Item 30 - Secretary's Correspondence - Tasmanian Workers' Political League

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC C5-30

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Secretary's Correspondence - Tasmanian Workers' Political League

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  • 1915 (Creation)

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31 items

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(1884-1969)

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Sir Robert Cosgrove K.C.M.G. (1884-1969), a grocer by trade, became a trade union leader and politician. He was State President of the A.L.P. in 1916 and first elected to the House of Assembly for Denison in that year. He was Premier of Tasmania 1939-47 and Premier and Minister of Education 1948-58. He married Gertrude Geappen in 1911. He received the Knighthood, K.C.M.G. in 1959 and his wife was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1949.

For more information see http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cosgrove-sir-robert-9832

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Deposited by Mrs M. Cumming (nee Cosgrove) 8 February 1971

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Secretary's Correspondence received January to December 1915. Tasmanian Workers' Political League. Denison Division, No.1 Branch. R. Cosgrove Secretary and later President.
Also includes Daylight Saving Bill

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Open for research

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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au

When reusing this material, please cite the reference number and provide the following acknowledgement:
“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections”

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Original inventory and descriptive notes can be found at https://eprints.utas.edu.au/10890/2/Cosgrove.pdf

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CE September 2018

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