Guide to the Papers of Sir Littleton Groom

Correspondence items 1-636 (File 1_11) - Box 1

Correspondence items 637-1569 (File 12_22) - Box 2

Correspondence items 1570-2559 (File 23_33) - Box 3

Correspondence items 2560-3419 (File 34_46) - Box 4

Queensland University Movement (items 1-27), 1893-1911 (File 1) - Box 5

Correspondence

Commonwealth of Australia Constitution (items 28-39), 1898-1926 (File 2) - Box 5

Robert Garran's 1898 draft bill to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia and a printed Synopsis of the 1898 Commonwealth Bill as approved by the South Australian representatives.

History of the Darling Downs (items 40-73) (File 3) - Box 5

Typescript article, n. d., author unknown, concerning the discovery and settlement of Warwick and the Darling Downs, and giving a biographical sketch of Allan Cunningham; also J. H. Gwynne's 'Reminiscences of By-Gone Days' on the Darling Downs

Groom's election to Federal Parliament (items 74-194), 1901 (File 4) - Box 5

Congratulatory letters

Papua (items 195-237), 1902-1913 (File 5) - Box 5

Correspondence

Groom's appointment as Minister for Home Affairs (items 238-369), 1905 (File 6) - Box 5

Congratulatory letters

Representatives Act (items 370-379), 1905 (File 7) - Box 5

Correspondence explaining aspects of the Act

George Essex Evans (items 380-416), 1905-1920 (File 8) - Box 5

Letters from the writer George Essex Evans, 1905-1906, and letters from other correspondents, until 1929, concerning his work; also typescript and printed copies of Evans' poem 'Queen of the North'

New Hebrides and Pacific Islands (items 417-427), 1905-1917 (File 9) - Box 5

Correspondence

High Court of Australia (items 428-517), 1905-1925 (File 10) - Box 5

General correspondence with Justices of the High Court, general memoranda and speeches. Subjects include the Queensland request in 1905 for the High Court to hold sittings in that state; pensions for retiring High Court judges; the retirement in 1919 of Sir Samuel Griffith; and a typescript 'Return of Supreme and High Actions' commencing on 1 January 1919

Sugar (items 518-554), 1905-1928 (File 11_11a) - Box 5

Typescript memorandum, n.d. [1905 or 1906], relating to an extension of the Federal Sugar Bonus Period; typescript Opinions, 1912, of E. F. Mitchell and Charles Stumm concerning the Sugar Bounties Acts and Regulations; and typescript copy of agreement between the Commonwealth and Queensland, 24 April 1925, for the purchase and sale of the Queensland sugar crop for the three seasons 1924/25, 1926/27 and 1927/28

Navigation Bill (items 555-556) (File 12) - Box 6

Typescript draft report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the Navigation Bill, n. d.; with Groom's ms annotations

Groom's Appointment as Attorney-General (items 557-580), 1906 (File 13) - Box 6

Congratulatory letters

Legal Opinions given by Groom (items 581-904), 1906-1908 (File 14_15) - Box 6

Opinions given in his capacity as Attorney-General on various legal and constitutional questions referred to him

Commonwealth Arbitration Court (items 905-968), 1907-1929 (File 16) - Box 6

General correspondence and memoranda concerning the Court's work, including the expansion or limitation of its powers, and the differing judgements given by Justices

Proposed Commonwealth Bureau of Agriculture (items 969-1044), 1907-1914 (File 17) - Box 6

Memoranda, draft bills, speech and notes for speeches, and press reports concerning its proposed establishment

Steele Rudd (items 1045-1050), 1908-1927 (File 18) - Box 6

Letters from the writer Steele Rudd to Groom and from Groom to Arthur Wadsworth.

