Guide to the Papers of Neil Currie

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MS 9547

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Collection Summary

Creator
Sir Neil Currie
Title
Papers of Neil Currie
Date Range
1967-1993
Collection Number
MS 9547
Extent
0.56 metres (4 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-vn795662).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Neil Currie, National Library of Australia, MS 9547, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Provenance

Lady Currie presented her husband's papers to the Library in March 2000.

Three cassettes containing Sir Neil Currie's speeches (1983-94) are housed in the Oral History Section (TRC 4569).

Correspondence, speeches, cuttings, photograph albums and printed material relating to Currie's career as a public servant and diplomat and his membership on the boards of various companies.

The correspondents include Sir Noel Foley, Sir James Balderstone, Gareth Evans, John Kerin, Bill Hayden, Eichiro Tsuji and W.P. Hogan.

Arrangement

The papers were kept in labelled subject files. They have been transferred into folders, but the Library has retained the file titles and the arrangement of papers within the files.

Biographical Note

DateEvent
1926Born 20 August, Mackay, Queensland
1931-39Primary and secondary schools in Canberra
1939-43Wesley College, Perth
1944-45RAAF Trainee pilot
1944-47BA (Econ.) University of Western Australia
1948-59Department of External Affairs
1950-53Australian Mission to the Supreme Commander Allied Powers in Tokyo, later the Australian Embassy
1951Married Geraldine Dexter in Tokyo
1954General Assembly of UN in New York
1956-59Australian Consulate General and Mission to the UN in Geneva
1959-71Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
1967Eisenhower Exchange Fellow
1971-74Secretary Department of Supply
1974-75Secretary Department Manufacturing Industry
1975-82Secretary Department Industry and Commerce
1982Knighthood
1982-86Australian Ambassador to Japan
1986Retired from Public Service
1999Died 30 July, Batemans Bay, NSW

After his retirement from the Public Service, Sir Neil Currie was on numerous boards of management, including: 1986-89 Chairman of Australia Dairy Corporation; 1987-92 Director and Deputy Chairman of Westpac Banking Corporation; 1987-89 Chairman of Advisory Committee of National Science and Technology Centre; 1988-89 Chairman of Howard Smith Ltd; 1988-93 Chairman of Coal and Allied Industries Ltd

Reference: Who's who in Australia 1999, p 464

DateEvent
1926Born 20 August, Mackay, Queensland
1931-39Primary and secondary schools in Canberra
1939-43Wesley College, Perth
1944-45RAAF Trainee pilot
1944-47BA (Econ.) University of Western Australia
1948-59Department of External Affairs
1950-53Australian Mission to the Supreme Commander Allied Powers in Tokyo, later the Australian Embassy
1951Married Geraldine Dexter in Tokyo
1954General Assembly of UN in New York
1956-59Australian Consulate General and Mission to the UN in Geneva
1959-71Deputy Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry
1967Eisenhower Exchange Fellow
1971-74Secretary Department of Supply
1974-75Secretary Department Manufacturing Industry
1975-82Secretary Department Industry and Commerce
1982Knighthood
1982-86Australian Ambassador to Japan
1986Retired from Public Service
1999Died 30 July, Batemans Bay, NSW

Item Descriptions

Agriculture: includes a copy of 'Australian submission to Japanese Agricultural Policy Review' (n.d) (File 1) - Box 1

Australian Dairy Corporation: correspondence, 1986-90 (File 2) - Box 1

Australian Japan Foundation: includes correspondence and annual reports, 1986-95 (File 3) - Box 1

Australia/Japan relations: includes copy of 'The Australia-Japan friendship and co-operation: an Australian perspective' by Gary Woodard, copies of Australia Japan Economic Institute's Economic bulletins and cuttings, 1985-90 (File 4-5) - Box 1

Coal Allied Industries Ltd.: includes copy of Currie's address 23 Nov. 1992 and other printed material (File 6) - Box 1

Cultural topics: cuttings and printed material, 1985-86 (File 7) - Box 1

Defence: includes cuttings, IJH Bulletin and other printed material, 1984-90 (File 8) - Box 1

Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships: includes correspondence and roneoed material, 1967-76 (File 9-10) - Box 2

Historical: includes copies of The Asiatic Society of Japan and notes, 1978-86 (File 11) - Box 2

Howard Smith Ltd.: copy of the Chairman's address, 1990 (File 12) - Box 2

Interview with Sir Neil Currie. For his biography of John McEwen, Peter Golding interviewed Currie in 1992. The file includes transcript of the interview and correspondence, 1992-93 (File 13) - Box 2

Japan - Economy: includes cuttings and printed material, 1991-94 (File 14) - Box 2

Japan's role: cuttings and printed material, 1984-85 (File 15) - Box 2

Mitsui Education Foundation: correspondence and photographs, 1991-95 (File 16) - Box 3

Occupation [of Japan in 1940s], 1985-86. The papers (include cuttings and printed material) deal with Japanese relations with Australia (File 17) - Box 3

Personal documents: photocopies of knighthood investiture, commission and accreditation, 1982 (File 18) - Box 3

Personal file: includes CV, biographical note, passport photos and cuttings, 1959-91 (File 19) - Box 3

Notes and copy of Currie's 'Report on the investment relationship between Australia and Japan', 1986. Currie was engaged as a consultant by the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce on a fact-finding visit to Japan (File 20) - Box 3

Speeches, 1982-86. Include speeches given at Japan Press Club (in Tokyo), Research and Exploration Centre for International Affairs and Japan-Australia Research Committee (File 21) - Box 3

Visit of Australian Delegation to USSR to attend the Third Session of the Mixed Commission: album of photographs, Nov - Dec 1976 (File 22) - Box 3

Westpac Banking Corporation: correspondence with Sir Noel Foley, 1987 (File 23) - Box 4

Westpac Banking Corporation: correspondence and cuttings relating to the resignation of Currie (as Deputy Chairman of the Bank of New South Wales when it became the Westpac Banking Corporation), 1992-95 (File 24) - Box 4

Miscellaneous: album 'Dedication of Tidbinbilla 64 metre antenna', 1973 (File 25) - Box 4

Typescript copy of unpublished novel 'Bridges' (Added 23 July 2001) (File 26) - Box 4


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