Collection C5 - Robert Cosgrove Collection

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC C5

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Robert Cosgrove Collection

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  • 1898-1969 (Creation)

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4 type one boxes and 2 files

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Name of creator

(1884-1969)

Biographical history

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

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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

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Collection consists of papers, speeches, press cuttings and photographs relating to Sir Robert Cosgrove.

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Open for research

Conditions governing reproduction

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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CE September 2018

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