Summary heading

Prime Ministers Papers Project

Series converted from

AA1985/247

Summary heading

Series registration completed as part of the Prime Ministers Papers Project (August 2001).

System of arrangement and control

Single number system imposed by National Archives of Australia.

Relationships with other records

Earlier speeches given by Harold Edward Holt, as Minister for Immigration, Minister for Labour and National Service and as Treasurer, are in M2607.

Series history

This series was transferred to archival custody on 13 May 1974. It remained uncontrolled until allocated the accession number AA1985/247 on 15 April 1985. Conversion to the series M4249 was completed on 7 August 2001.

Provenance

The series was probably originally held in the office of the Prime Minister's Press Secretary (A Eggleton).

Immediate source of acquisition

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Additional information

This series consists of two items including speeches given by Harold Edward Holt in the second year of his Prime Ministership. Although mostly undated, the speeches appear to have been given in the two-month period September to October 1967. They relate to motor vehicle production, tariff policy, mining and development in Queensland and Western Australia. The series also includes comments made by Malcolm Fraser (then Minister for the Army) on Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War.

Sources

NAA files A1974/210 (f183) and A1984/78 (ff28, 53).