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Papers of Tim Fischer
THL 005

Collection Title

Papers of Tim Fischer

Collection Identifier

THL 005

Inclusive date(s)

1950 to 2002

Extent and Medium

2 boxes 2 oversize

Category

Politics

Subject: Organisation(s)

Collection Description

Newspaper clippings kept by Tim Fischer

Administrative / Biographical history

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Fischer

Tim Fischer was an Australian politician and diplomat. Fischer served with the Australian Army in the Vietnam War. On his return he bought a farming property at Boree Creek. He served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1984. He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1984 election, representing the Division of Farrer until his retirement in 2001. He replaced Charles Blunt as leader of the National Party in 1990, and in the Howard Government served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. After leaving politics, Fischer served as chairman of Tourism Australian from 2004 to 2007, and was later Ambassador to the Holy See from 2009 to 2012.

Acquisition Details

The collection was donated to The Howard Library by Tim Fischer in 2017.

Scope and Content

This collection comprises of press clippings kept by The Honourable Tim Fischer AC

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: The permission of The Howard Library Director is required to access this collection.

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved.

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Disclaimer

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.

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