New Guard records relating to Group 8 (Jerilderie), 1931-1932
New Guard records relating to Group 8 (Jerilderie), 1931-1932
About this item
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Date
1931-1932
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10094
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Physical Description
Contents
0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - typescript
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Fonds
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Copyright status : In copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Various operational documents relating to Group 8, Jerilderie, including group structure and membership, intelligence reports, circulars and memoranda, special instructions, questionnaire, oath of secrecy, and orders.
Alternative Titles
Full title
New Guard records relating to Group 8 (Jerilderie), 1931-1932
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
Attributions / Conjectures
It is possible, though not confirmed, that these documents relate to the White Army rather than the New Guard. The White Army was based in Melbourne but had some branches in the Riverina district of NSW.
Reference:
Cathcart, Michael. Defending the National Tuckshop: Australia's Secret Army Intrigue of 1931. Fitzroy, Vic.: McPhee Gribble/P...
Object History
The documents comprised a file in the offices of Clayton Davis, a solicitor in Jerilderie. The donor’s father purchased the solicitor’s practice including all files. The donor subsequently entered into partnership with his father and inherited the file on his father’s death.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by William James Abbott, October 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
The New Guard was formed in Sydney in February 1931 as a right-wing paramilitary organisation to defend loyalty to King and Empire, sound government, law and order, individual liberty and property rights. The New Guard declined after 1932 with its remaining members becoming increasingly inclined towards fascism. The New Guard is best-known for the...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 10094
Record Identifier
n88Xgvvn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88Xgvvn
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Reference code
1006245
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