Guide 3 to NSW State Archives relating to Responsible Government - OCR - Flipbook - Page 222
A Guide to New South Wales State Archives relating to Responsible Government
Perhaps the following best sums up where a modern day Parliament sits today —
"Homelessness; drugs; problems in health services and education; concerns about
security; agricultural crises; the running down of services in rural communities; issues
of reconciliation and land rights with indigenous Australians; transport inadequacies;
major environmental concerns; some resurgence of racist or at least anti-immigration
attitudes; republicanism and constitutional change; and more, all require the
concentrated attentions of governments. ... The role of parliament remains
fundamental: as the means of expressing of the people's will, ensuring the rule of
law, balancing and monitoring the actions of executive government (and to a lesser
extent the courts) and keeping the people central to the system of government.i13
Governor
Commissions and oaths of allegiance of Ministers of the
Crown, 1907-64
CGS 4553,
[12/2064.22066.1]
This series comprises official oaths (for Ministerial Office), Oaths of
Allegiance to the Monarch and Executive Councillors' oaths. Each
is signed by the Minister and the Governor of the day.
Arrangement is roughly chronological by Ministry, commencing
with the 19O7-1O Wade Ministry, and ending with the 1964-65
Renshaw Ministry.
[12/2O65.1] also contains 1915 papers relating to the
appointment of William Calman Grahame as Minister for
Agriculture; copies of the Government Gazette of 15 March 1915
concerning Ministerial appointments including that of Grahame
and a copy of the draft Commission are included. Some letters
from Ministers tendering resignations from portfolios are also to be
found here.
Attached to the official oath of Robert James Heffron as Premier
and Treasurer, 23 October 1959, in [12/2O66.1] are two memos
relating to the death of the Premier and Treasurer 33 Cahill on
Thursday 22 October 1959, the first by L3 Rose, the Official
Secretary, and the second by F P McRae, the Crown Solicitor,
concerning the effect of the death of the Premier on the carrying
out of the functions of Government.
[12/2O64.2] commences with oaths for the 19O7-1O Wade
Ministry and ends with those for the 1916-2O Holman Ministry;
[12/2O65.1] the 1913-16 Holman Ministry to the 1927-3O Bavin
Ministry; [12/2O65.2] the 193O-32 Lang Ministry to the 1941-44
McKell Ministry; and [12/2O66.1] the 1944-47 McKell Ministry to
the 1964-65 Renshaw Ministry.
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2000 - To the Millennium, op cit
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