Endnotes  
 

Alex McCallum: An extraordinary Western Australian

  
1. 'Yeomen of the Labor Guard: Men who blazed the track: Stalwarts of WA Unionism', Westralian Worker, 30 April 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4. Back
2. 'Mr A McCallum dead. Mark left in public life', Western Mail, 15 July 1937, and 'Yeoman of the Labor Guard. Men who blazed the track. Stalwarts of WA Unionism', Westralian Worker, 30 April 1937, both in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
3. 'Yeomen of the Labor Guard. Men who blazed the track. Stalwarts of WA Unionism', Westralian Worker, 30 April 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
4. 'Mr A McCallum dead. Mark left in public life',Western Mail, 15 July 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
 


Growing up in South Australia 1877-1897

 
1. The scratch man in a handicap race is the runner who has no allowance or penalty assigned and therefore starts furthest back in a race. Back
2. 'Athletic Ministers', Daily News, 7 August 1934 in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
 


Rising through the union ranks 1898-1911

 
1. The main sprint race in Australia at this time was run over the Sheffield distance of 130 yards, regarded as a true test for professional sprinters. This sprint distance originated from the Sheffield Handicap event in Yorkshire in which the winner was presented with a purse of gold. See 'Professional foot-running older than the Modern Olympic Games' by Ken English. Back
2. 'Pace on field and track. Heindricks on past WA men', Sporting Globe, 6 July 1932, p 9 in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
3. 'Labor’s duty to mankind: Mr McCallum on ideals: ALP tribute', clipping from unidentified newspaper, c 1935, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
4. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, pp. 14-15 Back
5. 'New role for Labor leader', Daily News, 16 March 1935, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
 


General Secretary of the WA labour movement 1911-1921

 
1. 'Labor’s tribute: Presentation to Mr A McCallum: Growth of industrialization reviewed', Daily News, 10 September 1921, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
2. 'Yeomen of the Labor Guard. Men who blazed the track. Stalwarts of WA Unionism', Westralian Worker, 30 April 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
3. 'McCallum the man', by John Malcolm, West Australian, 14 July 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
4. Wendy Birman, 'Alexander McCallum' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, p. 210 Back
5. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Letter from E. D. Millen to Alex McCallum re termination of membership of the State Repatriation Board and testimonial to his service, 26 June 1920. JCPML00834/8 Back
6. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 14 Back
7. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Letter from R. Peploe (Secretary, State War Council) to Alex McCallum advising of his appointment as a member of the State War Council, 8 December 1915. JCPML00834/1 Back
8. 'Australian Labour Federation: Adjourned meeting', clipping from unidentified newspaper, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
9. 'Return of Mr McCallum: Impressions of his travels', West Australian, 23 December 1916, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
10. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 59 Back
11. 'Return of Mr McCallum: Impressions of his travels', West Australian, 23 December 1916, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
12. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 61 Back
13. 'MacCallum', by 'Bricktop’, clipping from unidentified paper, 1919, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
14. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 55 Back
15. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Labor impeaches the Hughes dictatorship: Alex McCallum's great indictment. Speech in exposition of [ALF] Inter-State Conference proceedings, 1916. JCPML00836/1 Back
16. David Day, Curtin, A life, HarperCollins, Melbourne, 1999, p. 250) Back
17. Wendy Birman, 'Alexander McCallum' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, p. 210 Back
18. Wendy Birman, 'Alexander McCallum' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, p. 210 Back
19. Alan Chester, John Curtin, Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1943, p. 30. Back
20. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Donald McCallum. People, places and politics. Excerpts from the memoirs of Donald Ferres McCallum relating to his father Alex McCallum, 1973. JCPML00905/1 Back
21. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Report of the proceedings of the conference convened by His Excellency the Governor-General on the subject of the securing of reinforcements under the voluntary system for the Australian Imperial Force now serving abroad, held at Federal Government House, Melbourne, April 1918. Personalised copy - A. McCallum, Esq. JCPML00822/7 Back
22. Ross McMullin, The Light on the Hill: the Australian Labor Party 1891-1991, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1991, p. 115 Back
23. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, pp. 70-74 Back
24. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, pp. 73-74 Back
25. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Donald McCallum. People, places and politics. Excerpts from the memoirs of Donald Ferres McCallum relating to his father Alex McCallum, 1973. JCPML00905/1 Back
26. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 81 Back
27. 'MacCallum', by 'Bricktop’, clipping from unidentified paper, 1919, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
28. J S Battye Library of Western Australian History, Oral History Collection OH119, Interview with Cecilia Shelley, 1976 Back
29. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, pp. 83-89 Back
30. David Day, Curtin, A life, HarperCollins, Melbourne, 1999, pp. 262-266 Back
31. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Donald McCallum. People, places and politics. Excerpts from the memoirs of Donald Ferres McCallum relating to his father Alex McCallum, 1973. JCPML00905/1 Back
 

