Federal election campaigns 1901-2013 - National Library of Australia

COLLECTION FINDING AID 

Federal election campaigns, 1901-‐‐2013 

Formed collections 

Australian Collection Development 

The Library has been actively collecting Federal election campaign ephemera for many years. 

Access 

The Australian Federal Elections ephemera may requested by eCall-‐‐slip and used through the 

Library’s Petherick Reading Room. Readers are able to request files relating to a specific election 

year. 

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1901-‐‐1917 election material in one box 

1919-‐‐1929 election material in one box 

1953-‐‐1955 election material in one box 

Other collections 

See also the collection of related broadsides and posters, and within the PANDORA archive. 

See also ‘Referenda’ in the general ephemera run. 

Content and arrangement of the collection 

1901 

29-‐‐30 March 

⎯⎯ see also digitised newspaper reports and coverage from the period 

Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Candidates 

Parties 

1903 

16 December 


Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Labor Party 

Candidates 

www.nla.gov.au 

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EPHEMERA COLLECTION FINDING AID 

Federal election campaigns, 1901-2013 

1906 

12 December 


Folder 1. Parties 

1910 

13 April 


Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Australian Labor Party 

Liberal Party 

1913 

31 May 


Folder 1. 

Candidates 

1914 ― Double dissolution 

5 September 


Folder 1. Australian Labor Party 

1917 

5 May 

Folder 2. 

Liberal Party 


Folder 1. Candidates 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 


National Party 

1919 

13 December 


1922 

16 December 

Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Candidates, A-‐‐Z (by surname) 


Liberal Party 



1925 

14 November 

Folder 2. 

Other parties 


Folder 1. Candidates, A-‐‐Z (by surname) 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Nationals 

Lobby groups 

2│16 

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1928 

17 November 


Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Australian Country Party 

National Party of Australia 

1929 

12 October 


Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Folder 4. 


Australian Country Party 


Miscellaneous 

1931 1 

19 December 


Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Candidates 

United Australia Party 

1934 

15 September 

⎯⎯ see also digitised newspaper reports and magazine coverage from the period 

1937 

23 October 

Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Folder 4. 

Folder 5. 

Candidates 

Douglas Credit Party 

Other parties 


Liberal Country League 



1940 

21 September 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Folder 4. 


Other parties 




Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Folder 4. 

Folder 5. 


Australian Labor Party (Official) 

Australian Labor Party (Non-‐‐Communist) 

UAP-‐‐CP 



1 

1931-‐‐1943 election material is all housed in a single box. 


3│16 

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1943 

21 August 



Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Folder 4. 

Folder 5. 


Other parties 

Lobby groups 

General 

1945 2 


Folder 1. Candidates, A-‐‐Z (by surname) 

1946 

28 September 


Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Candidates 

Parties 

1949 

10 December 


Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Folder 4. 

Folder 5. 

Folder 6. 



Country Party 

Liberal Party of Australia 

Parties 

Oversized material for Candidates, A-‐‐Z (by surname) 


28 April 


1953 

9 May 

Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Candidates A-‐‐Z (by surname) 


Parties 


Folder 1. Liberal Party of Australia 

2 

1945-‐‐1951 election material is all housed in a single box. 

4│16 




1954 

29 May 


Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Folder 4. 



Liberal Country Party 

Lobby groups 

1955 

10 December 


1958 

22 November 

Folder 1. 

Folder 2. 

Folder 3. 

Folder 4. 

Folder 5. 

Folder 6. 

Folder 7. 

Candidates 


Australian Labor Party (Pro-‐‐Evatt) 

Liberal & Country League 


Parties 

Lobby groups 



1961 

9 December 

Folder 2. 

Parties 

Parts 1, 3-‐‐4 bound; Part 2 including both bound and unbound material. 


1963 

30 November 

Part 1. 

Part 2. 

