Guide to the Papers of Richard Blackburn
MS 7363
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Richard Arthur Blackburn
- Title
- Papers of Richard Blackburn
- Date Range
- 1922-1995
- Collection Number
- MS 7363
- Extent
- 2.16 metres (16 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2002495).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Richard Blackburn, National Library of Australia, MS 7363, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Item Descriptions
Class. Original Consignment
Miscellaneous personal correspondence Includes condolences on death of father and letters regarding appointment to the Northern Territory Supreme Court in 1966. (File) - Box 1
School lists, 1922 ; school reports, 1926 - 34 ; papers regarding Rhodes Scholarship and study at Oxford, 1939 - 49 (File) - Box 3
Papers and photographs regarding Army, 1940 - 64 (Includes folio of Army group portraits) (File) - Box 4
Letters of congratulation on appointment as Chief Judge of the ACT Supreme Court, 1977 (File) - Box 7
Newspaper cuttings, including cuttings regarding the Aboriginal Land Rights judgement. (File) - Box 8
Class. Consignment added 1988-1999
Correspondence, newspaper cuttings 1954 and invitations regarding life in Darwin Added 8 Apr. 1988 (File) - Box 13
Correspondence of Richard and Lady Blackburn, 1952 – 90 Mostly letters to Lady Blackburn, 1970s - 80s. Correspondents include Lady Maie Casey and Mary Durack)., Added Dec. 1990 (File) - Box 14
Newscuttings, invitations and photographs (mostly portraits of Justice Blackburn), 1980s Added Dec. 1990 (File) - Box 14
Two volumes of limited edition poetry by Maie Casey, inscribed to the Blackburn’s by the author., Added Dec. 1990 (File) - Box 14
Correspondence, cuttings, programs, invitations, memorial service for Richard Casey, Blackburn lecture by Sir Zelman Cowan, and other papers, 1951 – 91 Added 27 Apr. 1993 (File) - Box 14
Correspondence, typescripts of lectures and addresses, booklets, cuttings, photocopies and other papers, 1972 - 74. (3 folders) Added 2 Feb. 1995 (File) - Box 15
Letters from Blackburn to Lady Blackburn from Darwin, 1967, and publications. (3 folders and vol.) Added 10 Mar. 1995 (File) - Box 15
Papers regarding Blackburn’s resignation as Chief Justice of the ACT Supreme Court, 1984 - 85, sermon, catalogue and postcards. (1 folder) Added 23 Mar. 1995 (File) - Box 15
Cutting, program and 1995 Blackburn lecture by Dame Roma Mitchell Added 29 Jun., 1995 (File) - Box 16
Small instalment of correspondence, invitation and newspaper clipping relating to Richard and Lady Blackburn, some bearing annotations by Lady Blackburn (File) - Box 16
Also includes a copy of Elizabeth Fotiadis’ design for the ANU Library Blackburn Medal in Drama Added 28 May 1997 (File) - Box 16
Various papers, 1971-1991 (File) - Box 16
Including photographs recording the Blackburn’s departure from Darwin for Canberra, July 1971 (from the Northern Territory News); papers relating to the presentation of the Sir Richard Blackburn memorial books to the ANU Library, 31 May 1989, including a copy of the speech by Sir Ninian Stephen; and material relating to the official opening of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, November 1991, with a copy of the speech by the Hon. J.H. Muirhead. Added 28 August 1997.
Various papers, ca. 1960s-1980 (File) - Box 16
Including newspaper cuttings, ca. 1960s; programme, 1971, Naturalisation Ceremony, Darwin; The lion, 1966-67, St Marks College, University of Adelaide; Darwin visual terminal chart; programme, 1980, Opening of the High Court, Canberra. Added 26 November 1997