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Member for South Fremantle 1921-1924

  
1. Alan Chester, John Curtin, Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1943, p. 34. Back
2. 'Yeomen of the Labor Guard. Men who blazed the track. Stalwarts of WA Unionism', Westralian Worker, 30 April 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
3 John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Letter from Alex McCallum to Don McCallum, 2 July 1921. JCPML00832/17 Back
4. 'Presentation to Mr. A McCallum', West Australian, 10 September 1921, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
5. 'Labor’s Tribute: Presentation to Mr A McCallum. Growth of industrialism reviewed', Daily News, 10 September 1921, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
 


Cabinet Minister 1st Collier Government 1924-1930

 
1. Wendy Birman, 'Alexander McCallum' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, p. 210 Back
2. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 2, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from January 1928 to April 1930. JCPML00835/2
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3		 Back
3. 'Court of Arbitration moulded to the heart’s desire', Daily News, 27 August 1924, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
4. Wendy Birman, 'Alexander McCallum' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, p. 210 Back
5. Bobbie Oliver, War and peace in Western Australia: The social and political impact of the Great War 1914-1926, UWA Press, Nedlands, 1995, pp. 248-9, 284-5 Back
6. 'Yeomen of the Labor Guard. Men who blazed the track. Stalwarts of WA Unionism', Westralian Worker, 30 April 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
7. 'The mutilation of the master craftsman’s industrial coat', Westralian Worker, 28 November 1924, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
8. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, pp. 102-104 Back
9. Wendy Birman, 'Alexander McCallum' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, p. 210 Back
10. 'Waterside trouble', Advertiser (Fremantle), 12 December 1924, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
11. 'Margaret River Railway. Official opening. Mr McCallum optimistic', West Australian, 10 November 1924, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
12. 'South Beach officially opened by Minister for Works', Advertiser (Fremantle), 12 December 1924, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
13. Sunday Times, 20 August 1925, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
14. 'Progressive WA. Alex McCallum a good ambassador. Solid facts for eastern digestion', Sunday Times, 24 January 1926, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
15. 'Fremantle water supply. Hills Water at last', Weekly Herald, 7 May 1926, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
16. 'An important function', Sunday Times, 23 March 1925, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
17. Photograph 'Federal Road Board Conference, Melbourne, February 1926' ( towards the end of album) in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 2, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from January 1928 to April 1930. JCPML00835/2 Back
18. 'The North-West Ministerial Tour. McCallum’s impressions "The Kimberleys stand alone"’, West Australian, 27 July 1926, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
19. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Personal diary [typescript] by W. L. Andrew detailing tour of North West and Kimberleys, 21 June - 27 July 1926. Includes map. JCPML00823/1. Back
20. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Photograph album of tour of the North West and Kimberleys, 21 June - 27 July 1926. JCPML00823/2. Back
21. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Personal diary [typescript] by W. L. Andrew detailing tour of North West and Kimberleys, 21 June - 27 July 1926. Includes map. JCPML00823/1. Back
22. 'Banking on him', Star (Melbourne), March 1935, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
23. 'Petrol and kerosene. Bulk handling installation. First shipment at Fremantle', West Australian, 9 April 1927, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
24. 'Current comments', West Australian, 10 January 1928, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
25. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Travel log showing mode of transport and distances between places visited on overseas trip, February - August 1928. JCPML00821/23 Back
26.

'Mr McCallum abroad. An all-embracing tour', Daily News, 27 August 1928, and 'Opening up Western Australia. British steel tenders', Daily Telegraph, 15 June 1928, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 2, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from January 1928 to April 1930. JCPML00835/2

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27. 'Twenty-sixth Annual Western Australian dinner', British Australian and New Zealander, 7 June 1928, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 2, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from January 1928 to April 1930. JCPML00835/2 Back
28. 'Mr McCallum’s return', West Australian, 28 August 1928, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 2, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from January 1928 to April 1930. JCPML00835/2 Back
29. 'Centenary of Perth', West Australian, 13 August 1929, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 2, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from January 1928 to April 1930. JCPML00835/2 Back
30. 'Mr A McCallum dead. Mark left in public life', Western Mail, 15 July 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4 Back
31. 'Swan River shores. Beautification Scheme', West Australian, 13 December 1929, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 2, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from January 1928 to April 1930. JCPML00835/2 Back
32. 'Alex McCallum, MLA, Campaign director', clipping from unidentified paper, early 1930, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 2, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from January 1928 to April 1930. JCPML00835/2 Back
 

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On the Opposition benches 1930-1933

