UQFL27 Allan Arthur Morrison Collection - UQ Library

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UQFL27
Allan Arthur Morrison Collection

Size 38 boxes, 6 parcels

Contents Minutes and reports of the Queensland Place Names Board 1967 to 1968;
minutes and related correspondence of the Oxley Library Advisory Committee
1967 to 1969; material relating to the Australian Dictionary of Biography;
typescripts; lecture notes; newspaper clippings.

Date range 1850 to 1971

Biography Allan Arthur Morrison was born at Mount Morgan in Queensland on
23 November 1911. He won the Lilley Medal in 1925, the Byrnes Medal in
1927 and a State Open Scholarship to the University of Queensland in 1929,
where he graduated with first-class honours in History. He lectured in the
History Department of the University of Queensland from 1945 to 1971. In
1963, he was made a fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland,
having been its president from 1948 to 1953. He served terms on the boards
of Newstead House and the Oxley Memorial Library as well as fostering the
formation of the Queensland State Archives. He was a contributor to the
Australian Dictionary of Biography. His published works were mainly on
local government and regional history, as well as the role of the Australian
Labor Party in Queensland politics from 1915 to 1957.

Notes Open access
This collection may contain culturally sensitive words or descriptions, some of
which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts.
The collection was rehoused in 2012 and some box numbers were
reallocated. Refer to the chart at the end of this listing to convert old box
numbers to new numbers.

Box 1
Index cards [9 bundles]
4 bundles of student details for Social History, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1 bundle undated
4 bundles of book references. Divided into subject areas
1 bundle of journal and article references

Box 2
A.A. Morrison - Special Subject Local Government: Lecture notes [2 exercise books of handwritten
notes]
Insert - 3 newspaper clippings :
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Reproductive Work. Daily Telegraph (Brisbane) 12/5/32
Overlapping Boards and Local Government. Daily Mail (Brisbane) 13/5/32
Neglected Industries and Leichhardt Rabbit Board. Daily Mail (Brisbane) 14/3/32

Red binder
Our History. No 26-7, Summer-Autumn 1962. Tom Mann and His Times, 1890-92
Our History. No 36-37, Spring 1965. Prints of the Labour Movement
Incoming correspondence from Helen Baker to A.A. Morrison dated 27 May

Black album
Lecture notes for Constitutional History II, 1947
Political Science I – timetable
Newspaper clipping from The Courier Mail entitled “Reprints as an historical record the ... Charter
of the United Nations adopted at the San Francisco World Security Conference”. June 1945
History I lecture notes: The Development of Modern Britain. Property of the History Department
Student attendance record for the Social History Lectures for 1964 given by A.A. Morrison [4
leaves handwritten]

Box 3
Rayner, S.A. The Campaign of Ulm – Austerlitz. Honours Dissertation, School of History,
University of Queensland [Long hand annotated copy]
Melbourne, A.C.V. Report on Australian Intercourse with Japan and China. Report Submitted to
the University of Queensland, Brisbane, 1932.
The Courier Mail, 11 May 1959 [Special Issue: Queensland – The story of a Great State]
Morrison, A.A. The Sociological History of Nursing. Address given at the Second Biennial
Convention of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation, 13 – 16 Oct 1964 [2 copies]
Incoming correspondence from Violet M. Hall, State President of the Royal Australian Nursing
Federation. Dated 3 November 1964 [1 letter]
Goodman, R.D. The Organization Nurse. Address given at the Annual Meeting of the College of
Nursing Australia, 1964. Attached note to A. Morrison from Rupert Goodman.
C Schindler – His Philosophy [typescript notes]
Murphy, D.G. The Moreton Region of Queensland: Resources and Industries (Draft). A report
sponsored by the Queensland Department of Industrial Development. Department of Economics,
University of Queensland. March 1971. Accompanied by a letter from D.G. Murphy dated 21 April
1971.
Poulter, Max W. The Shearing Dispute in Queensland – 1956. Typescript and 1 page of published
version.
The Queensland Times: The News of a Century 1859-1959, 27 Aug 1958
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Box 4
Folder 1 Lecture Notes
History I, 1948.

Folder 2 Exam Papers
History B (Part I) First and Second Exam Papers - November 1948.

Folder 3 Lecture Notes
Exam and lecture notes, 1930

Folder 4 Lecture Notes
Constitutional History and Political Science I, 1930

Folder 5 Lecture Notes
British History II, 1931

Folder 6 Essay
Essays 1930-1931

Folder 7 Lecture Notes
British History I, 1930

Box 5
‘P.I.L’, exercise book, nd

Folder 1 Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes, 1931.

