Guide to the Papers of Richard W. L. Austin

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MS Acc01.146 and MS Acc03.015

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Collection Summary

Creator
Richard W. L. Austin
Title
Papers of Richard W. L. Austin
Date Range
c.1934-1997
Collection Number
MS Acc01.146 and MS Acc03.015
Extent
5.1 metres (11 cartons + 1 box)
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-vn879382).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 W. L. Austin, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.

Finding Aid Source(s)

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Collection Retrieval Advice

Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there are multiple Box 1's). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.

Item Descriptions

Class MS Acc01.146. Original Consignment

Featuring two of Austin's publications: The tamer of horses: a portrait of Ken Austin (s.d.), and, View from the chair: speeches of Richard W.L. Austin (1997).

Comprises 1 box.

Class MS Acc03.015. Consignment Added 2013

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, handwritten and typescript memoirs, subject files, cuttings, speeches and articles. The subject files relate to Japan, Indonesia, China, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Queensland Art Gallery, the Australian Secret Intelligence Organization (ASIO) and the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS).

Comprises 11 cartons.

Austin's notebook re Indonesian vocabulary (File) - Box 1

Diary/journal: Hong Kong, 1954 (File) - Box 1

Carbons of letters by Austin, mainly CRA but also personal; corres inc Richard Woolcott, Tony Street, Lady Casey, Dick Hughes and Robert Sangster, late 1970s (File) - Box 1

Lever arch box: NGV, press cuttings plus some minutes and reports, early 1980s (File) - Box 1

Lever arch box: Japan; copies of academic papers, press cuttings etc, mid 1980s (File) - Box 1

Three folders of press cuttings relating to Australia (File) - Box 1

Lever arch box: NGV - Asian Art, articles include acquisition recommendations (File) - Box 1

Folder of press cuttings kept by Austin and labelled 'Ideas' (File) - Box 2

Folder of press cuttings labelled 'People' (File) - Box 2

File marked 'Indonesia'; copies of talks, addresses, articles on Indonesia, 1970s (File) - Box 2

Lever arch box with letters (about 200 sheets in all), includes Austin's letters to mother in New Zealand, some describing war conditions in Malaysia, 1934-1942 (File) - Box 2

Letters received by Austin arranged in following files: 1952/56 (inc card from R G Menzies, Daryl Lindsay, Dick Casey, E E Dunlop), 1958/59, 1961, 1962/63, 1964 (Bob Hughes), 1967, 1968/69, 1969, 1970/71, 1972/73, 1952-1973 (File) - Box 2

Folder re Austin role as Chairman of Trustees of Qld Art gallery; mainly on retirement of Austin from position; many thank you letters (including one from Wayne Goss) and photos, c.1955 (File) - Box 3

Folder of press cuttings re Qld Gallery (File) - Box 3

Australian Philippines Business Co-operation Committee (Austin was President); copies of speeches, list of members etc (File) - Box 3

Austin Christmas card list, c.1990 (File) - Box 3

Letters of congratulations to Austin on his appointment as Chairman of Trustees of Qld Art Gallery (File) - Box 3

Qld Gallery: some letters received inc one from Gough Whitlam (File) - Box 3

Japanese Learning Book: Austin's workbook, c.1960s (File) - Box 3

Lever arch file of copies of art related speeches by Austin, 1970s-1980s (File) - Box 3

Two folders re business delagation to China, 1977; copies of corres re organisation, some negs of photographs, 1977 (File) - Box 3

Folder of photographs of others; some private, some press photos, c.1940s-1950s (File) - Box 4

Typescript autobiography/memoir/journal by Austin; 'The Road to Singapore', incl photos, 1940-1942 (File) - Box 4

File of correspondence, CRA; some personal inc corres from Malcolm Fraser, Daryl Lindsay; about 100 letters, 1974-1976 (File) - Box 4

File of letters from Austin to mother written from Singapore, 1960s-1980s (File) - Box 4

Photocopy of typescript of autobiog of Walter Crocker (later published) (File) - Box 4

Carbon re meeting of Australiana Fund, c.1980s (File) - Box 4

Section III and IV of RA autobiography/memoir; about 70 pages each, 1950s-1960s (File) - Box 4

Folder XI of autobiography /journal; photocopy of 1952 journal plus some postcards plus Austin's letter of resignation as Chairman of Trustees of Qld Art Gallery, April 1995, plus formal acceptance, June 1995, from Dean Wells, Minister for Justice and the Arts, c.1995 (File) - Box 5

