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Papers of Ross Fitzgerald
MSS 105

Collection Title

Papers of Ross Fitzgerald

Collection Identifier

MSS 105

Inclusive date(s)

1932 to 2001

Extent and Medium

76 boxes + 4 oversize + 2 AV boxes

Category

Literature

Collection Description

Manuscript drafts, correspondence, book reviews, newspaper clippings, and audiovisual material relating to Ross Fitzgerald's published works and research interests

Administrative / Biographical history

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

Australian academic, historian, author, and political commentator Ross Fitzgerald was born in Melbourne in 1944 and was awarded his doctorate in political theory from the University of New South Wales. His academic career has included various positions at Griffith University including Professor in History and Politics. During his time as an Australian Research Council Senior Research Fellow (1992-1996) he wrote political biographies and co-produced ABC television documentaries.

As well as writing regular columns and book reviews for publications such as The Australian and The Age, Fitzgerald has appeared on ABC Radio, SkyNews and the Alan Jones Show. In 2014, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to education in the field of politics and history as an academic, and to community and public health organisations.

Fitzgerald has published books on a variety of topics including the history of Queensland, Labor Party politics, philosophy, alcohol, and Australian Rules Football. His works of fiction include political satires about his corpulent anti-hero Professor Dr Grafton Everest

References:
Austlit : Ross Fitzgerald https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A27045 retrieved 27 July 2020

Acquisition Details

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Scope and Content

Manuscript and typescript drafts of Ross Fitzgerald's published works including Busy in the fog : further adventures of Grafton Everest (1990), All about anthrax (1987), The greatest game, by Ross Fitzgerald and Ken Spillman (1988), and Bligh, Macarthur and the Rum Rebellion (1988). The collection contains notes, background material, correspondence, book reviews, newspaper clippings, photographs, cassettes and miscellaneous papers. Other contents include material relating to the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Queensland Branch, papers relating to Fitzgerald's academic career and politics in Queensland, and research for a biography Red Ted : the life of E.G. Theodore (1994)

Appraisal & Processing Information

Awaiting processing: 87 boxes

Access Restrictions

Other

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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.

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Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Separated Material

This collection originally included numerous publications, listed at the foot of this finding aid

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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