Folder 2 Lecture Notes
Pauline L Joice, Women’s College, Newtown, MAINE (NSW) [Maine’s Ancient Law lecture notes]

Folder 3 Lecture Notes
Pauline L Joice, Women’s College, Newtown, The Law of Contract, 1933

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Folder 4 Lecture Notes
Roman Law Lecture Notes, nd

Folder 5
Public International Law, nd

Folder 6 Lecture Notes
Roman Law Lecture Notes 1935

Folder 7
Roman Law Part I (Historical) 1933

Folder 8 Lecture Notes
Unidentified Lecture notes, nd

Folder 9
Jurisprudence Exam and Lecture Notes, nd

Folder 10 Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes for Public International Law, 1934

Box 6
Porter, George. F.S.S. Statistics of the State of Queensland. Part VI : Local Government, 1931-32
[Porter was Registrar-General and Registrar of Friendly Societies]

Folder 1
A collection of rough notes on various Acts.

Folder 2
[Notes written on Exam paper, but possibly not exams]
‘Thesis Notes’, 1 orange hard cover diary

Folder 3
[Loose notes]

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Folder 4
[Notes]
[Includes notes on National Security, Public Safety Act, High Court of Australia, GIC Regulations,
1934 Valuation, National Security Regulations, A C Gazette 1943, Suez Canal, Economic History
and Lecture Notes, 1930-31]

Folder 5
Economics I

Folder 6
Economics II and History

Folder 7
Notes on Incidence of Taxation

Folder 8
Lecture Notes – History - Greek Literature and Art, 1932

Folder 9
Lecture Notes – History - Greek Literature, Philosophy, Art, 1931

Folder 10
Lecture Notes - Political Science II, 1931

Folder 11
Lecture Notes - Political Science I, 1930

Folder 12
Lecture Notes - British History I, 1930

Folder 13
Lecture Notes - Typed. Political Science I

Folder 14
Lectures on Ethics and Metaphysics

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Box 7
Maps
Map showing electoral districts. Electoral Districts Act 1887. Map 2. 2 copies.
Map showing electoral districts. Electoral Districts Act 1878. Map 1. 2 copies.
Map showing electoral districts. Electoral Districts Act 1878. Map 3. 2 copies.
Map showing electoral districts. Electoral Districts Act 1887. Map 3. 2 copies.

Photograph Album
Philp, Hon. Robert, M.L.A. Premier of Queensland. A souvenir from the Chinese residents of
Cairns and district. June 14, 1900. Views - photographed by Lyne Brown, of Cairns.
1. Part of Cairns Harbour (In the Inlet)
2. The arrival of the Palmer at Burns Philps Wharf Cairns
3. The Church of England Cairns
4. Abbott St on the last visit of the Hon T.J. Byrnes
5. Gigantic Fig Tree Cairns
6. The Arrawatta leaving Cairns
7. The Esplanade Cairns
8. Clayton & Hills Glen Boughton Estate across the inlet
9. Glen Boughton Creek
10. Young Bannana (sic) plantation
11. Redlynch from Freshwater Creek Bridge
12. The Glacier Rock and Red Bluff from the Barron River
13. Descending the Range close to Redlynch
14. Burns Philp Wharf from the inlet
15. A diggers hut
16. No 1 tunnel [railway line]
17. Stoney Creek Falls as seen from the railway carriages
18. Stoney Creek Bridge [large group of men, one boy standing and sitting on railway tracks]
19. Round the bluff to the Glacier Rock
20. No. 15 tunnel [railway line]
21. Robbs Monument [large rock formation]
22. Surprise Creek [elevated railway bridge spanning creek]
23. Looking down the Barron Gorge
24. Looking down the line towards 15 tunnel
25. Railway close to the Barron Falls
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26. The Barron Falls
27. Barron Falls Station
28. Kuranda [small settlement]
29. Myola
30. Pine Apple [sic] farm (A.J. Drapers) Lilly Bank
31. Paw Paw tree in state nursery Cairns
32. View in state nursery Cairns
33. Natural Fernery on Stoney Creek
34. Roots of Gigantic Fig Tree Mulgrave
35. Sugar Cane at the Mulgrave (A.J Drapers)
36. Nelson Station
37. The Mulgrave Central Mill
38. [Railway] Bridge over the Mulgrave River
39. The Cane fields across the Mulgrave River
40. Loading cain [sic] at Aloomba
41. Camp of Mulgrave blacks [indigenous men, women, children outside traditional huts?]
42. Hydraulic sluicing upper Russell River
43. Mount Graham Coffee Plantation, Russell River 36 Miles from Cairns
44. The Cathedral Rock, Chillagoe
45. The Royal Arch Cave, Chillagoe
46. The Balancing Rock, Chillagoe
47. The Magazine Face, Chillagoe
48. The Organ Cave, Chillagoe
49. The Girofla Mine [Chillagoe]
50. Charcoal Kiln, Chillagoe

Box 8
Index cards - 9 bundles, 2 green boxes.
2 green boxes - alphabetised. Students name, address, etc.
2 bundles - Student history 1969 and 1971.
7 bundles - Book, journal and article references.

