Walter Hume, Viscount Long - papers [M1114-1119], 1913-1923

M 1114-1119

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432625

Microfilm : M 1114-1119.
Photocopy : Detailed Contents List.

microfilm reels 35 mm

Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall was Secretary of State for the Colonies Dec. 1916-Jan. 1919, and First Lord of the Admiralty 1919-21

Subjects of correspondence include recruiting in Ireland 1918; command of the A.I.F. 1918; impressions of the Dutch in Java, the Malay States and the Straits Settlements; the British claim to German colonies 1918; the coal strike in New Zealand; the Labor Party; conscription referendums; trade; the Irish in New Zealand and Australia; the Pacific Islands; Transcontinental railway; land settlement in New Zealand; Hobart's defences; the German influence in Fiji; and on tax and trade. The 1917 Imperial War Conference is the subject of many papers. There are many letters to and from W.M. Hughes

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 186, p. 82
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M1114-1119
Microfilm copy of originals held by Wiltshire County Record Office, County Hall, Towbrigge, Wiltshire, England
Descriptive list filmed on front of reel (10 p.)