Item 13 - Powers Referendum

Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC C5-13

Title

Powers Referendum

Date(s)

  • 1944 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

18 items

Context area

Name of creator

(1884-1969)

Biographical history

Sir Robert Cosgrove K.C.M.G. (1884-1969), a grocer by trade, became a trade union leader and politician. He was State President of the A.L.P. in 1916 and first elected to the House of Assembly for Denison in that year. He was Premier of Tasmania 1939-47 ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by Mrs M. Cumming (nee Cosgrove) 8 February 1971

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Files of press cuttings, miscellaneous papers and pamphlets relating to the "Powers Referendum". Constitution Alteration (Post-War Reconstruction and Democratic Rights) 1944 was known as the "14 powers", or the "14 points referendum". It sought to give ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open for research

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

Finding aids

Original inventory and descriptive notes can be found at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/10890/2/Cosgrove.pdf

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Dates of creation revision deletion

CE September 2018

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