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Date(s)
- 1922 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
1 parcel.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
William Neil Gillies was born in New South Wales on 27 October 1868. Late in 1910, he selected land on the Atherton Tableland and worked in the timber, sugar and dairying industries. He was the MLA for Eacham 27 April 1912 - 24 October 1925 as a member of the Labor Party. During this time he was Minister for Agriculture and Stock. His farming legislation helped win over the rural vote for the Ryan Labor Government. He was a member of the Australian Workers' Union and was opposed to non-European labour. He established the Main Road Board while a government minister in 1919. He was briefly Premier of Queensland in 1925, but retired to become a commissioner on the Board of Trade.
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Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1922.
Collection alternatively titled as: William Neil Gillies Collection.
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Scope and content
Commemorative volume bound in red leather, records the British Cotton Delegation tour of Queensland in 1922. There are mainly photographs interspersed with statistical information. Also included is a map entitled "Sketch map showing proposed railways for the Upper Burnett and Callide Valley lands", nd. Indicated in red is the route taken by the delegation on their tour. Accompanied by a photocopy of the Index to Photographs indicating any missing items.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright expired.
Language of material
- English
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Copy held State Library of Queensland (local reference API-43), images digitised and available online.
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Publication note
Items from this collection are cited in:
Margaret Cook (2021) 'Challenging gender stereotypes in Queensland’s Callide Valley: settlers, patriarchy and environment', History Australia, 18:1, 70-93.
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Name access points
- Gillies, William Neil, 1868-1928 (Subject)
- British Cotton Delegation 1922 (Subject)
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Status
Revised
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, AM, 11-Feb-2020.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.