MS 2819
National Library of Australia
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Collection Summary
- Creator
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Ralph Gore
- Title
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Papers of Ralph Gore
- Date Range
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1930-1964
- Collection Number
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MS 2819
- Extent
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1.4 metres (10 boxes)
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Content
The papers comprise correspondence with the Administrator, Government House, Port Moresby; business correspondence; prisoner applications for early release; Appeal Board papers; legal reports; transcripts of criminal and civil cases; Territory of Papua Annual report for 1929-30; a typescript by Paul Quinlivan on colonialism and ownership of land in New Guinea and other papers relating mainly to trials heard by Gore in Papua and Papua New Guinea.
Note Boxes 2-10 include manuscript volumes inscribed with the spine titles, 'Circuit criminals,' 'PM criminal,' and, 'Telefomin trials,' 1948-62. The volumes contain transcripts of criminal and civil cases.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn77616).
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Ralph Gore, National Library of Australia, MS 2819, [series/file/item number]'.
Provenance
The papers were donated to the Library by Gore's widow in 1969.
Bibliography
Gore's autobiography, Justice versus sorcery was published in 1965.
Biographical Note
Ralph Thomas Gore was born in Glen Innes, NSW, on 4 October 1888. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and was called to the Queensland Bar in 1915. He was Associate to Sir Samuel Griffith in 1915-16 and then served in the AIF. He practised at the Queensland Bar in 1919-24 and became Crown Law Officer in Papua in 1924. He was Judge of the Supreme Court of Papua 1928-42 and Judge of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea 1945-62. He died in 1968.
Item Descriptions
Correspondence from Gore to Donald M. Cleland, the Administrator, Government House, Port Moresby, mostly relating to the cases of prisoners Gore tried, 1953-58. Letter to Gore, 1943 relating to his inclusion in Biographical encyclopedia of the world. Correspondence relating to prisoners interviewed by Gore, 1960 (File 1) - Box 1
Business correspondence addressed to Gore and papers relating to legal problems and judgements of trials heard by Gore, 1946-61 (File 2) - Box 1
Copy of Territory of Papua Annual report, 1929-30. Contains a report on crime written by Gore (File 3) - Box 1
Judgements, statements, summaries and other papers relating to judgements of trials heard by Gore, 1949-61 (File 4) - Box 1
Judgements and other papers relating to appeals heard by Gore, 1941-64 (File 5) - Box 1
Sentences of recorded death penalty: recommendations to the Administrator, Government House. Manuscripts and typescripts dealing with applications of law in Papua New Guinea, 1952-61 (File 6) - Box 1
Correspondence with the Administrators Colonel J.K. Murray and Donald M. Cleland, 1945-54 (File 7) - Box 1
Details of cases heard by Gore, some correspondence to the Administrator and some manuscripts of the judge's summing up and instructions to jury, 1948-61 (File 8) - Box 1
Typescript by Paul Quinlivan on colonialism and ownership of land in New Guinea inscribed and dated 1964 (File 9) - Box 1
Civil 2-7, 6 June 1949-21 April 1960 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 2
Civil 8, 21 April 1961-1 Mar. 1962 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Circuit criminal, 9 July 1948-28 Aug 1952 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 3
Circuit criminal, 28 Aug 1952-13 May 1957 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 4
Circuit criminal, 14 May 1957-15 Sept 1960 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 5
Circuit criminal, 21 Mar 1960-30 Mar 1961 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 6
Port Moresby criminal, 9 Dec 1947-25 June 1948 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 6
Port Moresby criminal, 12 Mar 1948-25 June 1953 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 7
Port Moresby criminal, 26 June 1953-26 June 1958 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 8
Port Moresby criminal, 26 June 1958-31 Aug 1961 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 9
TelefominTrials Books A-B, July-Aug 1954 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 9
Telefomin Trials Book C Aug 1954 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 10
Territory of Papua Outline of procedure before magistrates in criminal jurisdiction 1930 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 10
The economic development of Papua and New Guinea: address by the Minister of State for Territories The Hon Paul Hasluck, 1961 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 10
Papua and New Guinea law reports, 1964 (File [unnumbered]) - Box 10
Revised Motu grammar and vocabulary by Rev. R. Lister-Turner and Rev. J. B Clark n.d. (File [unnumbered]) - Box 10