[UMA-SR-000000892] ACC 37 A.R.B. McDonnell's Files

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IdentifierUMA-SR-000000892Extent30 filesScope and ContentA.R.B. (Bruce) McDonnell was Clerk of the Parliaments and Clerk of the Legislative Council, Victoria. At a meeting of Clerks of State Parliaments in May 1972 he was elected Second Clerk (or Assistant Clerk) to the Australian Constitutional Convention. He later became Clerk to the Convention following the resignation of Mr I.P.K. Vidler. The 1983 Convention in Adelaide was the last plenary session at which Mr McDonnell served as Clerk.

These files contain original correspondence to A.R.B. McDonnell, copies of correspondence from A.R.B. McDonnell, and press clippings, Convention documents and other material forwarded to and collected by him. It is likely that Mr McDonnell started compiling material about the Convention before he became Second Clerk. The files document events leading up to the first plenary session - beginning with the Debates in the Victorian Parliament in 1969 - and planning for subsequent plenary sessions up to the 1983 meeting of the Convention in Adelaide. They also cover the work of committees and a range of other matters, and include historical and comparative material.

Many of the file titles are those originally given to the files. A few files in this series may have been compiled by people other than A.R.B. McDonnell, but have been kept with the rest of the collection where they were found.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this SeriesSearch within this Series

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CreatorAustralian Constitutional ConventionRoleProvenance

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CreatorFinemore, JohnRoleProvenance

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Date1927-1983

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University of Melbourne Archives

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[UMA-SR-000000892] ACC 37 A.R.B. McDonnell's Files