Australia's wartime Prime Ministers

1. Adele Shelton-Smith, 'Over-the-teacups talk about two men', The Australian Women’s Weekly, 28 September 1940, p 8

2. Sydney Morning Sun, 2 Feb 1942, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.2, December 1941 - October 1942, June 1992. JCPML00297/2

3. Martin, A W, Robert Menzies, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1999, p 1

4. Cablegram from Mr Tritton to the Prime Minister's Department, 2 April 1941. National Archives of Australia: CP290/9, 15

5. Cablegram from Menzies to Acting Prime Minister Fadden, 8 May 1941, National Archives of Australia: CP290/9, 15

6. Daly, Fred, From Curtin to Hawke, Sun Books, Melbourne, Vic., 1984, p. ix

7. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

8. Letter from Eileen Lenihan to Secretary, Department of the Interior, 4 July 1941. National Archives of Australia: A431, 1952/796 (p 379)

9. Menzies, Sir Robert, Afternoon Light, Cassell, Australia, 1967, p 284

10. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

11. Duty statement for Grade 3 Typist, c 1940. National Archives of Australia: A461, R1/1/1 (p 64)

12. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

13. Martin, A W, Robert Menzies, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1999, p 137

14. Martin, A W, Robert Menzies, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1999, p 137

15. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the National Library of Australia. Interview of Donald K Rodgers, 1971. JCPML00497/1. Original held by National Library of Australia TRC 121/14

16. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the National Library of Australia. Interview of Alan D Reid, 1972-1973. JCPML00501/1. Original held by National Library of Australia TRC 121/40

Prime Minister Arthur Fadden

1. Sydney Morning Sun, 2 Feb 1942, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.2, December 1941 - October 1942, June 1992. JCPML00297/2

2. Margaret Steele, 'I was Fadden's secretary', Australian Women's Weekly, 13 September 1941, p 10

3. 'Meet the Fadden family', Australian Women's Weekly, 25 January 1941

4. Page, M, Prime Ministers of Australia, Robertsbridge, London, 1988, p 76

Prime Minister John Curtin

1. 'Curtin not front-page personality in Perth', Sydney Morning Sun, 2 Feb 1942, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.2, December 1941 - October 1942, June 1992. JCPML00297/2

2. 'Clothes would not worry Curtin', The Sunday Sun, 14 June 1942, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.2, December 1941 - October 1942, June 1992. JCPML00297/2.

3. Letter from PM Curtin to Public Services Commission, 4 November 1941. National Archives of Australia: A5954, 689/12 (p 15)

4. Letter from F G Thorpe, Commissioner, to PM Curtin, 10 November 1941. National Archives of Australia: A461, Z1/1/1 (p 109)

5. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

6. Letter from Mr Macartney Abbott to Prime Minister Curtin, July 1943. National Archives of Australia: M1415, 266 (p 20-21)

7. Letter from E W Tonkin to Mr Macartney Abbot, 7 July 1943. National Archives of Australia: M1415, 266 (p 22)

8. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

9. Letter from F A McLaughlin to the Secretary of the Five Dock ALP, 21 January 1942. National Archives of Australia: M1415, 10 (p 119)

10. Letter from F A McLaughlin to George Adams regarding the preference to Defence Forces in the Repatriation Act, 10 August 1943. National Archives of Australia: M1415, 266 (p 57)

11. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the National Library of Australia. Interview of Alan D Reid, 1972-1973. JCPML00501/1. Original held by National Library of Australia TRC 121/40

12. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Alan and Jean Salisbury, 6 July 1997. JCPML00206/1

13. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of McLaughlin Ross family, 26 October 1996. JCPML00185/1

14. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

15. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 3 July 1997. JCPML00210/1

16. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

17. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Australian Labor Party, National Branch. Australia Preserved in War and Peace, by John Curtin, 1943. JCPML00414/3

18. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

19. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

20. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

21. 'The Real John Curtin', Sunday Telegraph, 8 July 1945, p 11, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.4, December 1943 - July 1945, 1995. JCPML00297/4

22. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Adele Hodges, 2 July 1997. JCPML00211/1

23. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

24. 'He works - 7 days a week', in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.2A, 1942 - 1995. JCPML00298/2

25. 'They snatch their meals and burn the midnight oil', in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.2, December 1941 - October 1942, June 1992. JCPML00297/2

26. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 3 July 1997. JCPML00210/1

27. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of McLaughlin Ross family, 26 October 1996. JCPML00185/1

28. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

29. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the National Library of Australia. Interview of Frank Chamberlain, 1972. JCPML00552/1. Original held by National Library of Australia TRC 121/39

30. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the National Library of Australia. Interview of Alan D Reid, 1972-1973. JCPML00501/1. Original held by National Library of Australia TRC 121/40

31. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

32. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the National Library of Australia. Interview of Donald K Rodgers, 1971. JCPML00497/1. Original held by National Library of Australia TRC 121/14

33. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

34.John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 3 July 1997. JCPML00210/1

35. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

Prime Minister Frank Forde

1. Melbourne Herald, 24 May 1945

2. Melbourne Herald, 14 June 1945

Prime Minister Ben Chifley

1. 'The Chifleys’ home is modest Bathurst cottage', Australian Women’s Weekly, 28 July 1945

2. Memo from the Prime Minister's Department to the Public Service Board, 16 July 1945, listing details of PM Chifley's personal staff. National Archives of Australia: A461, Z1/1/1

3. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

4. Crisp, L F, Ben Chifley, Longmans, Victoria, 1963, p 129

5. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the National Library of Australia. Interview of Donald K Rodgers, 1971. JCPML00497/1. Original held by National Library of Australia TRC 121/14

6. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

7. Martin, A W, Robert Menzies, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press, 1999, p 137

8. McMullin, Ross, 'Joseph Benedict Chifley', in Grattan, Australian Prime Ministers, p 254

9. Page, M, Prime Ministers of Australia, London, Robertsbridge, 1988, p 88

10. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the National Library of Australia. Interview of Alan D Reid, 1972-1973. JCPML00501/1. Original held by National Library of Australia TRC 121/40.

11. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the National Library of Australia. Interview of Donald K Rodgers, 1971. JCPML00497/1. Original held by National Library of Australia TRC 121/14

1. Minutes of the full Cabinet meeting, Melbourne, 26 September, 1939. National Archives of Australia: A2697/XR1, Vol 2

2. Diagram partly based on figure in Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, No. 35, 1942-43, p 962

3. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of James Maher. Anecdotal memory of John Curtin and his Cabinet, 1995. JCPML00046/1

1. For a listing of principal government, bureaucratic and military appointments during the war years see Horner, D, Inside the War Cabinet, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 1996, Appendix B, p 209

2. Horner, D, Inside the War Cabinet, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 1996, p 197

3. Menzies quoted in Horner, D, Defence Supremo, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 2000, p 75

4. Hannan, A, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, A Social History, An Australian Defence Force Journal Publication, 1995, p 123

5. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Alan and Jean Salisbury, 6 July 1997. JCPML00206/1

6. Melbourne Sun, c. 1939, quoted in Horner, D, Defence Supremo, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 2000, p 77

7. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Alan and Jean Salisbury, 6 July 1997. JCPML00206/1

8. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alan Salisbury. Anecdotal memory of John Curtin's War Cabinet by Alan & Jean Salisbury, 1993 - 1995. JCPML00056/1

9. This section based largely on: John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alan Salisbury. Release of the War Cabinet and Advisory War Council Note-books, 6 December 1993. JCPML00190/1

10. Shedden to Sinclair and Wilson 20 Sept 1940. National Archives of Australia: A5954, SP721/4

11. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Alan and Jean Salisbury, 6 July 1997. JCPML00206/1

12. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Alan and Jean Salisbury, 6 July 1997. JCPML00206/1

13. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alan Salisbury. Release of the War Cabinet and Advisory War Council Note-books, 6 December 1993. JCPML00190/1

1.Horner, David, Inside the War Cabinet, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 2000, p 199

2. 'Government will be Stable', Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 4 Oct 1941, p 13 in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.1, October - December 1941. JCPML00297/1

3. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd. The industrial front, 19 January 1942. JCPML00683/23

4. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of John Fairfax & Sons Pty Ltd. Canberra grows up, 10 January 1944. JCPML00683/118

1. http://www.canberraconnect.act.gov.au/sportleisureparks/attractions/oldparliament.html

2. Canberra A City of Flowers, Official Tourist Guide to Australia’s National Capital, 1938?, p 28

3. Cavalcade, July 1942, pp 14-15, In John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Tom Fitzgerald. Note dated Friday 13th from Elsie Macleod to Tom Fitzgerald [plus extracts from Cavalcade 1942 & Labor Digest, July 1945]. JCPML00705/1/3

4. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

5. Email from Michael Richards, Old Parliament House, to Michelle Dado, set designer for play Shadow of the Eagle, 3 April 2003

