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- 1931-1940 (Creation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
14 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Alexander Clifford Vernon Melbourne was born in Adelaide on 10 June 1888. He was a Lecturer and later Associate Professor of History at the University of Queensland from 1913 to 1943. He was a joint member of the University Senate, secretary of the Joint Committee for Public Lectures and Tutorial Classes. In December 1931 he was sent to Japan and China by the Senate, and later in 1933, he was elected Chairman of the Federal Advisory Committee on Eastern Trade. He researched trade statistics of Japan and China, as well as their treaty obligations and tariff laws. He also contributed articles on Queensland history, etc regularly to the Brisbane Daily Mail. He died on 7 June 1943.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1931-1940
Collection alternatively titled as: Alexander Clifford Vernon Melbourne Collection.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Articles, correspondence, manuscripts, radio scripts, note books, newspaper clippings, records of the Advisory Committee on Eastern Trade, the Workers' Educational Association and the University of Queensland Senate.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Series A. Articles.
Series B. Biographical papers.
Series C. Correspondence.
Series D. Documents concerning constitutional development in Australia, South Africa and America.
Series E. Research notes on constitutional development in Australia.
Series F. Lecture notes.
Series G. Manuscripts.
Series H. Miscellaneous papers.
Series J. Public lectures.
Series K. Radio scripts.
Series L. Press clippings.
Series M. Records relating to various Advisory Committees on Eastern trade.
Series N. Research notes mainly taken from Colonial Office records. Also report on Workers' Educational Association and Dept. of Tutorial Classes at UQ 1939.
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Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
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Name access points
- Melbourne, A. C. V. (Alexander Clifford Vernon), 1888-1943 (Subject)
- University of Queensland (Subject)
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Status
Revised
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, AM, 04-Mar-2020.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.