Contents

The files in this series contain documents relating to such matters as:

Parliament;
Cabinet committees;
Commonwealth Public Service administration;
Communist Party;
Minerals and mining matters;
Industrial matters and manufacturing;
Primary industry and primary production;
Trade;
Royalty and royal visits;
International Materials Conference;
World War II including repatriation;
Memorials;
International affairs and international relations;
Vice-regal matters;
Elections and electoral matters;
Commonwealth Public Service administration;
High Commissioner's Office;
Estimates and financial and economic matters;
State funerals;
National Library;
Territories;
Proposed legislation and amendments;
Administrative arrangements orders;
Northern Australia Development;
Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric scheme;
Energy;
Commonwealth-State relations;
Foreign affairs;
Honours and honours bestowed by foreign governments; and
Visits to Australia by VIPs of other nations.

Some of these files were top-numbered into CRS A463, Correspondence files, and there is a folder titled 'A462/A463 list of top-numberings' which lists all the files created in the A462 series and shows the corresponding file number used in A463. This folder is accessioned as CRS A9423/2 (formerly AA1974/261) and is on permanent issue to Reference, located in the Reading Room amongst the inventories of series.

Some of the files from CRS A9790, Correspondence files, single number series were top-numbered into this series.