Federal and State Finance (items 1051-1078), 1908-1910 (File 19) - Box 7

Typescript memorandum, 3 March 1908, by J. Hume-Cook entitled 'Financial Problems of the Commonwealth'; typescript memorandum, 9 October 1908, with manuscript revisions, entitled 'Observations on the History of the Financial Clauses'; draft printed copy, with Groom's ms revisions, of 1908 Bill to pay the States the surplus revenue of the Commonwealth; printed copy of 1910 Act relating to the Financial Relations between the Commonwealth and the States, which amended the Surplus Revenue Act of 1908

Groom's Appointment as Minister for External Affairs (items 1079-1164), 1909 (File 20) - Box 7

Congratulatory letters

Voting and Federal Electoral Boundaries (items 1165-1238), 1909-1922 (File 21) - Box 7

Typescript memorandum, 5 July 1909, by Robert Garran concerning preferential voting in Federal elections; typescript memorandum, 1914, by Chief Electoral Officer concerning soldiers voting in the 1914 election; typescript and printed memoranda and speeches, 1922 concerning Earle Page's proposed redistribution of electoral boundaries

Constitutional Alteration Bills (items 1239-1316), 1910 (File 22) - Box 7

Booklet reprinting the parliamentary debates on the Bills, with which Groom interfiled notes and cuttings relating to the debates

Groom's Appointment as Minister for Trade and Customs (items 1317-1463), 1913 (File 23) - Box 7

Congratulatory letters for appointment and election

Arrival of new Governor-General (items 1464-1468), 1914 (File 24) - Box 7

Typescript memorandum with ms emendations of the Proceedings in connection with the Arrival, Reception and Swearing-in of the Governor-General Designate, 18 May 1914

1914 Election (items 1469-1552) (File 25) - Box 7

Typescript memoranda compiled by the Liberal Party for use in the 1914 election campaign, mainly attacking the Labor Party's policies on such issues as defence and the beef trust

The Great War (items 1553-1679), 1914-1918 (File 26) - Box 7

Correspondence, diary extracts, and cuttings, mostly from front-line A.I.F. soldiers telling of their experiences; also a small quantity of ministerial correspondence and memoranda concerning the A.I.F. and wartime regulations

Interstate Commission (items 1680-1720), 1914-1921 (File 27) - Box 7

Correspondence, reports and memoranda, both printed and typescript, giving details of the work of the Commission and A.B. Piddington's attempts to enlarge its powers

Australian Wheat Pool (items 1721-1744), 1915-1917 (File 28) - Box 8

Printed draft scheme for marketing of the Australian wheat harvest of 1915-1916, and correspondence and cuttings, 1916-1917, concerning the possible inclusion of Queensland in the wheat pool

Groom's appointment as Honorary Minister (items 1745-1775), February 1917 (File 29) - Box 8

Congratulatory letters

Recruiting (items 1776-1859), 1917-1918 (File 30) - Box 8

Correspondence and typescript memoranda by the Government and Nationalist Party concerning efforts to encourage recruiting; Governor-General's Recruiting Conference of 1917; and the opposition of the Labor Party and in particular T. J. Ryan to the Government's recruiting and conscription plans

Federal Election (items 1860-1952), 1917 (File 31) - Box 8

Amended roneoed copy of W.M. Hughes' policy speech at Bendigo; congratulatory letters to Groom on the Government's success

Commonwealth Police Force (items 1953-1978), 1918-1925 (File 32) - Box 8

Typescript notes of conference held at Attorney-General's Department on 27 February 1918, concerning the formation of a Detective Branch of the Commonwealth Police Force; memorandum, 27 August 1925, with ms corrections, on the power of the Commonwealth to establish a force of Peace Officers (2 copies)

Premiers' Conference (items 1979-1981), 1918 (File 33) - Box 8

Proof and corrected printed copies of portion of proceedings of the Conference, with some special items such as the establishment of the Commonwealth Police Force being marked

Transcontinental Railway Line (items 1982-2008) (File 34) - Box 8

Report by Groom of his ministerial visit of inspection of the railway line, 17 June 1918 – 26 June 1918 (3 typescript copies)

River Murray Commission (items 2009-2014), 1918 (File 35) - Box 8

Typescript report of tour of inspection by members of the River Murray Commission, 20 July 1918 – 26 July 1918

Imperial War Conference (items 2015-2031), 1918 (File 36) - Box 8

Typescript report, 10 February 1919, by sub-committee of the Australian Cabinet appointed to consider matters dealt with at the Imperial War Conference of 1918; with accompanying memoranda

Royal Commission on Navy and Defence Administration (items 2032-2058), 1919 (File 37) - Box 8

Two memoranda on the findings of the Royal Commission into Senator Long's allegedly corrupt dealings with the Shaw Wireless Works: Opinion of Counsel as to whether Long was open to criminal proceedings, and memorandum by Groom about Long's attendance at the Commission's hearing

