ML MSS 6164
Darby Family Papers, 1902-1986
61 boxes, 2 outsize items
I. DOUGLAS DARBY
A. Personal and political papers, 1902-1986 Boxes 1-35X
Appointments' diaries Box 1 Notebooks Boxes 2-3 Speeches Box 4 Policies Box 4 Subject files - Alphabetical Boxes 5-8 Subject files - Chronological Boxes 9-10 Subject files - Unsorted Boxes 11-33 Papers re Freemasonry Boxes 34-35X
B. Literary papers, 1926-1985 Boxes 36-40
C. Organisational records, 1939-1986 Boxes 41-51
i. British Orphans' Adoption Society Boxes 41-44 ii. Liberal Forum (Manly) Boxes 4-30 iii. Captive Nations Council of NSW Boxes 45-46 iv. Cricket for Free China Committee Box 47 v. Australia-Free China Society/ Boxes 48-51 South Pacific-Free China Association (NSW)
D. Business records, 1959-1983 Boxes 52-54X
i. Taiwan Travel Service Boxes 52-54X ii. 'Sunbury' property, Crookwell, NSW Box 54X iii. Belrose Plastering Pty Limited Box 54X iv. Unidentified Box 54X
E. Subject pamphlet box files, 1939-1985 Boxes 55-61
i. Political papers Boxes 55-57 ii. Literary papers Boxes Box 58 iii. Organisational and business records Boxes 59-61 a. BOAS Box 59 b. Captive Nations Council (NSWBox 59 c. AFCS / SPFCA Boxes 59-60 d. AFCS / SPFCA and Boxes 60-61 Taiwan Travel Service
F. Audio tapes (2), 1968 ML OH 207/1-2
II. ESME JEAN DARBY Box 62
III. CUSACK FAMILY Box 63
1 I. DOUGLAS DARBY
A. Personal and political papers, 1902-1986
Box 1:
1947-1981 Appointments' diaries
Box 2:
1920s-1980s Notebooks (30)
Box 3:
Notebooks (21)cont.
Box 4:
Speeches: In and Out of Parliament, 1945-1983: Arranged chiefly by Douglas Darby
1945-1979 Speeches - Unsorted on various subjects
1950-1983 Speeches - Alphabetical:
'Anzac Day', 1971 'China Question', 1962 'Commemorative Dinner', 1979 'Communism and the Prostitution of Words', n.d. 'Crime & the Juvenile', n.d. 'Double Tenth', 1981, re annual celebration of the Republic of China 'Drugs', 1970 'Empire Day 1952' 'Family Life', 1959 'Freedom Day' 1975-76 'Freedom is Precious', 1973 'Greece', 1972, n.d. 'Masonry - Its Grammar', n.d. 'Freemason - The Second Degree', 1956 'Parliamentarians of Manly', 1950 'Parliamentarians and Christianity', 1954 'Soviet Diplomacy', 1983 ? 'Sydney Morning Herald & Taiwan', 1978-1980 'Taiwan', 1964
Policies, 1947-1979, being mainly policy statements, arranged by Douglas Darby:
'Darby Initiatives' [empty] 'Education Principles', 1954 'Darby Policy Statements', 1964-65 'Family Life', n.d.
2 'Liberal Policy 1970 - Housewives Journal' 'Principles of Electorate Organization', 1960 'Policy Speeches Analysis', 1954-59 'Principles of Policy Speech Making', 1958 'Renewed Respect Moral Standards', 1978 'Private Enterprise' 'Profit Sharing Liberal Forum Policy, 1962' 'Principles of Punishment', 1967 'Transport Policy 1964' 'Transport Principles 1978 Sept', 1973-78 'Widow's Charter, 1963 'The World We Want 1947' 'Wyndham Report & Liberalism', 1959-1960
Box 5:
Subject files - Alphabetical, 1902-1985, arranged by Douglas Darby:
'Albion Island', 1949 'Alice Springs 1964' 'Sydney Airport', 1973 'Askin', being letter received from Premier R.W. Askin, 6 Nov. 1973, re electoral vacancies 'Australia China Council', 1979-1980 'Australia 1978', 1970, 1978 'Australia Not In Asia', 1960-63, being correspondence with Garfield Barwick re his remarks on this topic 'Australian Air League', 1946 'Australian Festival [of] Light & Dr Hardin B. Jones, USA', n.d. 'A.L.P.', being a copy of its 1922 platform 'Balgowlah's Hotel', 1961 '1983 Bannister' re Bannister (NSW) Arbor Day Jubilee 'Bizz Buses 1976' 'Bookaburra 1973', re Grahame Book Co. Pty Ltd project 'Botany Bay', 1965-1977 'Britain's Betrayal to the Communists', 198-, being newscutting on Channel 0/28 documentary 'British Commonwealth', 1958, 1961, 1983 'The Call', 1951, 1956, 1983 'Byelorussia', 1959-1976 'Bush Bikes', 1975 'Buses Private', 1962, 1970, 1976 'Buses New Type for Sydney's Streets', 1970 'Building Societies', 1976 'Carols', n.d. 'Charter of the Captive Nations, Freedom War', 1970 'Casinos', 1981 'Cats and Rabbit Traps', 1972, re representations by constituents on this issue 'Centrepiece, 1954-55, re removal of Coronation Centrepiece, The Corso, Manly 'Civilian Maimed - House With No Steps', 1957 'Christmas Toll Holiday', 1964, re Sydney Harbour Bridge 'Coal Industry', 1963 'Chile', 1978-1982, with two copies of Inside Mainland China, 1984-85 3 'Coastal Shipping', 1957, 1961 'Co-Education', 1976 'Coleman', 1978, being correspondence with Peter coleman 'Communism and Christianity', 1976, mainly re Australian Anglican Delegation to Poland , Yugoslavia and USSR 'Computer Age foreshadowed', 1962 'Communism', 1983 'Conquest', being rejection letter from Angus & Robertson re his MS., Conquest 'Conservatives', 1976-78 'Continuous Vehicle Registration', 1972 'Companies Under Franchise', 1950, 1955, 1969-1971, re Constitution Act [NSW] Legislative Assembly Amendment and the protection of private enterprise operations (eg. Clutha ) from nationalisation and public utilities operating under private franchise Coronation Centrepiece see 'Centrepiece' 'Cradle Song' 'Crosswords', n.d. 'Darling Harbour', 1967, re proposal for wool receiving and shipping depot 'Daylight Saving', 1902, 1955-1975 'Decentralisation - Country towns as Administration', 1958 '1956 DOSA', 1956-57, re his patent application of a bottle attachment for a measured dose 'DOSA', 1956-58 'Drugs', 1970-77 'Empire Day', 1960, 1964 'Emergency Fuel', 1949, re Manly District Emergency Fuel Organisation Emergency Transport, 1960 'Election Comment 1976' 'Ethnic Branches', 1976 'Evening Students', n.d., being list of Sydney University evening students, 1920s-1940s
Box 6:
'Federalism', 1946-1974 'Far West Children's Health Scheme', 1946 'Fiji', 1976 'Fireworks 1964', 1962-64, 1972 'Freedom War', 1970-72 'Foreign Affairs 1976' 'Funeral Charges', 1975-77 'Gallipoli', n.d., being cryptic casualty statistics 'Geography Text Book', n.d. 'Gocher Court', 1954, re Housing Commission flats in Manly 'Gosford 1978', 1977-78 'Greiner', 1983, being newscuttings on the new Opposition Leader 'Harbour Bridge', 1938-1976 'Hogan Mick', 1949-1964 [Douglas Darby's step-father] 'Housing', 1976 'Immigration', 1945, 1969, n.d. 'Intellectual Handicapped', 1965 'International Commercial Bank [of China]', 1982 'Korea', 1978 4 'Laundromats', 1958, 1960 'Lenin- Master or Monster -1970' 'Lewis [Tom]', 1975, 1978 'Liberal Forum', 1963 'Liberal Forum Reunion', 1978 'Liberal Party', 1979 'Library [Amendment] Bill', n.d. 'Local Government', 1956 'Longevity', 1959, 1963, re employment of retirees 'Liquor Act', 1945-46 'Loveer [Mrs Lia]', 1977-78, re her nomination for Queen's Honour list 'Mackellar Girls High School', 1951-52, 1964-65 'Maddison [J.C.] The Platform', 1977 'Maintenance Grants', 1976 'Manly Ferries', 1962 'Manly A City', 1950,1953 '[Manly War Memorial] Club Avenue 4', 1950-53 'Manly Art Gallery', 1950-59 'Manly District Park', 1947-48 'Manly Girls High School', 1952-53 'Manly Hospital', 1962 'Manly Maps, 1960s, with program of Masonic installation, 1965 'Manly Pines', 1974 '1977 Centenary Souvenir manly' Manly Vale School', 1946-1964
Box 7:
