Pamela Williams literary papers

MLMSS 10708

fonds

1994-1997

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Moving Images

9588831

1.20 metres of textual material (7 boxes) including 6 video cassettes

Pamela Williams (born 1954) is The Australian Financial Review’s writer-at-large. She is an investigative reporter and author of 'The Victory' and 'Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch and the Ultimate Revenge', and has won six Walkley Awards and the Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Award.

Pamela Williams as the National Correspondent and an Associate Editor of the Australian Financial Review. Her main work is investigative journalism. During the 1996 federal election she was granted exclusive campaign access by the Liberal Party. After the election senior members of the Labor Party agreed to reveal to her the inside story of its failed campaign. The information and insights she gained were published in a book, The victory, in 1997. This material in this collection provides valuable ‘behind the scenes’ information about the 1996 election. Of particular interest are the interviews with some of the main players- politicians and their advisory staff as well as political commentators.

Box Contents
Box 1-2 “All versions of the manuscript’. Successive drafts with corrections.
Computer printouts and floppy discs.

Box 3-4 “Source Interviews A-Z
Notes taken at interviews and transcripts of newspaper articles. Includes Philip Adams, Peter Costello, Pauline Hanson, Jeff Kennett, John Hewson, John Howard and Paul Keating.

Box 5 “General Subject Files”. Mainly transcripts of newspaperarticles

Box 6. Diary. “This diary was kept for the AFR election series. It contains story structure, daily newspaper headline summary for the
campaign and Graham Morris diary entries (verbatim)”; Photographs of politicians - B & W and colour. Include Paul Keating and John Howard
“ALP Research Summary”, 3/6/97; Newscuttings; Six video cassettes. Federal Liberal campaign including unused advertisements.

Box 7 “Downer file 1994-95 including published AFR story.” Notes and newscuttings; “Liberal election series - Howard letter, features published and source interviews during campaign”; Election source interviews, manuscript notes. Include Nick Minchin, Grahame Morris, Lynton Crosby and Michael Kroger. Notes for the book, biographical information, cover rough, draft book blurb; Note on UK election by Andrew Robb 1996;
Photograph of Pamela Williams

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