Jacobi Collection

The Jacobi Collection comprises of working files assembled by Mr. Ralph Jacobi whilst he was the member for Hawker in the House of Representatives, from 1970 until 1987. The collection consists of 3 shelves of archive boxes and a shelf of books from Mr Jacobi's professional collection.

Topics include foreign affairs, politics and human rights in the Middle East including the Balfour declaration. Material on politics and foreign relations in Southern Africa, maritime law, River Murray and the Murray-Darling Basin, Roxby Downs, Bougainville, Minerals and Energy, Accounting standards and banking and East Timor.

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List of files

Folder name	Contents	Box Number
A.L.P. - Hawker Ladies Committee - Minutes 1972-82	Committee minutes for 1972-82	3 - Hawker campaign file
A.L.P. - Hawker Ladies Committee - Cash book	Cash book for 1980-92	3 - Hawker campaign file
A.L.P. - Hawker Ladies Committee - Minutes 1982-88	Committee minutes for1982-88	3 - Hawker campaign file
A.L.P. - Hawker Ladies Committee, 1986	Bank statements and committee financial statements for the year ended 30th April 1986	3 - Hawker campaign file
A.L.P. - Hawker Ladies Committee, 1988	Bank statements and committee financial statements for the year ended 14th April 1988	3 - Hawker campaign file
A.L.P. - Hawker Ladies Committee, 1989	Bank statements and committee financial statements for the year ended 30th April 1989	3 - Hawker campaign file
A.L.P. - Minutes	Sub-branch minutes and (state?) AGM minutes 1974-79	7 - Hawker ALP minutes
A.L.P. - Sub-branches	Member lists, correspondence, minutes	2 - Hawker fundraising
Accounting - Standards - Audit	Newspaper clippings, Hansard, articles.	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Advisory committee	Photos of Advisory Committee	3 - Hawker campaign file
Archives	Miscellaneous correspondence, newspaper clippings, Hawker Ladies cheque books	3 - Hawker campaign file
Archives - National Personal - Records 2001	Correspondence, newspaper clippings, brochures about the Australian Archives.	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Atomic power - Diffusion plants	Newspaper clipppings, press release	15 - Minerals & Energy
Atomic power - Jervis Bay	Newspaper clippings, reports, handwritten notes	15 - Minerals & Energy
Aust. law reform commisssion	Law Reform Commission discussion papers (1979-1984), correspondence	1 - Sundry
Aust. sports museum	Newspaper clippings, press releases	1 - Sundry
Australian M.D.B - Feb 2001	Newspaper clippings, correspondence	12 - M.D. Basin
Balkans.	Newspaper clippings, articles, extracts.	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Bankruptcy	Hansard, newspaper clippings, correspondence.	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Banks, Bankers	Correspondence, newspaper clippings, extracts.	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Barings Bank - Nick Leeson	Newspaper cuttings	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Basin: M.D.B. draft material	Handwritten notes, correspondence, draft reports, articles, newspaper clippings	10 - M.D. Basin
Basin: Murray Darling material-corres.	Correspondence, handwritten notes, articles, reports, newspaper clippings, 'Our country, our future: statement on the environment' (Bob Hawke), Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre triennial report 1990-93, the algal management strategy:summary (19)	10 - M.D. Basin
Bouganville copper project I	Reports, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings	14 - Bouganville
Bouganville copper project II	Newspaper clippings, articles, press releases	14 - Bouganville
Bouganville copper project III	Newspaper clippings, article	14 - Bouganville
Bouganville copper project IV	Newspaper clippings, article	14 - Bouganville
C.S.I.R.O.	Article, notes, House of Representatives questions (1982), Report of the CSIRO review of water resources research	6 - CSIRO/River Murray
Cap : Review: M.D.B. Commission Aug. 2000	Review of the operation of the cap : including the four companion papers (draft and full, ISBN 187630050)	12 - M.D. Basin
Company law: speeches/papers	Correspondence, articles, newspaper articles	1 - Sundry
Constitution - Convention - Speeches	Convention Proceedings, newspaper clippings, correspondence.	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Constitution - Samuel - Menzies - Opinions	Correspondence, lecture notes, memoranda, extract from Phillip Game papers	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Corporate Crime - Report - Clifford - Speech	Hansard, Congress papers	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Correspondence - Hawker	Miscellaneous correspondence re Hawker	2- Hawker fundraising
CSIRO	CSIRO Land and water : science for a sustainable future (ISBN 0643060731)	12 - M.D. Basin
Darling	Articles, newspaper clippings, press release, 'Water management in the Murray-Lower Darling Rivers: where to for the 21st century?' (Murray & Lower Darling River Management Board)	10 - M.D. Basin
Delaware River Basin Commission	Newspaper clipping, correspondence, conference transcript, reports	12 - M.D. Basin
Deregulation	Hansard, correspondence, clippings, book extract, committee minutes	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Dismissal - 1975	Correspondence, newspaper clippings, Novar papers	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Drugs: correspondence & speeches	Correspondence, articles, speeches, article drafts	1 - Sundry