'Marriage Counsellors', 198-, re his application for authorisation as a civil marriage celebrant 'Mason [John Marsden]', 1978 'Metropolitis', 1954-1978 'Milk for the Millions', n.d. 'Moral Rearmament', 1949 'Moral Rearmament', 1972 'Motor Cars Stolen', 1962 'Nelson', re copy of Lord Nelson letter, 1803, with letter received from Sotheby & Co. , London, 25 June 1973 'New England', 1960-1972, re New State Movement 'Notifiable Disabilities', 1963-64 'Obscenity, 1973-77 'Old Peoples Welfare Centre, 1962 'Old Peoples Welfare', n.d., 1964 'Opera House', 1972-73, re parking and transport facilities 'Opera House Bus', 1970 'Peace Campaigns', 1964-66, 1983 'Pearson [Paul]', 1976 'Permissive society', 1975 'Pickard [Neil]', 1976 'Pines of Manly', 1974-76 'Patriotism', 1976, re his book about Slovakia 'Pensions into Banks', 1958-1960 'Pneuways [Development Co.]', 1964, re transport system 'Poker Machines', 1963 'Police Clerks', 1967, re Chicago Police Department
5 'Pullen Family', 1905-1984 'Pollution-Air-1960' 'Pornography', 1957-1977 'Quarantine, 1957-59, 1974-79, re North Head and Sydney Harbour National Park 'Queen Anne Flag', 1976 'Rabbit Traps', 1972 'Reagan's Speech [to British Parliament]', 1982 'Rotary Club [Manly]', 1970 'Royal Society of St George', 1949 'Safety Belts', 1962 'School Caretakers', 1957, 1978 'School Clerks', 1950, 1957 'Seat Belts', 1962 'SET [Sydney Emergency Transport]', 1960-69 'Sewerage', 1964 'Sewerage & Pollution', 1964-1976
Box 8:
'Sex Education', 1970-76 'Small Businesses', 1964, 1975 'Small Shops', 1957 'Small Schools', 1954 'Small Recreational Leases', 1962 'Socialism Menzies in 1949', 1949, 1974 'Society', 1970 'Southport Softwoods [Co-operative Society Limited]', 1969-1970 'Soviet Empire', ca. 1979 'Special Recreation', 1962, re recreational clubs operating on crown land 'Spit Bridge', 1963 'Soviet Shipping', 1973 'Swimming in Schools', 1957-58, 1978 'Sydney Harbour', 1958, 1973 'Sydney Harbour National Park', 1969 'Sydney Suburbs', 1983 'University [of Sydney] Evening Students', re reunion 'Telaspeed', 1969-1970, re patent and trademark application 'Timor', 1975+ 'Traffic Mirrors', n.d. 'Tratham', 1970 [Tu, Carol], 1976, 1978, re Taiwanese soprano at the NSW Conservatorium of Music 'Unemployment - A University Essay', n.d. 'University Fees', 1985 'Urbancich [Lysenko]', 1976, re barbecue at Urbancich's Mt Milena property 'Urbancich, The Whole Truth', 1980 ? 'Vehicles - Not Roadworthy', 1971, see also 'Continuous Vehicle Registration' 'Vietnamese Refugees', ca. 1978 'Viney [Mr A.E.?A.]', 1976, 1978 'Voting Age', 1970 'Week End Gaols', 1946-1973 'Western Australia', 1972, re WA's second university
6 'Whitehall Choruses', n.d., re Darby family sing-a-longs 'Widows Charter', ca. 1964 'Willis [Sir Eric]', 1975-77 'Wollongong Railway', 1966-67 'Women's Lib', 1973 'WACL [World Anti-Communist League], 1982-84 'Wyndham Report', 1959 'Wyndham Report and Liberalism', 1960
Box 9:
Subject files - Chronological, 1918-1986, arranged by Douglas Darby:
1918,1968 '1918'
1920-1938, '1920-5', being papers re his schooling and tertiary education including 1948-49 exercise books, with papers re his trip to Britain, 1948 '1921' '1925', being school essays '1926' [empty]
1926-28 '1926', being mainly school examination papers and essays, and menu from SS Orsova en route to Australia, Apr. 1928 '1927' '1928' '1929' '1930-40', being mainly re his teaching career at Crookwell and Mosman, NSW '1932', being Bannister School Paper
1933, 1963 'Souvenirs ED. D. Bannister Trees 1933'
1933-34 '1933' '1934', re his farewell from Bannister 'University Essays 1934-40'
1935-36 '1935' '1937' 'Coronation souvenir 1937', being Daily Telegraph (Syd.) issue '1938' '1939', being program for Northern Suburbs Annual Swimming Carnival, North Sydney Olympic Pool, 28 Feb. 1939 '1940' '1941' '1942' '1943' '1944' '1945', including personal references and testimonials, and congratulatory letters received on the birth of his son, Michael John '1945 Election Congratulations' '1946' '1947' '1948', mainly re his attendance at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, London, Oct. 1948 '1949'
7 '1950-1' '1953', re Coronation 'Elizabeth Coronation 1953', being The Times Coronation Supplement, June 1953 '1954', being program of St George's Day Commemoration Lunchen, 23 Apr. 1954 'Churchill [1954]', being Daily Mail 80th birthday tribute to Sir Winston Churchill
Box 10:
'Flood Victims 1955', re Manly Hospitality Scheme for Maitland flood victims
1926,1954-6 '1956', being mainly invitations and letters received
1950, 1958, '1958' 1975 '1959', being wool account sales from Grazcos, Sydney '1961', being letter from Bertram Stevens to Esme J. Darby, 8 Sep. 1961
1962-64 '1962', including index to his parliamentary speeches and letter received from Bertram Stevens, 22 Feb. 1962
1944,1963-64 '1963' 1971
1958, 1964 '1964', being newscuttings and program of surf carnival for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, at North Steyne Beach, 22 Feb. 1958
1965, 1967, '1965', including congratulatory letters received on his re-election as 1975 Member for Manly, 1965, and autographed United States Senate menu from Jesse Helms, 5 Sep. 1975 '1966', being greeting cards and newscuttings
1950-1967 '1967' '1968 Round the World' 'Europe '69' '1970' '1971 Overseas'
1970-79 'Souvenirs 1971'
1968-9,1972 '1972 Round the World'
1968-1972 '1972'
1964,1973, '1973' 1975
1964-1977 'Souvenirs 1974'
1974-75 '1975 National Portrait Gallery'
8 1944,1970-6 'Souvenirs 1 975'
1976-78 '1977' '1978'
1948, 1971, 'Souvenirs 1979' 1976-79 '1980'
1977-1982 'Souvenirs 1981', re i.a. The Twenty Fifth 'Souvenirs 1982' 'Souvenirs 1983' 'Washington 1983', re 25th Observance of Captive Nations Week and 40th Anniversary of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations, Washington DC '1984' '1985'
Box 11:
Subject files - Unsorted:
1983 'Duke of Westminster'
1981-85 'Manly Lions [Club]
1977-1981 'Bosnich', re home building renovations
1984-85 'Canada', being letters received ca. 1973 'Darby Profile'
1953-1984? 'Procedures Policy - immigration, Visas, Diplomatic Etc.', being miscellaneous papers of Douglas and Esme Darby including passports, letters of introduction, citations and certificates
1910, 1941, 'Passports', with related papers and birth certificates 1961,1976- 85
1950,1982- 'Insurance', being personal and travel insurance policies 84
1974, n.d. 'Darby', being letters received re death duties and article on him n.d. 'Birthdays', being a family schedule
Empty 'England 1982',
Empty 'Knightly Order of Vitez'
1956, 1959, 'Jennifer', being correspondence with his daughter, Jennifer Berube, in 1978-1984 Canada, with his electioneering pamphlets, 1956, 1959
198- 'Douglas World Trips', being lists
9 1962-1977 'Motions by Darby in Parliament'
1979?, n.d. 'Darby Testimonial Dinner'
1981 'Bidder', re import licences for electrical products
1979 'Darby's Speech 21. 3.79'
1950, 1953 'State Elections 1950', including scrapbooks of electoral advertisements of the Mayor of manly, Charles R. Sharkie
1962-64 Papers re his electoral candidacy for Manly
1952,1966, 'Family Souvenirs', being letters and newscuttings n.d.
