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Robert Hawke: records

This page lists significant records for Robert (Bob) Hawke held by the National Archives and other institutions.

National Archives' records

Our collection includes records from Bob Hawke's time as ACTU official, prime minister and member of parliament.

This is a selection of records from our collection, including Commonwealth records and Hawkes’s personal papers (CP 390).

  • Representations to the Minister by Mr R J Hawke (President ACTU) re tribal land rights, 1971 (A1734, NT1971/977)
  • Visit abroad by notable Australians – Hawke, Robert James Lee, 1971-72 (A1838, 1516/6/324 part 1)
  • Speeches, briefs, talking points and notes, 1971-91 (series M3851)
  • Folders and papers maintained as shadow minister and leader of the opposition, 1972-83 (series M3857)
  • Overseas visits by notable Australians – R J Hawke, President ACTU, 1974 (A1838, 1516/6/374)
  • Bob Hawke at lunchtime rally supporting protests against dismissal of the Whitlam government, Canberra, 1975 (A6135, K14/11/75/46)
  • Bob Hawke – head and shoulders portrait, 1976 (A6180, 16/11/76/12)
  • Bob Hawke campaigning in Sydney, 1980 (A6180, 1/10/80/8)
  • Subject files, 1980-91 (series M3855)
  • Electorate correspondence, 1980-92 (series M3843)
  • Hawke ministries – Cabinet files, 1982-91 (series A11116)
  • Economic Summit 1983 – technical committee working papers, 1983 (A1209, 1983/384 part 1)
  • Economic Summit 1983 – technical committee working papers, 1983 (A1209, 1983/384 part 2)
  • Economic Summit 1983 – technical committee working papers, 1983 (A1209, 1983/384 part 3)
  • Economic Summit – technical committee – administration, drafting and policy, 1983 (A1209, 1983/665 part 1)
  • Economic Summit – technical committee – administration, drafting and policy, 1983 (A1209, 1983/665 part 2)
  • Economic Summit – technical committee – administration, drafting and policy, 1983 (A1209, 1983/665 part 3)
  • Bob Hawke with author Morris West, 1983 (A6180, 15/12/83/25)
  • Bob Hawke with Lebanese delegation, 1983 (A6180, 20/9/83/2)
  • Bob Hawke campaigning in Hobart with Tasmanian Opposition leader, Ken Wriedt, 1983 (A6180, 21/2/83/17)
  • First Hawke ministry – Cabinet submissions, 1983-84 (series A13977)
  • First Hawke ministry – Cabinet memoranda, 1983-84 (series A13978)
  • Royal Commissions, 1983-86 (series M3842)
  • First to fourth Hawke ministries – Cabinet decisions, 1983-91 (series A13979)
  • Foreign Affairs and Defence papers, 1983-91 (series M3571)
  • Files, diaries, contact numbers and media guides from Hawke’s Senior Private Secretary, 1983-91 (series M3594)
  • Second, Third and Fourth Hawke Ministries - Cabinet Submissions and Memoranda, 1984-91 (series A14039)

You can search a collection of Australian prime ministerial transcripts dating from the early 1940s on PM Transcripts.

Research guide

For details of the records on Bob Hawke and Hazel Hawke held by the National Archives and other institutions, you can use Bob Hawke: guide to archives of Australia's prime ministers. 

In this section: Robert Hawke

  • Fast facts
  • Timeline
  • Before office
  • Elections
  • During office
  • After office
  • Partner
  • Key people
  • Records

Records at other institutions

These institutions also hold records on Robert Hawke.

Australian organisations

Australian Capital Territory

  • Australian National University Archives, Canberra
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra
  • National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra
  • Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Canberra

New South Wales

  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
  • State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Queensland

  • John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

South Australia

  • Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library, Adelaide
  • State Library of South Australia, Adelaide

Victoria

  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne

Western Australia

  • John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, Perth

International organisations

Canada

  • Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa

United States

  • National Archives and Records Administration, Maryland

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