Guide to the Papers of Jack H. Kelly

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Collection Summary

Creator
J. H. Kelly
Title
Papers of Jack H. Kelly
Date Range
1924 - 1984
Collection Number
MS 8083
Extent
9.9 metres (66 ms boxes + 10 sound/av carriers)
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Special Collections (Manuscripts)

Introduction

Scope and Contents

MS 8083 includes material about Kelly's farm in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, War Service Land Settlement Scheme, 1945-1947, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1948-1960, and the Beef Roads Scheme, 1961-1964; also photographs, newspaper cuttings, articles, interviews and Kelly's writings on his life. Several series cover published and unpublished works on all aspects of his careers. Research material for unfinished works is also included. Although described as the political father of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, very few papers are available to record his interest and involvement in this scheme (66 boxes).

Conditions Governing Access

Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3036197).

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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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], MS 8083, National Library of Australia, Papers of Jack H. Kelly, MS 8083, [series and/or file number]'.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The first consignment of these papers was received by the Library in 1972, and was originally accessioned at MS 3039. This consisted of a 1966 lecture and a research proposal.

The second consignment was deposited in the ANU Archives of Business and Labour in 1968 while Kelly was attached to the ANU Department of Economic History. It was transferred to the National Library's custody in 1990. The ANU's deposit number was P49.

The third consignment was received after Kelly's death in 1983 and included many papers previously removed by Kelly from the ANU Archives for further use.

This guide now incorporates all consignments of Kelly's papers.

Arrangement

Arrangement

The papers have for the most part been stored in Kelly's original file covers, and file titles are mostly his own. Item numbers refer to files, volumes, folders, or tapes, according to the nature of the series.

In some cases, Kelly had drawn together material from diverse origins to form resource material for his proposed publications; this material has been left in the order in which Kelly had kept it (Series 30-32). Notes indicate where related material is to be found.

Bibliography

1952: Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia.

1958: Beef Industry Studies in Northern Australia: Economic Survey of Queensland's Gulf Region.

1959: The Beef Cattle Industry in the Leichhardt-Gilbert Region of Queensland: An Economic Survey.

1966: The Struggle for the North.

1966-67: Human rights for aborigines: a prerequisite for northern development.

1967: Northern Australia's Beef Cattle Economy: A Major Field Study in 1967.

1971: Beef in Northern Australia.

Works in progress at time of death included: 'Down to Earth: Rural Reconstruction in New South Wales'; 'World War II Rehabilitation of Ex-Servicemen: War Service Land Settlement Scheme: Anatomy of Investigation'; and 'Cattlemen of the North'.

Item Descriptions

Class MS 8083. Original Consignment

Series 1. Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

After his war service with the Australian Imperial Force, Kelly took up a farm in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, where he grew rice. Very few papers record the part he played in changing the original settlement scheme. Its success was endangered by the uneconomic size of the allocated holdings. See Series 21 for Kelly's account of this period, which influenced his participation in the land settlement scheme after the Second World War.

'Non-Irrigable Purchase No. 8, various papers re T. Darchy power of attorney' [Kelly's file title]: includes agreements, correspondence and accounts re water supply and rice-growing on Kelly's property, 1936-50 (File 1) - Box 1
Farm 1175 [Kelly's farm at Mirrool]: personal and farm papers, including valuation, mortgage, personal letters of reference, application for commission in RAAF, 1924-51 (File 2) - Box 1
Personal papers, 1929-61 [bulk 1938-40] (File 3) - Box 1

Series 2. War Service Land Settlement Scheme

In 1943, Kelly prepared a report for Eastern Command Headquarters on possible postwar land settlement schemes. After his discharge from the Army, Kelly worked for the War Service Land Settlement Scheme, from New Year 1945 to December 1947, where he was responsible for the inspection of properties throughout Australia for potential land settlement of ex-servicemen, under the direction of J.G. (later Sir John) Crawford. See 11/27 for a brief account of this period by Kelly, and Series 27 for a full history by him. See 11/20 for other WSLS papers from 1945.

E.S. Clayton, Report on Mallee Investigation, NSW Department of Agriculture, 1930 (File 1) - Box 1
Land Settlement Board, New Zealand: memoranda and circulars re settlement of ex-servicemen, 1943-45 (File 2) - Box 1
Lists of Witnesses to Rural Reconstruction Commission, 1943 (File 3) - Box 1
Rural Reconstruction Commission, Index to Evidence, manuscript notes, n.d (File 4) - Box 1
Interdepartmental Committee, 1945 (File 5) - Box 1
Land Settlement of Servicemen, Conference of Commonwealth and State Officers, February 1945 (File 6) - Box 1
Land Settlement of Servicemen, Principal States: general, 1945 (File 7) - Box 1
Land Settlement of Servicemen, all states: general, n.d (File 8) - Box 1
Ex-Service Settlement: draftagreements, agenda, etc, 1945 (File 9) - Box 1
Land Settlement, Summaries of Post-War Proposals, ca, 1945 (File 10) - Box 2
Land Settlement of Servicemen, Agent States: general, 1945 (File 11) - Box 2
Investigation - Farm Size, 1945-46 (File 12) - Box 2
Post-War Reconstruction: notes and memoranda - early material, 1945-46 (File 13) - Box 2
Investigation of Proposals, 1946 (File 14) - Box 2
Investigation of Proposals, New South Wales, 1945-47 (File 15) - Box 2
South West Proposals, New South Wales, 1946-47 (File 16) - Box 3
Investigation of Proposals, Queensland, 1945 (File 17) - Box 3
Investigation of Proposals, South Australia, 1945 (File 18) - Box 3
South Australia Department of Lands, Reports on South East District, 1946 (File 19) - Box 3
Investigation of Proposals, Tasmania, 1945-46 (File 20) - Box 3
Investigation of Proposals, Victoria, 1944-46 (File 21) - Box 4
Investigation of Proposals, West Australia, 1945-46 (File 22) - Box 4
Investigation of Proposals, various districts, 1946 (File 23) - Box 4
Current matters, 1946 (File 24) - Box 4
Miscellaneous papers, 1946-48 (File 25) - Box 4
Edgeroi Report and Others: memoranda and reports, 1947 (File 26) - Box 5
War Service Land Settlement - NSW Proposal: memoranda by J.H. Kelly, 1947 (File 27) - Box 5
Correspondence, reports, 1946-48; includes some later material, footnotes to 273 pp document [post-1976] (File 28) - Box 5
War Service Land Settlement, Northern Territory: report and correspondence, 1948-49; 'War Service Land Settlement in the Northern Territory', draft typescript, n.d (File 29) - Box 5

Series 3. Northern Australia Development Committee, 1945-48

The Northern Australia Development Committee, with members from the Commonwealth, Western Australian and Queensland governments, was established in 1945 to promote the development of Northern Australia. At its penultimate meeting in 1947, the NADC recommended the taking of an economic survey of the cattle industry in Northern Australia. See 11/27 for a brief account of this period by Kelly, and Series 23 for a full history.

Miscellaneous papers, 1945-49 (File 1) - Box 6
Report on the Development of Northern Australia 1946-1947, Vol. 1 (File 2) - Box 6
Report on the Development of Northern Australia 1946-1947, Vol. 2 (File 3) - Box 6
'Fred Rose's research', 15 folders, 1945-52. [See also 10/7] (File 4) - Box 7
Reports and minutes, file of Fred Rose, 1947-49 (File 5) - Box 7
Submission for Work and Undertakings to Improve Quantity and Quality of Beef Exported through Wyndham ('W.A. Submission, 1948') (File 6) - Box 7

Series 4. Bureau of Agricultural Economics:Correspondence, Files, Reports

The survey recommended by the NADC was entrusted to Kelly by J.G. (later Sir John) Crawford, Director of the BAE. Kelly worked on economic surveys of the cattle industry in Northern Australia from April 1948 until his retirement in 1960. He presented major reports in 1950, 1952, and 1959. See 11/27 for a brief account of this period by Kelly, and Series 28 for a full history.