1959 'Conquest', re Queensland electoral districts
1946-49 'Far West', being correspondence with and re Far West Children's Health Scheme, Manly, and correspondence with Manly Art Gallery and local organisations
1946-1965 Correspondence mainly with Manly clergy, French's Forest General Cemetery Trust, Harbord & District Ex-Servicemen's Club, Manly Diggers Club, Manly Council, and correspondence re TAB and poker machines
1977 'Topfield', re Nerida May Topfield
1943-1976 'Blanche Hodgson [Minnie May Blanche Hodgson, nee McKenzie, sister of Esme Darby]', re his enquiries/representations on her behalf re eligibility for old age and miners' pensions
1971-72 'Sakne [Paula]', re his trusteeship of Martin Ludvigs Vagulans
Box 12:
1944-1979 'Education'
1944-1978 'Education'
1957 'Education Policy 1957'
1962, 1966 '1962 Election'
1957,1960-4 'Monorail'
1964, 1973 'Education Campaign'
1957-1977 'Parl.[iamentary] Attention', re various matters
1970-71, '1970-' 1977
1956, n.d. 'Education Service Board'
10 1924,1960-5 'Education Standards - Norms'
1945-1953 'Education', including statements on Social Studies
1977 Transport', re problems in Manly
1968, 1977 Transport - Traffic Authority & Committees'
1958,1975-6 'Estate', re the estate of Michael Henry Hogan
1952-57 'Press on Mental Hospitals' n.d. '[Mental Health]', being glossary of new words
1984 ? 'Hodgman', being copy of news release by the Hon. Michael Hodgman, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, re World Freedom day Commemoration [1984]
1949,1960-2, 'Parl. Filing', re electorate matters 1976
1962-69 'Parl. Filing May 1968 - Special', mainly re electorate matters
1928-1939, 'Examinations 1930s', being mainly NSW Department of Education 1955-58 primary and secondary schools exam papers
1959, 1967 'Education Commission 1959'
1976, 1978 'Mrs Loveer [?]', re Education
1962 'Election Souvenirs'
1960, 1965 'Electoral Organization', being lists of Manly Liberal Party branches
1956 'Education Service Board', re separation of members of Education Service from the Public Service Board
Box 13:
1958-1978 'Libs - Opposition General', including correspondence with parliamentary colleagues
1977 'Willis & Me - Darby Resignation'
1963, n.d. 'Poker Machines'
1972, n.d. 'Greece'
1937-1972 Papers mainly re mental health and social services
1957 'Balgowlah Boys' High School P & C Association'
11 1950,1965-9 The Road', being mainly papers re his representations to Crookwell Shire Council for a public road at Limerick via Laggan, Parish of Wangalo, County Georgiana
1964-67 'Mrs J. Hogan', being mainly re accounts for her convalescence
1958-1977 Valuations, Rates, Land Tenure', re his properties
1966-1970 'Sunbury 1970', including correspondence with his son Michael re financial matters
1977 'Manly 1977'
1960 'New York Times [24 Jan. 1960]', being supplement on NSW
1966-67 'Lambeth Wood', re his planting of a pine forest at 'Sunbury', Limerick
Box 14:
1962-63 'Financial [Liberal] Forum'
1965 '1965 Accounts', re his election campaign
1980 'Education Debate', re Dr Alex Maggs' letter to The Sydney Morning Herald
1963-64 'Poker Machines'
1945-46 '[Liquor Laws]'
1940-1976 'Liberal Party of NSW - Party Branches', re i.a. Manly and 1976 Election
1953-54 'Coronation Centrepiece, 1954 - Dead Project', including correspondence and plans (2 files) / see also 'Centrepiece, 1954-55' in Box 5
1946-49 'Baby Health Centre [Manly]'
1964-65 'Manly Liberal Voice', re Barton Higgs
1962-65 '1965 Election Ideas for Consideration'
1961-62, 'Boyle Publicity', mainly re Harry Boyle, Liberal candidate for 1976 Manly,1962
1962-65 'Libferal] Forum Correspondence', including correspondence, newscuttings, electorate organisation list, minutes of meetings and newsletters
1961-63 'Lib[eral] Forum Minutes'
1956,1970, 'Reference book 1970', re Manly historical events n.d.
12 1982-84 'Finland', being letters received and colour photographs from Risto and Paula Sutinen, Finland
1977-1984 Correspondence, being mainly letters received from European and American friends
1980 'Australian Investors in Taiwan', being mainly correspondence with Federal MPs and Senators
1984-85 '[Rex Jackson]', re NSW Parliamentary Library searches
1925+ 'Maps', re 'Sunbury' property
1962-65 '1965 Cuttings - Not Directly on Campaign'
Box 15:
Empty '1966'
1960, 1978 'Manly State Electorate', being membership drive, 1960, and correspondence re 'park and ride' terminals at Manly
1960-1973 'Manly State Electorate Conference 1971', being mainly list of office bearers elected to MSEC
1958-1982 Miscellaneous papers re i.a. Parliamentary Liberal Party seminar on Botany Bay, Freeways and Mascot, may 1977; education policy; Captive Nations Coucil of NSW; Taiwan
1965-66 'Manly [State] Electorate 1966', being Liberal Party membership lists
1977 'Platform 1977'
1975 'State Platform 1975'
1983 'Election 1983'
1961 '1962 Campaign Against Darby', being issue of The Australian Liberal, vol. 5 no. 2, Dec. 1961
1945 'Election 1945', being scrapbook of his campaign
1947 'Election 1947', being papers re his campaign
1959 'Election 1959', being papers re his campaign
19627,1965 'Election 1962'
1976 '[Manly] Electorate Conferences'
1975-76 'Warringah FEC[onfere]nce 1975-6'
1962 '1962 Election'
13 1960-61 '1961-2 Election campaign'
1978 '1978 Darby's Final Messages'
1956 '1956 Policy Speech'
1964-65 '1965 Rejoining the Party', being correspondence with Liberal Party (NSW Division)
1970 'Griffith and My Health Committee', being letter to I.R. Griffith, MLA, Government Whip
1964-65 'Higgs Publicity'
1965 'Higgs Publicity', being publicity for Barton Higgs (Lib.)
1959, 1964, 'Liberal Constitution & Platform' 1974,1980
1960-1,1978 'Liberals v. Darby'
1962 'Liberal Party 1962'
1978 'Liberal Speech 1978', being his speech on the Address reply Debate, Aug. 1978
1962-1973 'Manly Elections', being statistical returns
1962 'Sponsored Branches'
1959-1961 'Paton Plot 1961'
1977 'Platform 1977'
1948 'English Liberal Party 1948'
1977 'Official Correspondence', being copies of his letters to Liberal Party Executive, 7-8 Feb. 1977
1977 'Parliamentary federalism', being his amendments to the second draft platform of the Liberal Party
1962-65 '1962 Campaign'
1953-1969 'Lib[eral] Party 1960'
1962-1978 'Points of Order, being correspondence re i.a. transport and Taiwan
Box 16:
1975 'Liberalism - A Statement 1975', being copies of his restatement and letters received from Federal and State Liberal colleagues
1954 'Centenary Policy 1956'
14 1976 The Purpose of A University', being address given at Chinese College of Culture, ?, 10 Jan. 1976
1965 'Policy [Speech]'
1984 Taiwan 1984'
1976 Traveling Together', being address given to Manly-Warrigah Branch of Justices of the Peace Assoc., 23 June 1976
1971 'Railways are the Answers', being address given to the Northern Suburbs Liberal Party Special Branch, 16 Mar. 1971
1983 Taiwan - Hastings', being the article, 'Oil for the Lamps of China' by Peter Hastings, SMH, 23 Jan. 1983
1983 Taiwan'
1977 'Moral Worth & Liberalism'
1980 Taiwan SMH Bull in a China Shop' ca. 1982 'Add Freedom Studies to Our Curriculum'
1966 'Empire Day [Address]'
1978 'Education - Coleman', re Liberal -Country Party Policy on Education
1982-83 'Aust. Courtship & Companion System U.D. book'
1946 'Lands n5-10', being correspondence re acquisition of land for Far West Children's Health Scheme
1983 'Who's Who', being personal entries in Who's Who in Australia 1983 and International Book of Honour (First World Edition, n.d.)