East Timor - Portuguese Timor	Newspaper clippings (Kissinger), DISR submission, 'Secrets of State'	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Education - M.D.B.	Newspaper clippings, correspondence, thesis exerpt, "Special forever: feedback from schools"	12 - M.D. Basin
Edwardstown Young Labor Association - Minutes	Minutes of meetings (Dec 1969 - April 1972)	7 - Hawker ALP minutes
Foreign investment Cos.	Newspaper clippings	15 - Minerals & Energy
Foreign Overseas Investment Committee	Correspondence, articles, treasury papers, notes	16 - Minerals
French N-tests	International court of justice papers, background papers	16 - Minerals
Freshwater Bill	Speech, notes on the future of the River Murray Commission (1981), notes, Institute of freshwater studies (notes, 1981 ; draft proposal, 1983), articles	6 - CSIRO/River Murray
Freshwater Bill (1984)	SA Govt. submission to Institute of Freshwater Studies	12 - M.D. Basin
Freshwater Bill - Nov. 88	Murray-Darling Basin management ministerial meeting 1985, AWRAC update (no. 7, 1990), Water Research Foundation of Australia newsletter (no. 269, 1986), press releases (minister of Water Resources), articles, Water News (no.2, 1987)	6 - CSIRO/River Murray
Great Artesian Basin	Newspaper clippings, background and draft papers	10 - M.D. Basin
Hawker 1969 Election Results	Correspondence (two copies of same letter)	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Hawker campaign file	Campaign flyers, personal details of Elizabeth Harvey	3 - Hawker campaign file
Hawker fundraising	Melbourne Cup and Great Eastern sweepstakes, 'Club 200', miscellaneous financial details	2 - Hawker fundraising
Hawker Young Labor Association	Report of secretary and financial statements,1972-75	7 - Hawker ALP minutes
Hawker Young Labour Association - Finances	Receipts and statements, 1972-74	7 - Hawker ALP minutes
Hayden - Button - Richardson - Jacobi	Correspondence, newspaper clippings, 'Andrew Hacker'.	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Impact - Science	Background papers, notes	9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
Industry & Technology Committee	Articles, newspaper clippings, handwritten notes	15 - Minerals & Energy
Institute Freshwater Studies	Handwritten notes, articles, Bill for an Act, newspaper clippings, press release, speeches, constitutional conference papers,	12 - M.D. Basin
Insurance	Notice of question, notes, Life Insurance Amendment Act,	1 - Sundry
Kurds - Middle East	Thesis, National Geographic article and photos	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Loans Affair (Frank Crean).	Correspondence, newspaper clippings, Treasury minutes, articles on compulsory voting.	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
M.D.B. Proposal - national approach	Handwritten notes, proposal draft, newspaper clippings, background notes	10 - M.D. Basin
Mid-East oil - Press cuttings	Newspaper clippings, articles	14 - Bouganville
Mineral & Energy speeches	Hansard copies, articles, press releases, Acts, newspaper clippings, correspondence	15 - Minerals & Energy
Minerals & Fuel	Articles, drafts, newspaper clippings, notes	15 - Minerals & Energy
Minerals - Petroleum Search Subsidies	Notes, article drafts, parliamentary paper	16 - Minerals
Mining	'Surface mining and our environment', 'Mining taxation: a review', articles, newspaper clippings	15 - Minerals & Energy
Muray Darling Basin Commission	Publications, background notes, articles, draft agreement, House of Representatives statements, newspaper clippings, hansard photocopies	10 - M.D. Basin
Murdoch - Press - Media Ownership	Correspondence (to PM Hawke)	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Murdoch press	Correspondence, article	1 - Sundry
Murray Darling Assoc. - personal honours	Photos, correspondence, 'Riverlander notes'	11 - M.D. Basin
Murray Darling Basin: mat., proposal	Newspaper clippings, articles, handwritten notes, draft papers	10 - M.D. Basin
Murray speech mat.	Correspondence, handwritten notes, background papers, articles, draft articles, newspaper clippings, hansard photocopies, draft questions for the House	10 - M.D. Basin
Murray-Darling Basin - Ministerial council	Agenda papers & breifing notes 1987	13 - Folder
Murray-Darling Basin constitutional problems	Newspaper clippings, articles, correspondence	12 - M.D. Basin
National service - Vietnam	Correspondence, newspaper articles, speeches, notes	1 - Sundry
NCA (National Crime Authority)	Correspondence, reports, newspaper articles, draft articles	1 - Sundry
Nuclear power - Environment	Parliamentary paper, article preprints, newspaper clippings	15 - Minerals & Energy
Nuclear: Aromic Papers	Speech notes, articles, conference proceedings, background papers	16 - Minerals
P.N.G. Torres Strait	Newspaper clippings, hansard exerpts, Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Sub Committee on Territorial Boundaries: The Torres Strait Boundary, Report and Appendices	14 - Bouganville
Passport Act - Amendment 1979	Hansard, newspaper clippings	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Press clippings - Mines & energy	Articles, drafts, newspaper clippings	15 - Minerals & Energy
Press cuttings - Election material '87		8 - Press statements/cuttings
Press cuttings - R. Jacobi	Cuttings which refer to Jacobi, 1979-91	8 - Press statements/cuttings
Press statements	Press releases, many tagged for the "Messenger" newspapers	8 - Press statements/cuttings
Privatisation	Correspondence,Hansard, newspaper clippings	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Publicity	Correspondence, newspaper articles	8 - Press statements/cuttings
