Guide to the Papers of Robert Archdale Parkhill
MS 4742
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Robert Archdale Parkhill
- Title
- Papers of Robert Archdale Parkhill
- Date Range
- 1904-1947
- Collection Number
- MS 4742
- Extent
- 0.2 metres (1 box, 4 folio items)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, Parkhill published speeches and four albums of newspaper cuttings.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1237364).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Robert Archdale Parkhill, National Library of Australia, MS 4742, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The papers of Robert Parkhill were acquired from the Parkhill family in 1973.
Biographical Note
In 1904 Parkhill began his long career on the organisational side of non-labor politics when he was appointed Secretary of the Liberal and Reform Association of New South Wales. He directed 19 Federal and State election and referendum campaigns in New South Wales from 1904 to 1928. In 1927 he entered the Federal Parliament as the Member for Waringah. He held a number of portfolios in the government of J.A. Lyons, including Minister of Defence (1934-1937). He was defeated at the 1937 election and did not return to public life.
Item Descriptions
Correspondence, 1904 - 1935 (File 1) - Box 1
The correspondents include Alfred Deakin, Joseph Carruthers and John Lawson
Four photographs (File 3) - Box 1
Including a photograph of Parkhill as a young man and group photographs of the Lyons Ministry, c.1932 - 1934
Photographs of Parkhill (File 4) - Box 1
Including one black and white photograph and one which was transmitted by picturegram on 31 January 1933.