Books 1-‐‐2. Minority parties, independents 

Books 3-‐‐4. Communist PA 

Books 1-‐‐2. Australian Country Party / Liberal PA 


Folder 2. Communist Party of Australia 

Folder 3. Lobby groups 

Parts 3-‐‐4. Australian Labor Party 

Parts 1-‐‐2 bound; Part 3 unbound. 


Folder 2. 

Part 1. 

Part 2. 

Part 3. 

Parties 



Australian Labor Party, Democratic Labor Party, Communist 

Party of Australia 

Liberal, Country parties 



5│16 




1964 

5 December 

Parts 1-‐‐3 bound; Part 4 unbound. 


1966 

26 November 

Part 1. 

Part 2. 

Part 3. 

Part 4. 


Democratic Labor Party, Communist, Social Credit 

League 

Liberal, Country parties 

General 

Part 1 bound; Parts 2-‐‐8 unbound. 


1967 

25 November 

Parts 1-‐‐3. 

Part 4. 

Part 5. 

Part 6. 

Part 7. 

Part 8. 


Country Party 

Democratic Labor Party 

Independent parties 






Part 1 includes bound and unbound material; Part 2 bound. 


1969 

25 October 

Part 1. 


Book 1. CALP – APM 

Part 2. Book 1. CP, Democratic Labor Party, LCP 

Parts 1-‐‐18 bound; Parts 19-‐‐26 unbound. 


Parts 1-‐‐6. 

Parts 7-‐‐8. 

Parts 9-‐‐12. 

Parts 13-‐‐16. 

Parts 17-‐‐18. 

Parts 19-‐‐20. 

Part 21. 

Part 22. 

Part 23. 

Part 24. 

Australian Labor Party campaign material 

Independent, Australia Party 


Other named parties 

Lobby groups 


Australia Party 

Country Party 

Democratic Labor Party 

Independent parties, Communist Party of Australia 

6│16 




Part 25. 

Part 26. 

1970 

21 November 

Part 1 bound; Part 2 unbound. 

Part 1. 

Part 2. 


Folder 1. Candidates. 



Folder 4. General 

Parties 

Candidates and parties 



1972 ― "It's time for a change" 

2 December 

Parts 1-‐‐7 bound; Parts 8-‐‐9 unbound in folders. 

Parts 1-‐‐2. 

Parts 3-‐‐4. 

Part 5. 

Part 6. 

Part 7. 

Part 8. 

Part 9. 


18 May 

Part 1. 

Part 2. 


Liberal Party of Australia – “Keeping Australia on the 

move” 

Democratic Labor Party, Communist Party of Australia 

(including Socialist Party of Australia) 

Australia Party; Council for Defence of Government. Schools; 

Independent candidates 

Country Party, Liberal –Country League, United Christian Party 




Folder 2. Other Parties: Australia Party, Australian Country 

Party, Democratic Labor Party, Liberal Party and independent 

candidates. 

Folder 3. Miscellaneous 




Folder 1. National Party 

Folder 2. Other Parties 

Folder 3. Lobby Groups 


7│16 





13 December 

Parts 1-‐‐9. 

Parts 1. 

Part 2. 

Part 3. 

Part 4. 

Part 5. 

Part 6. 

Part 7. 

Part 8. 

Part 9. 

Part 10. 

Part 11. 

Part 12. 

Part 13. 

Part 14. 

Part 15. 


Candidates, A-‐‐C 

Candidates, D-‐‐F 

Candidates, G 

Candidates, H-‐‐J 

Candidates, K 

Candidates, L-‐‐M 

Candidates, N-‐‐R 

Candidates, S 

Candidates, T-‐‐Z 

Parties Australian Labor Party 

Parties Australian Labor Party-‐‐Democratic Labor Party 

Parties Liberal Party 

Parties Liberal Party 

Parties Liberal Party – Lobby groups 

Parties NCP – Miscellaneous parties 

1977 

10 December 

All parts unbound. Candidates filed in alphabetical order but not in folders. 