1963 'Models and Morals -1963', being speech given to a Methodist Brotherhood, July 1963
1976 'Australian Foreign Policy'
1978 'Moral Standards', re his final memorandum to members of the NSW Parliamentary Liberal Party, 6 Sep. 1978
1983 'Memo[randum] regarding the Communist Menace'
1982 'Soviet Message to the Parliaments and Peoples of the World'
1964 'Housing Commission & the Elderly'
1956-1962 'Gambling [and Poker Machines]'
1961-65, Papers mainly re Darby for Manly Campaign, including congratulatory 1976, n.d. letters received on his 1962 Election victory
15 1962 'Australian Aid to Chinese Refugees [Liberal Forum Special Committee]'
1946-1953 'Manly Junior High FD[?]', re i.a. building new Manly Boys' High School; representations on behalf of Manly Boys' High school P & C Assoc.; and correspondence with the Minister of Education
1950-53 'Manly Girls High School'
1948-49 'Manly home Science School'
1966 'Lucerne Grazing Notes' n.d. 'Sudax', being brochure re Summer forage crop
1969, 1971 'Driver training in Schools
1960-68 'Special Education', re i.a. special leases granted to the Harbord Local Assoc. of the Girl Guides Assoc., and the setting aside of Crown Lands for recreation
1946 'Greater Sydney', re Council amalgamations
1964-66 'Parl Attention Nov. '64', including notices of motions and orders of the day, and questions and answers in the Legislative Assembly, 1964
1950-65 'Pamphlet Material 1965', being Darby campaign flyers etc.
1961 '[Park] Attention Oct. 1961, re enrolment of Asian student, Yo Shat Fuk, at Australasian Missionary College, Cooranbong, and W.C. Wentworth election campaign launch for the Federal seat of Mackellar
1964 '[Parl Attention] March 1964'
1957-1960 'Fluoridation', including correspondence on this issue with Council of Hungarian Associations of NSW, 1960
1976-77 'Gambling Casinos'
1950 'Flood Guests' re hospitality for Maitland Flood victims
1952-56 'Loans 7'
1946 'Shark Meshing El'
1952-53' 'Chief Secretary - Electoral Boundaries'
1964 'Sunday Sport', re motion against sporting activities on a Sunday
1950-52 '[Parl. Attention ?]'
1970-73 '[Captive Nations Council]'
1955 'Circular Quay Railway'
16 1948, 1959 '[Liberal]', including map of Commonwealth Electoral Division of Mackellar, 1948
Box 17:
1946-1966 'Poker Machines'
1964-66 'Political Story of the Poker Machine' ca. 1949 'I Was a Communist Leader [Cecil Sharpley]'
1972, n.d. 'Charter of the United Nations...'
1944-46 'Liberal Party Policy Staements TG [?]'
1938-1949 'Operation University', re Liberal Party of Australia (NSW Division) University Committee
1967 'Darby Interview 1967'
1961, 1973 'Principles [?]', re North Head as site for a university, and parliamentary answers and questions re Manly
1947,1965- 'Parl. Attention July 1966', re Government buses; Chinese refugees; 66 public housing in Manly; banning of poker machines; and new playground in Manly
1959-1960 'Operation Head Office - Appraisal State Elections 1959', mainly re [Liberal] Branch Development Programme
1966 'Lord Howe Island 1966', re its proposed transfer from the electorate of King to Manly
1964 'Darby & Jean', being Manly Daily newscutting re Douglas and Jean Darby's lunchtime session on Radio 2GB
1965 'Manly Cove Parking Area'
1962-65 '[Liberal Forum] District Captains', re Darby for Manly Campaign
1965 'Railways & Transport Issue', re Warringah railway proposal
1965 [Liberal Forum] Service Centre Personnel 1965'
1965 Thompson Publicity 1965', re Albert Thompson, Independent Labor candidate for Manly
1965 'Mr Chaffey's Statement', re performance of MLAs in second session of 40th Parliament, 4 Sep. 1962-3 June 1964
1965 'Churchill Helpers', re election
1965 'State Campaign 65', being newscutings
1964 '1964 [Liberal] Forum Meeting'
17 1965 'Election Results', being newscuttings
1965 'Renshaw Policy 1965'
1965 Transport Strike', being newscuttings
1961 'Referendum 1961 - General Information [and Workers' Charts]'
1961 -62 'Bexley Liberals 1962'
1962 Turramurra [Branch]'
1964 'Shaw (Hire Purchase) 1964', re constituent's hire purchase payments
'Mitchell [J.W.]', re constituent's employment
1956-1962 'Australian Liberal 1960-62', and other Liberal Party publications
1976 'Rail Standardization'
1956 'Express Buses'
1945-46 'Sewerage', being mainly correspondence with the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage & Drainage Board re Warringah Shire
1950 'Scharkie [C.]'
1946 'Brookvale Deviation', re Pittwater Road
1946-1957 'Conservation - Sea Erosion'
1951 'Storing Buses'
1947, 1951 'M.E.T. [Manly Emergency Transport]'
1949 Transport General'
Box 18:
1982-85 'Current Taiwan 1985'
1983-84 Taiwan Reference 1984'
1983-85 Taipei Current'
1984-85 Taiwan March 1985 [?]'
1982-84 Taiwan Reference 1984'
1970, 1986 'Councils Amalgamation, 1970', re Local Government Boundaries Commission recommendation affecting Manly Municipality and Warringah Shire
1948-1952 'Cumberland County Council'
18 1947-1964 'Park reference April 1964'
1952-1970 'Parl. Attention'
1948 'England 1948 Personal Correspondence' 1948 'England 1948', being personal correspondence 1948-49 'England', being correspondence
1947-1951 'Blackouts - 47 49', re electricity blackouts in Manly and the Manly Warringah Electricity Power Failure Consultative Committee
1951 'A Power Station for Manly'
1956-57 'Parliamentary Filing FD/1'
1962 'Parliamentary Goodness - Factory & Shops Act 1962'
1949-1950 'Mental Health', being newscuttings
1949-1950 '[Mental Health] Report Summaries - Reference - Dr McGeorge', including his private members' motion on Mental Health, 1968, and J.L. Carrick's (General Secretary, Liberal Party - NSW) report on mental health reform, 1950
1977 'Manly Vale [Branch]
1952 '[Liberal Party] Health Committee 1952'
1952 '[Liberal] Health Policy'
1960 'Liberal P[ar]ty Branch Development 1960'
Box 19:
1941-1973 'Election Statistical Returns'
1954-1960 'Education', maily re IQ tests, school caretakers and the Leaving Certificate
1962-1970 'Parl Filing June 1966'
1960-68 'Liberal Party Sept. 1960', re Harbord Branch and education of children with special needs
1946 Tree Planting HC1', re Condamine Street, Manly
1948 '1948 Trip to Britain and Europe'
1966 'Parl Filing 1-7-66'
1967 'Mackellar Girls High School', mainly re installation of PA system
1951 -56 'Sell Transport - 56'
19 1957 'St Leonards terminal', re Northern Line passenger terminal
1971 'New Continents', re his proposed new continental nomenclature in letter to National Geographic Society, 22 Jan. 1971
1951 'Dr Rose', being copy of letter to Dr Rose, 30 Apr. 1951, re the care of Darby's two-year-old son James in hospital
1971-72 'Newington'
Box 20:
1954-1961, Attendance book for Darby family functions 1964-1973
1940-44, Attendance book for Darby family functions, with British Orphans 1964-1967 Adoption Society list of names, 1940-44 n.d., 1971 Register of Darby genealogical data and 300 Years of a Dynasty, being mainly historical information on the Darby name ca. 1928 Teachers' College exercise book re plant life and practice teaching exercise books
1932, n.d. 'Prose Writing...(a) Education'
Box 21: n.d. 'Railway Time Table', re proposed Pittwater-Manly Railway including Zenith
1972 'Manly-Warringah Railway I - Zenith'
1960-1972 'Manly-Warringah Railway ll'
1949-1975 'Manly-Warringah Railway III'
1972 'Allweg [?]', re Zenith
1964-1975 'Pittwater Quay', re Manly-Pittwater Rapid Transit Railway and Manly Zenith Terminal Complex
1965-1972 'Manly-Warringah railway'
1956 'Rail Standardization'
1958 'Decision Week - Those who regretted 23/4/58', being copies of letters from Darby re Decision Week on poker machines and gambling, with acceptances and apologies for St George's Day function
1954-57 'Royal Visit'
1948-1973 'Royal Visits'
1970 'Sydney University Liberal', re Centenary of Lenin's birth
20 1970 Voting Age'
1959 'Longevity'
1970 'Anti-Communists'
1949,1960-1 'Parl Filing 10'
Box 22:
1951-52 'Manly Sunnyfield Association'
1960-62 'Special Leases', re Manly Bowling Club, Manly & Warringah District Parks Joint Committee, Harbord Local Association of Girl Guides Assoc. of NSW
1970-73 'Blackmore', mainly re the recognition of naturopaths, chiropractors and osteopaths
1976-77 'Willis & Election', including comments on proposed Party platform, 1976, and State Election, 1976
The Uglies', being newscuttings on Liberals, 1977; supporting notes for Curl Curl Beach motion to 1977 Convention; and copy of letter to John Carrick, Gen. Sec., 4 Feb. 1977
1947 'Operation Potato 1947', re his plan to move food supplies during wharfies' strike
1965 'Harbour Pollution - Mr David Finch ', being typescript draft report, with black & white photographs, Sydney Harbour-A Brief Survey of the Debris Problem by D.W. Finch, June 1965
1954-1962 'Disfranchisent [sic]', re review of hotel trading hours and drunkenness
1953 'Shopping Bus 1953', being newscuttings
1973 Photocopied letter to His Excellency, D.P. Musin, Soviet Ambassador to Australia, 21 Aug. 1973, re Darby's address to a meeting opposite the Ambassador's residence in Canberra on 19 Aug. 1973
1966 'Poker Machines 1966', being mainly newscuttings
1962 '[Recent activities as Liberal Forum candidate]'
1962 'Minutes Liberal Forum', including minutes of Liberal Forum (Manly) meetings, publications and draft constitution
1946-1956 'Local Government Amalgamation'
1964,1966 'Parl. Filing 1/12/66'
1967 Taiwan Trade', being SMH Survey, 10 July 1967 1955 'IQ Testing'
21 Box 23:
1945-46 '1945', re transport problems of Manly'
1972-74 Time Table', re Sydney Area Transportation Study; proposed Manly- Pittwater Railway and Argus proposal; traffic from Manly-Warringah Peninsula and its impact on the Municipality of Mosman
1932-1965 'Harbour Bridge', mainly re its history, financing and traffic; and Constitution and Rules of the Manly-Warringah District Railway and Advancement League, n.d.