Proposed Commonwealth Court of Commerce (items 2059-2060), 1920 (File 38) - Box 8

Typescript memorandum of statements made to Groom on 8 November 1920 by a deputation of Melbourne commercial bodies concerning the proposed creation of a Commonwealth Court of Commerce

Articles by E. T. Quayle (items 2061-2094), 1922-1923 (File 39) - Box 8

Typescript article, 1922, with later ms alterations, entitled 'Physiography of the Darling Downs'; typescript article, 1923, entitled 'Rainfall Improvement by Human Agency', with covering letter from Quayle to Groom, 3 August 1923

Wool Tops Case (items 2095-2102), 1922 (File 40) - Box 9

Letters to Groom from Sir Robert Garran

National – Country Party Coalition (items 2103-2135), 1923 (File 41) - Box 9

Typescript Statement by National Party Managers setting out the result of their conference with the Country Party Managers, January 1923 (3 copies)

Trade (items 2136-2141), 1923-1924 (File 42) - Box 9

Typescript of Groom's opinion, November 1923, on several trade questions raised by the Minister for Trade and Customs; typescript memorandum, 1924, on the selling of Australia meat, butter, and fruit at Smithfield Market, London

Groom's Knighthood (items 2142-2844), 1924 (File 43_47) - Box 9

Congratulatory letters to Groom and Lady Groom

Dairying (items 2845-2858), 1924-1936 (File 48) - Box 10

Roneoed and typescript memoranda concerning the Australian Dairy Produce Export Board; stabilization of the dairying industry, and the Australian Dairy Council

Canberra (items 2859-3237), 1920-1930 (File 49_51) - Box 10

Typescript report, November 1924, by Sir John Sulman concerning Commission Government in the United States and Canada, prepared for the Australian Government for its information in determining the future control of Canberra; typescript, 1930, describing the development of Canberra. [Note: some correspondence, particularly from Walter Bingle, mentioning the development of Canberra is to be found in the General Correspondence Files for the for the early twenties. Also Walter Burley Griffin correspondence]

Walsh – Johnson Deportation Case (items 3238-3263), 1925 (File 52) - Box 10

Letters to Groom from Sir Robert Garran, January-December 1925, plus two letters from other correspondents, press cuttings, and typescript summary of the reasoning behind each High Court judge's decision

Aliens (items 3264-3286), 1925 (File 53) - Box 10

Typescript memorandum, 1925, with Groom's ms notes, concerning restrictions on the entry of aliens into various British Commonwealth countries

Philip Hoskin's Tax Claim (items 3287-3324), 1925 (File 54) - Box 10

Typescript memorandum concerning Hoskin's claim for refund of tax paid; with two copies of relevant correspondence

Elective Ministries (items 3325-3368), 1925 (File 55) - Box 10

Hansard report, annotated by Groom, of debate on P.G. Stewart's motion to establish elective ministries; Groom's ms notes for speech; typescript memoranda on this question

Transfer of Departments to Canberra (items 3369-3383), 1925-1926 (File 56) - Box 10

Correspondence and typescript reports, including Cabinet sub-committee's reports, 13 March, 1925, on construction of Provisional Administrative Offices at Canberra, and details of the move of the Works and Railways Department, the National Library and parliamentary officers

Groom's resignation as Attorney-General and appointment as Speaker (items 3384-3415), 1925-1926 (File 57) - Box 10

Correspondence

New States (items 3416-3429), 1925-1923 (File 58) - Box 10

Groom's 1925 draft constitutional amendment to establish new States, with Page's comments thereon; typescript memorandum, n.d., entitled 'Formation of New States'(3 copies); portion of Hansard report of Groom's speech, 23 November 1933, on new States

1926 Election (items 3430-3490) (File 59) - Box 11

Congratulatory letters to Groom on the election victory

1926 Referendum Campaign (items 3491-3606) (File 60) - Box 11

Correspondence, typescript and sometimes annotated memoranda, and Groom's speeches. There are duplicate copies of some items

Preparations for first meeting of Federal Parliament in Canberra (items 3607-3645), 1926-1927 (File 61) - Box 11