Part 1. 

Part 2. 

Part 3. 

Part 4. 

Part 5. 

Parts 6-‐‐11. 

Part 6. 

Part 7. 

Part 8. 

Part 9. 

Part 10. 

Part 11. 

Folder 1. Australian Democrats 

Folder 2. Democratic Labor Party 

Folders 1-‐‐2. Australian Labor Party 


Folders 1-‐‐2. National Country Party 

Folder 1. Australian Marijuana Party 

Folder 2. Call to Australia Party 

Folder 3. Progress Party 

Folder 4. Socialist Party of Australia 

Folder 5. Workers Party 

Folder 6. Lobby groups, A-‐‐Z 

Folder 7. Other sources 



Candidates, D-‐‐G 

Candidates, H-‐‐K 

Candidates, L-‐‐P 

Candidates, R-‐‐S 


8│16 




1980 

18 October 

All parts unbound. 

Part 1. 

Part 2. 

Parts 3-‐‐8. 

Part 3. 

Part 4. 

Part 5. 

Part 6. 

Part 7. 

Part 8. 

Australian Democrats; Australian Labor Party, 

Liberal Party 

National Party; Other parties 



Candidates, D-‐‐G 

Candidates, H-‐‐K 

Candidates, L-‐‐M 

Candidates, N-‐‐S 





5 March 


Parts 1-‐‐2. 

Parts 3-‐‐4, 31. 

Part 5. 

Parts 6-‐‐8. 

Parts 9-‐‐14. 

Parts 15-‐‐17. 

Parts 18-‐‐30. 

Australian Democrats 


Country Liberal Party 

Independents 



Other parties, A-‐‐Z 

1984 

1 December 


Part 1. 

Parts 2-‐‐4. 

Part 5. 

Parts 6-‐‐8. 

Parts 9-‐‐10. 

Part 11. 

Parts 12-‐‐24. 

Part 25. 



Independents 



Nuclear Disarmament Party of Australia 

Lobby groups, A-‐‐Z 

Other sources 


11 July 


Part 1. 

Parts 2-‐‐4. 

Parts 5-‐‐8,10. 

Part 9. 

Parts 11-‐‐12. 

Part 13. 

Part 14. 




Independents 


Other parties 

Parties and candidates (mixture) 


9│16 




1990 

24 March 


Parts 1-‐‐5. 

Parts 6-‐‐9. 

Parts 10-‐‐16. 

Parts 17-‐‐19. 

Part. 20. 



Australian Liberal/National parties 

Independents, miscellaneous 

Realia 

1993 

13 March 

All parts unbound and arranged by political party. 

Part 1. 

Part 2. 

Parts 3-‐‐4. 

Parts 5-‐‐10. 

Parts 11-‐‐15. 

Parts 16-‐‐19. 

Parts 20-‐‐23. 

Part 24. 

Part 25. 

Australian Electoral Commission election guide 

Australian Electoral Commission, other organisations (non-‐‐ 

lobby) 



Independents, miscellaneous 

Liberal/National coalition (general) 


Natural Law Party 

Realia 

1996 

2 March 

All parts unbound. Arranged by State/Territory-‐‐Chamber-‐‐Electorate-‐‐Candidate. 

―see also archived content from the World Wide Web in PANDORA 

Part 1. Australian Electoral Commission election guides, 

National List of Candidates 

Parts 2-‐‐6. Australian Capital Territory: House of Representatives; Senate ; 

Parts 7-‐‐17. 

Part 18. 

Parts 19-‐‐21. 

Parts 22-‐‐25. 

Parts 26-‐‐28. 

Parts 29-‐‐32. 

Parts 33-‐‐35. 

Part 36. 

Parts 37-‐‐41. 

Parts 42-‐‐45. 

Parts 46-‐‐47. 

Parts 48-‐‐53. 

Parts 54-‐‐59. 

