unions, Treasurer, Treaties, Tribunals, Typing pool, Unions, Universities, Urban studies, US bases (File [unnumbered]) - Box 306
Series 24. Photographs, Slides and Postcards, 1920s-80s
This series consists of photographs, slides and postcards relating to Bryant's family and personal activities, as well as his official duties.
Photographs, negatives, slides and postcards, 1942-64. This group consists of photographs, slides and postcards relating to Bryant's family and personal activities, as well as his official duties. The material concerns various overseas trips taken by Bryant and his wife in his capacity as a Member of Parliament to such places as Japan, Yugoslavia, Britain, India and other Asian countries. The series also includes material on Bryant's family, friends and recreational activities. The photographs are mainly black and white. The negatives are sometimes in strips of four, while others are rolled. The four slides are tourist slides of Great Britain, and the postcards are of the Snowy Mountains Scheme. [This material has been left as received. Originally Australian Archive series CP 106, M2821] (File 14_17) - Box 312
Australian Army Public Relations photographs, 'Exercise Nutcracker' and other related material, 1962. This group contains black and white publicity photographs concerning the Australian Army's exercise Nutcracker which was carried out in 1962. The photographs depict equipment and soldiers of differing ranks involved in the variety of activities which occurred during the exercise, including a 50 ton Centurion tank, flagship, boring for water, storing petrol, various leisure activities and setting up camp. Some highly-ranked officials who attended the exercise include the Minister for the Army, Mr J.O. Cramer, the Chief of the General Staff, Major-General J.U.N. Wiltor, the Governor-General Lord De L'Isle, Major-General I.T. Murdoch and the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Pollard. Included are some photographs of the presentation of the Freedom of the City upon the Kapookas, Military area in Wagga Wagga, family members admiring medals received at an investiture, and portraits. The series also includes publicity results and some shorthand notes. A vast majority of the photographs have a slip of paper attached, describing the particular activity and usually naming the participants. Each photograph is individually numbered; this was done by National Archives of Australia while the collection resided there before its transfer to the National Library in 1991. (File 18_20) - Box 313
Series 26. Memorabilia and Objects
This series includes such things as invitations, business and representation cards, programmes, menus some of which are signed by various people, material relating to Royal visits since 1958, Japanese guilden from WWII. Also memorabillia from overseas trips and material relating to state funerals and memorials.
There are also 8 posters on various subjects of interest to Bryant and badges and cufflinks.
Series 27. Audio Tapes - Box 325
There is an original list for these tapes kept in the lists cabinet. Original numbering does not match present numbering exactly, as indicated in item descriptions.
Gordon Bryant, Vice PM Journal 25/6, Perth Seminar, Public Servant Structure [cassette tape] [1 of 32] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000405) - Cassette-Box 25
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Pat - Essay on Aborigines [cassette tape] [2 of 32] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000406) - Cassette-Box 25
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Papunya Conf. Garden Point [cassette tape] [4 of 32], 1973 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000408) - Cassette-Box 25
1 item
Gordon Bryant, ABV2 news, [broad]cast on East Gippsland including interview with Health Minister Scanlan broadcast Thursday 7/6/73, G M Bryant 5/8/73 Channel 7 Pat? Smith [cassette tape] [5 of 32], 1973 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000409) - Cassette-Box 25
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Townsville, 13/9 6/6? [labelled 8] [cassette tape] [7 of 32] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000411) - Cassette-Box 25
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Interview in Ottawa on Garbage Disposal 4/7/1975 [labelled 9] [cassette tape] [8 of 32], 1975 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000412) - Cassette-Box 25
1 item
Gordon Bryant, G. Bryant Talk to Society of Labor History 20.4.82 Labor in Government 1972-1975 (Tape 1 of 2 ) [labelled 10] [cassette tape] [9 of 32], 1982 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000413) - Cassette-Box 25
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Jan Goergen - The Search for real wealth in a troubled world, recorded live at Adrian McCabe's investment Forum II (Sydney Hilton 29/9/80) labelled 11] [cassette tape] [11 of 32], 1980 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000463) - Cassette-Box 25
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Election meeting? Brunswick 1974, Election meeting May 1972 G Bryant & Bob Hawke? [labelled 16 & 16A] [cassette tape] [15 of 32], 1972, 1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000467) - Cassette-Box 26
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Black in North Australia Prog 1-3, 4-6, 1973 [labelled 17] [cassette tape] [16 of 32], 1973 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000468) - Cassette-Box 26
1 item
Gordon Bryant, 23/6 Minister for Culture, Warsaw, Poland, Ottawa Garbage Disposal 4/7 [labelled 19] [cassette tape] [17 of 32] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000469) - Cassette-Box 26
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Joint Sitting 6/8/74 Senate (Terr Reps) Bill [labelled 20] [cassette tape] [18 of 32], 1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000470) - Cassette-Box 26
1 item
Gordon Bryant , Joint Sitting 6/8/74 Senate (Terr Reps) Bill [labelled 20A] [cassette tape] [19 of 32], 1974 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000471) - Cassette-Box 26
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Aug 1975? Interview with Jim Cairns MP [labelled 21] [cassette tape] [20 of 32], 1975 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000472) - Cassette-Box 26
1 item
Gordon Bryant, A Study in Government, September 1985; 'The growth of a myth: comments/essays on 'Labor in Government' 1972/75, The Myth of failure 9/85 [labelled 22] [cassette tape] [21 of 32], 1985 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000473) - Cassette-Box 26
1 item
Gordon Bryant, Labor Caucas 1972-75, Lamb to poke - Labor Caucus, Biographical notes on Caucas members 1972-75, 10/5/80 [labelled 24] [cassette tape] [23 of 32], 1980 (Item NLA.MS-SAV000475) - Cassette-Box 26
1 itemGordon Bryant, Canadian Min. for Urban Affairs [labelled 27] [cassette tape] [26 of 32] (Item NLA.MS-SAV000478) - Cassette-Box 27
1 item