Correspondence and memorandum concerning general arrangements, presentation of Speaker's Chair, and Inter-Parliamentary Chess Match to celebrate the occasion

Aborigines (items 3646-3701), 1926-1930 (File 62) - Box 11

Roneoed statement, n.d. [after 1925], of Commonwealth Government's policy concerning Aborigines in north and central Australia; photograph of school for Aborigines; speech by Groom on Aborigines and missions to the Aborigines, n.d. [?1930]

Opening of Parliament, (items 3702-3705), February 1929 (File 63) - Box 11

Typescript memorandum concerning procedure, prepared by Governor-General's Military Secretary

Groom's re-election as Speaker (items 3706-3714), February 1929 (File 64) - Box 11

Congratulatory letters

1929 Election (items 3715-4028) (File 65_66a) - Box 11

Correspondence, September – 20 October, 1929 and Correspondence, 21 October 1929 – April 1930

1931 Election (items 4029-4119) (File 67) - Box 11

Correspondence before polling day

1929 Election (items 4120-4394) (File 68_70) - Box 12

Letters, 1931-1932, congratulating Groom on his victory

Groom's joining the Country and National Party of Queensland (items 4395-4423), 1933 (File 71) - Box 12

Correspondence

Federal Election (items 4424-4457), 1934 (File 72) - Box 12

Congratulatory letters on Groom's re-election

Government Publicity Memoranda (items 4458-4677), 1935-1936 (File 73_74) - Box 12

Roneoed memoranda written by the Commonwealth Publicity Officer, Prime Minister's Department, detailing government policy and attacking the Government's critics. These memoranda were distributed to Members of Parliament for information and to the press for publication

Church of England: Miscellaneous correspondence (items 4678-4865), 1901-1935 (File 75_76) - Box 12

Includes occasional enclosures of notes and articles concerning the Church of England and Church life in Australia. Note: There are some letters from Anglican leaders to be found in the subject files of congratulatory correspondence

Church of England Men's Society (items 4866-4937), 1911-1934 (File 77) - Box 12

Correspondence, typescript memoranda and typescript articles

Church of England: Reunion of the Churches (items 4938-4957), 1911-1931 (File 78) - Box 13

Correspondence and roneoed memoranda concerning the work of the Reunion Committee of General Synod and conferences between several Protestant Churches

Church of England in Australia and Tasmania: Constitution (items 4958-5284), 1925-1940 (File 79_85a) - Box 13

Correspondence, drafts of the Constitution, minutes of meetings and press cuttings

Church of England in Canberra (items 5285-5323), 1916-1933 (File 86) - Box 14

Correspondence, typescript and printed memoranda concerning the development of the church, a church school, the C.E.M.S., and the Cathedral Fund

Church of England (items 5324-5388) (File 87) - Box 14

Handwritten notes for speeches and History of the Church

Church of England (items 5389-5426) (File 88) - Box 14

Synod resolutions and notes, typescript and printed memoranda and press cuttings

Covenant of League of Nations (items 5427-5437), 1919 (File 89) - Box 14

Typescript copy of Reuter cable of 19 February 1919 giving the text of the Covenant of the League

League of Nations: memoranda (items 5438-5520), 1919-1931 (File 90-91) - Box 14

Miscellaneous typescript, roneoed and printed memoranda concerning the activities of the League and Codification of International Law; International Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children

Permanent Court of International Justice (items 5521-5634), 1920-1921 (File 92) - Box 14

Correspondence and typescript memorandum concerning the nomination of an Australian judge to sit on the Court of International Justice

First Committee of Fifth Assembly of League of Nations (items 5635-5966), 1924 (File 93_95) - Box 14

Note: Groom was Chairman of this Committee, which dealt with amendments to the Draft Protocol. Correspondence and memoranda of meetings of the fifth Sub-Committee on Arbitration and its Report to the First Committee; including ms notes passed to Groom by delegates during the meetings; and Groom's reports to S.M. Bruce on the official and unofficial negotiations carried out during the Committee's meetings

League of Nations. Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (items 5967-5972), 1924 (File 96) - Box 15

Original typescript copy of the draft of the Protocol as presented to the Assembly of the League of Nations on 1 October, 1924. Typescript copy of an extracts from the Spectator, 5 November 1927. “The Optional Protocol”