1. 'Fawkner Park' poem. National Archives of Australia: A5954, 196/6

2. Hannan, A, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne: A Social History, An Australian Defence Force Journal Publication, 1995, p 132

3. National Archives of Australia, A5954, 196/8

4. Hannan, A, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne: A Social History, An Australian Defence Force Journal Publication, 1995, p 129

5. Hannan, A, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne: A Social History, An Australian Defence Force Journal Publication, 1995, pp 131-132

6. Hannan, A, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne: A Social History, An Australian Defence Force Journal Publication, 1995, p 131

7. National Archives of Australia, A5954, 196/2

8. National Archives of Australia, A5954, 722/10

9. National Archives of Australia, MP 1049/5, 1887/2/59

10. National Archives of Australia, MP 1049/5, 1887/2/67

11. National Archives of Australia, MP 1049/5, 1887/2/67

12. National Archives of Australia, A816, 49/301/208

13. National Archives of Australia, A5954, 196/2

1.Wises Post Office Directories for Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria.

2. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 3 July 1997. JCPML00210/1

3. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alan Salisbury. Anecdotal memory of John Curtin's War Cabinet by Alan & Jean Salisbury, 1993 - 1995. JCPML00056/1

4. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

5. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alan Salisbury. Anecdotal memory of John Curtin's War Cabinet by Alan & Jean Salisbury, 1993 - 1995. JCPML00056/1

6. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alan Salisbury. Release of the War Cabinet and Advisory War Council Note-books, 6 December 1993. JCPML00190/1

7. Horner, D, Inside the War Cabinet, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 1996, p 198, quoting from 'Note attached to Shedden notebook, War Cabinet Meeting, Canberra, 19 January 1946', National Archives of Australia, A5954, 733/2

1. Horner, D, Inside the War Cabinet, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 1996, p 32

2. Sun Pictorial, 5 June 1943, In John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.3, October 1942 - December 1943. JCPML00297/3

3. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 3 July 1997. JCPML00210/1

1. Wises Post Office Directory for Western Australia, 1944

2. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Peter Ewing by Bill Bunbury, 1999. JCPML00492/2

3. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Old Parliament House. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 2003. JCPML00810/1. Original held by Old Parliament House: OHI 45

4. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Hazel Craig, 1 July 1997. JCPML00209/1

5. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Interview of Gladys Joyce, 3 July 1997. JCPML00210/1

6. Melbourne Herald, 26 August 1943, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.3, October 1942 - December 1943. JCPML00297/3

1. Horner, D, Defence Supremo, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 2000, p 151

1.Digest of Decisions and Announcements and Important Speeches by the Prime Minister (The Right Hon John Curtin), No. 81, Commonwealth Government, Canberra, 1944, p. 3.

1. See website of the Imperial War Museum at http://www.iwm.org.uk

1. Herald, 15 September 1939, Sun News Pictorial, 16 September 1939

2. Day, David, Menzies and Churchill at War, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1993, p 14

3. Hannan, A, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne – A Social History, Australian Defence Force Publication, 1994, p 127

4. Sun News Pictorial, 21 October 1939

5. War Cabinet Minutes, 16 June 1940, National Archives of Australia, A5954, 804/1 (p 25)

6. War Cabinet Minute, Melbourne, 13 August 1941, Agendum No. 257/1941

7. Minutes of War Cabinet meeting, Melbourne, 8 Dec 1941

8. Horner, D, Defence Supremo, Allen and Unwin, St Leonards, 2000, p 128 and Shedden to Curtin, 8/12/1941, National Archives of Australia, A5954, SP 555/10

9. Sun News Pictorial, 12 December 1941

10. Sydney Morning Herald, 23 December, 1941, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.2, December 1941 - October 1942, June 1992. JCPML00297/2

11. Hannan, A, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne – A Social History, Australian Defence Force Publication, 1994, p 152

12. Ross, L, John Curtin, A Biography, MacMillan, Sth Melbourne, 1977, p 260

13. General MacArthur with Mr Curtin, March 1942, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the Curtin Family. Scrapbook No.2, December 1941 - October 1942, June 1992. JCPML00297/2

14. Hannan, A, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne – A Social History, Australian Defence Force Publication, 1994, p 156

15. Sun News Pictorial, 4 September 1942

16. Hannan, A, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne – A Social History, Australian Defence Force Publication, 1994, p 162

17. War Cabinet Minute No. 4220, 31 May 1945 and No. 4237, 5 June 1945