Report on Transport of Beef in the West Kimberleys, December 1947, 39 pp (File 1) - Box 8
J.H. Kelly, 'Investigation of Stock Losses in Northern Australia: Interim Report', 1948 (File 2) - Box 8
Northern Australia Cattle Survey, Northern Territory Samples, 1948 (File 3) - Box 8
Regional Land Use Study: Reconnaissance Survey of the NSW North-West (Namoi) Region, by J.H. Kelly and W.D. Hardy, 1948 (File 4) - Box 8
Regional Land Use Study: Reconnaissance Survey of the NSW North-West (Namoi) Region, by J.H. Kelly and W.D. Hardy: manuscript and typescript draft, 1948 (File 5) - Box 9
Regional Land Use Study: Reconnaissance Survey of the NSW North-West (Namoi) Region, by J.H. Kelly and W.D. Hardy: draft, notes correspondence, 1948 (File 6) - Box 9
Regional Land Use Study: Reconnaissance Survey of the NSW North-West (Namoi) Region, by J.H. Kelly and W.D. Hardy: report, 2 April 1948 (File 7) - Box 9
Papers on the Aerial Transport of Beef, 1948-56 (File 8) - Box 9
Northern Australia Cattle and Land Statistics, 1948-63 (File 9) - Box 9
Miscellaneous, 1949-57 (File 10) - Box 9
Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland: typescript responses, 1950 (File 11) - Box 10
Region B3-F, Assessments, 1950. [P49/J] (File 12) - Box 10
The State-Commonwealth Kimberleys Development Committee, Development of the Kimberleys, draft, September 1951 (File 13) - Box 10
The State-Commonwealth Kimberleys Development Committee, Development of the Kimberleys, draft with inserts, September 1951 (File 14) - Box 10
The State-Commonwealth Kimberleys Development Committee, Development of the Kimberleys, 1 November 1951; Comments on the Report, 1951 (File 15) - Box 10
Northern Territory Pastoral Leases and Grazing Licences, 1951. Northern Australia Cattle Population and Turnoff, 1956 (File 16) - Box 10
Economic Utilisation of the Beef Production Potential of Northern Australia: Kimberleys (WA) - NT - QLD: draft, April 1950 (File 17) - Box 11
Transport: draft, n.d (File 17) - Box 11
Northern Australia, various papers, 1951-53 (File 18) - Box 11
Material for Cattle Survey Report, including submissions on Northern Australia Authority, 1951-52 (File 19) - Box 11
Cattle Survey, 1952-53 (File 20) - Box 11
J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia, BAE, January 1950. [See also 30/7] (File 21) - Box 12
'Economic Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia': typescript, n.d (File 22) - Box 12
J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia, BAE, unabridged draft, September 1952: Copy No. 1. [See also 30/8-9] (File 23) - Box 12
J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia, BAE, unabridged draft, September 1952: Copy No. 4, annotated (File 24) - Box 12
J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia, BAE, November 1952 (File 25) - Box 13
J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia, BAE, November 1952 (File 26) - Box 13
Beef Cattle Survey NSW, 1953 (File 27) - Box 13
Bass Strait Islands Investigations: King Island 1953: including report by J.H. Kelly on the Tasmanian Government Proposal for the Establishment of Abattoirs on King Island (File 28) - Box 13
Proposal for transport of beef by rotor-ship: correspondence, 1953-54 (File 29) - Box 13
Miscellaneous notes and correspondence, 1954-60 (File 30) - Box 13
Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region: responses to survey questions, 1954 (File 31) - Box 14
Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region, Key to Report: typescript of responses, 1954 (File 32) - Box 14
Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region, typescript responses, 1954 (File 33) - Box 14
Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region: investigator's comments, 1954 (File 34) - Box 14
Station Surveys - Northern Australia: Ord-Victoria Region including Victoria River Downs, ca, 1954 (File 35) - Box 14
'The Beef Industry in Northern Australia', typescript, first draft, ca, 1954 (File 36) - Box 14
Northern Australia Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region, 1955 (File 37) - Box 14
'Beef Industry of Australia': three drafts of report, ca, 1956 (File 38) - Box 15
NSW Beef Cattle Survey, Region C (Riverina), 1956 (File 39) - Box 15
'Australian Beef Production - Integration of Breeding and Fattening Resources', drafts, 1956; 'Queensland - The Beef State', drafts, 1956 (File 40) - Box 15
'Beef Industry of Australia', Reconnaissance Survey of the Queensland Gulf Region: draft chapters, ca, 1956 (File 41) - Box 15
'Beef Industry of Australia': notes, draft report, correspondence, 1956-58 (File 42) - Box 16
Reconnaissance Studies: drafts of various reports, 1956 (File 43) - Box 16
Gulf Peninsula Survey: correspondence, notes and draft report, 1957 (File 44) - Box 16
Department of Agriculture and Stock, Survey of Beef Cattle Industry, blank questionnaire, 1958 (File 45) - Box 16
J.H. Kelly, Beef Industry Studies in Northern Australia: Economic Survey of Queensland's Gulf Region, BAE, September 1958: master copy. [See also 30/12] (File 46) - Box 16
Beef Industry Report: Movement of Cattle in Northern Australia: correspondence and reports, ca, 1958-61 (File 47) - Box 17
Northern Australia Beef Cattle Survey, Queensland Gulf Region, Comments: correspondence, 1958-59 (File 48) - Box 17
J.H. Kelly, The Beef-Cattle Industry in the Leichhardt-Gilbert Region of Queensland: An Economic Survey, Canberra: BAE, April 1959 (File 49) - Box 17
Beef Industry in Australia: manuscript and typescript notes and references, ca, 1963 (File 50) - Box 17
Cold Storage Capacity of Export Meatworks, Bacon Factories and Cold Stores, 2 pp., n.d (File 51) - Box 17
Economic Survey of the Northern Territory Beef Cattle Industry 1959/60-1964/65, blank questionnaires:General Schedule, Physical Improvements, Taxation Information Schedule (File 52) - Box 17
Budgets, 1948-58 (File 53) - Box 18
Budget material, 1960s (File 54) - Box 18

Series 5. Bureau of Agricultural Economics: General/Personal Files - Box 18

A series of files kept by Kelly during his period at the BAE, containing correspondence, minutes and reports; most correspondence is with members of the BAE, such as J.G. Crawford and R.A. Patterson.

General/Personal File, 1948-March 1951 (File 1) - Box 18
General/Personal File, up to, 1954 (File 2) - Box 19
General/Personal File, 1956 (File 3) - Box 19
General/Personal File, 1957 (File 4) - Box 19
General/Personal File, 1958 (File 5) - Box 19
General/Personal File, 1959 (File 6) - Box 19
General/Personal File, 1959-60 (File 7) - Box 20
General/Personal File, June 1961-February 1962 (File 8) - Box 20

Series 6. Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Diaries - Box 20

Other diaries were stored by Kelly amongst his research material for his autobiography, and will be found at 30/2-4.

April-November 1948 (a detailed account of Kelly's first survey trip of the Northern Territory) (File 1) - Box 20

Series 7. Notebooks and Fieldbooks

Notebooks containing diaries, rough notes on surveys, copies of telegrams, and research notes, for the War Service Land Settlement Scheme, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and private purposes. Each number represents one volume.

