Papers of George Michael Prendergast
Identifier(s): MS 15538
Scope and contents
Collection includes annotated political cartoons, photos, invitations, facsimile of George Prendergast, printer and Premier of Victoria; also includes reproductions of a number of key sixteenth and seventeenth century English newspapers.
Dates
- Creation: 1840-1981
Biographical / Historical
George Michael Prendergast was the 28th Premier of Victoria. He was born to Irish emigrant parents in Adelaide, but he grew up in Stawell, Victoria. He was apprenticed as a printer, and worked as a compositor in Ballarat, Sydney and Narrandera before settling in Melbourne in 1887. A member of the Typographical Association, he represented that union at the Melbourne Trades Hall, of which he was President in 1893. He entered Parliament in 1894 and was still an MP at the time of his death in 1937.
Full extent
0.30 linear metres (6 boxes)
Language of materials
English
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of George Michael Prendergast
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository details
Part of the Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library Victoria Repository
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia
03 8664 7002