Third Committee of the Fifth Assembly of the League of Nations (items 5973-6050), 1924 (File 97) - Box 15

Roneoed memoranda and reports of the work of this Committee and its Sub-Committee

Groom as Chief Australian Delegate to League of Nations, 1924: General (items 6051-6077) (File 98_99) - Box 15

Miscellaneous official correspondence concerning his work at the Fifth Assembly. Press cuttings concerning Groom at the League and also the League's work, 1924-1925

League of Nations (items 6078-6580 - box 15; 6581-7363 - box 16; 7364-7371 - box 17), 1924-1936 (File 100_101) - Box 15-16,17

Correspondence and memoranda of the Australian League of Nations Union 1924-1936 including some correspondence with the British League of Nations Union. Publications of the British League of Nations Union, 1925-1926.

Groom's speeches concerning the League of Nations (items 7372-7684), 1925-? (File 102_103) - Box 17

Includes ms notes, typescript drafts and typescript and printed copies of his letters to the Argus answering criticisms of the League

Legislation relating to Treasury Notes (items 7685-7714) (File 104) - Box 17

Typescript draft giving an outline of legislation relating to Treasury Notes: their issue: the system of working, and the arrangement made with the banks for supply of the same

Memoranda relating to the Senate, 1918, and A Proposal by Dr Earle Page (items 7715-7730) (File 105) - Box 17

Typescript memorandum on the application of the preferential vote to the election of Senators

Queensland (items 7731-7821), 1920-1934 (File 106_106a) - Box 17

Miscellaneous typescript., memoranda and handwritten notes. Correspondence with various Queensland organisations, the Toowoomba Foundry Co., the Council of the Queensland Country Women's Association and other bodies

Tariff Policy (items 7822-7906), 1933-1936 (File 107) - Box 17

Correspondence 1933-1936. Hansard Reports. Typescript memoranda and opinions

Communism (items 7907-7945), 1925 (File 108) - Box 18

Typescript drafts of the constitution of the Communist Party of Australia. Memoranda relating to the Communist Party in Australia and a paper on communism in the Soviet Union

Bruce-Page Government (items 7946-7989), 1923-1928 (File 109) - Box 18

Typescript of speech delivered by S. M. Bruce, Prime Minister, at Perth, 1923. Typescript of paper 'Record of Five Years' Work', 1923-1928

Comments on Acts and Bills (items 7990-8052) (File 110) - Box 18

Typescript comments and opinions on the Immigration Act 1925, the Income Tax Assessment Bill 1925, the Preference to Unionists Bill, Agriculture Bill, legislation on various other issues

Government control of Foreign Companies and Capital (items 8053-8138), 1920-1922 (File 111) - Box 18

Typescript Bills and opinions on legislation relating to foreign companies and capital

Constitutional Convention (items 8139-8224), 1919-1921 (File 112) - Box 18

Handwritten and typescript notes on the Constitution Convention and alteration proposals to the Constitution.

Constitutional Convention (items 8225-8262), 1919-1921 (File 113) - Box 18

Press cuttings

Cotton (items 8263-8293), 1923-1936 (File 114) - Box 18

Correspondence from and about the Queensland Cotton Board. Typescript memoranda on cotton duties and the Queensland cotton industry

Wartime Emergency Legislation (items 8294-8303), 1918-1919 (File 115) - Box 18

Select Committee report on Emergency Legislation, 1918, the Committee Report on Trusts 1919, and a publication, The Empire and the War

War Problems (Legal Questions) Committee (items 8304-8366), 1919 (File 116) - Box 18

Typescript reports on the War Problem (Legal Questions) Committee, the War Precautions Act 1914-1916 by the Department of Defence. Draft of the Moratorium Act 1919

Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act (items 8367-8377), 1919 (File 117) - Box 18

Draft of the Bill for the Act. Typescript report by the Committee on the Interpretation of the term 'Period of the War'

War Precaution Acts (items 8378-8456), 1919 (File 118) - Box 19

Typescript memorandum to Cabinet re War Precautions. Drafts of War Precautions Acts relating specifically to wool, sugar, wheat and airy produce