Parts 60-‐‐62. 

Part 63. 

Part 64. 

ACT Democrats; Greens; Parties 

New South Wales: House of Representatives; Senate; Parties 

Northern Territory: House of Representatives; Senate 

Queensland: House of Representatives; Senate; Parties 

South Australia: House of Representatives; Senate; Parties 

Tasmania: House of Representatives; Senate; Parties 

Victoria: House of Representatives; Senate; Parties 

Western Australia: House of Representatives; Senate; Parties 

Election material from UK, Australian Electoral Commission 

Coalition Liberal/National Party (executive body) 

New South Wales (general). Parties, A-‐‐Z 



Internet sites 

Additions. Candidates, A-‐‐Z 

Additions. Parties: Australian Labor Party/Liberal Party 

Additions. Other parties, A-‐‐Z 

10│16 




Parts 65-‐‐66. 



Additions. Other parties: Australian Women’s Party 

1998 

3 October 


― see also archived content from the World Wide Web in PANDORA 

Part 1. Australian Electoral Commission election guide 

2001 

10 November 

Parts 2-‐‐14. 

Parts 15-‐‐16. 

Parts 17-‐‐22. 

Part 23. 

Part 24. 

Parts 25-‐‐27. 

Part 28. 

House of Representatives candidates, A-‐‐Z (by surname) 

Senate candidates, A-‐‐Z (by surname) 

Executive parties, A-‐‐Z 

ACT, NSW party branches material 

Other states party branches material 

Lobby groups A-‐‐Z; Internet sites 

Other sources 


Part 1. Australian Electoral Commission election guide 

2004 

9 October 

Parts 2-‐‐22. 

Parts 23-‐‐28. 

Parts 29-‐‐30. 

Parts 31-‐‐34. 

Parts 35-‐‐37. 

House or Representative candidates A-‐‐Z (by surname) 

Senate candidates A-‐‐Z (by surname) 

Parties A-‐‐Z 

Lobby groups A-‐‐Z 

Other 



Part 1. 

Parts 2-‐‐16. 

Part 17-‐‐18. 

Part 19. 

Part 20. 

Part 21. 

Part 22. 

Part 23. 

Australian Electoral Commission National List of 

Candidates 

House or Representative candidates, A-‐‐Z (by surname) 


Executive Parties 

Parties (state branches) 

Minor Parties 

Lobby Groups 

Other items: Australian Electoral Commission, overseas material. 


11│16 




2007 – “KEVIN ‘07” 

24 November 



Part 1. Australian Electoral Commission National List of Candidates 

Parts 2–26. 

Parts 27–31. 

Part 32–34. 

Part 35–39. 

Parts 36-‐‐37. 

Parts 38-‐‐39. 

Part 40. 

Part 41. 

House or Representative candidates, A-‐‐Z (by surname) 

Senate candidates, A–Z (by surname) 

Parties 

Lobby groups 

-‐‐ GetUp! 

-‐‐ Your Rights at Work 

Other: Australian Electoral Commission, overseas material, 

Domain, Islamic Australia Federation, Krispy Crème 

Liberal Party banner 

Part 42. Muffin Break bean poll (realia) 

2010 ⎯⎯ “Let’s move Australia forward!” 

21 August 

⎯⎯ see also archived content from the World Wide Web in PANDORA 

Part 1. 

Parts 2-‐‐19. 

Part 2. 

Part 3. 

Part 4. 

Part 5. 

Part 6. 

Part 7. 

Part 8. 

Part 9. 

Part 10. 

Part 11. 

Part 12. 

Part 13. 

Part 14. 

Part 15. 

Part 16. 

Part 17. 

Part 18. 

Part 19. 

Parts 20-‐‐21. 

Part 20. 

Part 21. 

Parts 22-‐‐30. 

Parts 22-‐‐23. 

