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Library Council of New South Wales. Guide to the papers of Sir Philip Game and the
Game family in the Mitchell Library, prepared by Helen Yoxall in 1984 with further
description by James Andrighetti of the Manuscripts Section in 1988, Library Council of
New South Wales, Sydney, 1988. A copy of this guide is available on the website of the
State Library at
. Papers relating to the
dispute between Governor Game and Premier Lang which eventuated in Lang's dismissal
in 1932 are briefly described in this guide and can be found in ML Mss 2166/2. Included
at the back of the Guide is a comprehensive index to correspondents for Sir Phillip
Games' correspondence 1929-35. ML Mss 2166/3, as listed in the Guide, includes
published correspondence between the Governor and Premier Lang, 1930 - 1932 and a
radio talk entitled "Lang and the future in New South Wales", 26 August 1931.
LUMB, R D. The Constitutions of the Australian States, University of Queensland Press,
St Lucia, 3rd edition 1972.
MARTIN, A W and LOVEDAY, P. Parliament factions and parties: The first thirty years of
Responsible Government in New South Wales, 1856-1899, Melbourne University Press,
1966.
MELBOURNE, A C V. Early constitutional development in Australia, (ed) R B Joyce,
University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2nd edition 1963. A very detailed work on the
constitutional history of the Colony of New South Wales from its foundation in 1788 to
the introduction of Responsible Government in 1856.
MORRISON, A S. "Dominions Office Correspondence on the New South Wales
Constitutional Crisis 1930-32" in Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society,
Volume 61, Part 5, March 1976, pp.323-346.
Parliament of New South Wales. New South Wales - Autocracy to Parliament 1824-1856,
Legislative Council, Sydney, 1976. Comprises four papers by W G McMinn, S G Foster,
John M Ward and George Liik as well as a number of appendices which list Imperial,
Colonial and State officials from 1788 to 1976.
Parliament of New South Wales. The New South Wales Parliamentary Record: containing
an alphabetical record of members of both houses, and showing particulars of
parliaments, administrations, and parliamentary officials, compiled in the offices of the
Clerks of the Parliaments, Volume 7, 1st edition, December 2003. This contains an
alphabetical record of Members of both Houses, alphabetical list of Electorates of the
Legislative Assembly and Members returned for each, and also particulars of Governors,
Parliaments, and Parliamentary officials from the First Council appointed on 11 August
1824, up to and including Members elected to the 53rd Parliament 22 March 2003 at the
general election.
TAPP, E J. "The Colonial Origins of the New England New State Movement" in Journal and
Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volume 49 Part 3, November
1963, pp.205-20.
WINDEYER, W J V. "Responsible government - highlights, sidelights and reflections" in
Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Volume 42, Part 4,
October 1956, pp.257-312.
. Documenting a Democracy: Australia's Story website
which covers constitutional and political history with an emphasis on federated Australia.
Copies of the key documents, including Imperial Acts, for the Australian States as well as
the Commonwealth are included.
. A source site for NSW legislation which has been
developed by the Parliamentary Counsel's Office. It contains NSW legislation in
force, both Acts and statutory instruments (regulations etc and environmental
planning instruments); historical versions of legislation, including repealed
legislation; and, an archival collection of NSW legislation as made since 1990.
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