 
1. 'State elections. Ministry defeated', West Australian, 14 April 1930, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 2, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from January 1928 to April 1930. JCPML00835/2 Back
2. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 127 Back
3. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Bulk Handling. Criticism of Select Committee's report. Hon. A. McCallum, M.L.A., elaborates his dissent. Speech delivered in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday 23 November 1932. JCPML00836/10 Back
4. 'Budgerigars and finches. Legislator’s fine collection. A peep at Mr A McCallum’s aviaries', clipping from unidentified paper, c 1930, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4. Back
5. 'Stud stock. Shipment from Victoria', West Australian, 13 July 1933, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
6. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Donald McCallum. People, places and politics. Excerpts from the memoirs of Donald Ferres McCallum relating to his father Alex McCallum, 1973. JCPML00905/1 Back
7. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Business correspondence of Alex McCallum. 1929 - 1934 Back
8. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of the McCallum family. Alex McCallum: 1876 - 1937. JCPML00840/1 Back
 


Deputy Premier 2nd Collier Government 1933-1935

  
1. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 144 Back
2. 'New relief works. Government’s plans. Early start. Keeping 600 men employed', West Australian, 19 May 1933, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
3. 'Loan Council opening in Melbourne', West Australian, 7 June 1933, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
4. 'Transport Conference "No practical value". Mr McCallum disappointed', West Australian, 12 June 1933, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
5. 'The water supply. Canning Dam authorized', West Australian, 19 September 1933, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
6. 'The Mussolini touch', cartoon in the Daily News, 30 August 1933, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. Back
7. David Day , John Curtin, A life, HarperCollins, 1999, pp. 330-331 Back
8. 'WA’s claim for grant. Secession move still strong', West Australian, 13 November 1933, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Album No. 1, Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour etc. Press Cuttings from 17 April 1924 to 16 January 1928. JCPML00835/1 Back
9. 'Order restored. Goldfields now quiet', West Australian, 3 February 1934, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
10. 'Premiers demands', West Australian, 21 February 1934, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
11. 'Premiers’ Conference. Review by Mr McCallum. The attack on Federal powers', West Australian, 7 March 1934, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
12. 'Australian Finance. Bank Board’s attitude. Mr McCallum critical', West Australian, 2 July 1934, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
13. 'Water and sewerage', West Australian, 30 November 1936, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
14. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 145 Back
15. 'Cabinet reshuffle', West Australian, 23 October 1934, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
16. 'Hughes v McCallum. Charge dismissed', West Australian, 30 November 1934, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
17. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 144 Back
18. 'A politician’s life', West Australian, 19 March 1935, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3 Back
 

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Chairman of the Agricultural Bank 1933-1935

  
1. 'New Bank Board. Mr McCallum chairman', West Australian, 7 March 1935, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3. Back
2. Bobbie Oliver, Unity is strength: A history of the Australian Labor Party and the Trades and Labor Council in Western Australia, 1899-1999, Perth, API Network, Australia Research Institute, Curtin University, 2003, p. 145 Back
3. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Letter from Alex McCallum to Don McCallum, 9 March 1935. JCPML00832/19 Back
4. 'Picking the political plums, Fremantle Districts Sentinel', March 1935, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Hon. Alex McCallum, Minister for Public Works, Labour, Water Supply, and Trading Concerns. Press cuttings, 10 April 1933 to 30 November 1936. JCPML00835/3. Back
5. Ken Spillman, Horizons: A history of the Rural and Industries Bank of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, University of Western Australia Press for the Rural and Industries Bank of Western Australia, 1989, pp. 60-61 Back
6. Ken Spillman, Horizons: A history of the Rural and Industries Bank of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, University of Western Australia Press for the Rural and Industries Bank of Western Australia, 1989, pp. 60-61 Back
7. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Donald McCallum. People, places and politics. Excerpts from the memoirs of Donald Ferres McCallum relating to his father Alex McCallum, 1973. JCPML00905/1 Back
8. Newspaper clipping from unidentified paper, c 1936, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4. Back
9. John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. Report of Royal Commissioner: Royal Commission Investigating Certain Charges of Corruption, 1937. JCPML00838/5 Back
10. 'Mr A McCallum dead. Mark left in public life', Western Mail, 15 July 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4. Back
11. 'The late Mr McCallum. People’s last tribute', West Australian, 14 July 1937, in John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library. Records of Alex McCallum. File of loose newspaper cuttings concerning Alex McCallum, 5 May 1916 to 18 April 1975. JCPML00835/4.

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12. ''Mr.Curtin's Tribute', Western Argus, 20 July 1937, p.10.

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Bibliography
Growing up in South Australia 1887-1897 Rising through the union ranks 1898-1911 General Secretary of the WA labour movement 1911-1921 Member for South Fremantle 1921-1924 Cabinet Minister 1st Collier Government 1924-1930
On the Opposition benches 1930-1933 Deputy Premier 2nd Collier Government 1933-1935 Chairman of the Agricultural Bank 1933-1935