Questions	Draft and copied parliament questions	1 - Sundry
Questions, Parliamentary	Hansard, Notice Papers, newspaper clippings	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Revaluation	Press release, correspondence	14 - Bouganville
River Murray	Articles, background papers, draft reports, hansard photocopies, House of Representatives questions, handwritten notes, newspaper clippings	11 - M.D. Basin
River Murray - ALP policy	Telexes, report	11 - M.D. Basin
River Murray - Boundary dispute	Newspaper clippings, correspondence, notice of questions (House of Representatives), hansard photocopies, articles, handwritten notes	11 - M.D. Basin
River Murray - History	Newspaper articles, correspondence, article drafts and notes, Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre annual report 1986/87, Murray-Darling Basin natural resources management strategy draft, Waterlink (no. 6, 1990)	6 - CSIRO/River Murray
River Murray - Papers	Newspaper clippings, House of Representatives questions, press releases, 'Water pollution in Austrlia: report from the Senate Select Committee on Water Pollution' (1970), Legislative research service reports	11 - M.D. Basin
River Murray - Press clippings	Articles, newspaper clippings, press releases	11 - M.D. Basin
River Murray Basin	River Murray Commission publications, "Murray-Darling Basin : ecologically sustainable irrigation?" (Parliamentary Research Service, Research paper no. 30 1994/95)	12 - M.D. Basin
River Murray Bills	Hansard photocopies, Proposal for an institute of freshwater studies: report of interim council, the Bill, newspaper clippings, correspondence, notes	9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
River Murray correspondence		9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
River Murray master plan SA	Murray Darling catchment: integrated management plan, press release	9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
River Murray speech	Reports, notes, background papers, correspondence, speech drafts	9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
River Murray waters agreement	'The River Murray waters agreement: peace in our time?' (Adelaide Law Review, v.9), 'The legal and administrative implications of the hydrological cycle and water-related resources facing the 21st century' (Water International, v.4(4), 1979)	10 - M.D. Basin
River Murray waters speech	Hansard photocopies, background notes, articles, newspaper clippings	9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
Salaries - Company Directors	Correspondence, newspaper clippings, address to Business Awards Luncheon, Cameron on 'white collar crime'	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Salinity - 1	13 publications	12 - M.D. Basin
Salinity - 2	Correspondence, seminar paper, reports, articles, newspaper clippings	12 - M.D. Basin
Sandford Clark	Interview transcript, articles/reports by Sandford Clark, correspondence	11 - M.D. Basin
Singapore - Malaysia	Extracts, newspaper clippings, memoirs	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Speech - Water research council
	9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
Speech - Water research statement	Speech, background notes	9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
Speeches - 1970, 1971, 1972	Mostly copies from Hansard	4 - Speeches
Speeches - 1970-1977	Typed parliament speeches	5 - Speeches
Speeches - 1972.	Hansard.	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Speeches - 1973, 1974, 1975	Mostly copies from Hansard	4 - Speeches
Speeches - 1976, 1977	Mostly copies from Hansard	4 - Speeches
Speeches - 1978-1979	Mostly copies from Hansard	4 - Speeches
Speeches - 1980	Mostly copies from Hansard	4 - Speeches
Speeches - 1981	Mostly copies from Hansard	4 - Speeches
Speeches - 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1985, 1987, 1990	Mostly copies from Hansard. Only one speech from 1990	4 - Speeches
St. Mary's - Minutes	ALP sub-branch minutes 1979-83	7 - Hawker ALP minutes
Statute Law	Correspondence, hansard	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Superior Court Bill (July 1974)	Hansard	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Superior Court speech	Copy of speech made to the House of Representatives 24th July 1974	1 - Sundry
Taxation - Speeches	Correspondence, Hansard, newspaper clippings	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
U.S. - Oil, Energy	Press clippings, articles	14 - Bouganville
W.E.L. (Women's Electoral Lobby) - women's lib	Correspondence, newspaper articles, articles	1 - Sundry
Water - Palestine - Ministerial (Correspondence)	Correspondence, Harpers magazine article	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Water - Questions	Newspaper clippings, articles, press releases, House of Representatives questions	11 - M.D. Basin
Water 2000	Report, background notes	9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
Water supply to Roxby Downs	Parliamentary library report	9 - River Murray Bills/Roxby Downs
Wealth - Press cuttings	Newspaper clippings, correspondence	11 - M.D. Basin
White Collar Crime - Costigan	Frank Costigan lecture	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.
Young Labor Contingent	Minutes, financial statements, photos, 1965-67	7 - Hawker ALP minutes
Zionist - Balfour Declaration - Palestine	Extracts from 'The Rape of Palestine', British Foreign Policy documents, and other extracts	Filing Cab. 39 - bottom drawer.