Australian Electoral Commission National List of Candidates 

and other AEC material 

House of Representatives candidates, A-‐‐Z (by surname). 

A 

B-‐‐Bq 

Br-‐‐ Bz 

C 

D, E 

F, G 

H 

I, J 

K 

L 

M 

N, O 

P, Q 

R 

S 

T 

U, V 

W, X, Y, Z 


A-‐‐H 

J-‐‐Z 

Political parties 

-‐‐ Australian Greens 

12│16 




Parts 24-‐‐25. -‐‐ Australian Labour Party 

Parts 26-‐‐28. 

Part 29. 

Part 30. 

Part 31-‐‐35. 

Parts 31. 

Parts 32-‐‐33. 

Part 34. 

Part 35. 

Part 36. 



-‐‐ Liberal Party of Australia 

Other Parties: Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated; 

Australian Democrats; Australian Fishing and Lifestyle Party; 

Australian Natives Party; Carers Alliance; Christian Democratic 

Party (Fred Nile Group); Citizens Electoral Council of Australia; 

Communist Alliance; Communist League; Democratic Labor 

Party (DLP) of Australia; Family First Party; Independent Liberal; 

Independent Radical Group; Independents; Liberal Democratic 

Party; Liberal National Party of Queensland (see Liberal Party); 

National Party of Australia – including New South Wales, 

Victorian, Western and South Australian Branches; Non-‐‐ 

Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting); Secular Party of 

Australia; Shooters and Fishers Party; Socialist Alliance; and the 

Socialist Equality Party 

Australian Sex Party (large separate box) 


Australian Christian Lobby (and Christian-‐‐related items); 

Australian Conservation Foundation; Australian Council for 

International Development (ACFID); and Australian Council for 

Social Service (ACOSS) 

Australian Medical Association (AMA); Australian Youth Climate 

Coalition (AYCC); Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation 

(ANTAR); Climate Action – Vote Climate; and Crikey 

GetUp! 

Make Poverty History; National Disability Services (NDS); 

National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU); No Forest Furnaces; 

NSW Teachers Federation; Palm Cove Committee; Public Health 

Association of Australia; Queensland Conservation Council; 

Residents of the Blue Mountains; Royal Societies for the 

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA); Stable Population 

Party of Australia; Sustainable Population Australia; Unions; 

YWCA; and WA First. 

Other: ABC; Australia is a free democratic society (flyer); Corby, 

Schappelle; Food and entertainment items; Open Australia 

Foundation; Rudd, Kevin – Community Support Group; Social 

Research Society; Sparticist League; and Stand Up For Canberra 

Parts 37-‐‐39. Overseas material 

Parts 37-‐‐38. United Kingdom 

Part 39. 

United States 

2013 ⎯⎯ “Hope. Reward. Opportunity.” 

7 September 

⎯⎯ see also archived content from the World Wide Web in PANDORA 

Part 1 

Australian Electoral Commission Candidate Lists 

and other AEC material 


13│16 




Part 2 

Parts 3 -‐‐41 

Part 3 

Part 4 

Part 5 

Part 6 

Part 7 

Part 8 

Part 9 

Part 10 

Part 11 

Part 12 

Part 13 

Part 14 

Part 15 

Part 16 

Part 17 

Part 18 

Part 19 

Part 20 

Part 21 

Part 22 

Part 23 

Part 24 

Part 25 

Part 26 

Part 27 

Part 28 

Part 29 

Part 30 

Part 31 

Part 32 

Part 33 

Part 34 

Part 35 

Part 36 

Part 37 

Part 38 

Part 39 

Part 40 

Part 41 

Parts 42 -‐‐ 45 

Part 42 

Part 43 

Part 44 

Australian Electoral Commission 

House of Representatives candidates (by surname) 

