Diary of a Labour Man 1917-1945

 

Prime Minister: References 1941 - 1945
1943
  1.Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 123-124.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 January 1943. JCPML00297/3.
  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. 49, 18 December 1942 – 15 January 1943. JCPML00110/54, p. 25.
 

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. 49, 18 December 1942 – 15 January 1943. JCPML00110/54, p. 27.

  4.John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 January 1943. JCPML00297/3.
  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. 49, 18 December 1942 – 15 January 1943. JCPML00110/54, p. 37.
  6. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sun Pictorial, 8 January 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 49, 18 December 1942 – 15 January 1943. JCPML00110/54, pps. 11-13,36.
  7. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Melbourne Herald, 8 January 1943. JCPML00297/3.
  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. 49, 18 December 1942 – 15 January 1943. JCPML00110/54, p. 30.
  9. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 469.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 49, 18 December 1942 – 15 January 1943. JCPML00110/54, pps. 32-33.
  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. 49, 18 December 1942 – 15 January 1943. JCPML00110/54, p. 47.
  11.Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 125-127.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 49, 18 December 1942 – 15 January 1943. JCPML00110/54, p. 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. 50, 15 January 1943 – 26 January 1943. JCPML00110/55, pps. 3-4,5,6-7.
  12. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 January 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 50, 15 January 1943 – 26 January 1943. JCPML00110/55, pps. 5-6,7-9.
 

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. 50, 15 January 1943 – 26 January 1943. JCPML00110/55, p. 17.

  14. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, p. 128.
  15. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, p. 129.
  16. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 January 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 50, 15 January 1943 – 26 January 1943. JCPML00110/55, pps. 10-11.
  17. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, p. 130.
  18.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. 305.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 and 27 January 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 52, 26 January 1943 – 11 February 1943. JCPML00110/57, pps. 3-5.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 50, 15 January 1943 – 26 January 1943. JCPML00110/55, pps. 11-12,23.
Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 497.
  19. 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. 173, 27 January 1943, pps. 21-30.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 51, 26 January 1943 – 27 January 1943. JCPML00110/56, pps. 3-10,23.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 50, 15 January 1943 – 26 January 1943. JCPML00110/55, pps. 11-12,24.
  20.Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 130-131.
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. 307.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 52, 26 January 1943 – 11 February 1943. JCPML00110/57, p. 7.
  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. 51, 26 January 1943 – 27 January 1943. JCPML00110/56, p. 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. 52, 26 January 1943 – 11 February 1943. JCPML00110/57, p. 13.
  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. 52, 26 January 1943 – 11 February 1943. JCPML00110/57, p. 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. 52, 26 January 1943 – 11 February 1943. JCPML00110/57, pps. 15-17.
  24. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 131-134.
  25. 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. 1733 February 1943, pps. 264-270.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 51, 26 January 1943 – 27 January 1943. JCPML00110/56, pps. 13-20, 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. 52, 26 January 1943 – 11 February 1943. JCPML00110/57, p. 19.
  26.Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 135-136.
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. 307.
  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. 52, 26 January 1943 – 11 February 1943. JCPML00110/57, pps. 17-18.
  28. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 137-138.
  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. 52, 26 January 1943 – 11 February 1943. JCPML00110/57, p. 8.
  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. 52, 26 January 1943 – 11 February 1943. JCPML00110/57, p. 21.
  31. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, p. 138.
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. 307.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 53, 11 February 1943 – 15 February 1943. JCPML00110/58, pps. 17-18.
  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. 53, 11 February 1943 – 15 February 1943. JCPML00110/58, 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. 54, 15 February 1943 – 25 February 1943. JCPML00110/59, pps. 5,6-7.
  33. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 53, 11 February 1943 – 15 February 1943. JCPML00110/58, pps. 15-16.
  34. 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. 308.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 53, 11 February 1943 – 15 February 1943. JCPML00110/58, p. 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. 54, 15 February 1943 – 25 February 1943. JCPML00110/59, pps. 10-11,13,14.
  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. 53, 11 February 1943 – 15 February 1943. JCPML00110/58, p. 16.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 54, 15 February 1943 – 25 February 1943. JCPML00110/59, p. 16.
  36. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Melbourne Herald, 20 February 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 54, 15 February 1943 – 25 February 1943. JCPML00110/59, pps. 3-4,17.
  37. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 139-140.
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. 308.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 54, 15 February 1943 – 25 February 1943. JCPML00110/59, pps. 4-5,21,22.
  38. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, pps. 481-482,498.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Alan and Jean Salisbury, 6 July 1997. JCPML00206/1.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 3 July 1997. JCPML00210/1.
  39. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 February 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 54, 15 February 1943 – 25 February 1943. JCPML00110/59, pps. 17-19,22,23.
  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. 54, 15 February 1943 – 25 February 1943. JCPML00110/59, pps. 22-23.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, p. 11.
 

41. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 140-141.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 54, 15 February 1943 – 25 February 1943. JCPML00110/59, 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. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 6,12-13,23-24.

  42. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 37-38.
  43. 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. 309.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 42,44-45.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, p. 3.
  44. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald and Argus, 8 March 1943. JCPML00297/3.
  45. Teleprinter message McLaughlin to Strahan, 8 March 1943, A461/7, Item R4/1/12, NAA, quoted in Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 501.
  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. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 43-44,45-48.
 

47. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 24,42.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 6,18-19.

  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. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, p. 19.
  49. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 24-27.
  50. 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. 311-312.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 40-42.
  51. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 141-142.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, p. 19.
  52. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 29,31.
  53. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, p. 48.
  54. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 32-34.
  55. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 142-144.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 March 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, p. 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. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 11-12,20-21.
  56. 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. 312-313.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 10-11,46-47.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 6,22.
  57. 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. 313.
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. 174, 25 March 1943, pps. 2373-2376,3379-3385.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 15-18,23.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 26-29.
  58. 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. 314.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, 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. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, p. 37.
  59. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 38-44.
  60. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Canberra Times, 30 March 1943. JCPML00297/3.
  61. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 144-145.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 12,44.
  62. 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. 314.
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. 174, 31 March 1943, pps. 2501-2504,2521-2523,2545-2547.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, pps. 19-20.
  63. 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. 174, 1 April 1943, pps. 2593-2595.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 44-46.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 55, 25 February 1943 – 4 March 1943. JCPML00110/60, p. 20.
  64. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, p. 46.
  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. 57, 7 April – 16 April 1943. JCPML00110/62, p. 8.
  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. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, pps. 37-38.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 57, 7 April – 16 April 1943. JCPML00110/62, pps. 9-10.
  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. 56, 4 March – 1 April 1943. JCPML00110/61, p. 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. 57, 7 April – 16 April 1943. JCPML00110/62, p. 5.
  68. Lloyd, Clem and Hall, Richard [Eds.], Backroom Briefings: John Curtin’s War, National Library of Australia, Canberra 1997, pps. 145-146.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Age, 12 April 1943. JCPML00297/3.
  69. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 57, 7 April – 16 April 1943. JCPML00110/62, pps. 14-15.
  70.John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 57, 7 April – 16 April 1943. JCPML00110/62, pps. 19-20.
 

71.John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 April 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 58, 12 April – 13 May 1943. JCPML00110/63, p. 15.

  72. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Melbourne Herald, 14 April 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 57, 7 April – 16 April 1943. JCPML00110/62, pps. 6,10,22.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 58, 12 April – 13 May 1943. JCPML00110/63, pps. 7-8.
  73. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Daily Telegraph, 16 April 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 57, 7 April – 16 April 1943. JCPML00110/62, pps. 11-12,22-23.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 58, 12 April – 13 May 1943. JCPML00110/63, pps. 8-9.
  74. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Scrapbooks compiled by the Prime Minister’s Office, Scrapbook #3, October 1942 – December 1943, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April 1943. JCPML00297/3.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Commonwealth of Australia. Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister. No. 57, 7 April – 16 April 1943. JCPML00110/62, pps. 16,17,24.
  75. Day, David, John Curtin, a life, Harper Collins, Pymble, 1999, p. 502.
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