War Precaution Act and Regulations (items 8457-8567), 1919 (File 119) - Box 19

Typescript memoranda and drafts of bills for acts

Reports and Bills for Acts (items 8568-8602) (File 120) - Box 19

Typescript report of the military situation of Australia. Report commenting on the power of the Commonwealth to enact legislation prohibiting sedition. Draft of a Bill for an Act to amend the Crime Act 1914-1915

Industrial Legislation (items 8603-8668), 1921-1923 (File 121) - Box 19

Reports of the Premier's conferences 1921, 1923. Correspondence with the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures

Conciliation and Arbitration (items 8669-8707), 1914-1922 (File 122) - Box 19

Statements made by Justice Powers, the President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, 1922-1923. Typescript draft of an Industrial Peace Bill, 1917

Conciliation and Arbitration (items 8708-8832), 1924 (File 123) - Box 19

Typescript note in which judicial power is defined. Correspondence from the President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

Conciliation and Arbitration (items 8833-8916), 1925 (File 124) - Box 19

Statements by the President of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, 1925. Suggested amendments to the Act. Typescript memoranda and reports, newspaper clippings

Conciliation and Arbitration (items 8917-8926), 1929 (File 125) - Box 19

Letters from A.M. Stewart, the Industrial Registrar. Reports of award hearings. Typescript list of awards suspended

Imperial Conference (items 8927-8998), 1923-1926 (File 126) - Box 19

Typescript reports and newspaper clippings on the Imperial Conference. Typescript reports on various issues such as the League of Nations, defence, nationally questions etc. which related to the Imperial Conference

Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (items 8999-9004), 1933 (File 127) - Box 19

Typescript and printed material

Dairy Produce and Taxation (items 9005-9065), 1933 (File 128) - Box 20

Correspondence re the dairying industry and the levying of taxes. Typescript address 'c01A Suggested Organisation for a Dairy Research Institute'

Governor-General's Departure through Queensland (items 9066-9158), 1908 (File 129) - Box 20

Letters, telegrams and itineraries to arrange steps and time tables for Lord Northcote's farewell trip through Queensland

Old Age Pensions (items 9159-9176), 1933 (File 130) - Box 20

Correspondence

Seamen's Strike (items 9177-9193), 1919 (File 131) - Box 20

Typescript reports

Federation (items 9194-9208) (File 132) - Box 20

Printed speeches and newspaper cuttings, 1897-1919

Table of Precedence, 1925, and Armistice Day Itinerary (items 9209-9332), 1924 (File 133) - Box 20

Typescript copy of the 1925 Amendment of the Table of Precedence. Typescript copy of the Armistice Day arrangements for the Australian High Commission in London, 1924, and details of the ceremony at the Cenotaph

Parliamentary Papers (items 9333-9338) (File 134) - Box 20

House of Representatives. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day, 9^th May 1927

Commonwealth Railways (items 9339-9352), 1914-1921 (File 135) - Box 20

Correspondence between the Commonwealth and the Queensland Governments

General Correspondence (File 136_137) - Box 20

These letters were received after the itemization of Series 1 where they would normally have been included. A large number of them were written in 1902

Miscellaneous manuscript, typescript and printed speeches, including notes for speeches (File 1_4) - Box 20,21

Typescript notes with cuttings giving details of Groom's career (File 1) - Box 21

Miscellaneous ms notes (File 1) - Box 21

Groom's notebook (File 2) - Box 21

Into which he has copied various criticism, some by others, of policies propounded by the Australian and British Labour Parties; with relevant press cuttings interfiled. There is some reference to the 1912 referendum

Groom's notebook (File 3) - Box 21

Containing his views on arbitration, interstate commerce and navigation and the legal powers of governments; some loose notes, letters, and cuttings are interfiled. There is some reference to the 1912 referendum

PoemsBy various poets: typescript and printed copies (File 4) - Box 21

Historical articles by GroomWritten in 1931: ms and typescript copies (File 5) - Box 21

Miscellaneous typescript and roneod memoranda and notes (File 6_7) - Box 21

Subjects include the honours system in Australia, notes on Sir Frederick Holder, education in Australia, ministerial visit to north Queensland, cattle pests, Australia's finances, irrigation, the Dominion's rights to make treaties, trade and rural industries

