Diary of a Labour Man 1917-1945

 

Prime Minister: References 1941 - 1945
1941
 

1. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 414.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 3.

  2. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 4.
 

3. Weller Patrick, [Ed.], Caucus Minutes 1901-1949, Minutes of Meetings of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Volume 3, 1932-1949, Melbourne University Press, Clayton, Victoria, 1975, pps. 293-294.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd. John Curtin arriving for Labor Caucus Ball, Canberra, 6 October 1941. JCPML00445/65.

  4. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 4.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Daily Telegraph, 6 and 9 October 1941; Melbourne Herald, 8 October 1941; Sydney Sun, October 1941; The Sun, 8 October 1941. JCPML00297/1.
  5. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 10.
  6. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, pps. 10-12.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, p. 4.
 

7. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Daily Telegraph, 11 October 1941. JCPML00297/1.

  8. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 418.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, pps. 11,17,18.
  9. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 6.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Argus, 15 October 1941. JCPML00297/1.
  10. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 418.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Age, 16 October 1941. JCPML00297/1.
 

11. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 19.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, p. 3.

 

12. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 15.

 

13. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, pps. 4,6.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 24.

 

14. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Sydney Sun, 28 October 1941. JCPML00297/1.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 24.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, p. 10.

 

15. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 1, 2 - 18 October 1941. JCPML00110/6, p. 20.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, pps. 4,6,10,12.

 

16. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Melbourne Herald, 23 October 1941. JCPML00297/1.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, p. 14.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 419.

 

17. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, pps. 18,19.

 

18. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, p. 19.

 

19. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, p. 21.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 October 1941. JCPML00297/1.

 

20. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 2, 18 - 28 October 1941. JCPML00110/7, pps. 12,21,23,24.

 

21. Weller Patrick, [Ed.], Caucus Minutes 1901-1949, Minutes of Meetings of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Volume 3, 1932-1949, Melbourne University Press, Clayton, Victoria, 1975, pps. 294-295.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 419.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 3, 29 October – 3 November 1941. JCPML00110/8, p. 3.

 

22. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 3, 29 October – 3 November 1941. JCPML00110/8, pps. 9,10,11,12,13-14,15.

 

23. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 3, 29 October – 3 November 1941. JCPML00110/8, pps. 7,17,18,19-20.

  24. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 November 1941. JCPML00297/1.
 

25. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 3, 29 October – 3 November 1941. JCPML00110/8, pps. 23-24.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 4, 3 November – 6 November 1941. JCPML00110/9, pps. 3-7.

  26. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 4, 3 November – 6 November 1941. JCPML00110/9, pps. 3,7,8,9,10,11.
  27. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 4, 3 November – 6 November 1941. JCPML00110/9, pps. 3,6,12,13,14,15.
 

28. Weller Patrick, [Ed.], Caucus Minutes 1901-1949, Minutes of Meetings of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Volume 3, 1932-1949, Melbourne University Press, Clayton, Victoria, 1975, p. 295.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of David Black. Abstracts of John Curtin's speeches in House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, October 1938 - April 1945, JCPML00784/6.Vol. 169, 6 November 1941, pps. 140-146.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 4, 3 November – 6 November 1941. JCPML00110/9, pps. 19-24.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 5, 6 November – 12 November 1941. JCPML00110/10. pps. 3,5,8,9,11.

  29. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 5, 6 November – 12 November 1941. JCPML00110/10. pps. 11,12.
 

30. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 4, 3 November – 6 November 1941. JCPML00110/9, p. 8.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 5, 6 November – 12 November 1941. JCPML00110/10. pps. 17,20.

 

31. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 5, 6 November – 12 November 1941. JCPML00110/10. p. 21.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 425.

  32. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 5, 6 November – 12 November 1941. JCPML00110/10. pps. 5,20,23.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 6, 12 November – 14 November 1941. JCPML00110/11. p. 5.
 

33. Weller Patrick, [Ed.], Caucus Minutes 1901-1949, Minutes of Meetings of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Volume 3, 1932-1949, Melbourne University Press, Clayton, Victoria, 1975, p. 296.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 5, 6 November – 12 November 1941. JCPML00110/10. p. 23.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 6, 12 November – 14 November 1941. JCPML00110/11. pps. 8,13-14,18.

 

34. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 426.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 6, 12 November – 14 November 1941. JCPML00110/11. pps. 10,14,24.

 

35. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 7, 16 November – 20 November 1941. JCPML00110/12. pps. 3,4,6,9.

  36. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of David Black. Abstracts of John Curtin's speeches in House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, October 1938 - April 1945, JCPML00784/6.Vol. 169, 18/19 November 1941, pps. 508-510.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 6, 12 November – 14 November 1941. JCPML00110/11. p. 15.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 7, 16 November – 20 November 1941. JCPML00110/12. pps. 13,14,16.
 

37. Weller Patrick, [Ed.], Caucus Minutes 1901-1949, Minutes of Meetings of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Volume 3, 1932-1949, Melbourne University Press, Clayton, Victoria, 1975, p. 296.
Ritchie, J [Ed.] Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12: 1891-1939, Smy-Z, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pps. 400-405.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 427.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 November 1941. JCPML00297/1.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 6, 12 November – 14 November 1941. JCPML00110/11. pps. 11-12.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 7, 16 November – 20 November 1941. JCPML00110/12. pps. 12,19,20,21.

 

38. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Sydney Morning Herald, 21 November 1941. JCPML00297/1.

 

39. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of David Black. Abstracts of John Curtin's speeches in House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, October 1938 - April 1945, JCPML00784/6.Vol. 169, 21 November 1941, pps. 722-723.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 7, 16 November – 20 November 1941. JCPML00110/12. pps. 19,21.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 8, 20 November – 27 November 1941. JCPML00110/13. pps. 10,11,12.

