[UMA-SRE-20080063] Diary of 1949 road trip taken by Malcolm Fraser

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IdentifierUMA-SRE-20080063Extent1 boxLinear Meterage0.08Scope and ContentThis diary kept by J M (Malcolm) Fraser describes a trip through New South Wales undertaken with his friend Gavin Casey (the nephew of former Governor-General Richard Casey) in 1949. Fraser and Casey set out from the Fraser family property 'Nareen' in western Victoria on 2 March 1949, travelling to Horsham, Ouyen, Mildura, Broken Hill, Bourke, Dubbo and back to Victoria via Canberra, Albury and Ballarat. The diary includes accounts of Indigenous history (1800s) in NSW regarding the Maraura man Nanya, visits to the canning and dried fruit works in Mildura, the surface works at North Broken Hill Ltd and the Australian War Memorial and (Old) Parliament House in Canberra. Also included is a sixteen-page essay, 'Two thousand miles in a month', in which Malcolm Fraser both describes the trip itself and reflects more broadly on his feelings for Australia and hopes for the future. A brief movie taken on the same trip is held at the National Film and Sound Archive.Collection CategoryCommunity and PoliticalAccess StatusOpen for public accessRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this Series

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CreatorFraser, John Malcolm

Dates

Date1949

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Previous System ID2008.0063State of ListFully listedSource of DescriptionAyres, Philip, Malcolm Fraser: A biography

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[UMA-SRE-20080063] Diary of 1949 road trip taken by Malcolm Fraser