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Box 9
Charles S. Blackton. Syllabus for Core subjects 7.1 and 8.1: Britain and the Commonwealth of
Nations. Colgate University. Hamilton, N.Y. Includes Assignment sheet for 1st term, 1954-55.
Insert: International Economics notes from 1954 entitled “The Ottawa Agreement 1932”

Folder Lecture notes
Constitutional Law. 1932
Notes in Green paper. Constitution notes. (Australian)

Folder
Constitutional Law. From Pauline L. Joice, Women's College. Newtown. 1933.

Folder
Constitution notes. From Pauline L. Joice, Women's College. Newtown.

Folder
Queensland Place Names Board Meetings. Minutes, reports and correspondence. Aug-Dec. 1968

Box 10
Folder 1
Australian History Study Guides, Notes on Essay requirements including reading lists (2 copies)
and Annual Degree Examination 1955
History, Political Science and Public Administration Accessions to Thatcher Memorial Library.
Social history - notes on assignment format (2 copies)

Folder 2
Australian History lecture notes

Folder 3
Australian History lecture notes

Folder 4
Alcorn, C.D. Chaplain, R.A.N. European History. Chronologically arranged. 1910-1940. Being a
dissertation for the Degree of Master of Arts. Hons. History. University of Queensland

Lecture notes. History I
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Blue Binder: Part II. Notes on Constitutional History and Development?

Box 11
Book of typescript lecture notes for History II, 1947.

Folder
Minutes of the Queensland place names committee held in the Surveyor-General's room at 2 pm
4th Dec – 1967
12th Mar - 1968, 5th Jun, 1968,1.45 Wed 28th Aug 1968, Wed 18th Sep1968, 1.45 Wed 27th Aug
1969, 2.00 Wed 25th Mar 1970
Report of the Queensland Place Names Board, Sep-Oct 1968, Jun-Aug 1968, Aug-Sep 1967, Oct-
Nov 1967

Folder
Minutes of meetings of the Oxley Library Advisory Committee. Feb 1967 - Feb 1968 - Feb 1969 -
27th Nov 1969 and related correspondence.
Australian advisory council on bibliographical services. 15th meeting Adelaide. 23 Aug 1969
Development of book resources. Report to the Library Board of Queensland
Oxley Research Scholarship. Information

Folder Lecture Notes
Constitutional History I 1945.

Folder
1 page. History II (British) Notes.
Local Government. Frederick Phillips. Government Printer.
Typescript: Morrison, A.A. The Queensland Electoral System for Australian Quarterly.
Vol 27(3), 1956.
Typescript. Historical Society of Queensland Inc. Presidential address 28th Sep 1950.
Politics in early Queensland (2)
Typescript of tables. Elections for House of Representatives. 1910-1951 (2)
Crisp, L.F. & Bennett, S.P. Australian Labor Party. Federal Personnel. 1901-1954.
Canberra University College. Sep 1954 (typescript)
Liberal Party of Australia (Qld Division), 383 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane. Constitution.
Oct 1954 (typescript)

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Box 12
Index cards.
Cards have bibliographic details of books with location (O.L. = Oxley Library, P.L.) 5 bundles of
cards

Box 13
Photograph album – stamped inside front cover Rob Philp
1. Charlotte Plains bore
2. Camels loaded with wire and wire netting
3. The drought Gum Holes, Bowra Station, Cunnamulla
4. Dead and dying Ardock cattle, Cunnamulla
5. Meston's blacks - king of the tribe
6. Mr Meston's blacks Cunnamulla
7. Burke and Wills tree, Nappa Murrie Station, Coopers Creek
8. Loading camels Cunnamulla
9. Warrego River punt shift
10. Wool teams arriving at station Cunnamulla
11. Peace and plenty Cunnamulla [sheep herded into enclosure]
12. Burke's grave Coopers Creek
13. Camels loaded with chaff
14. Stockyard Street, Cunnamulla
15. Afghans riding camels
16. Club Hotel Cunnamulla
17. Louise Street, Cunnamulla
18. Court House, Cunnamulla
19. Dead and dying Ardock cattle, Cunnamulla
20. Camels in teams
21. Diamantina Lakes, Far west Arnhem Land
22. E. Rich & Co, Cunnamulla
23. Camels loaded with wool
24. Court House Officials Cunnamulla

Scrapbook - clippings about North Queensland from local newspapers. 1901-1902

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