  40. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 8, 20 November – 27 November 1941. JCPML00110/13. p. 12.
  41. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 8, 20 November – 27 November 1941. JCPML00110/13. pps. 14,15,16.
  42. Weller Patrick, [Ed.], Caucus Minutes 1901-1949, Minutes of Meetings of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Volume 3, 1932-1949, Melbourne University Press, Clayton, Victoria, 1975, p. 296.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 8, 20 November – 27 November 1941. JCPML00110/13. p. 19.
 

43. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 9, 26 November – 2 December 1941. JCPML00110/14. pps. 4-5.

 

44. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 8, 20 November – 27 November 1941. JCPML00110/13. p. 9.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 9, 26 November – 2 December 1941. JCPML00110/14. pps. 13-14.

 

45. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. John Curtin at garden party for Canberra Hospital Auxilliary, 29 November 1941. JCPML00376/133.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Mrs Curtin speaking from balcony at the Lodge at opening of garden fete in aid of Canberra Hospital Auxilliary Fund, 29 November 1941. JCPML00376/31.

 

46. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 9, 26 November – 2 December 1941. JCPML00110/14. p. 17.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 428.

 

47. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 428.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 9, 26 November – 2 December 1941. JCPML00110/14. pps. 7,17,18.

 

48. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 9, 26 November – 2 December 1941. JCPML00110/14. pps. 10,18,22,23,24.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. List of periods when John Curtin s wife Elsie was in Canberra during the war, n.d. JCPML00398/119.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 428.

 

49. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 9, 26 November – 2 December 1941. JCPML00110/14. pps. 10,18,19,20.

 

50. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 428.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 9, 26 November – 2 December 1941. JCPML00110/14. p. 14.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 10, 1 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/15. p. 11.

 

51. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 428.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 10, 1 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/15. pps. 3,11,12,13.

  52. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, pps. 428-429.
 

53. Ritchie J, Langmore D, [Eds.] Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16: 1940-1980, Pik-Z, Melbourne University Press, 2002, pps. 118-119.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, pps. 430-433.

 

54. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #1, October – December 1941, Sun Pictorial, Melbourne Herald, and Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 1941. JCPML00297/1.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #2, December 1941 – June 1992. Hobart Mercury, 9 December1941, Smith’s Weekly, 13 December, 1941. JCPML00297/2.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 434.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 10, 1 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/15. p. 18,19-22.
Horner, David, Inside the War Cabinet: directing Australia’s War Effort 1939-45,Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 1996, p. 216.

 

55. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #2, December 1941 – June 1992. Sun Pictorial, 10 December, 1941. JCPML00297/2.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 434.

 

56. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 11, 8 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/16. p. 3.

 

57. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 10, 1 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/15. p. 15.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 11, 8 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/16. pps. 7-9,49.

 

58. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 10, 1 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/15. pps. 9,23.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 11, 8 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/16. p. 11.

 

59. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #2, December 1941 – June 1992. Sydney Morning Herald, 15 December, 1941. JCPML00297/2.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 11, 8 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/16. p. 12.

 

60. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 11, 8 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/16. pps. 12,13.

 

61. Weller Patrick, [Ed.], Caucus Minutes 1901-1949, Minutes of Meetings of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Volume 3, 1932-1949, Melbourne University Press, Clayton, Victoria, 1975, p. 297.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of David Black. Abstracts of John Curtin's speeches in House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, October 1938 - April 1945, JCPML00784/6.Vol. 169, 16 December 1941, pps. 1068-1081.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 10, 1 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/15. p. 24.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 11, 8 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/16. pps. 15-19.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 12, 16 December – 24 December 1941. JCPML00110/17. p. 9.

 

62. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 12, 16 December – 24 December 1941. JCPML00110/17. pps. 3,5-6,7.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #2, December 1941 – June 1992. Sydney Morning Herald, 18 December, 1941. JCPML00297/2.

 

63. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 12, 16 December – 24 December 1941. JCPML00110/17. p. 14.

 

64. Weller Patrick, [Ed.], Caucus Minutes 1901-1949, Minutes of Meetings of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, Volume 3, 1932-1949, Melbourne University Press, Clayton, Victoria, 1975, p. 295.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 11, 8 December – 16 December 1941. JCPML00110/16. p. 3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 12, 16 December – 24 December 1941. JCPML00110/17. pps. 4,7,11,12,14,16,17.

 

65. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 12, 16 December – 24 December 1941. JCPML00110/17. p. 18.

 

66. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 12, 16 December – 24 December 1941. JCPML00110/17. pps. 4,8,19,20,21.

 

67. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 12, 16 December – 24 December 1941. JCPML00110/17. p. 24.

 

68. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 437.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #2, December 1941 – June 1992. Daily Telegraph, 25 December, 1941, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December, 1941. JCPML00297/2.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 12, 16 December – 24 December 1941. JCPML00110/17. p. 24.

 

69. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #2, December 1941 – June 1992. Sydney Morning Herald, 27 December, 1941. JCPML00297/2.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 13, 24 December – 3 January 1942. JCPML00110/18. pps. 7-10.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 12, 16 December – 24 December 1941. JCPML00110/17. p. 20.

 

70. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 438.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #2, December 1941 – June 1992. Sydney Morning Herald, 27 December, 1941. JCPML00297/2.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 13, 24 December – 3 January 1942. JCPML00110/18. pps. 11-13.

 

71. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 13, 24 December – 3 January 1942. JCPML00110/18. pps. 10,13.

 

72. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #2, December 1941 – June 1992. The Mercury, 30 December, 1941. JCPML00297/2.