John D. Fitzgerald - Papers, 1880-1922

DLMSQ 250 - DLMSQ 285; DLMS 146 - DLMS 158

fonds

1880 - 1922

Textual Records, Photographs

446468

Microfilm : Correspondence Index).
Microfilm : Correspondence v.1, 1888-1898).
Microfilm : CY 2453, frames 1-185 (DLMSQ 284)
Microfilm : CY 2453, frames 186-297 (DLMSQ 285)

3 vols., 12 boxes, 4 portfolios
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (printed)
Photographs

John Daniel Fitzgerald (1862-1922), author, journalist, barrister and parliamentarian, was born at Shellharbour, NSW, son of John Fitzgerald and his wife Mary Ann. He was educated locally and at Fort Street and St. Mary's Cathedral schools, Sydney. He was apprenticed as a compositor at Bathurst and by 1885 was working on the Evening News in Sydney and was active in trade unionism and radical politics. He was president of the Typographical Association and delegate to the Trades and Labor Council. He was a member of the Socialist League and a foundation member of the Womanhood Suffrage League. Fitzgerald was involved in the maritime strike of 1890 and travelled to England at his own expense on behalf of the Labor Defence Council to publicise the dispute. He returned to Sydney and was involved in the founding of the Labor Electoral League. Fitzgerald studied law and was admitted to the NSW Bar in 1900. Fitzgerald was elected the Labor Party member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for the seat of West Sydney (1891-1894). He was expelled from the Labor Party in 1893 but rejoined in 1909. He was an alderman of the Sydney Municipal Council (1900-1904). Fitzgerald was appointed to the NSW Legislative Council (1915-1922). In 1916 he was again expelled from the Labor Party due to his support for conscription. Fitzgerald was vice-president of the Executive Council (1915-1919), Minister for Public Health (1916-1919), Minister for Local Government (1916-1920), Solicitor-General and Minister of Justice (1919-1920) and Assistant Minister of Public Instruction (1916). Fitzgerald was involved in numerous organisations. He was awarded the Legion d'Honneur by the French Government in 1919. He was a trustee of the Public Library of NSW (1912-1922) and the Art Gallery of NSW. Fitzgerald published extensively, including works on urban development, studies in Australian crime, novels, circus stories and journal articles. His brothers Daniel and Thomas owned Fitzgerald Brothers Circus (ca.1894-1907). [ref:ADB 8]

I. CORRESPONDENCE, 1888-1922
Guide and index to correspondence compiled in the Mitchell Library (Call No.: DLMSQ 263)
1888-1922; Correspondence [13 vols.]. Correspondents include Sir Edmund Barton, Sir Thomas Bavin, Louis Becke, John Burns, A.C. Carmichael, Sir Joseph Carruthers, Norman S.C. Carter, Sir Arthur Cocks, Sir Timothy Coghlan, Sir Joseph Cook, V.J. Daley, Sir Walter Davidson, Alfred Deakin, Sir George Dibbs, Alfred Tennyson Dickens, Will Dyson, W.H. Donald, Daniel Fitzgerald, Thomas Fitzgerald, John Garlick, Dame Mary Gilmore, Sir James Graham, Walter Burley Griffin, Arthur Griffith, Sir Samuel Griffith, C.H. Hay, W.C. Higgs, Ada Holman, W.A. Holman, Livingston Hopkins, Sir Thomas Hughes, William Morris Hughes, Lord Jersey, Archbishop Kelly, Henri Kowalski, William Lane, C.F. Lindeman, Sir John Longstaff, H.D. MacIntosh, Sir William McMillan, J.H. Maiden, G.V.F. Mann, Tom Mann, Neville Mayman, R.D. Meagher, Felix and Greta Moscheles, John D. O'Hara, Sir Henry Parkes, Sir Archdale Parkhill, Sir George Pearce, Fanny Ranken, C.C. Reade, William Redmond, Sir George Rich, George Rignold, Sir Julian Salomons, Rose Scott, Percy F.S. Spence, Sir Arthur Streeton, Sir John Sulman, G.S. and Alma Titheradge, Hugh Ward and B.R. Wise. (Call No.: DLMSQ 250 - DLMSQ 262)