Land Settlement of Servicemen, Interdepartmental Committee, Rough Notes of Minutes, 1945 (File 1) - Box 21
Notes on Goulburn, Crookwell, Berriquin, Wakool, Tulla, Murray Valley (VIC), also first Northern NSW tour, 1945. [See also 27/1] (File 2) - Box 21
NSW No. 2, October 1945 (File 3) - Box 21
War Service Land Settlement Investigations, Victoria, December 1945 (File 4) - Box 21
NSW War Service Land Settlement Inspections, 1946 (File 5-13) - Box 21
NSW Western Division N/W 1 to 11, 1946 (File 14) - Box 21
NSW: Glenrock, Tulla, Cunninyeuk , Notes of discussions, 1947 (File 15) - Box 21
NSW War Service Land Settlement Inspections, 1947 (File 16-17) - Box 21
Untitled, 1947 (File 18-20) - Box 21
South Australia: South east, Wanilla, Kangaroo Island, n.d (File 21) - Box 21
South Australia, Murray River Irrigated Areas, Record of Visits by J.G. Crawford and J.H. Kelly, n.d (File 22) - Box 21
1948, No. 1 (File 23) - Box 21
1948, No. 2 (File 24) - Box 21
1948, No. 2A, Limbunya, Diary Recordings (File 25) - Box 21
1948, No. 3 (File 26) - Box 21
NSW North West, Survey by Kelly and Hardie, Notes, 1948 (File 27) - Box 22
Telegram Book, 1948 (File 28) - Box 22
Field Petrol Order Book, 1948 (File 29) - Box 22
Notes of Meeting, Lambert and Kelly, Cattle Committee of WA Pastoralists Association, Perth, 14 December 1948 (File 30) - Box 22
1949 No. 1, Macumba, Alice Springs, Kimberleys (File 31) - Box 1
1949 No. 2, Kimberleys (File 32) - Box 22
1949, No. 3, Channel Country, Hidden Valley (File 33) - Box 22
NSW North East Cattle Survey, 1952-53 (File 34) - Box 22
King Island projects, 1953 (File 35) - Box 22
NSW Beef cattle Survey, 1953 (File 36) - Box 23
1954, No. 1 (File 37) - Box 22
Gulf Region Field Book, July-September 1954 (File 38) - Box 23
1954, No. 3, North Queensland Cattle Survey (File 39) - Box 22
Gulf Region Field Book, Sept-Oct 1954 (File 40) - Box 23
1955 (File 41) - Box 22
Telegram Book, 1957 (File 42) - Box 22
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area No. 1, 1957 (File 43) - Box 22
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area No. 2, 1957 (File 44) - Box 22
Wakool and some Berriquin, 1957 (File 45) - Box 22
Berriquin, 1957 (File 46) - Box 22
Jack Quirk Notes, North Kimberleys, Channel Country, and others, 1960 (File 47) - Box 23
Anna Plains, Oobagooma, and others, 1960 (File 48) - Box 23
Notes, ca 1967 (File 49) - Box 23
Eastern Queensland, Coastal Hinterland, May-June 1968 (File 50) - Box 22
Brigalow, 1968 (File 51) - Box 22
No. 1, 1967; No. 2, 1969 (File 52) - Box 23
No. 2, September-October 1969, Viewing of Lakelands (File 53) - Box 23
Rural Reconstruction, Dubbo to Humula, 1972 (File 54) - Box 23
Western Division Field Samples, 1972 (File 55) - Box 23
Western Division Serial Nos. 11-18, 1972 (File 56) - Box 23
Notes, 1972 (File 57) - Box 22
Notes, 1972-7 (File 58) - Box 22
Notes, 1980 (File 59) - Box 22
Notes, 1983 (File 60) - Box 22

Series 8. Memoranda Books

Memoranda books containing carbon copies of manuscript minutes, letters and reports to the BAE by Kelly during his survey trips. Each number represents one volume.

1948 (File 1) - Box 24
April-July 1949 (File 2) - Box 24
August-November 1949 (File 3) - Box 24
1950 (File 4) - Box 24
1951 (File 5) - Box 24
March-October 1954 (File 6) - Box 24
June-September 1954 (File 7) - Box 24
September 1954 - October 1955 (File 8) - Box 24
Fortnightly Reports, Gulf Region Survey, 1955 (File 9) - Box 24

Series 9. Beef Roads Scheme, 1961-64

After his retirement from the BAE, Kelly undertook a private survey with the intention of becoming a consultant. However, late in 1960 he was invited to return to the BAE in order to evaluate proposals for road construction under the Beef Roads Scheme in Northern Australia. These thin files contain calculations, correspondence, and reports.

Permanent Heads Committee; Development in relation to Beef Production and Export (File 1) - Box 25
Original workings (File 2) - Box 25
Original workings: Kimberleys (File 3) - Box 25
Original workings: Queensland Gulf Country (File 4) - Box 25
Katherine Beef Road Investigations (File 5) - Box 25
Original workings: Northern Territory (File 6) - Box 25
(a) Mataranka - Elsey - Roper Valley (File 7) - Box 25
Original workings: Queensland Channel Country (File 8) - Box 25
Road Systems A-F (File 9) - Box 25
(g) Anthony's Lagoon - Borroloola (File 10) - Box 25
Channel Country 1949 Road Transport Survey (File 11) - Box 25
(a) Wave Hill - Limbunya - Inverway - WA Border (File 12) - Box 25
(b) Kulgera - Finke (File 13) - Box 25
(c) Stuart Highway - Woodgreen - Ammaroo (File 14) - Box 25
(d) Georgina Downs - Austral Downs - Queensland Border (File 15) - Box 25
Key and Developmental Roads (File 16) - Box 25
Gulf Region Survey Analysis (File 17) - Box 25

Series 10. Northern Australia's beef cattle economy: a major field study in 1967

In 1967, Kelly received a grant administered by the Australian National University, and began a research project under the aegis of the Research School of Social Sciences. Correspondence deals with the obtaining of the grant, and the organisation of the project with both farmers and industry leaders.

Completed survey schedule, 1960 (File 1) - Box 25
Interviewing schedule (blank) (File 2) - Box 25
Nine completed Interviewing Schedules, 1967 (File 3) - Box 25
Draft outline of report 'Northern Australia's Beef Cattle Economy' (File 4) - Box 26
Correspondence with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 1966-67 (File 5) - Box 26
Correspondence and itineraries, 1967 (File 6) - Box 26
Correspondence, 1967-68 (File 7) - Box 26
Correspondence, 1967-68. Includes Interim Archives Agreement with Australian National University, 1968 (File 8) - Box 26

Series 11. Lectures, Articles and Interviews

J.H. Kelly, Various addresses, 1950-57 (File 1) - Box 26
J.H. Kelly, 'Beef from the North', National Development 1 (October 1952), 28-33 (File 2) - Box 26
'Expansion could mean 50,000 cattle for M.I.A. and boost of sheep numbers to one million', Farmers' Newsletter, September 1953, 2-3 (File 3) - Box 26
J.H. Kelly, 'Movement of cattle in Northern Australia: problems of the remote areas', AGROS (Magazine of the Melbourne University Agricultural Students Society), 1959, 13-15, 69-71 (File 4) - Box 26
J.H. Kelly, article on development of Northern Australia, n.d. [late 1950s?] (File 5) - Box 26
H. Hirst, 'Kimberley Research Station and the development of the Ord River Valley in Western Australia', 16 May 1960 (File 6) - Box 26
J.H. Kelly, 'Problems of transporting beef cattle in Northern Australia', Australian Society of Animal Production NSW Branch, 22 March 1961. (File 7) - Box 26
J.H. Kelly, 'Beef cattle resources and transport needs in Northern Australia', The Proceedings of a Symposium on Beef Production, Australian Society of Animal Production, 1961 (File 8) - Box 26
Papers by J.H. Kelly: (File 9) - Box 26

'Property investment opportunities in the beef industry of Australia', Canberra, 21 May 1961.