Folder XII of the autobiog/journal; Hong Kong, photocopy only, 1954 (File) - Box 5

Folder VII: Tokyo, original, 1955 (File) - Box 5

Folder VII: PC print out (File) - Box 5

Journal/autobiog: 'A personal memoir', PC print out (File) - Box 5

Further copies of PC print outs of autobiography (File) - Box 5

Book of press cuttings of book reviews by Austin, 1970s-1990s (File) - Box 5

Folder of Austin's letters from London (marked VI); handwritten, about 100 pages, 1952-1953 (File) - Box 5

Folder containing copies linked by intro by Austin for 'A courtship by correspondence: Ken Austin's letters to Joyce Allen', 1914-1916 (File) - Box 5

Japan misc papers in lever arch file; photocopies, articles, copies of speeches by Austin, c.1979-1981 (File) - Box 6

Letters received by Austin, 1994 (File) - Box 6

Letters received by Austin, 1978-1979 (File) - Box 6

Letters received by Austin, 1973-1974 (File) - Box 6

Letters received by Austin, 1981-1982 (File) - Box 6

Lever arch file re Qld National Gallery; copy of Austin's speeches, 1987-1988 (File) - Box 7

Lever arch file re Qld National Gallery; copy of Austin's speeches; mainly Qld Art Gallery but also other art related, 1991-1995 (File) - Box 7

Box of two folders: ASIO and ASIS; mainly press cuttings but some corres and copies of Govt Bills (File) - Box 7

Letters to Austin; four lever arch files, both personal and professional; about 80 letters, 1987-1989 (File) - Box 8

Lever arch file, speeches by Austin, 1952-1985 (File) - Box 8

File re Austin's various appointments with CRA: contracts, salary details etc (File) - Box 8

Austin's personal file re honours/friends, c.1960s-1990 (File) - Box 8

Diaries/journals of trips: Italy, Spain, 1953 (File) - Box 8

Personal papers/letters inc carbon copies of RA letters, late 1940s (File) - Box 8

Handwritten diary/journal of RA trips round the world; about 150 pages, 1951-1952 (File) - Box 8

Small file re 'Racing' (File) - Box 8

File of press cuttings re reviews of books on POW's in WWII (File) - Box 8

Folder re 'Remarks about Japan': Austin's speeches, talks etc re Japan (File) - Box 8

Folder of cuttings re Japan inc about 40 photographs, c.1950s-1980s (File) - Box 8

Folder relating to Conference on Chinese Language Teaching and its Applications, Griffith Uni (Austin attended), July 1987 (File) - Box 9

Box re Australia-Japan foundation papers/reports, 1984 (File) - Box 9

Folder re CRA; corres re Austin's Corporate Relations role; includes notes of meeting with Jim Cairns (as Deputy PM), 1970s-1980s (File) - Box 9

Lever arch folder re Austin's role with CRA inc notes of meeting with Gough Whitlam, post 75, re request for campaign donation from CRA to ALP (File) - Box 9

Notebooks: Peking, 1978 (File) - Box 10

Austin files CRA, Tokyo, 1978 (File) - Box 10

Another folder re CRA, 1975 (File) - Box 10

Membership list of Society of Collectors of Fine Arts, 1979 (File) - Box 10

Letters re CRA and Japan, 1978 (File) - Box 10

Roneoed copy of Report of CRA Group Mission to People's Republic of China, p.130, 1978 (File) - Box 10

Japan - general (File) - Box 10

CRA file (File) - Box 10

CRA file: Honduras, 1980 (File) - Box 10

CRA Japan, 1978 (File) - Box 10

CRA Corporate Affairs (File) - Box 10

Austin appointment diaries and pocket notebooks (17), 1960s (File) - Box 11

Austin appointment diaries (27), 1970s and 1980s (File) - Box 11

Four expired passport photos of Austin (3) and wife, 1962 (File) - Box 11

Further lot of address books and diaries (File) - Box 11

Lever arch file box of: i. Letters received 1993, mainly thank yous; ii. Letters received 1990-1992, about 80, mainly thank yous plus some private letters; iii. Letters received 1992, mainly thank yous, inc one from Arthur Boyd, 1990-1993 (File) - Box 11


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