Mainly literary matters collected while at Ormond College (File 1_1a) - Box 22

Cuttings [missing], March 1886–April 1887 (File 2) - Box 22

Cuttings [missing], April 1887 (File 3) - Box 22

Cuttings [missing], August 1890 (File 4) - Box 22

Cuttings [missing], 1891–1896 (File 5) - Box 22

Cuttings, 1893 (File 6) - Box 22

Cuttings, 1890–1910 (File 7) - Box 22

Cuttings, January to June 1901 (File 8) - Box 22

Cuttings, July to December 1901 (File 9) - Box 22

Cuttings, 1902 (File 10) - Box 22

Cuttings, 1903 (File 11) - Box 23

Cuttings, January to June 1903 (File 12) - Box 23

Cuttings, July to December 1903 (File 13) - Box 23

Loose cuttings, 1906 (File 14) - Box 23

Cuttings, 26 March 1906 to 27 September 1906 (File 15) - Box 23

Cuttings, 25 May 1909 to 5 July 1909 (File 16) - Box 23

Cuttings, 6 July 1909 to 5 August 1909 (File 17) - Box 23

Cuttings, 31 August 1901 to 23 November 1912 (File 18) - Box 23

Cuttings, 24 June 1908 to July 1909 (File 19) - Box 24

Cuttings, poems, historical accounts, November 1909 to May 1928 (File 20) - Box 24