'Beef potential in North-Western Queensland', [ca 1961?].

'Northern Australia's beef cattle economy: a major field study in 1967', Adelaide University, 30 August 1967.

'Northern Australia's beef economy: twenty years of research and investigation', Work-in-Progress Seminar, Australian National University, 8 December 1967.

'Australian beef potential: role of Townsville lucerne in Northern Development', Brisbane, 20 May 1968.

R.A. Patterson, 'Economic aspects of transport co-ordination in Northern Australia', Australian Agricultural Economics Society, Melbourne, 1962 (File 10) - Box 27
Symposium Material, Kimberleys, 1963 (File 11) - Box 27
J.H. Kelly, 'The transport of cattle in Northern Australia', The Australian Quarterly XXXV/2 (June 1963), 16-31 (File 12) - Box 27
J.H. Kelly, 'Town and country: Northern Australia potential', ABN Channel 2 interview, 6 August 1963 (File 13) - Box 27
J.H. Kelly, Broadcast interview, 1964: transcript, 8 pp (File 14) - Box 27
R.A. Patterson, 'The new role of government in Northern Australia', Australian Agricultural Economics Society, Perth, 10-12 February 1965 (File 15) - Box 27
R.A. Patterson, 'Positive action for development of Australia's Northern Resources', Symposium on the Development of Northern Australia, Sydney, 15 February 1965 (File 16) - Box 27
J.H. Kelly, 'The captive North', ANU, sponsored by the Capricornia Society, 9 May 1966 (File 17) - Box 27
J.H. Kelly, 'The beef industry in Northern Australia', Australian Aerial Agricultural Association, Sydney, 10-11 November 1966 (File 18) - Box 27
J.H. Kelly, 'Beef roads in the North', Australian Territories 8/2 (April 1968), 16-23 (File 19) - Box 27
Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University: papers on the Work-in-Progress series, including: (File 20) - Box 27

Kyra Suthern, 'Imperialism and William Cooper in the nineteenth and early twentieth century', 24 May 1968.

R.W. Archer, 'Sydney central business district redevelopment: the prospect for the Southern sector', n.d.

N.G. Cassidy, 'A new means for the mitigation of drought in the pastoral areas of Australia', 3 pp, ca 1968 (File 21) - Box 27
M.A. Jones, 'Housing policy as part of a welfare policy', ANU, 7 June 1968 (File 22) - Box 27
J.H. Kelly, 'Role of Aborigines in the development of the cattle industry in the Northern Territory' (Aborigine Co-operative Summer School, Jan-Feb 1971): correspondence and notes, 1970-71. [See also 30/30-32, 32/18] (File 23) - Box 27
'Northern Territory land holdings', Conference on Foreign Ownership of Australia, Bankstown, 12 October 1973; and papers relating to the Australian Ownership Council, 1973-75 (File 24) - Box 27
Tribute to Paddy Grace, MLC [ca 1901-75]: includes manuscript and typescript obituaries, 1975; political leaflets 1949-64; Coleambally Progress Association, The Story of Coleambally, 1971; and other papers on Coleambally (File 25) - Box 27
Oral history interviews by the National Library of Australia: letters and transcripts, 1971-75 (File 26) - Box 28
Dictation for Sir John Crawford, 5 September 1982: two analogue cassettes and transcripts re War Service Land Settlement Scheme and the economic survey of the beef cattle industry of Northern Australia (File 27) - Box 28
Recording for Sir John Crawford 05/09/1982 Tape 1, 5/09/1982 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013257) - Cassette-Box 632
1 item, Scotch 90, Compact cassette tape
Recording for Sir John Crawford 05/09/1982 Tape 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013258) - Cassette-Box 632
1 item, TDK C90, Compact cassette tape
Various addresses, 1961-73 (File 28) - Box 28
Assorted journals containing articles by or about Kelly (one bundle): (File 29) - Box 28

Country Hour Journal: Oct 1951, June 1953, Dec 1955, Jan 1956

The Australian Hereford Journal: Mar 1956

The Australian Shorthorn: Aug 1952, Oct 1955, April 1956, July 1956, Oct 1956, Jan 1957

The Living Earth: Oct 1963, Dec 1963

Quarterly Review of Agricultural Economics (one bundle):Jan 1948, Jan 1949, Oct 1949, Jan 1950, April 1950, Jan 1951, Oct 1953, Jan 1961 (File 30) - Box 29

Series 12. People the North Committee, 1961-66

Progress reports, 'What the Press is Saying' series, publicity leaflets, 1961-65 (File 1) - Box 29
North Australian Development Symposium, Sydney, 14-15 February 1966 (File 2) - Box 29

Series 13. Hansard extracts, 1971-77

McMahon Government: rural reconstruction, rural finance, wool industry, fertiliser bounty, wheat, War Service Land Settlement, Western Division, water resources, Northern Territory, Simpson Desert, Aborigines, national rural bank, 1971-72 (File 1) - Box 29
Whitlam and Fraser Governments: rural reconstruction, rural finance, wool industry, fertiliser bounty, wheat, War Service Land Settlement, Western Division, water resources, Northern Territory self-government, rural policy, outlook, national rural bank, Aborigines, 1973-77 (File 2) - Box 29

Series 14. Newspaper Cuttings

Cuttings by or about Kelly, 1941-66 (File 1) - Box 30
Northern development press reports, 1964-76 (File 2) - Box 30
Rural Reconstruction, 1969-77; includes typed brief extracts on rural reconstruction, rural finance, wool industry, fertiliser subsidy, wheat industry, War Service Land Settlement, Western Division, water resources and irrigation, Northern Territory including Woodward Report, rural policy, outlook for primary industries, national rural bank, Aborigines (File 3-5) - Box 30
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, 1981-82, including reports of Kelly's Golden Wedding anniversary (File 6) - Box 31
Miscellaneous, 1970-71 (File 7) - Box 31
Miscellaneous, ca 1964-83 (File 8) - Box 31

Series 15. Miscellaneous

Various notes typed during period of near blindness, including: (File 1) - Box 31

Water Transport

Barkly Tableland Transport

General Observations

Observations on the Disappearance of the Station Manager and Drover

Beef Cattle Industry

Sundry papers, 1954-56 (File 2) - Box 31
Outpost Radio Transceiver File, 1958-81 (File 3) - Box 31
Typescript notes and typing practice, ca 1960? (File 4) - Box 31
Beef Industry Development Survey: itinerary 1960, and notes on Brunette Downs, 1964 (File 5) - Box 31
Northern Territory Pastoral Leases, New Holdings: maps, gazette notices, Hansard extracts, 1964-66; Australian Labor Party policy speech: extracts, 1949 (File 6) - Box 31
'Papers detached from various files': chapters of various writings, ca 1959-69 (File 7) - Box 32
'Special references': 22 items, with list, 1951-71 (File 8) - Box 32
Agricultural Statistics, 1962-75 (File 9) - Box 32
Proposal for a Field Study in Northern Cattle Regions, letter to R.A. Patterson, MP, 18 July 1975 (File 10) - Box 32
Northern Territory History Unit: correspondence about oral history recordings, 1982-83. [See also 18/4] (File 11) - Box 32
Papers relating to Frank Stephens' holding at Yenda, 1934-43: photocopies made in 1982 (File 12) - Box 32
Miscellaneous loose papers (File 13) - Box 32

Series 16. Photographs

Photographs mostly relate to Kelly's surveys of Northern Australia, and include Aborigines, scenes of farming life, travel, and cattle. All are in black and white, and date from the 1940s-60s. See also 32/20 for a photographic record of Rosewood Station.

