Guide to the Records of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Australia
MS 9381, Acc08.162
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Australia
- Title
- Records of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Australia
- Date Range
- 1946-1998
- Collection Number
- MS 9381, Acc08.162
- Extent
- 0.38 metres (2 boxes, 1 folio item, 1 packet)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The records include newsletters, correspondence papers (including 1946-97 Australian Triennial Conferences) and minute book.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn56148).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], Records of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Australia, National Library of Australia, [class number, box number and series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the Library by the A.C.T. Committee of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in 1998.
Finding Aid Source(s)
Please note: This finding aid may comprise or contain descriptive information provided by donors, researchers and/or volunteers.
Collection Retrieval Advice
Please note: each consignment in this collection has a separate box number sequence (i.e. there may be multiple Box 1s). Please cite the relevant Class number as well as the Box number when requesting retrieval of material from the collection.
Administrative History
The Victoria League was established in 1901 to promote and foster unity between peoples of all parts of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is a non party political and non-sectarian association.
Various branches were formed in all states and Papua New Guinea. The National Committee has now ceased to exist.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 9381. Original consignment
Comprises correspondence, newsletters, triennial conference reports from 1946-1997, minute book of Canberra's National Committee and various state constitutions.
Contained in 2 boxes and 1 folio.
Articles of Association, 1921 (File 2) - Box 1
The League in Northern Territory
The League in Papua New Guinea
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1950-93
History of the League booklet, 1988 and art work (File 6) - Box 1
Constitution of the League for W.A., Victoria, Queensland, N.S.W.
Class Acc08-162. Consignment added 2008
Comprises records of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Canberra, including history; constitution; Young Contingent and its history; minutes and papers of the twenty first Australian triennial conference; 50th and 51st annual reports; and, the 50 year commemoration.
Contained in 1 packet.