II. POLITICAL PAPERS, 1914-1922
A. City planning and urban development
1914; Drafts of Greater Sydney Bill and discussion [237ff] (Call No.: DLMSQ 264)
1918; 'Greater Sydney'. Speech delivered to the National Debating Club, 21 Aug. 1918 [137ff] (Call No.: DLMS 146)
1916-1919; Greater Sydney schemes. Papers and newscuttings re need for implementation of Greater Sydney and Greater Newcastle schemes, several Queensland greater city schemes, and note re design of Federal Capital [133ff] (Call No.: DLMS 265)
B. Ministerial papers
1916-1921; Public Health Department. Proposal for administration of hospitals and venereal disease clinics, proposed Royal Commission on Hospitals, and collection of cuttings re John Storey's attacks on Fitzgerald's ministry [96ff] (Call No.: DLMSQ 266)
1918-1920; Local Government Department and other official papers. Papers re housing, motor taxation, Main Roads Board, Mission Francaise en Australia et en Nouvelle Zelande, and proposed abolition of Legislative Council [93ff] (Call No.: DLMSQ 267)
1917; Papers on local government policy and Local Government Bill [93ff] (Call No.: DLMS 147)
C. Papers relating to World War I, 1914-1922
1914-1922; Papers include controversies on wet canteens, censorship, internment of aliens, conscription, Irish home rule and the War [359ff] (Call No.: DLMSQ268)
D. Non ministerial papers, 1914-1919
1914-1919; Papers re the labour movement, Nauru, patents investigation (Call No.: DLMSQ 269)

III. LEGAL PAPERS, 1900-1920
A. Cases in which Fitzgerald involved professionally
1913-1914; 'Redman' Estate, briefs etc. (Call No.: DLMSQ 270)
1920; 'The Public Service Act, 1892 and the Public Service (Amendment) Act 1919 in re William Gordon Hayes - Williams'. Brief on appeal. (Call No.: DLMSQ 271)
B. Cases in which Fitzgerald involved as litigant
1904; 'Banks vs. Fitzgerald Bros. Circus'. Notes by Fitzgerald. (Call No.: DLMSQ 271)
1912; 'Ex Parte John Daniel Fitzgerald, Barrister at Law. And in the Matter of the Sydney Corporation Act 1902'. Documents re counsel's opinion. (Call No.: DLMSQ 271)
C. Orders in Council, 1900, 1906
1900,1906; Orders in Council empowering J.D. Fitzgerald to prosecute in lieu of the Attorney General, 1900, 1906 (Call No.: DLMSQ 271)
D. Miscellaneous items of professional interest
Date unknown, 1900; Notes cuttings etc.; 'Precedents of Pleading May 22, 1900' [144pp] (Call No.: DLMSQ 271)

IV. ARTICLES, LECTURES, AND OTHER NON-FICTION WRITING, 1899-1921
A. Biographical writing
Date unknown; Fragmentary autobiography of early years [39ff] (Call No.: DLMS 148)
1920-1921; Profiles of George Rignold and Sir George Dibbs, being fragmentary ms. drafts [80ff]; biographical articles on William Watt and William Morris Hughes extracted from The Lone Hand (Call No.: DLMS 149)
B. Criminal studies
Date unknown; Ts. draft for pp 292-315 and notes re pp 316-359 of Studies in Australian Crime, second series [33ff] (Call No.: DLMSQ 273)
1921; Notes and cuttings re crimes in NSW (Call No.: DLMSQ 273)
C. Articles and lectures
1899-1914; Articles and lectures concerning Australian Federation, Australian development and racial issues, being ms. drafts (Call No.: DLMS 150)
1907-1921; Miscellaneous articles and reminiscences by Fitzgerald extracted from journals; filed with biographical articles and circus stories (Call No.: DLMSQ 274)

