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Function and purpose

This series contains seven magazine style publications from Australia, Britain, United States of America and Europe, featuring articles related to either Sir Joseph Cook, other dignitaries or significant world events.  Included is a copy of ‘The Sydney Bystander’ from 1914 featuring a photograph of Sir Joseph Cook, a copy of ‘L’Illustration Journal Universel’ from 1919 reporting on the Versailles Conference, an Atlantic Edition of the ‘Daily Mail’ featuring an article on funeral services for Queen Alexandra in 1925, a copy of ‘The British Australian and New Zealander’ from 1926 with an article on the launch of the first “Seagull” (an Australian amphibian flying boat) at Southampton, the June 1927 edition of ‘The British Empire Review’ containing an article on Sir Joseph Cook, a copy of ‘Life’ from 1948 with an instalment of Winston Churchill’s war memoirs and a memorial edition to King George VI of ‘The Sphere’ from 1952. 

It would appear that these publications were primarily collected by Sir Joseph Cook until his death in July 1947 and thereafter by Dame Mary Cook and other Cook family members.  

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Single number control symbols [1]-[7] 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 M3795, 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 M3795 is part of the personal collection of former Prime Minister Sir Joseph Cook, although contains two magazine publications (items 6 and 7), which must have been accumulated by Cook’s wife, Dame Mary Cook, or other family members as they date from after Sir Joseph’s death in July 1947.  The Cook family donated the collection to the National Archives in 1993.

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