Poems (File 21) - Box 24

[Title not available], August 1909 to September 1909 (File 22) - Box 24

Loose cuttings many undated, 1909 (File 23) - Box 24

Loose cuttings, 1909–1912 (File 24) - Box 24

Loose cuttings, 1910 (File 25) - Box 24

Loose cuttings, 1911 (File 26) - Box 25

Loose cuttings, 1912–1913 (File 27) - Box 25

Cuttings, January 1913 to November 1913 (File 28) - Box 25

Cuttings, June 1913 to September 1914 (File 29) - Box 25

Cuttings, The Federal Flight, June 1914 (File 30) - Box 25

Loose cuttings, 1914 (File 31) - Box 26

Loose cuttings, 1915–1917 (File 32) - Box 26

[Title not available], January 1915 to May 1917 (File 33) - Box 26

Loose cuttings, 1917–1918 (File 34) - Box 26

[Title not available], 6 June 1917 to June 1919 (File 35) - Box 26

Loose cuttings, 1919 (File 36) - Box 27

[Title not available], 5 November 1919 to 26 April 1920 (File 37) - Box 27

[Title not available], May 1919 to 13 June 1921 (File 38) - Box 27

Loose cuttings, Federal Elections, 1919 (File 39) - Box 27

Visit by Prince of Wales, 1920 (File 40) - Box 27

[Title not available], 6 July 1921 to 17 December 1922 (File 41) - Box 28

Election speeches, 1922 (File 42) - Box 28

Loose cuttings, 1922–1928 (File 43) - Box 28

Loose cuttings, many undated, early 1920s? (File 44) - Box 28

Loose cuttings, many undated, 1920s? (File 45) - Box 28

Loose cuttings, 1924–1926 (File 46) - Box 29

[Title not available], January 1923 to September 1923 (File 47) - Box 29

[Title not available], December 1923 to March 1924 (File 48) - Box 29

Visit of Fleet, March and April 1924 (File 49) - Box 30

[Title not available], May 1924 to May 1925 (File 50) - Box 30

Visit America Fleet, July 1925 (File 51) - Box 30

Visit America Fleet, August 1925 (File 52) - Box 30

Federal Elections, October 1925 (File 53) - Box 31

[Title not available], May 1925 to May 1926 (File 54) - Box 31

[Title not available], May 1926 to August 1926 (File 55) - Box 31

Empire Parliamentary Conference, September and October 1926 (File 56) - Box 32

[Title not available], November 1926 to April 1927 (File 57) - Box 32

Royal Visit to Melbourne, April 1927 (File 58) - Box 32

Cuttings, Opening Parliament Canberra, May 1927 (File 59) - Box 33

Cuttings, mainly Canberra, May to July 1927 (File 60) - Box 33

Cuttings, July 1927 to March 1928 (File 61) - Box 33

Cuttings, February 1928 to October 1928 (File 62) - Box 34

Elections Cuttings [missing], October 1928 to August 1929. (File 63) - Box 34

Cuttings [missing], November 1928 to January 1929 (File 64) - Box 34

Cuttings [missing], February 1929 to September 1929 (File 65) - Box 34,35

Loose cuttings [missing], 1929 (File 66) - Box 34,35

Cuttings [missing], 1929, 1930, 1931 (File 67) - Box 34,35

Loose cuttings, 1930 (File 68) - Box 34,35

Loose cuttings, 1931 (File 69) - Box 34,35

Loose cuttings, December 1931 (File 70) - Box 35

Loose cuttings, 1932 (File 71) - Box 36

Cuttings, July 1932 to November 1935 (File 72) - Box 36

Cuttings, September 1933 to May 1934 (File 73) - Box 36

Loose cuttings, 1933 (File 74) - Box 36

Loose cuttings, 1934 (File 75) - Box 36

Loose cuttings, January to June 1934 (File 76) - Box 36

Loose cuttings, July to December 1934 (File 77) - Box 36

Loose cuttings, July to December 1934 (File 78) - Box 36

Cuttings, July 1934 to July 1935 (File 79) - Box 37

Loose cuttings undated, 1934–1936? (File 80) - Box 37

Loose cuttings, January to June 1935 (File 81) - Box 37

Loose cuttings, January to June 1935 (File 82) - Box 37

Loose cuttings, July to December 1935 (File 83) - Box 37

Loose cuttings, July to December 1935 (File 84) - Box 37

Loose cuttings, January to June 1936 (File 85) - Box 37

Loose cuttings, July to December 1936 (File 86) - Box 38

Loose cuttings, 1936 (File 87) - Box 38

Cuttings, 20 June 1936 to 24 November 1936 (File 88) - Box 38

Loose cutting, 1938 (File 89) - Box 38

Autographs, Bible, Photos, Documents/ House of Representatives (File 1) - Box 38

Souvenirs, Booklets, Christmas Cards, Dinner Seating Plans (File 2) - Box 38

War Telegrams, Pamphlets, Handwritten notes on life of Lady Groom's father, documents relating to Captain James Cook (File 3) - Box 38

Official War Report Releases, Report on Metals and Minerals, Tribute to Justice Lutwyche (File 4) - Box 39

Printed pamphlets from Bank of NSW Youth Book, Australian Statistics etc (File 5) - Box 39

Report to Parliament 1932-33. Tobacco Inquiry, by Attorney-General Reports to Parliament, 1932-33 (File 6) - Box 39

Report of the Tobacco Inquiry Committee. Report by the Attorney-General. Report of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Report of the Commission of Taxation (File 6) - Box 39

Reports to Commonwealth of Australia, 1926-27, 1932-33 (File 7) - Box 39

Bills for Acts, Parliamentary Printed Reports, Broadcasts by J. B. Lyons (File 8) - Box 39

Handbook of Empire Parliamentary Association, National Government Records, Case for South Australia, etc (File 9) - Box 39

Press Releases, Reports dealing with Department of Commerce, Parliamentary Allowances, Pensions, Combined Commonwealth Service Organisations (File 10) - Box 39

Press Releases, Marketing, Commerce, Primary Industries, Beef Export etc (File 11) - Box 39

Memoranda, Banking, Unemployment, Douglas Credit, Pensions, Legislation (File 12) - Box 39

Press Releases Air Transport Services, Tenders for Air Services (File 13) - Box 39

Memoranda and Press Releases Trade and Commerce, Economy, Pensions etc (File 14) - Box 40

Bill for an Act Relating to Companies, 1908 (File 15) - Box 40

Bills, Excise and Duties. Tariff Commission, Memo on Establishment Bureau Agriculture (File 16) - Box 40

Department of External Affairs Current Notes., 15 April 1936 to 15 May 1936 (File 17) - Box 40

Department of External Affairs Current Notes., 1 June 1936 to 1 July 1936 (File 18) - Box 40

Department of External Affairs Current Notes. 1 September 1936. Circular Bank NSW Broadcast by R.G. Watt (File 19) - Box 40

Miscellaneous Papers; Short life history of L.E. Groom (File 20_27) - Box 40,41

Invitations (File 1) - Box 41

Menus (File 2_3) - Box 41,42

Programs (File 4_6) - Box 42

Entree cards (File 7) - Box 42

Miscellaneous (File 8_12) - Box 42