Album with typescript captions, ca 1948 (File 1) - Box 32
Folders of photographs (File 2-10) - Box 33, 34
Small box of contact prints (File 11) - Box 34
Negatives (File 12) - Box 34

Series 17. Maps - Box 35, 65

Various maps, principally of Northern Australia, either used or produced by Kelly (half a box plus two folders).

Series 18. Tapes

Analogue cassette tapes recorded by Kelly. No assessment has been made of their quality. Archivally preserved recordings by Kelly, including some of those here listed, are available in the National Library's Oral History section, and the Northern Territory History Unit.

Duplicate Interview at Townsville with Frank Rossiter re Burdekin Dam, 29 September 1981 (File 1) - Box 35
Duplicate A. Malcolm: Rice History, February 1982 (File 2) - Box 35
Duplicate Address to Rotary Club, 23 March 1982 (File 3) - Box 35
Duplicate Recording for Northern Territory Oral History program, 24 November 1982 (two tapes). [See also 15/11] (File 4) - Box 35
Duplicate Reminiscences (three tapes), n.d (File 5) - Box 35
Interview at Townsville with Frank Rossiter re Burdekin Dam 29/09/1981, 29/09/1981 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013259) - Cassette-Box 632
1 item, DISCO C60, Compact cassette tape
A. Malcolm - Rice History 2/82U, 1982 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013260) - Cassette-Box 632
1 item, Gtape 90, Compact cassette tape
Start of Jack Kelly speaking at Rotary 23/03/1982, 23/03/1982 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013261) - Cassette-Box 632
1 item, Scotch 90, Compact cassette tape

Taped by Maurice Condon [?] and given to Jack with love

For NT Oral History programme - 1, 22/11/1982 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013262) - Cassette-Box 632
1 item, TDK C60, Compact cassette tape

recorded by himself 22/11/1982

For NT Oral History programme - 2, 22/11/1982 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013263) - Cassette-Box 632
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape

recorded by himself 22/11/1982

J Kelly Sides 1 & 2 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013264) - Cassette-Box 632
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape
J Kelly Sides 3 & 4 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013265) - Cassette-Box 633
1 item, TDK AD90, Compact cassette tape
J Kelly Sides 5 & 6 (Item NLA.MS-SAV013266) - Cassette-Box 633
1 item, TDK C60, Compact cassette tape

Series 19. Bureau of Agricultural Economics: Publications

Published or semi-published material produced by the BAE.

Quarterly Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. I-III, 1948-50 (File 1) - Box 36
Expansion of Northern Territory Beef Cattle Production, May 1952 (File 2) - Box 36
J.G. Crawford, The Economics of Conservation, 1952 (File 3) - Box 36
Beef Cattle Production: An Index of Cost Movements 1951-52, April 1953 (File 4) - Box 36
The Development of the Beef Cattle Industry in Queensland (with Special Reference to the Significance of Killing Facilities, July 1955 (File 5) - Box 36
Survey of Beef Cattle Production in Victoria and Agricultural Districts of Western Australia, 1955 (File 6) - Box 36
Report on Progress of Australian Developmental Plans Concerning Meat Production and Export, February 1955 (File 7) - Box 36
The Economics of Crop Fattening of Beef Cattle in Southern and Central Queensland, 1958 (File 8) - Box 36
Report on Development in Australia to Increase Production and Export of Meat, 1958 (File 9) - Box 36
The Economics of Road Transport of Beef Cattle: Western Australian Pastoral Areas, 1958 (File 10) - Box 36
The Economics of Road Transport of Beef Cattle: Western Australian Pastoral Areas, 1958, 59 pp. (File 11) - Box 36
The Economics of Road Transport of Beef Cattle: Western Australian Pastoral Areas, 1958, restricted edition, 55 pp (File 12) - Box 36
The Economics of Road Transport of Beef Cattle: Northern Territory and Queensland Channel Country, 1959 (File 13) - Box 36
W.T. Allen and P. Duane, 'The Economic Importance of Rice as an Influence on Farm Incomes in the Riverina', draft, ca 1959 (File 14) - Box 36
'Meat Industry: Slaughter of Breeding Cattle', Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fifty-Ninth Meeting, 19 June 1959 (File 15) - Box 36
The Transport Problem of the Beef Cattle Industry, Report to the Advisory Committee appointed by the Standing Committee on Agriculture: draft, December 1960 (File 16) - Box 37
The Economics of the Development of Road Transport of Beef Cattle: Far North of South Australia, 1960 (File 17) - Box 37
The Economics of Crop Fattening of Beef Cattle in Southern and Central Queensland 1959, 1960 (File 18) - Box 37
Development of Water Transport for Beef Cattle: Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York Peninsula, 1961 (File 19) - Box 37
Cattle Movements between Queensland and New South Wales 1955 to 1961, 1961, and related papers (File 20) - Box 37
Development of Water Transport for Beef Cattle: Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York Peninsula, 1961 (File 21) - Box 37
Development in Australia to Increase Production and Exports of Meat, 1961 (File 22) - Box 37
P.A. Westerman, 'The Kimberley Beef Cattle Industry', Quarterly Review of Agricultural Economics XIX/4 (October 1966), 206-216 (File 23) - Box 37
The Beef Situation, 1966 (File 24) - Box 37
Aboriginal Pastoral Properties: Arnhem Land - Northern Territory, 1971 (File 25) - Box 37
Beef Cattle Production: An Index of Cost Movements July 1, 1952 to April 1, 1953 (File 26) - Box 37
Beef Cattle Production: An Index of Cost Movements 1st July, 1950 to 1st January 1958 (File 27) - Box 37
Beef Cattle Numbers in Australia by Classes and By Statistical Divisions 1945-60 (File 28) - Box 37

Series 20. General Publications

A small number of commonly available publications were not retained.

