2006.0016
APPOINTMENT DIARIES [1970-1975]
Creator(s): 
Fraser, John Malcolm [1930-2015]

This series includes five appointment diaries of J M (Malcolm) Fraser, maintained by his personal staff, for the years 1971. 1972 and 1974. They relate in part to the periods when he was Minister for Defence in the Gorton Government (items 1-2), Minister for Education and Science in the McMahon Government (items 1-4) and a member of the Opposition Executive before he succeeded Billy Snedden as Leader of the Opposition (item 5). The diary entries are in several hands, including that of Mr Fraser. They record both official appointments and social engagements, ranging from Parliamentary sittings, Cabinet meetings, Liberal Party and electoral meetings to appointments with diplomats, political and other colleagues; engagements with community and other organisations and family commitments. Items 1-3 include a partial telephone directory at the back of the volumes. Item 4 includes a list of 1972 Budget sittings and lists of Members of Parliament and Liberal Party Opposition spokesmen announced on 8 January 973, a month after the Whitlam Labor Government came into office. There is no appointment diary for 1973 nor, as could have been expected, for 1975. When Mr Fraser became Prime Minister, the system for recording his appointments was changed to a series of index cards and related correspondence files. Formerly National Archives of Australia series M1340.

0.085 metres (1 box)
Community and Political, individuals