Sir Walter Crocker, (1902-2002)
Papers 1922-2002
MSS 327 C938p
Series 11 - Lieutenant Governor of South Australia 1973-82
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11.1 Lieutenant Governor of South Australia
11.2 Various official documents to or for the Lieutenant Governor
11.3 Acting Governor of South Australia, January-August 1977
11.4 Acting Governor of South Australia, March-April 1982
11.5 Sir Mark Oliphant, Governor: letters and discussions, 1971-1992
11.6 Sir Douglas Nicholls, Governor. 1976
11.7 Sir Keith Seaman, Governor
11.8 Sir Donald Dunstan, Governor, 1982
11.9 The Premier, Hon. D.A. Dunstan
11.10 The Premier, Hon. J.D. Corcoran
11.11 The Premier, Hon. D.O. Tonkin
Includes 'Some notes for a postmortem on the Tonkin Government' December 1982, with a postscript May 1983
11.12 John Bannon, Leader of the Opposition, 1979-1982, Premier 1982-1993
11.13 The Vice-Regal Office and representation
11.14 Westminster Abbey Appeal, 1973
11.15 Queen's Birthday receptions, 1974
11.16 The Queen's visit, 1977
11.17 Secretary of Government House: a) Henderson, b) White and the running of Government House
11.18 Letters and telegrams regarding the K.B.E., 1978
11.19 Patron of societies
11.20 Clubs
The Adelaide Club
Oxford & Cambridge Club
The Reform Club
11.21 The Book of Common Prayer controversy
11.22 Stewart Cockburn (mainly regarding his book on Oliphant, also on the Splatt case)
NB See also Oliphant papers Series 3, Cockburn file
11.22a Additional papers received from Stewart Cockburn in February 2005. These comprise the typescript ‘Sir Mark Oliphant: recollections and a layman’s estimate’ [2000?] by Walter Crocker with annotations by Stewart Cockburn; a draft and copy of the letter from Stewart Cockburn to Crocker in response to the typescript [2000], with Cockburn’s annotations. Also a letter of congratulations to Cockburn re the Oliphant book from Lloyd Evans.
11.23 Dismissal of the Commissioner of Police
11.24 The Chatterton affair, 1983
11.25 [Copy of typescript of Crocker's book Sir Thomas Playford, correspondence with the publisher (Melbourne University Press) and others, papers re the launch by Sir Paul Hasluck 4th May 1983, and reviews and comments have been transferred to Series 15]
11.26 Sir John Kerr
11.27 Honours
11.28 The Monarchy and Republicanism
11.29 The ABC [correspondence re Crocker's article published in Quadrant September1987]