New South Wales Government Gazette, 9 September 1884 (File 1) - Box 37
Report of the Royal Commission into the Financial and Economic Position of the Pastoral Industry in the Leasehold Areas in Western Australia, Perth, 1940 (File 2) - Box 37
Royal Commission on Abattoirs and Meatworks, Queensland, 1945, and manuscript notes (File 3) - Box 37
Royal Commission on Pastoral Lands Settlement (Queensland), Brisbane: Government Printer, 1951, and manuscript notes (File 4) - Box 38
The Story of the Air Beef Project in North West Australia, Sydney: F.H. Johnston for Air Beef Pty. Ltd, 1951 (File 5) - Box 38
W.A. Beattie, A Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry of Australia, Pt I: Northern Australia, Melbourne: CSIRO, 1952 (File 6) - Box 38
F.G.G. Rose, 'The Pastoral Industry in the Northern Territory during the Period of Commonwealth Administration, 1911-53', Historical Studies Australia and New Zealand 6/22 (May 1954), 150-172. [See also 3/4-5] (File 7) - Box 38
R.B. Kelley, Native and Adapted Cattle [Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1959]: corrected typescript (File 8) - Box 38
W.B. Payne, Report on Progressive Land Settlement in Queensland, Brisbane: Land Settlement Advisory Commission, 1959 (File 9) - Box 38
F.H. Bauer, Historical Geographic Survey of Part of Northern Australia, Part I: Introduction and the Eastern Gulf Region, Canberra: CSIRO, 1959 (File 10) - Box 38
R.A. Perry, 'Pasture Lands of the Northern Territory, Australia': typescript, ca 1960 (File 11)
Prospects of Agriculture in the Northern Territory: Report of the Forster Committee, Canberra: Department of Territories, 1961, and typescript review by J.H. Kelly, March 1963 (File 12) - Box 38
Proceedings of Bankers' Residential Conference on Beef Cattle in Queensland, Held in Rockhampton, April-May 1962, Sydney, 1962 (File 13) - Box 38
Report of the Pastoral Leases Committee, Western Australia, March 1963 (File 14) - Box 39
Development of the Northern Territory, Canberra: Department of Territories, 1961 (File 15) - Box 39
North Queensland Co-operative Bacon Association Ltd., Annual Reports, 1963-66 (File 16) - Box 39
F.H. Bauer, Historical Geography of White Settlement in Part of Northern Australia, Part 2: The Katherine-Darwin Region, Canberra: CSIRO, 1964 (File 17) - Box 39
Australian Cattle and Beef Research Committee, Annual Report, 1964-66 (File 18) - Box 39
Report of the Committee of Investigation into Transportation Costs in Northern Australia, Canberra, September 1965 (File 19) - Box 39
Labour History, 9 (November 1965) (File 20) - Box 39
H.P. Brown, Growth Rate Tables, Australian National University, 1965 (File 21) - Box 39
Northern Territory Administration, Land And Survey Branch, Annual Report 1965-66. (File 22) - Box 39
Interdepartmental Committee, Report on the Vegetable Industry, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, October 1966 (File 23) - Box 40
Australian Meat Research Committee, Annual Report, 1967 (File 24) - Box 40
Annual Report on the Northern Territory, 1967-1968, Canberra: Department of Interior, 1970 (File 25) - Box 40
Rural Credit in New South Wales: A Guide to Sources and Uses, United Farmers and Woolgrowers' Association of New South Wales, 1969 (File 26) - Box 40
Tom Connors, 'Closer Settlement Schemes', Australian Quarterly 42/1 (March 1970), 72-85 (File 27) - Box 40
Rural Policy in Australia, Green Paper, 1974, and manuscript notes (File 28) - Box 40
Queensland Agricultural Industry, Livestock and Livestock Products, 1976-77 Season, Brisbane: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1978 (File 29) - Box 40
Australian Institute of Agricultural Science - North Queensland Branch, Innovative Technology and Research in Agriculture in the 1980s, Seminar, Townsville, 7 June 1980 (File 30) - Box 40
A Preliminary Analysis of North Queensland-East Coast USA Meat Trade, Townsville: Department of Civil and Systems Engineering, James Cook University, September 1981 (File 31) - Box 40
Ricemill News 4/1 (1982) (File 32) - Box 40

Series 21. 'Historical Development of Northern Australia: A Century in Retrospect', ca 1962

Typescript, 88 pp (File 1) - Box 40
Typescript drafts of each chapter (File 2) - Box 40
Typescript drafts of each chapter: 'Prospects of Agriculture in the Northern Territory: Report of the Forster Committee, 1961' (File 3) - Box 40
'The Payne-Fletcher Inquiry' (File 4) - Box 40
'The Beef Cattle Potential of the Kimberleys' (File 5) - Box 41
'The Beef Cattle Potential of Queensland' (File 6) - Box 41
'Natural Cattle Regions of Northern Australia' (File 7) - Box 41
'CSIRO Beef Cattle Industry Survey by W.A. Beattie' (File 8) - Box 41
'Economic Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia' (File 9) - Box 41
'Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia, 1952' (File 10) - Box 41
'Conclusions on a Century in Retrospect' (File 11) - Box 41

Series 22. The Struggle for the North (1966)

See also 30/16 and 32/16 for reviews of this book

Promotional material, 1966, and three letters, 1967 (File 1) - Box 41
First version - original (File 2) - Box 41
First draft (File 3) - Box 41
Draft (File 4) - Box 41
Printer's copy (File 5) - Box 42

Series 23. 'The Northern Australia Development Committee 1945-48', 1973

'Notes for first draft, including 1949 Chifley Policy Speech' (File 1) - Box 42
Notes and documentation; report on tour of Northern Australia, 19 October 1973; Northern Development Council: communiqué, 26 November 1973 (File 2) - Box 42
Documentation: 'Papers relative to NADC including press cuttings and Hansard references': 35 items, 1930-51, with index (File 3) - Box 42
Typescript article, 27 pp., n.d (File 4) - Box 42
'First draft' (120 pp. + appendices, maps) (File 5) - Box 43
'First draft copy' (File 6) - Box 43
Draft and notes, 'Current use' (File 7) - Box 43
Final draft, December 1973 (File 8) - Box 43
Final draft, December 1973, with annotations (File 9) - Box 43

Series 24. 'Northern Australia Development: The Beef Roads Construction Project 1960-64', [ca 1974]

Notes and resource materials (including correspondence, 1950-53) (File 1) - Box 43
Notes and resource materials (including Minutes of Evidence, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, Hearings on the Top Springs to Wave Hill Road, Northern Territory, 1963) (File 2) - Box 43
Resource materials, including: (File 3) - Box 44

Newspaper cuttings, 1960-74.

The Air Beef Project: A Summary, 1952.

Commonwealth Advisory Panel on Air Transport of Cattle or Beef, Report, 1955.

Department of National Development, Beef Road Development in Northern Australia, 1965.

Department of National Development, Beef Road Development in Northern Australia, 1968.

'Beef Roads: A National Asset', National Development Quarterly 1/5 (September 1969), 26-29.

Department of National Development, Beef Roads: A Review of Progress, 1970.

Northern Australian Development, The Beef Reader Construction Project, 1960-64 (File 4) - Box 44

Series 25. 'Down to Earth: Rural Reconstruction in New South Wales' [other title: 'The Case for Farm Reconstruction in New South Wales'], ca 1977

Working copy (File 1) - Box 44
Amended and retyped chapter drafts (File 2) - Box 44
Draft submitted to reviewers, with comments, 1977 (File 3) - Box 44
Draft submitted to reviewers, with comments (File 4) - Box 44
Documentation, Chapter I (File 5) - Box 44
Documentation, Chapter II (File 6) - Box 46
Documentation, Chapter III (File 7) - Box 46
Documentation, Chapter IV (File 8) - Box 46
Documentation, Chapter V (File 9) - Box 46
Documentation, Chapter VI (File 10) - Box 46
Documentation, Chapter VII (File 11) - Box 46
Documentation: The Marketing of Australian Wool: A Report by the Australian Wool Corporation, December 1973 (File 12) - Box 46

Series 26. 'Reflections and Recollections of a Soldier Settler in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas, 1919-1940'

Rough outline, 5 pp (File 1) - Box 47
Two copies of typescript (105 pp. + appendix) (File 2-3) - Box 47
First draft of typescript (105p.); paper on the subject delivered to the Griffith and District Historical Society, 24 March 1982 (File 4) - Box 65
Various drafts (File 5) - Box 65

Series 27. 'World War II Re-Habilitation of Ex-Servicemen: War Service Land Settlement Scheme, Anatomy of Investigation'

Basic Material, including: (File 1) - Box 47

Queensland Proposals Field Book, Notes of Tour by J.G. Crawford and J.H. Kelly, First War Service Land Settlement Investigation, April 1945.

Correspondence and reports, 1945-46.

Preliminary Investigation Reports: Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, 1945.

Progress reports, 1946.

Correspondence and notes, 1942-47.

