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HMSS 0032 Victorian League for Commonwealth Fellowship, Canberra Group Records


Scope and Content Notes 

Call Number

HMSS 0032

Collection 

Victorian League for Commonwealth Fellowship Canberra Group Records

Date Range

1935-1996

Quantity

1.75 (10 manuscript boxes)

Access Conditions

Available for reference

File Number

Related Collections

HMSS 00 31 Victorian League for Commonwealth Fellowship Elizabethan Group Records

 

The records were transferred to the National Library by the Secretary of the Canberra Branch of the Victorian League in March 1987. They were then transferred to the ACT Heritage Library.

The collection comprises records received and used by the Canberra Group of all the Victorian League for Commonwealth Friendship Australian branches and New Zealand. They include correspondence, minutes of Annual General Meetings and National Committee Meetings, Annual Financial Reports, reports and circulars of the Young Contingent League, cuttings and printed material.

The Victorian League for Commonwealth Friendship was formed in London in memory of Queen Victoria in 1901 with an aim of promoting friendship. The first Australian branch, the Victorian Branch, was formed in Melbourne in 1908 and it now has branches in every state. In 1935 a Canberra branch was formed.

These records have been kept in the same order as listed by the donor. 

Box List

BOX

NO.

SERIES NO.

FILE

NO.

DESCRIPTION

DATE RANGE

 

 

 

CORRESPONDENCE 1935-1985

1935-1985

1

1

1-5

Correspondence with London

1942-1959

1

1

6

Letter from Dame Pattie Menzies and other important people

 

1

1

7

Victorian League in Canberra

1953-1958

1

1

8

Northern Territories

1940-1957

1

1

9

New South Wales

1947-1958

1

1

9

Victoria

1947-1958

1

1

10

Queensland

1949-1958

1

1

11

Tasmania

1953-1958

 

 

 

 

 

2

1

12

Western Australia

1953-1958

2

1

13

New Zealand

1952-1958

2

1

14

Circular letters sent to other branches

1947-1959

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

MINUTES

 

 

 

 

Minutes of National Committee held in Brisbane 1964-1973  (green folio note book)

Minutes of Annual & General Meetings held in Canberra 1935-1968 (3 X exercise books)

1964-1973

 

1935-1968

 

 

 

 

 

3

2

 

Minute books of various meetings held in Canberra 1935-1983 (9 X exercise books covered in brown paper)

1935-1983

 

 

 

 

 

4

2

 

Minutes of Committee Meetings held in Canberra 1954-1971 (2 X folio books)

1954-1971

4

2

15

Minutes of Meetings February 1967– 30th June 1968

Feb 1967-30  Jun 1968

4

2

16

Minutes of Meetings 1st July 1968-December 1989

01 Jul 1968-Dec 1989

4

2

17

Minutes of Meetings 2nd February 1970-Dec 1971

02 Feb 1970-Dec 1971

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

ANNUAL REPORTS & FINANCIALS

 

5

3

 

AGM Minutes February 1972-February 1982 (large oversize books)

Feb 1972-Feb 1982

 

 

 

 

 

6

3

18

Annual Reports New South Wales

1948-1973

6

3

18

Annual Reports South Australia

1948-1984

6

3

19

Annual Reports Victoria

1952-1983

6

3

20

Annual Reports ACT

1935-1983

6

3

21-22

Annual Reports Tasmania

1947-1986

6

3

23

Annual Reports Western Australia

1949-1986

6

3

24

Annual Reports Queensland

1949-1979

6

3

25

Annual Reports Queensland

1980-1985

 

 

 

 

 

7

3

26

National Annual Reports

1949-1983

7

3

26

New Zealand

1956-1978

7

3

27

Papua & New Guinea

1965-1972

7

3

28

“Financial Papers” old receipts, bills & cheques

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

CONSTITUTION

 

7

4

29

Constitution & Rules

 

7

4

30

Constitution & Rules & Aims & Objectives by Carol Grogan

1961-1964

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

CONFERENCES & COMMITTEES

 

7

5

31

Australian Citizenship Convention

1952-1958

7

5

31

Women’s Convention

1951

7

5

31

Conference of Overseas Delegates

1948

7

5

32

Young Contingent League Papers

 

7

5

33

Standing Committee

 

7

5

34

Conferences 13th-15th 1964, 1970, 1973

1964, 1970, 1973

7

5

35

National Committee Reports

1955-1959

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWSPAPER

 

7

6

36

Newspaper clippings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

NEWSLETTERS & PUBLICATIONS

 

7

7

37

Newsletters Newcastle & Adelaide

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

7

38

Newsletters Victoria, Queensland, Canberra

 

8

7

39

Newsletters NSW, Tasmania, WA

 

8

7

40

Newsletters New Zealand

 

8

7

41

Newsletters London

 

8

7

42

Newsletters London

 

8

7

43

Newsletters National Committee

 

8

7

44

Newsletters National Committee

 

8

7

45

Newsletters National Committee

 

8

7

46

Publications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

8

8

47

Miscellaneous, slides, photos, invitations

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

8

 

Miscellaneous continued from 2nd donation from NLA

 

9

8

48

History of Victorian League

 

9

8

49

60th Birthday Celebration 24th & 25th May 1995

24 May 1995-  25 May 1995

9

8

50

Scrapbook

1958

9

5

50

Large folio size scrapbook

1958-Oct 1967

9

5

50

Large folio size scrapbook

Nov 1964-Dec 1974

9

5

51

List of members in Canberra (very old, hand-written) & Annual Reports

 

9

5

52

19th Triennial Conference, Adelaide

1982

9

5

52

20th Triennial Conference, Hobart

1985

9

5

53

21st Triennial Conference, Canberra

1988

9

5

53

22nd Triennial Conference, Melbourne

1991

9

5

54

Correspondence

1988-1989

9

5

55

Correspondence

1990

9

5

56

Correspondence

1991-1992

9

5

57

Correspondence

Feb 1993-Mar 1993

9

5

58

Scrapbook with photographs

 

9

5

59

Visitors book & Program Victorian League 10th Overseas Conference in London July 1988

 

Jul 1988

 

 

 

 

 

10

5

60

Commonwealth Trust miscellaneous information

 

10

5

61

Newsletters

 

10

5

61

Large book Committee Meeting Minutes 5th November 1982-28th March 1988

05 Nov 1984-28 Mar 1988

10

5

61

Large book Committee Meeting Minutes 2nd May 1988-4th March 1991

02 May 1988-04 Mar 1991

10

5

61

Large scrapbook newspaper clippings

1982-1996

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