The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library
The Library aims to identify, collect, conserve and make available for research and public access the Prime Minister's papers and memorabilia, those of his colleagues in public life, and related material from his times. The Library will also foster the research and public programs of The Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies by collecting in appropriate areas and providing information services.
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Welcome
The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library was established by the University of
South Australia in December 1997 as an integral component of the Bob Hawke
Prime Ministerial Centre. The Centre honours Bob Hawke, a third generation
South Australian and one of the 20th century’s most notable Prime Ministers.
The Hawke Centre, Institute and Library are politically non-partisan;
developed for the future benefit of the general community, students,
researchers and university communities worldwide. Reflecting the themes:
strengthening our democracy, valuing our diversity and building our future.
The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library is the first Australian prime
ministerial library to be established during the life time of the prime
minister. The Library comprises a major collection of archival records,
books and memorabilia related to the Hawke era. It is available to users as
a unique resource for political and social research and for reference and
information purposes. The collection also includes two selected political
colleagues from the Hawke era, South Australian
Senator Rosemary Crowley and member for Adelaide,
Chris Hurford.
The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library is located in the Hawke Building, in Room H5-05 at the City West campus of the University of South Australia. Entrance to the Hawke Building is at 56 North Terrace, Adelaide with the Library and research facilities available on Level 5
Vision Statement
The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library is a research and educational centre of excellence for the study of the public contribution of Australia’s longest serving Labor Party Prime Minister, Robert James Lee Hawke, and provides and manages a unique and accessible repository of archival records, personal and donated papers, published materials and memorabilia in all formats relevant to his life and time in public office.
Purpose
The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library acknowledges the significant
contribution of the 23rd Australian Prime Minister, Robert James Lee Hawke
to our national history and international record.
The role and objectives of the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library are:
- To identify, appraise, accession, arrange, describe and manage a unique and wide-ranging collection of scholarly and research materials and memorabilia regardless of physical format.
- To identify relevant records and resources held in other institutions in Australia and overseas and to provide access to them via the library’s website www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au/library
- To provide research services and access to the library’s resources to historians, researchers, students, visitors and the general community locally, nationally and internationally.
- To interpret and highlight relevant themes from the Hawke era through public exhibitions, educational displays and on-line presentations.
- To foster research and publication as a direct result of the unique materials in the collection to further raise the profile and significance of the Hawke era
- To provide an educational resource, especially to school students, on this significant era of Australian history, on the office of the prime minister and the parliamentary process
Collection Focus
The focus of the collection relates to those aspects of the history and political times most closely associated with the life and work of Bob Hawke including his pre and post ministerial career. This includes
- personal papers and memorabilia that relate to the political career and family of Bob Hawke
- personal papers and memorabilia from South Australian Senator Rosemary Crowley and Member for Adelaide, Chris Hurford who were members of the Hawke ministry.
- theses, research papers, printed works, published and unpublished official documents, selected school projects, ephemera, photographs and audio visual materials related to Bob Hawke
- areas of allied interest as it relates to Bob Hawke and his role in
public office
- civics and citizenship in the Australian context
- national identity and leadership
- public and social policy
- economic reform
- conflict resolution and conciliation
- youth and social justice
- status of women
- education and training
- the prime ministership as an office
Materials documenting political leadership, the parliamentary process and
the roles of the prime minister and governor-general in the Australian
context, will be held as information for educational programs, project
material and teaching resources.
Key Advisers, Ms Blanche d’Alpuget and
Dr Joseph Feldman
(word document) will assist the
Library to further develop the collection with oral history recordings,
transcripts and other physical and digital formats relevant to the
collection focus.
Collection Access
The Library undertakes to accurately identify, appraise, accession,
arrange and describe material in accordance with national and international
archival standards to properly establish its authenticity and provide
access.
All material is available for use in the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial
Research Room under supervision. Access to the archival collection is by
application. Some access restrictions apply.
Access to original documents through ongoing
digitisation provides fully searchable text, images of documents,
photographs and sound bites.
Identified fragile items, items of significant historical and/or commercial
value and some artworks will only be available by prior arrangement.
Photocopying is permitted with permission of the Library Manager and
dependent on any embargo on items, their physical condition and copyright
legislation. The Library applies the principles identified in the
ALIA
Statement on Free Access to Information.
Opening Hours
The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library is located in the new Hawke Building - Level 5, 50-60 North Terrace, Adelaide.
The Library is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10.00am - 4.00pm including the use of study room H5-07 which may be booked via the online booking page at room/laptop bookings. At all other times access and use of the research and archival facilities will be by appointment with the Librarian or by research application.
The Library will be closed from Tuesday 4 December 2007 until Monday 14 January 2008 (reopening 15 January 2008)
Contact
Margaret Goedhart
Ph +61 8 8302 0318, Fax +61 8 8302 0420
Email: margaret.goedhart@unisa.edu.au
Director, The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library
Ms Helen Livingston
Ph +61 8 8302 6260, Fax +61 8 8302 6756
Email: helen.livingston@unisa.edu.au