Series[UMA-SRE-20130018] Tabulated poll dataAccession[2013.0008] Papers of Irving David SaulwickIdentifierUMA-ITE-2013001800072Scope and ContentSAUL00519 Computer tabulated statistical data for Age Poll, printed on continuous feed paper. Separate paper feeds relating to a number of different polls have been removed from a plastic data binder and rehoused across seven archival folders (SAUL00514 - SAUL00520).
Part six contains the first of two sections of a data report generated under the header 'Beacon Opinion Poll (Saulwick-Weller) - December 6/7th -1975 - Processing by Computab'. The top sheet is inscribed 'December 1975'. Another copy of this data report is held in SAUL00487 and SAUL00488.
SAUL00519 consists of data tables 1 - 16 relating to an Age Poll surveying public opinion in the lead up to the 1975 Federal election, precipitated by the dismissal of the Labor government by the Governor General, Sir John Kerr. Contains tables for:
- most important election issue in deciding vote (pensions & social services; strikes and union power; refusal of Senate to pass supply; inflation; inefficiency in government; unemployment; dismissal of Whitlam government; foreign policy and defence)
- popularity of the Prime Minister (Fraser) and leaders of the Labor and Country parties (Whitlam; Anthony).Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2013.0018 Unit 0013
Saulwick, Irving D., 1975 Part 6 of 7 (December 1975-December 1975), [UMA-ITE-2013001800072]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 09/11/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/327362