A 

Bal –Bil 

Bic – Boy 

Bra – Byr 

Cad – Cli 

Cob – Con 

Com – Cus 

D 

E 

F 

G 

Hal – Hay 

Hed – Huy 

I – J 

K 

La – Lei 

Les – Lyo 

Mac – McF 

McG 

McG -‐‐ McI 

McK -‐‐ Mit 

Moo -‐‐ New 

Ngu -‐‐ Ngu 

Ngu -‐‐ Ngu (continued) 

Nic -‐‐ Oxe 

Pac -‐‐ Pli 

Pod -‐‐ Pyn 

Ram -‐‐ Roy 

Rud -‐‐ Rze 

Saf -‐‐ Sco 

Sef -‐‐ Sou 

Sow -‐‐ Sym 

Tab-‐‐ Tem 

Thi 

Tho -‐‐ Tyr 

U -‐‐ V 

Wai -‐‐ Wes 

Whe -‐‐ Wil 

Win -‐‐ Z 


A – E 

F – L 

M – R 

14│16 




Part 45 

S – Z 



Parts 46-‐‐60 

Part 46 

Political parties 

Australian Labor Party (ALP) 

Parts 47 – 48 Liberal Party of Australia 

Parts 19 – 50 Australian Greens 

Part 51 

Part 52 

Part 53 

Part 54 

Part 55-‐‐60 

Part 55 

Part 56 

Part 57 

Part 58 

Part 59 

Part 60 

Palmer United Party 

Animal Justice Party; Australian Christians; Australian 

Democrats; Australian First Nations Political Party; Australian 

Fishing and Lifestyle Party; Australian Motoring Enthusiast 

Party; Australian Sex Party; Australian Stable Population Party 

Bullet Train for Australia; Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile 

Group); Citizens Electoral Council of Australia; Democratic 

Labour Party (DLP); Drug Law Reform Australia; Family First 

Party; Future Party; Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) 

Party 

Katter’s Australian Party; Liberal Democratic Party; National 

Party of Australia; Nick Xenophon Group; Non-‐‐Custodial Parents 

Party (Equal Parenting); One Nation; Outdoor Recreation Party 

(Stop the Greens); Pirate Party Australia; Rise Up Australia Party; 

Secular Party of Australia; Socialist Alliance; Socialist Equality 

Party; Stop CSG Party; Voluntary Euthanasia Party; Wikileaks 

Party 


Animals Australia; Australian Automobile Association (AAA: 

Demand Better Roads campaign) 

Australian Conservation Foundation; Australian Council of 

Trade Unions (ACTU); Australian Education Union (I Give a 

Gonski campaign) 

Australian Education Union (I Give a Gonski campaign) cont. 

Australian Salary Packaging Industry Association; Australian 

Services Union (ASU); Australian Youth Climate Coalition; 

Australians for Marriage Equality; Boating Industries Alliance (I 

Fish, I Boat and I Vote campaign); Climate-‐‐related campaigns; 

Clubs Australia; Coal Seam Gas related campaigns; Community 

& Public Sector Union (CPSU); Construction, Forestry, Mining & 

Energy Union (CFMEU, Let’s Spread it Around campaign); 

Electrical Trade Unions (www.stoptheselloff.org.au) 

Get up! 

GST-‐‐related campaigns; health related campaigns; Henry, Chic; 

Housing Industry Association (HIA); Movement to End Poverty; 

National Tertiary Education Union; National Union of Workers 

(NWU); NOT4SALE campaign (Qld & NT); Open Australia 

Foundation (www.electionleaflets.org.au); Pollibyte.com; 

Queensland Unions (Stand for Qld); refugee/asylum seeker related 

campaigns; renewable energy related campaigns; Save the Planet; 


15│16 




transport-‐‐related campaigns; United Voice (Big Steps Early 

Childhood Education & Care); Working for Queenslanders 

Part 61 

Part 62 

Part 63 

Overseas material 

Miscellaneous material 

Miscellaneous material 

“Muffin Break Election Bean Poll” countertop display (boxed) 

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