1974 'Ferries 1974', being newscuttings
1964-69 'Hovercraft', including circulars and press releases from the Information Service of the British High Commission in Australia
1957-1984 Darby family's Christmas Greetings, being mainly printed material
1949 'Narraweena 1949', re Dee Why Highlands Progress Association
1965-68 'Manly Ferries', including correspondence with the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company Limited
1964 'Alice Springs 1964', re his holiday in Central Australia
1949 'Coaching', re personal coaching for school children
1945 'Cross Words', re submission to The Sun (Syd.) and the use of crosswords in primary schools
1946-49 'Education - Manly [Evening] Youth College 'FMI''
1970 'Queenscliff Mental Health Scheme'
1962, 1980 'Darby Party Issue 1961 to 1962', mainly re Manly Liberal branches
1962 Victory Social 1962', being letters received
1962 'Congratulations Answered'
1962 'Usher 1962', being correspondence with C.C.M. Usher
1959-1964 'Darby Pamphlets 1962'
1961-62 '1961-1962 Liberal Forum'
1976 'Co-Education and Virtue', being his letter to The Manly Daily, 8 July 1970 n.d. 'Worthwhile Quotations'
22 Box 24:
1957-58 'Decision Week 1958', re promotion of restraint in gambling and use of poker machines
1971 Hansard proofs
1946-1969 'Quarantine', including correspondence re North Head Quarantine Station and Defence Reserve, and Sydney Harbour National Park
1968-1970 'Sewerage Reference 1969', re MWS&DB and Manly
1947-1971 'Mental Health 1971', including draft reports for Mental Hospitals Committee (Liberal Party), 1951, with attached files re Mental Health College, Saskatchewan, Canada; Decentralized Organization, n.d.; and Theracentre [Gladesville Hospital]
1957-1973 'Speaker', re Speaker of Legislative Assembly
1963-1973 'Zenith', re commuter transport interchange terminal at Manly Cove
1973 'Sydney Harbour Speech 1973', being synopsis of speech to Institute of Landscape Architects Inc. NSW Group, 18 Aug. 1973
1952-57 Various Reports 1957', re mental health and psychiatry
1957 'South Steyne Project'
1955-59, n.d. Personal financial records
1972-73 [Taiwan'], being newscuttings
1947-48 'Manly Visitors - Cricket Match 1947'
1954-57 '[Manly] Capital Development [Committee]'
1964 'Electricity Commission Employees 1964'
1962 '[Parl. Activities]'
1962, 1972 '[Parl.] Attention 1962 Oct'
1964 'Peace - CND 1964, being newscuttings re Australian Congress for International Peace Co-operation and Disarmament'
Box 25:
1957, 1964 'Second Deck 1958', re increased capacity traffic lanes on Sydney Harbour Bridge, including correspondence with Dorman Long Limited
1948-1977 'Poker Machines 1963', with other topics/issues
1963-4,1978 'Poker Machines'
23 1973 'Zenith July 1963 [1973]', being mainly newscuttings
1962, 1965 'Advertisements Darby for Manly', being mainly for 1965 campaign
1962 'Darby Advertising Publicity 1962'
1964 TAB'
1963 'Occupational Needs for Aged'
1960-62 'Official Correspondence Regarding "July" Campaign [1960]'
1962 'Darby Campaign Organisation Records 1962'
1956 'Centenary Policy' ca. 1984 'Memorandum]', re proposed Fascinating History
1950-54 'Education Survey', re survey of secondary education
1980 'UK', being map of The Warwickshire Ring -100 Miles of Navigable Inland Waterways
1964 'New Policy 1964 Transport'
1966 'Sunday Trading'
1976+ 'WACL [World Anti-Communist League] 1976-'
1954-1964 Trains', mainly re improved rail services
1957 'Housing Policy 1957'
1965 'Slow Learners 64'
1956 'Queenscliff Fire [Victims Relief Fund]'
1951-59 'Manly Council', being correspondence with and re Manly Council on various matters
1964 'Shopping Petition 1964', re extended trading hours
1962 'Askin Policy 1962 & State Aid', being newscutting
1945-1952 'Manly Maternity Hospital'
1976-78 'Willis & Darby', being mainly copies of his letters to Sir Eric Willis
1949-1959 'Conquest Reference', including maps of Queensland regions
1960 'Principles of Electorate Organization' ca. 1960 'Neighbourhood Membership'
1950-56 'Manly Boys High'
24 1959-1961 'Allambie Heights Public School'
1959 'Wyangala [Progress Association]'
Box 26:
1976-78 'Education', re i.a. series of school textbooks, Messageways, and correspondence with Eric Bedford, Minister for Education
1969-1973 '[Zenith - Manly - Pittwater Railway]'
1972-74 '[Manly Ferries - Transport]'
1958-59 'State Policy 1959', including minutes of meetings of the [Liberal Party] Joint Standing Committee on State Policy
1950s-1970s Newscuttings [General]
Box 27:
1973 'Desolation Roads'
1959-1973 Transport', being mainly re 'Double Decked Trains', 'Manly-Warringah Expressway & Sugarloaf Bridge', 'Emergency Transport', 'Blood Groups on Driving Licences', Random Breath Testing', 'Pneuways 1964-67', 'Zenith' and Traffic Mirrors'
1972-75 'Sunday Trading'
1956-1964 'Poker Machines', re Decision Week and anti-gambling campaign
1929-1970 '[Manly]', being mainly newscuttings
Box 28: n.d. '"Whitehall" Christmas Carols'
1957-1968 'Mental Health'
1976 'Drugs'
1976 'Casinos'
197- 'Homosexuals', being fact sheet re notice of motion
1946-1972 'Governors' Speech: Address in Reply'
1968-69 'Attention Sept 25th 1969'
1957, 1976 'Manly Parking Station'
1959-1976 '[Driver Training for Schools]'
1950, 1957 'School - Caretakers'
25 1970 'The Times & Britain's Blacks'
1974 'Lib. Party Membership Plans', re Manly State Electorate
1969-1973 'Immigration - Statistics'
1977 'Moore & Me [Privilege]'
1976 'Huyer [H.D.]', re Darby's comments on Huyer's 'Basic Considerations on Industrial Policy' re Philips Industries
1962-63 '[Parliamentary matters and questions and answers]'
1966-69 'Parl. Filing', mainly re Manly Cemetery, fireworks and constituent's pension query
1966 'Air Terminal - Sydney'
1963-64, 'Souvenirs 1963-4' and chapter 9: Freedom Day 1968
1953-1964 'Questions and Answers'
1962, 1964 'Over Fifty', re retirees
1955,1962 'IQ Testing 1955'
1960-64 'Speeches for Editing', being mainly proofs of Debates
Box 29:
