Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868:reg:2021:p54
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2021 (pt 54/55)
Character Range: 863750–867075

23 February 1965, Joint House Department. [Minton dinner service]

 A976/64, item 52/0239 part 1 A976/64, item 52/0239 part 4 A3032/1, item PC46/1 A6006, item 1938/04/08 A6270 E2/27/308, 1926–1927, Home and Territories Department – Furniture – Parliament House Canberra A6270 E2/27/722, 1926–1927, Federal Capital Commission – Parliament House broadcasting
 A6270/1 E2/26/587, 1926, Federal Capital Commission – Furniture Parliament House. Admiral's table from HMAS Australia.

 A6270/1 E2/26/712, 1925–1927, Federal Capital Commission – Construction (and criticism) of Commonwealth Arms – Provisional Parliament House
 A6270/1 E2/27/722, 1926–1927, Federal Capital Commission – Parliament House Broadcasting

 A6270/1 E2/27/2351, 1926–1927, Federal Capital Commission – Furniture for dining blocks, Parliament House

 A6270/1 E2/28/1152, 1926–1927, Home and Territories Department – Furniture Parliament House Section 2C Dining Block

 A6680 (A6680/1) DY 7/3 (DY 16), 1927, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet – General Invitation and precedence file – Canberra

 A6728/1, item 156/1 A6728/1, item 191/6 A6728/12, item 191/6 A6728/13, item 156/1

 A6977 (A6977/1) 16, 1927, Federal Capital Commission – Guests and travel lists for opening of Parliament House
 Oral histories

DATE OF INTERVIEW  INTERVIEWEE                                       CONNECTION WITH OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE
7 November 1995    Fred Johnston                                     Employed at the time of the building of Old Parliament House; in 1924 worked in store room that was later the garage; was responsible for looking after the fixtures and fittings and signing out to the workmen on the building site.
25 March 1996      WH 'Hec' McMillan MBE                             Worked at Old Parliament House (1939–54): Joint House Department as Clerk (1939–46);  accountant  and Assistant Reporter, Hansard (1946–54).
25 March 1996      Hazel Craig CBE                                   Stenographer to five prime ministers; worked for Prime Minister Robert Menzies – 'marvellous to work with'; recalls VIP visits by Generals Thomas Blamey and Douglas MacArthur.
3 April 1996       Margaret Gaffey, Margaret Hyslop, Margaret Kelly  Stenographers/switchboard operators; reflections on the Menzies era at Old Parliament House.
3 April 1996       Kenneth Ross Ingram                               Father worked on Old Parliament House as a tiler on bathrooms; Ken was at the building's opening (1927)  aged 13; worked at The Canberra Times as a journalist, with an office in Old Parliament House (the Press Gallery during his time was very small); remembers Jo   Alexander, Jack Hewitt (AUP); trained as a Hansard reporter in the Senate.
17 April 1996      Rupert Loof                                       Clerk of the Senate (1955–65); present at the building's opening (1927).
7 August 1996      Max Bourke                                        Former General Manager at Old Parliament House.
3 May 1996         Jack Pettifer Margaret Kelly                      Jack Pettifer was Usher of the Black Rod; parents lived in Old Parliament House Caretaker's flat.
                                                                     Margaret Kelly was member of Arthur Fadden's staff, worked at Old Parliament House during the Second World War.