Edited drafts (File 2) - Box 47
Typescript, marked 'original' (272 pp. + notes and appendices) (File 3) - Box 48
Typescript (272 pp. + notes and appendices), June 1979 (File 4) - Box 48
Typescript (272 pp. + notes and appendices), June 1980 (File 5) - Box 48

Series 28. 'Cattlemen of the North' [original title: 'Adventure in Northern Australia: Economic Survey of the Beef Cattle Industry 1948-73']

Draft typescript (188 pp.) (File 1) - Box 49
Draft typescript (188 pp.) (File 2) - Box 49
Two draft typescripts (each 110 pp.) (File 3) - Box 49

Series 29. 'A Vision Splendid: History of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area', 1981

Two draft typescripts (60 pp.), 1981 (File 1) - Box 49
Chapter 5: 'The House of McWilliam' [story of the vintners]: corrected draft, 4 August 1981 (File 2) - Box 49
A.D. Malcolm file, including notes on the Large Area Holders' Committee [1929-38, of which Kelly was secretary], newspaper cutting 1938, and correspondence nominating Alan Dewar Malcolm for a knighthood, 1981-82 (File 3) - Box 49
History of the M.I.A.: notes and research materials (File 4) - Box 65
History of the M.I.A.: notes and research materials (File 5) - Box 65
History of the M.I.A.: notes and research materials (File 6) - Box 66

Series 30. Research Material for Autobiography

Kelly was working on his autobiography in the period before his death, but it is difficult to identify a single autobiographical work among the texts listed in this guide.

File Index and Draft Outline of Autobiography (File 1) - Box 1
Diary, Survey of Queensland Gulf Peninsula, 1950 (File 2) - Box 1
Diary, Economic Surveys, 1954, 1955, 1957 (1 vol.) (File 3) - Box 1
Diary, Economic Survey, 1967 (File 4) - Box 1
Barkly Tableland Railway Investigation, includes: (File 5) - Box 1

Newspaper cuttings 1951-80.

J.H. Kelly, Reconnaissance Survey of Northern Territory Cattle Holdings, Interim Report on Investigations, 22 March 1949.

Sir Harold Clapp, Standardisation of Australia's Railway Gauges, March 1945.

Report of Inter Departmental Committee, Construction of Railway from Dajarra (Queensland) to Birdum (Northern Territory), ca 1953.

J.H. Kelly, Expansion of the Northern Territory Beef Cattle Production, n.d.

J.H. Kelly and D.B. Williams, The Beef Industry In Northern Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1954 (File 6) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly, Northern Australia Cattle Survey, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, January 1950 (File 7) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, November 1952 (File 8) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly, Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia, First Draft including covering submission, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, August 1952 (File 9) - Box 1
Northern Territory Statistical Summary 1974, Australian Bureau of Statistics (File 10) - Box 1
Report of the Australian Meat and Live-Stock Corporation to 30 June 1981 (File 11) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly, The Beef Cattle Industry in the Leichhardt-Gilbert Region of Queensland - An Economic Survey, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, April 1959 (File 12) - Box 1
Notes on the Payne-Fletcher Inquiry (Northern Territory Investigation Committee, 1937) (File 13) - Box 1
Agricultural Development Advisory Committee, Closer Settlement in the Northern Territory, 1973 (File 14) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly, 'George Ashton: an appreciation', Canberra Historical Journal, September 1974, and G. Ashton, 'The Memoirs of George Ashton', Canberra Historical Journal, Sept 1973, Sept 1974 [he was an early member of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics] (File 15) - Box 1
Bill Hayden, review of J.H. Kelly, Struggle for the North. Labour History, 11, November 1966 (File 16) - Box 1
Report of the Snowy River Investigation Committee on the Utilization of the Waters of the Snowy River, Parliament of New South Wales, 1944 (File 17) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly, 'The Captive North', lecture to the Capricornia Society, Australian National University, 9 May 1966 (File 18) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly, 'Development of Northern Australia Valley Regions', lecture to Valley Region Conservation Planning Symposium, Men of the Land Society, Sydney, 29 July 1963 (File 19) - Box 1
War Service Land Settlement, Various Papers from 6 January 1945, including Hardy/Glenrock papers: broadcast by W.D. Hardy, 'That Australians are Committing Agricultural Suicide by Wantonly Exploiting the Land', 9 October 1946 (File 20) - Box 1
Australian Agricultural Company: Report from the Select Committee on Lands Granted to the Australian Agricultural Company, 1881; newspaper cuttings, 1963-80; Annual Report 1964 (File 21) - Box 1
Historical Notes, Northern Territory, 1862-1953, including Kriewaldt File, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1948-59, and first draft, Chapter 1: 'The Pastoral Industry - South Australian Period', n.d (File 22) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly, submission to Industries Assistance Commission, Brisbane, 15 April 1973 [empty file cover] (File 23) - Box 1
Autobiographical material, various papers, 1950-66 (File 24) - Box 1
Autobiographical material, including drafts of 'Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in Retrospect', 1973; personal references in newspaper cuttings, 1951-74; notes and reference material for oral history recording by National Library, 1971; notes on Snowy Mountains Scheme, ca 1971 (File 25) - Box 1
Tom Quilty [pioneer cattleman of Springvale Station, Kununurra WA], including correspondence 1967-81, photo 1954, survey notebook No. 2, 1968 (File 26) - Box 1
Newspaper cuttings, 1951-75, including Special articles JHK, Special articles Northern Australia, ABC, Queensland, Northern Australia - General, Kimberley, Miscellaneous, Northern Territory, Aborigines, Not of immediate relevance (File 27) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly, List of papers deposited in the Archives of Business and Labour, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University [these papers now form part of MS 8083], ca 1968 (File 28) - Box 1
Vestey connection: newspaper clippings, 1959-81 (File 29) - Box 1
Jack Kelly, Human Rights for Aborigines: Prerequisite for Northern Development, Sydney: Australasian Book Society, 1966 (File 30) - Box 1
Frank Stevens, Equal Wages for Aborigines: The Background to Industrial Discrimination in the Northern Territory of Australia, Clifton Hill: Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, 1968 (File 31) - Box 1
Honourable Ralph Hunt, Aboriginal Land Rights and the Northern Territory, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1972 (File 32)

Series 31. Research Material on Rural Reconstruction

A series of files being actively used by Kelly in the period before his death.

File Index (File 1) - Box 1
C.J. King, 'An Outline of Closer Settlement in New South Wales', Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics 25: 3-4, September-December 1957; manuscript notes on King; 'Lands Department Building, Sydney, 1876-1976: brochure (File 2) - Box 1
Western Division, Department of Lands, including correspondence re draft of Down to Earth, 1975-76; Western Division survey, 1972; Fowler's Gap Field Station Annual Report, 1971; S.A. Hodgkinson and K.J. Munro, The Financial Situation of Landholders in the Cobar Area 1967/68 to 1970/71, NSW Department of Agriculture, 1971 (File 3) - Box 1
Rural Reconstruction in New South Wales, including draft research project, 1971; correspondence, notes and reports on field study, 1972 (File 4) - Box 1
'Down to Earth: Rural Reconstruction in New South Wales', paper delivered to the Work in Progress Seminar, Condobolin Branches of the United Farmers' and Woolgrowers' Association of NSW and the Agricultural Bureau of NSW, 1 March 1973: correspondence, drafts and working papers (File 5) - Box 1
Industries Assistance Commission, Inquiry into Rural Reconstruction: submission by J.H. Kelly, April 1975; includes also BAE submissions to the Industries Assistance Commission Inquiry into the Beef Cattle Industry, 1975; Industries Assistance Commission Report: Beef, September 1975 (File 6) - Box 1
K.L. Fry, 'Soldier Settlement and the Australian Agrarian Myth after the First World War', Long Research Essay, Australian National University, 1973, with notes by J.H. Kelly (File 7) - Box 1
Rural Reconstruction Board, Annual Reports, 1942-71; Rural Assistance Board, Annual Reports, 1972-81 (File 8) - Box 1
NSW Department of Lands, Annual Reports, 1968-73; Western Lands Commission, Annual Reports, 1973, 1975; Closer Settlement Acts, Regulations, 1972 (File 9) - Box 1
NSW Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, Annual Reports, 1914-36, 1961, 1969-74; Water Resources Commission, Annual Reports, 1976-80; Murrumbidgee Irrigation Trust, Annual Report, 1912 (File 10) - Box 1
Irrigation and Water Resources, including Ord River Project: reports, 1960, 1964, newspaper clippings 1962-81 (File 11) - Box 1
Reserve Bank of Australia, Rural Credits Development Fund, correspondence re project on Rural Reconstruction ('Down to Earth'), 1971-73; special purpose accounts, 1972-73; WA/NT cattle station surveys, draft reports, 1960; Reserve Bank rural valuation guidelines, 1968, 1971 (File 12) - Box 1
Rural Reconstruction Commission, Land Utilization and Farm Settlement, 1944 (File 13) - Box 1
J.H. Kelly and W.F. Owen, 'Beef Production in North-Eastern New South Wales: A Report on a Reconnaissance Survey', Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, 22/1, March 1954 (File 14) - Box 1
Rice Marketing Board, statistics and list of growers, 1972; newspaper clippings, principally about rice, 1965-82; correspondence about the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, 1970-72 (File 15) - Box 1