1980-81 'Darby - Personal', being papers re i.a. Taiwan including letters received from Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, 1981, and Harold G. Dates, Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of NSW, 1980
1977, 1984, Miscellaneous papers re i.a. Australia-Free China Society, Education in n.d. NSW, and Australia-USSR Society, and including correspondence and newscuttings
1972-1985, Miscellaneous papers re i.a. Trust the Two Percent, including letters n.d. received
1925,1945- Miscellaneous papers, including correspondence, printed material and 1985 photographs
Box 30:
1951-1976 Miscellaneous papers mainly re constituency matters and Warringah Shire Council
1971-75 Miscellaneous papers re i.a. Captive Nations and hydrofoil wharf at Darling Harbour ca. 1950 'Darby Achievements' re Manly Special Functions Committee
26 1961-1970 Papers re commercial laundry services for hospitals
1962-63 'Liberal Forum', including membership records, reports and bulletins
1938,1948- Miscellaneous papers re i.a. Legislative Council reform, 1959; 1978 education; public schools; mental health; transport; electioneering; superannuation; moral standards; rail standardization (Wentworth Plan); gambling; hotel trading hours; Captive Nations; and the contribution of postwar migrants to Australia
1945-1978 Papers re Manly Electorate, including personal reprepresentatlons and correspondence on behalf of his constituents with NSW Government bodies
1963 Photoprint on board of members and officers of the Legislative Assembly of NSW, to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of Australia, 26 Jan. 1963
Box 31:
1940s-1980s Miscellaneous papers, being mainly newscuttings and printed material
1953-1977 Debates proofs
1940-1985 Newscuttings - Personal and Political
Box 32:
1940s-1985 Newscuttings - Personal and Political, including scrapbook extracts
Box 33:
1940-1969 Scrapbook of newscuttings - Personal and Political
Box 34:
Papers re Freemasonry, 1941-1985:
1953, 1962- Masonic chapter notices and publications, with list of invitees to 1985 intallation ceremony, 1953
1943-1972 Masonic programs re meetings and installation ceremonies, with list of members, and addresses, of the Millions Club, 5 Dec. 1957
1941-1967 'Masonry', including programs and correspondence
1942-1969 Masonic papers, including programs of installations and speech notes
Folder 35X:
1942-1954, Masonic certificates 1970-1971
27 B. Literary papers, 1926-1985
Box 36: n.d. MS., typescript and carbon typescript versions of the account of his voyage to Briain, 1948
1958-1959 'Mind Your Own Business', being papers re and the MS. of Watch Your Mental Health
Box 37:
1956-1970 Papers re and the MS. of A Try for Manly
Box 38:
Papers re Trust the Two Percent:
1980-81 'Two Percent', being correspondence with Taiwanese Government bodies and the publisher, Intelligence International United (UK)
1982, 1985 'Booksellers'
1982-84 'Circulars', re promotion of the book
1984 Letters received in reply to circulars ca. 1984 The China Problem - Give Credit to the Two Percent', being MS. draft chapter ?
1984-85 Visitors to Taiwan, being correspondence with prominent visitors to Taiwan
1961, n.d. 'Perhaps 2%', being early drafts ?
1977-1981 'Women in ROC [Republic of China]', being research material
1960, 1980 'Appendix'
1960-198- Ten Per Cent Reference', being notes
1980-81,n.d. 'Cultural Revolution Chapter 14'
1980 'Land Refom', re chapter 5
1980-81 'Kaoshiung Incident'
1981-83 Taiwan Misc.', being issues of Asian Outlook
1980-81 'Chapter 17 [The Final Address to the Jury']' n.d. These Faces Must Be Red'
28 1982-84 'Taiwan Correspondence', being correspondence with i.a. Taiwanese Government bodies and Alien L. Keyte, Dir. Gen., Centre for International Studies Limited (UK)
1981-84 Correspondence with Alien L. Keyte
Box 39:
Miscellaneous literary papers, being mainly drafts of verse:
1926-28 Notebooks, mainly re his voyage to Australia, 1926
1930s Plays and verse, including prompt copies of The Merchant of Venice; typescript and carbon typescript copies of Cinderella: A School Play in Three Scenes by E. Douglas Darby; and Various Verses', being exercise book of original and collected verse n.d. B. A Cradle for Civilization, being first folio of a draft outline of a history/social studies book for schools ?
1930s-1978 'Early Poems to 1945'
1930s-1950s 'Verse or Worse 1930-40', including Bannister School Paper, (1932), and issue of SCRAM, 1940, (Sydney University publication)
1930s 'Songs in the 1930s', including Bannister School Songs First Book, (1932) n.d. Miscellaneous verse
1948-1977 'Poems to be sorted or fixed'
1970-1980 'Christmas Carols', including Darby family's Christmas News and Whitehall Christmas Carols
1984 Taupo - New Zealand', being A Tribute to the Taupo Sunsets, 30 Dec. 1984
1984 Greyishness, being the 28th Darby Christmas poem
1983-84 'Canopies', being his poem The Canopies of England for This England Quarterly n.d. 'Carol- The [Blessed] Vigin'
1949, 1976, 'Australiana', being his lines inspired from Henry Lawson's Eurunderee, 1984 and copies of his letters to the Editor, SMH; various love songs; From the Dead of Anzac; and his poem To Billy Sheahan, 24 Feb. 1976
1975-1985 Taiwan Poems'
1968-1972, 'International Sonnets' n.d.
1970-1985 'Poems to Persons'
29 1960s-1970s 'Captive Nations'
1950 'Judy Ann etc.', being papers re Judy Ann & Johnny, a script for ABC Radio n.d. 'Inspiration', being corrected typescript of Inspiration or Making Schoolwork Interesting n.d. 'Parl. Etiquette', being MS. notes on protocol and procedure
Box 40:
1944-1984 Publications by Douglas Darby: Include Orphans of the War (1944), Lenin: Master or Monster [1 970], The New Rat Track [1 971 ], The Radiance of a Star (1972), Out of the Night [1975], Oil for the Lamps of Freedom [1975], Australia's Debt to the Republic of China (1978), Slovakia's Quest for Freedom (1978), Trust the Two Percent: A Comparative Study of Free China and Communist China [2nd ed.,1983], Youth Must Be Told The Captive Nations Story, n.d., and The Natural Anti-Pollutionist, n.d.
