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This series consists of various items of memorabilia collected by Sir Joseph and Dame Mary Cook over the years 1912 to 1949.  Included are souvenir programmes of significant events, souvenir postcards from places visited, newspaper clippings concerning Sir Joseph Cook and other members of the Cook family, several photographs, a map of Canberra dating from 1933, a 1916 publication on Australians at Gallipoli, a photographic study of Bathurst presented to Dame Mary for opening the All Saints Cathedral Operatic Fair in Bathurst in 1929 and an advertisement promoting trade with and migration to Australia. 

Two items particularly concern Sir Joseph Cook’s career: a souvenir programme commemorating the arrival of the Australian Fleet in Sydney in October 1913 while he was Prime Minister and a newspaper clipping featuring him laying the foundation stone of the Australian Pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition while Australian High Commissioner to London.

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Single number control symbols [1]-[9] have been imposed on the items in this series by National Archives. 

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Series history

In 1993 the Cook family donated Sir Joseph Cook papers, including series M3633, to the National Archives of Australia.  The collection was initially located at the New South Wales Office of National Archives but was transferred to the National Office of National Archives in Canberra in 2001.

Provenance

Series M3633 is part of the personal collection of former Prime Minister Sir Joseph Cook, although also contains items accumulated by Cook’s wife, Dame Mary Cook.  The Cook family donated the collection to the National Archives in 1993.

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