Series 32. Research Material on the Northern Territory

A series of files being actively used by Kelly in the period before his death.

File Index (File 1) - Box 1
Gunn file: correspondence with Sir William Gunn/Gunn Rural Management Pty. Ltd., 1959, 1967-68; report; newspaper clippings, 1953, 1966-82 (File 2) - Box 1
Tipperary Corporation/Sir William Gunn/U.S. Peninsula Holdings: newspaper clippings, report, land acquisition proposal, 1966-80 (File 3) - Box 1
'Northern Australia Development Committee': newspaper clippings, 1971-81 (File 4) - Box 1
Lakeland Downs: notes, article, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, outline of lease proposal, 1969-77 (File 5) - Box 1
King Ranch (Australia) Pty. Ltd./Brunette Downs Station , Northern Territory: correspondence, report, newspaper clippings, 1966-80 (File 6) - Box 1
Stanbroke Pastoral Company Pty Ltd.: correspondence, annual reports, newspaper clippings, 1967-74 (File 7) - Box 1
Starke Station, Cape York Peninsula: consultancy report by J.H. Kelly, correspondence, maps, notes, 1972 (File 8) - Box 1
'P.A. Cullen, E. McClintock': correspondence and reports on Coolibah Station, NT, 1948, 1963-65 (File 9) - Box 1
'Gulf Region 1954 Survey, Vestey Surrender NT, PAR submission to J.G. Crawford, Victoria River Downs Structural Improvement, Wroxham Park Survey Report, Victoria River Downs Gazette Notice': correspondence and other papers, 1952-56 (File 10) - Box 1
Proposed Crown Lands Ordinance: memorandum, 9 June 1952 (File 11) - Box 1
Crown Lands Ordinances of 1912: notes, ca 1952 (File 11) - Box 1
Ministerial Conference on NT Pastoral Industry, 29 Apr 1950 (File 11) - Box 1
Ordinance No. 2 of 1950: draft submission, 1951 (File 11) - Box 1
Conference between Administrator - Northern Territory, Director - Northern Territory Affairs, and Northern Territory Pastoral Lessees' Association: statement and transcripts, 20-21 Mar 1951 (File 11) - Box 1
Discussion between Centralian Pastoral Lessees' Association, Department of Territories, and Bureau of Agricultural Economics: notes, 8 Nov 1951 (File 11) - Box 1
Northern Territory Pastoral Leases - Minimum Economic Unit Size: correspondence and other papers, 1953-54 (File 11) - Box 1
Future of Northern Territory and of Northern Australia: copy of letter from General T.A. Blamey to Hon. J. Curtin, Minister of Defence, 21 Dec 1944 (File 11) - Box 1
Criticism of the Kelly Report by the Northern Territory Pastoral Lessees' Association: reply by J.H. Kelly, 1953 (File 12) - Box 1
Pastoral Review editorial on Report on the Beef Cattle Industry in Northern Australia: comments by J.H. Kelly, 26 Feb 1953 (File 12) - Box 1
Draft report on the Economic Survey of the Cattle Industry in Northern Australia: covering letter, 11 Aug 1952 (File 12) - Box 1
Proposed Crown Lands Ordinance - Northern Territory: memorandum 9 July 1952 (File 12) - Box 1
Other papers on Northern territory, 1938, 1951, 1964 (File 12) - Box 1
Northern Territory Crown Lands Ordinances and other ordinances and regulations, notes and newspaper clippings, 1949-72 (File 13) - Box 1
Bill Hayden, M.P.: questions in the House of Representatives and correspondence, 1966-72 (File 14) - Box 1
Northern Territory Legislative Council Debates, 1948 (File 15) - Box 1
Commonwealth Parliament: Hansard extracts re Northern Territory, 1961-71 (File 15) - Box 1
The Struggle for the North: press reviews, 1966 (File 16) - Box 1
Beef in Northern Australia: press reviews, 1971-73 (File 16) - Box 1
Darwin Abattoirs and Katherine Meatworks: papers, 1949-67 (File 17) - Box 1
Aborigines: Typescript drafts, correspondence, 1967-81; newspaper cuttings, 1968-81 (File 18) - Box 1
Lecture: 'Aboriginal Labour in Northern Australia', Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations, Canberra, 4 Feb 1969 (File 18) - Box 1
Lecture:'Role of Aborigines in Development of the Cattle Industry in the Northern Territory', Aborigine Co-operative Summer School, 2 Feb 1971. [See also 11/23, 30/30-32] (File 18) - Box 1
Northern Australia - Special references: (File 19) - Box 1

Cattle industry survey: letters, 1967.

Townsville Stylo (Lucerne) Development: letter, 1970.

Cattle properties for sale: 1971.

Rosewood Station NT and Jack Kilfoyle: correspondence and papers, 1946-65; Pictorial Record of Rosewood Station, Northern Territory: 36 mounted photographs with captions [1959?] (File 20) - Box 1
'Northern Australia's Beef Cattle Economy - Field Studies': itinerary and interviewing schedule, 1967 (File 21) - Box 1

Series 33. Miscellaneous Research Material

Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme: copies of Murrumbidgee Valley Water Users Association booklet, 1945, and other material (File 1) - Box 63
Report by the Northern Territory Land Board on the Centralian Pastoral Industry under Drought Conditions, 4 December 1964 (File 2) - Box 64
Beef in Northern Australia: documentation, 1971 (one file) (File 3) - Box 64
Inquiry into Land and Land Uses of the Northern Territories of Australia (Payne-Fletcher Inquiry): draft typescript; also chapter titled 'Northern Australia Development Committee', n.d (File 4) - Box 64
'Notes and material for Northern Australia Chapter' [of an unidentified work]: (File 5) - Box 64

Reports on East and West Kimberley Districts, n.d.

Transcript of oral history interview, 7 December 1981.

'Origins and Development of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics', [J.H. Kelly or Eric Saxon?], ca 1977.

Newspaper cuttings, 1952-8

Australian Constitution; Election and Referenda Statistics, 1901-75; Federal Elections: newspaper cuttings, 1972-77 (File 6) - Box 64
Dr R.A. Patterson, file of newspaper clippings (File 7) - Box 66

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