C. Organisational records, 1939-1986
Box 41 :
i. British Orphans' Adoption Society and BOAS Australian Child Care Committee, 1939-1963:
1939-1947 Minutes of meetings, reports, and History of the British Orphans Adoption Society, 24 June 1947
1940-45 Membership book; arranged alphabetically with dues paid
1942-1952 Billeting allowances and other expenditures
1942-1952 Stock book
1943-45 General cash book
1946-1959 Volume of various financial records
Box 42:
1939-1945 'Early records etc.', being mainly drafts of constitution, notices of meetings, agenda, and drafts of talks and articles
1941, Annual reports 1943-45
1944-1950, BOAS Australian Child Care Committee 1963
30 1946-1963 '1946 Referendum', being further records of BOAS Australian Child Care Committee
1943-44 Papers re Australian Council for UNRRA [United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration]
1940,1944-5 'War Orphans Appeal'
1944 Correspondence re distribution of the pamphlet, Orphans of the War, BOAS Pamphlets no.1 (1944)
1939-1944 'Adoptions and Cares', including foundation documents of BOAS n.d. 'Circulars to Branches'
Empty 'Goulburn Branch'
1944 'New Zealand Letters'
1944 Tasmanian Branch'
1945 'West Australian Branch'
1945-46 'Child Migration'
1951-56 Papers re BOAS and Hungarian Association of NSW joint assistance for Hungarian refugees arriving in Australia
1942-46 Miscellaneous papers, including Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Political Research Society Limited (1945); BOAS balance sheet, 30 Sep. 1946; copies of letters received from England, 1943-44; minutes of fifth and sixth annual general meetings, 1944-46; and poster: Australian Coupon Scale (1942), issued by Commonwealth Rationing Commission
1943-45 Miscellaneous papers, including correspondence, minutes and a talk
1944-48 Miscellaneous papers, including correspondence, minutes, circulars and reports; and papers re Shaftesbury Homes (Queensland Branch)
1940-43 Newscuttings and printed material
Box 43:
BOAS files:
1940-44 'G1 Premier of NSW', being correspondence mainly with the NSW Premier's Office 1939-45 'G2 Minister for Education' 1940-45 'G3 Governments. Child Welfare Dept.' 1940-1, 1945 'G4 Governments Dept. Chairman Overseas Children's Citizens Committee' 1940-45 'G5 Governments. Chief Secretary' 1942-45 'G6 Labour & Industry' 1940-43 'G7 Lord Mayor's Patriotic & War Fund'
31 1944-45 'G9 Registrar General's Dept.' 1942-44 'G10 Prime Minister' 1940-45 'G11 Minister for the Interior - Senator Hon. H.S. Foil, Senator Hon. J.S. Ceilings'
Box 44:
1940-45 'G12 High Commissioner' 1940 'G13 Commonwealth Treasury [Postmaster-General]. Canberra. ACT' Empty 'G14 Spender Hon. P.C. Department for the Army' 1944 'G15 Dept. of External Affairs' 1940 'G20 Premier of Victoria (Dunstan)' 1940 'G21 Department of Information' 1941-45 'G22 Commissioner of Taxation' 1940-43 'G23 Department of Roads & Transport' 1940 'G24 New Zealand Government' 1941-42 'G25 National Emergency Service' 1941-45 'G26 Postmaster's Generals Dept' 1941-45 'G27 Rationing' 1942-45 'G29 Child Endowment' 1942 'G30 [The Australian] Apple & Pear [Marketing] Board' 1942 'G31 Forestry' 1940-44 'G33 District Finance Officer (Dept of Army) 1942 'G34 [NSW Potato Advisory Committee]' 1943 'G35 Dental Hospital' 1943-44 'G36 Repatriation [Commission, NSW]' 1943 'G37 Hospitals Commission [NSW]' 1943-44 'G38 Manpower - Women' 1944 'G39 Reconstruction' 1944 'G40 [Department of Supply and Shipping] 1944 'G41 Deputy Director of Manpower' 1945 'G43 [UNRRA Clothing Appeal]' 1940-45 'G47 Railway Dept [NSW]'
ii. Liberal Reform (Manly), 1962-65 see file listings in Boxes 4-30
Box 45:
iii. Captive Nations Council of NSW, 1954-1985:
1973-1982 'Germany', being correspondence with Antibolshevik Bloc of Nations - Central Committee, Munich, Germany
1982-1985 'United States'
1969-1975 'W.A.C.L. 1969-1975', being correspondence
1965-1980 'Baltic Nations' 1982-84 'Bulgaria', re Jordan Georgiev's family reunion 1966 'Byelorussians' 1965-1977 'Croats' 1968-1977 'Czechoslovaks' 1962, 1974 'Estonia'
32 1954-1981 'Hungary' 1971 'Jugoslavia' 1971-76 'Latvia' 1972-75 'Lithuania' 1954,1975- 'Poland' 82 1971 'Russia', being mainly his article, 'A Future for the Russians' n.d. 'Romania', re acknowledgement of his contribution to earthquake appeal 1971 -72 'Serbs', being mainly correspondence with Serbo-Australian associations 1974-1983 'Slovaks' 1984-85 'Slovenia' 1984 'Turkestan' 1971 'Ukraine' 1972-75 'Vietnam' n.d. 'Uzbecks'
1961-1984 'Freedom Day'
1982 'Empires & Captive Nations', being address given to London Conference of Anti-Communist Bloc of Nations, 24-26 Sep. 1982
1985 'Freedom Day', being speech given at Sydney Square, 23 Jan. 1985
1985 'Burgazoff, being interview with Darby by Dimiter Burgazoff, 1 Mar. 1985
1976-77 'Captive Nations - Pearson 1977'
Box 46:
1964-1980 'Captive Nations Council of NSW, including correspondence, newscuttings, printed material and photograph
1983 'Photos', being copies of his letters to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President Ronald Reagan, with photographs of Douglas and Esme Darby meeting Vice-President George Bush and Mrs Bush
1965-1975 'Captive Nations Council of NSW and Captive Nations Week Committee', including correspondence, lists of delegates and members, and photograph
1958, 197- 'Captive Nations', being bibliography, Australia's Recognition of the Baltic States, and map of Imperial Russian and Soviet Russian expansion in Europe, 1958
1969-1973 'Russia & CN'
1964-1971 'Captive Nations'
33 Box 47:
iv. Cricket for Free China Committee, 1969-1970:
1969-1970 Taiwan Cricket', being papers re the coaching of Taiwanese university cricketers, including correspondence re sponsorship and fundraising
1969 'Cricket Parl. File - Official Correspondence]', being correspondence with i.a. W.C. Wentworth, Federal Minister for Social Services; and Lt- Col. R.F.F. Gillespie, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of NSW
1970 'Statement on Tour of University Cricket Group from Taiwan'
1969 Taiwan Correspondence', being correspondence re cricket tour
1969 'Ying-Lin Chen - Cricket'
1970 'Cricket Match 1970', being guest list and newscuttings
Box 48:
iv. Australia - Free China Society and South Pacific-Free China Association (NSW Branch), 1961-1986:
1960s-1978 'Taiwan', being publications from China Publishing Co. and information kit re the inauguration of the sixth President and Vice-President of the Republic of China
1985, n.d. 'New Zealand', being correspondence with Denis Marshall, MP for Rangitikei, NZ
1983-1986 'South Africa', being correspondence
1979-1981, 'South Pacific Free China Association (NSW Branch)', being 1985 correspondence
1978-79 'S.P.F.C.A. Annual Meeting 1978', Reports, Minutes, Etc.'
1974-76 'A.F.C.S. Canada', being newsletters received
1974-1980 'A.F.C.S. Canberra', including photgraphs of visit by Diana Cheng, AFCS scholar winner from Taiwan
1960-69 Papers mainly re his visit to Taiwan, 1961, with drafts of Perhaps the Two Percent
Box 49:
1976-77 'Australian Government', Foreign Affairs', mainly re Australian Government's policy towards Taiwan
34 1972-1980 'Jimmy Wei', being mainly correspondence with the National Policy Advisor of the Taiwanese Government and previously President of the Central News Agency
1977-78 'S.P.F.C.A. & W.A.C.L.', being correspondence re SPFCA's affiliation with WACL, and with Edward (E.O.E.) Hill and Jack Green in New Zealand
1977-79 'S.P.F.C.A. Taiwan', being mainly correspondence with Taiwanese Government and private organisations
1961-1975 'Chiang Kai-Shek', being papers mainly re the death and funeral of Chiang Kai-Shek and correspondence with the Secretariat of Her Excellency Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, 1961, re the estate of Fon Ah Mouy, late of Melbourne, Vic.
1976-77 'Pearson 1976-7', re Paul Pearson, President of the World Freedom League
1979 'AFCS Committee Meeting 9-4-79'
1973-79 'AFCS Annual Reports & C'tee Reports', and Membership Pattern & Affiliated Organisations Sheet
1976-79 'S.P.F.C.A. Port Vila New Hebrides'
1979 'AFCS 14/5/79 Committee Meeting'
1979 'AFCS Committee Meeting 10-1 -79'
1977-78 'A.F.C.S.-A.G.M. 1978-1977'
1980 'Confidential Report on the Future of AFCS'
1979 'A.F.C.S. Committee Meeting 25-6-79'
1979 'AFCS Annual Meeting 29/10/79'
1979 'A.F.C.S. General Meeting 3/12/79'
1979 'Carole 20/8/79 AFCS Meeting'
1980 'AFCS Committee Meeting Feb 25, 1980'
1979 'A.F.C.S. Committee Meeting 14/2/79'
1977-1981 'Chinese Women's Anti-Aggression League (Yah-Chuan Wang)
1976-79 'Scholarship', re AFCS Scholarship to Taiwanese students
1979-1980 'Americans for Free China'
1978-79 'Darby, E.D. Messages - 23rd APACL Conference Guam, Dec '78. Freedom Day 1979 Jan'
35 1979-1981 'Goodbye Letters Taiwan', including correspondence with Vice-Foreign Minister Frederick Chien
Box 50:
1979-1980 'South Pacific - Free China Association C'pendence - Circulars etc'
1980-1981 'A.F.C.S. - Singapore'
1977-79 'S.P.F.C.A. - New Zealand'
1974-1980 'A.F.C.S. - South Australia'
1978-1980 'A.F.C.S. - Tasmania'
1974-75 'A.F.C.S. Expenditure'
1975 'Chiang Ching Qud', re Qud's statement on attaining office
1970s 'AFCS - Membership List & VIP Addresses'
1976-1981 'National Palace Museum, Taiwan'
1976, n.d. 'Red China - Drug Traffic', including chapter 9: The Heroin Invasion
1971-76 'Red China or Mainland China'
1978-1981 '[Taiwan - Miscellaneous]'
1981 'Taiwan. Misc.'
