IdentifierUMA-ACE-20080058Extent2 archive boxes; PhotographsLinear Meteragenot specifiedScope and ContentThis collection comprises letters, newspaper cuttings and photographs collected accumulated by Una Fraser and relating partly to her son, J M (Malcolm) Fraser, Prime Minister of Australia from 1975-1983. It includes letters written by Malcolm Fraser to his parents while he was a student at Tudor House School in New South Wales, from 1941-1943 (when he was aged 11-13). There is also a small number of school reports from about the same period.
There are also three scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings, collected by Una Fraser and relating to the political career of her son. The cuttings are from Western District and Melbourne newspapers including the Hamilton Spectator, Warrnambool Standard, Horsham Times, Casterton News, Melbourne Herald and The Argus. The cuttings relate primarily to the political career of J M Malcolm Fraser dating from his pre-selection to the Liberal-Country Party in November 1953 to his post-political career. A small number of cuttings relate to more personal matters such as his engagement to Tamara (Tamie) Beggs in 1956. The cuttings also provide a good overview of rural life and political events in Victoria in the 1950s and 1960s. There are also some photographs and Liberal Party election flyers.
Photographs. One album of photographs The remainder of the photographs: early photographs of Una Fraser’s material grandparents, William Booth; her father Louis Arnold Woolf; herself and her sister; There are also photographs of Malcolm Fraser, his sister Lorraine Fraser (later Whiting), and his father (John) Neville Fraser. Photographers include Ruth Hollick, Maxwell Porteous, Spencer Shier, Athol Shmith and John Cato.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this AccessionSearch within this Accession
Previous System ID2008.0058State of ListFinding aid availableDescriptive NoteYes listed ONLINE
Fraser, Una, [2008.0058] Papers of Una Fraser, [UMA-ACE-20080058]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 06/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/68735