V. CREATIVE WRITING, Date unknown - 1922
A. Circus stories
1913-1922; 'Children of the sunlight' being ms. drafts of six of the eleven stories; ts. draft with ms. corrections of eight of the eleven stories [212ff] (Call No.: DLMSQ 275 - DLMSQ 276)
Date unknown; 'The Half-Caste', being several versions of a story published originally in newspaper and ultimately re-written as 'Bagoos' (Call No.: DLMS 151)
Date unknown; Other circus stories, being ms. and ts. drafts; with printed items extracted from The Lone Hand (Call No.: DLMSQ 277)
B. Dramatic writings
Date unknown; 'The Emerson Road murder mystery' or 'The Lost Memory', being unfinished play in parts (Call No.: DLMSQ 278)
Date unknown; Other dramatic writings, being a comedy, a melodrama and two film scripts (Call No.: DLMSQ 279)
C. Novels
Date unknown; 'The freighted caravan: a novel of Australian circus life', ts. [280ff] (Call No.: DLMS 152)
1922; 'The ring valley: a novel of Australian pioneering', being ms. draft and partial ts. draft (Call No.: DLMS 153 - DLMS 157)
1913; 'What can we do? A novel with a purpose', ts. draft with ms. corrections [386ff]; with second copy (Call No.: DLMSQ 280 - DLMSQ 281)
Date unknown; Fragments of several novels and other miscellaneous fiction including: 'The freighted caravan' [9ff]; 'A great pro-consul' [22ff]; 'The labour cry' [29ff]; 'The story of a circus career'; 'A tropical village' [11ff]; 'The battlers: the story of an Australian circus'; untitles section of a novel about an opera singer [100ff]; miscellaneous fragments and story outlines [38ff] (Call No.: DLMSQ 282)
D. Theatrical stories prepared in collaberation with W.S. Percy, the comedian, ca.1912
ca.1912; Theatrical stories including: galleys and ms. for six stories; 'The battlers: a novel of the road' (Call No.: DLMS 158)

VI. MISCELLANEOUS AND FITZGERALD FAMILY, 1885-1922
1885-1922; Includes papers re proposals for establishing the Fiji Meat and Development Company Limited, French convicts and New Caledonia. (Call No.: DLMSQ 283)

VII. FITZGERALD BROTHERS CIRCUS, 1894-1907
1894-1906; Papers, being mainly correspondence (Call No.: DLMSQ 284)
1894-1907; Papers concerning the history of Fitzgerald Brothers Circus include: annotated ts. of beginning of book on Dan Fitzgerald and the Fitzgerald Brothers Circus; reminiscences concerning the early days of the circus by Jack Graham, David Hardie, Thomas Herbert and Frank Jones, 1906; cuttings re the deaths of Dan Fitzgerald and Tom Fitzgerald, 1906-1907 (Call No.: DLMSQ 285)

Author/Artist entries:
Barton, Edmund, Sir, 1849-1920
Bavin, Thomas, Sir, 1874-1941
Becke, Louis, 1855-1913
Carruthers, J. H. (Joseph Hector), 1857-1932
Coghlan, T. A. (Timothy Augustine), 1856-1926
Cook, Joseph, Sir, 1860-1947
Daley, Victor J. (Victor James), 1858-1905
Davidson, Walter, Sir, 1859-1923
Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
Dibbs, George R. (George Richard), 1834-1904
Dyson, William Henry, 1880-1938
Fitzgerald, Daniel
Fitzgerald, Thomas
Gilmore, Mary, Dame, 1865-1962
Griffin, Walter Burley, 1876-1937.
Griffith, Samuel, Sir, 1845-1920
Holman, Ada A.(Ada Augusta)
Holman, W. A. (William Arthur), 1871-1934
Hopkins, Livingston, 1846-1927
Hughes, Thomas, 1863-1930
Hughes, W. M. (William Morris), 1862-1952
Jersey, Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, Earl of, 1845-1915
Longstaff, John, Sir, 1861-1941
McMillan, William, Sir, 1850-1926
Maiden, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1859-1925
Parkes, Henry, Sir, 1815-1896
Parkhill, Archdale, Sir, 1879-1947
Salomons, Julian Emanuel, Sir, 1835-1909
Scott, Rose, 1847-1925
Spence, Percy Frederick Seaton, 1868-1933
Streeton, Arthur, Sir, 1867-1943
Sulman, John, Sir, 1849-1934
Wise, B. R. (Bernhard Ringrose), 1858-1916

This collection was listed in 2005 as part of the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in NSW 1856-2006 Project.
Maps of Greater Sydney and Greater Newcastle transferred to the maps collection.

Transferred from DLSPENCER 240