Collection UQFL68 - Charles Wilfred Russell Papers

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Reference code

UQFL68

Title

Charles Wilfred Russell Papers

Date(s)

  • Bulk: 1950-1977 (Creation)
  • [1880?]- (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

13 boxes, 2 parcels.

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Name of creator

(1907-1977)

Biographical history

Charles Wilfred Russell (1907-1977), grazier and politician, bought the Darling Downs property Jimbour in 1923. He was Wambo shire councillor from 1933 to 1941 and pushed for the construction of all-weather roads. On 10 February 1941 he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force as an airman pilot. Russell had been a co-founder of the Queensland Country Party in 1936. He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the seat of Dalby in 1947. He won the Australian House of Representatives seat of Maranoa at the 1949 election, but quickly grew critical of his party's inability to put its election promises into practice. On 7 October 1950 he resigned from the parliamentary party and sat on the cross-benches for the rest of his term. He failed to be reelected in 1951 and was expelled from the Country Party. Russell held various company directorship, including the Queensland National Pastoral Co. Ltd (1946-50). In 1977 he succeeded in having the Queensland government's stock assessment levy declared invalid. With his wife, Russell was involved in the social and cultural life of the Dalby district. The restored Jimbour House, classified by the National Trust of Queensland, became a popular venue for fund-raising entertainment.

Archival history

Collection previously titled as: Papers, [1880?]-
Collection alternatively titled as: Charles Wilfred Russell Collection.

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Scope and content

Includes correspondence, incoming and outgoing, public speeches, letters to the press, election campaign material, press clippings; also material relating to Wilfred Adams Russell, chiefly biographical clippings, and election campaign material. A major correspondent was Colin R. Chapman, P.R. and Research Consultant, who was active in Charles Wilfred Russell's election campaigns, and also in the interests of the Australian Democratic Union, Basic Industries Group, Australian Growers' Wool Marketing Committee, and other pastoral and political groups. The collection includes some bulletins and handout material issued by such groups. Also papers relating to history of Jimbour House, and the Bell family.

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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Unrestricted access.

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

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Finding aids

Uploaded finding aid

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Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Further related manuscript material held in UQFL79 (Papers of the Bell family.)

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Alternative identifier(s)

Alma MMS ID

991003631309703131

Millennium Local System Number

.b19744262

OCLC Number

222661040

Libraries Australia ID

21260472 ; 63004966

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Status

Revised

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Updated to reflect new housing, Amanda Main 11-Dec-2019.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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