1971-73 'Filing China'
1979-1981 'Dr Miao, Emily [Chair of the Dept of Youth & Child Welfare, Taiwan]', being correspondence mainly re her Australian visit, 1979
1981 ? 'Members AFCS', being memorandum/circular
1979 Taiwan - Chiang Ching-Q[K]ud'
1974-1980 'AFCS Receipts Journal'
1967-1979 'Sydney Morning Herald Article (5)', mainly re John Sleeman's articles on Taiwan
Box 51:
1964-1979 'Confidence in the ROC & Taiwan's Determination', being statements, speeches and news notices mainly re Taiwan
1977-78 Sun Yat Sen Memorial Library, Sydney NSW - Register of Volumes in English
1975-78 AFCS Film Register
36 1971-78 'Water Life Saving Taiwan', including photographs of function
1974 'Opening of Taipei Office [9 Jan. 1974]'
1979 'S.P.F.C.A. - Executive Meeting 17/2/79'
1979 'SPFCA - Santos, New Hebrides'
1979 'S.P.F.C.A. Noumea, Caledonia'
1978-1981 'AFCS Launceston, Tas'
1976+ 'WACL1976-'
1970s-1980s Miscellaneous papers, being mainly printed material
D. Business records, 1959-1983
Box 52:
i. Taiwan Travel Service, 1973-1981
1976-1981 Register listings of visa recommendation applicants [?] Box 53:
1973-1981 Records include and re receipts, bank deposits, cash book, Travel Trust Account, circulars and copy of agreement between Evelyn Douglas Darby nd Douglas Randolph Loudon & Alyson Dulcie Osborne trading as Classic Travel
Box 54X:
1973-78 Taiwan Travel Service further records
ii. 'Sunbury' property, Crookwell, NSW, 1959-1973
1959-1973 Records include expenses and wages
iii. Belrose Plastering Pty Limited, 1964-66
1964-66 Records include and re index of accounts, journal, Memorandum and Articles of Association (1964), first annual report, and minutes of meeting of subscribers, 23 Sep. 1964
iv. Unidentified, 1965-1973, 1982-83
1965-1973, Records, being two volumes one of which bears inscription: 'Aust. 1982-83 Courtship & Companion Systems
37 E. Subject pamphlet box files, 1939-1985 A separate sequence of papers originally maintained in 2" pamphlet boxes by Douglas Darby
Box 55:
i. Political papers, 1942-1985
1957-1972 'Bathurst', re Bathurst for State Capital Committee
1967-1971 'Bathurst', re Bathurst for State Capital Committee and its proposal to establish Bathurst as the capital of NSW
1943-1978 'Casual Education', mainly re Secondary Education, including correspondence and newscuttings
1969-1972 'Drugs', re drug education and the Drug Referral Centre, Manly
1942-1982 'Education, Basic', re education policy and syllabus
Box 56:
1960-1977 'Legislative Council', re reform of the Legislative Council
1948-1985 'Liberal Party of Australia', mainly re State and Federal Liberal Party policies, including policy speeches, 1949-1961, and Liberal Platform, issued by the Federal Secretariat, Nov. 1948
1976-78 'Liberal State Platform 1977', being correspondence mainly with the Liberal Party re draft platform for consideration by State Council, 1977
1949-1969 'Mental Health', including his speeches in the Legislative Assembly on a Private Member's Motion calling for reform of NSW lunacy laws
1961-1973 'Naturopaths', re registration of practitioners and including papers re Sixth South Pacific Federation of Natural Therapeutists Convention, Sydney, 1973
1963-1978 'Notifiable Disability', mainly re Notifiable Disabilities Bill, 1963, and amendment of Child Welfare Act (1939)
Box 57:
1966 'Poker Machines', re Pay Off the Poker Machine Campaign, 1966, including letters received from Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, and the Rt Rev. Marcus Loane, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney
1952-1985 'No. A11 Sydney Morning Herald', being mainly his correspondence with the Editor
1960-1985 'E9 Wages to Banks', re the payment of wages into bank accounts
38 1951 –1973 'Warringah Railway', re Railway for Warringah Campaign Committee, the Manly-Pittwater Rapid Railway and the Zenith Terminal Complex
Box 58:
ii. Literary papers, 1948-1962, 1982-3, n.d.
1948 The Way of Life Corrected carbon typescript
195-, 1983 Mind Your Own Business, being corrected carbon typescript, 195-, and newscuttings re the Richmond report on Mental Health Service
1962 Perhaps the Two Percent Corrected typescript and carbon typescript
1982 Be Temperate With Tropical Peoples, being literary papers, including manuscript, re Britain and Immigration n.d. Incognito [?], being corrected typescript and carbon typescript of 1948 trip to Britain [?]
Box 59:
iii. Organisational and business records, 1939-1985
a. British Orphans' Adoption Society, 1939-1962
1939-1962 BOAS - Hungarian Child Care Committee
b. Captives Nation Council of NSW, 1966-1977
1966-1977 Miscellaneous papers
c. Australia-Free China Society and South Pacific-Free China Society (NSW Branch), 1962-1985
1962-1984 'No. A21 Newspaper Cuttings', mainly re Taiwan
1967-1975 'No. A5 Economic Statistics', mainly re Australia's overseas trade with Taiwan, including correspondence and printed material
1971-1980 'No. A6 Dept. of Foreign Affairs [Taiwan]...', being mainly correspondence with Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Box 60:
1973-1980 'No. A20 World Anti-Communist League', being papers re, including correspondence with, WACL and Asian People's Anti-Communist League Secretariat, Taiwan (APACL)
1980-81 'No. A2 A.F.C.S. News Items', being maing news items by Darby for publication in Australia-Free China News
39 1980-82 'AFCS - South Pacific', being mainly financial records of AFCS / South Pacific-Free China Association (NSW Branch)
1981-85 Taiwan /1982.3 /1984.5', including correspondence mainly with Taiwanese organisations, APACL Secretariat and WACL, Taiwan
1977-1983 'No. A8 Dept of Information Taiwan & Dir. Gen. Ting, & China Publishing Co.', including correspondence with the Government Information Office, Taiwan
d. AFCS - SPFCA (NSW Branch) and Taiwan Travel Service, 1973- 1984 Records of mixed provenance of these organisations and business, maintained by Douglas Darby, which operated from the same office in sydney
1976-1981 'No. A1 Australia-Free China Society', including correspondence with Australia-Free China Society (Taipei Branch) and records of Taiwan Travel `Service
1971-1982 'No. A10 Tourist Statistics', re Australia-Taiwan tourism and trade statistics
Box 61:
1973-1981 'No. A9 Dept. of Tourism', being mainly correspondence with the Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Communication, Republic of China
1974-1981 'No. A14 far Eastern Trade Service', being correspondence with Far East Trade Service Inc.
1976-1981 'No. A16 Dept. of Immigration & Foreign Affairs', being mainly correspondence with Australian Ministers for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs and Minister for Foreign Affairs
1978-1984 Taiwan - Official -1982', being correspondence mainly with the Taiwanese Government and General Wego W.K. Chiang
1976-1981 Taiwan Travel Service', being further business and taxation records
40 E. Audio tapes (2), 1968:
Consult with the Curator of Oral History for access to these tapes
1968 ML OH 207/1: Reel-to-reel tape (2 sides: 1 hr 25 mins) of lecture on Australia's parliamentary system, Federalism and its future by Douglas Darby, given at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA, on 22 May 1968. Introduced by Fred Murray . The first 15-20 mins of side 1 is partly inaudible owing to imprinting.
1968 ML OH 207/2: Reel-to-reel tape (2 sides: 1 hr 33 mins) of a second lecture by Darby on Australian politics and the economy, including primary and secondary industries, given at the University of New Hampshire, 22 May 1968. Introduced by Fred Murray with concluding remarks and cheerios to Australian listeners by him and Darby. The first 15-20 mins of side 1 is partly inaudible owing to imprinting.
II. ESME JEAN DARBY
Box 62:
1922-32 Papers, being mainly financial papers of her sister [?] Marie McKenzie
1931 Exercise book re Psychology II course, University of Sydney
1961-67 Miscellaneous papers, including letters received and material re debating societies
III. CUSACK FAMILY
Box 63: ca. 1914- Papers of and re T.A. Cusack, including outline and research material 1941 for History of 2nd Battalion AIF [Sep. 1916-Sep. 1918]; and the papers of Mrs M. Cusack mainly re the Women's Voluntary Services, Young, NSW, 1939-1941 ca. 1915- Scrapbook mainly of newscuttings of the journalism of T.A. Cusack 1950 ca. 1917- Scrapbook of T.A. Cusack, including drafts and newscuttings of his 1942 articles and verse in The Soldier, Aussie, The Bulletin, Smith's Weekly, Hawkesbury Herald, Evening News, Grit, The Berry Register, Cumberland Argus, The Blue Mountains Echo and Reveille
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