NCRM. National Executive, National Council Minutes. Part I. Various. F12 (b). PART 1. , 1946-1957

Report to National Executive, March 1946, serving as agenda for the forthcoming Executive meeting in Melbourne, 9 April, dealing with the financial position of the Movement and a membership drive.

National Executive agenda for 10 June 1947 with minutes of the previous meeting.

National Council Meeting, 14-18 Sept. 1947. Minutes of previous meeting (decisions only) and agenda for Bathurst meeting (annotated); and Minutes.

National Council Meeting, Ballarat, 25-26 Aug. 1948. Minutes.

National Executive, 15 March 1949; minutes (2 copies, one with notes of orders from dioceses on the back); 18 March 1949, agenda and meeting papers including “donations to Bishop Henschke’s Appeal”. (3 copies)

National Executive Meeting, 15 Nov. 1949. Agenda and Minutes.

National Council Meeting, Armidale, 22 March 1950. Minutes.

National Executive Meeting, “La Verna”, 14 Nov. 1950. Minutes. (3 copies)

N.C.R.M. Report [to ANSCA?], from 1 Jan. 1950 – 1 March 1951, by B.H. Gaskin, Assistant Secretary. It covers changes in staff, the Convention, Policy, Programmes, Priests’ conferences, Schools for laymen, Travelling, Immigration, Land Settlement, Contacts with other Organizations and the Women’s Section. 3 pp. cyclostyled, 6 copies.

National Council Meeting, Wagga Wagga, 11 April 1951.

National Executive Meeting, “La Verna”, 22 Nov. 1951.Minutes; invitation to the meeting with Agenda and information concerning the Bishop Henschke Appeal and the 1952 Convention..

National Council Meeting, Albury, 8 May 1952. Minutes.

National Executive Meeting, 22 Oct. 1952. Minutes.

National Council Meetings Albury, 20 April 1953; 8 April 1954. Minutes.

N.C.R.M. Regional Representatives Meeting, Belloc House, 23 Nov. 1954. Minutes. (B.A.S. Chairman).

Report of Upper Murray Land Settlement Committee on Visit to Finley and Jerilderie, N.S.W.; Appendix to Minutes of National Executive Meeting, 11 Feb. 1955.

N.C.R.M. Bulletin for Rural Groups, March 1955, concerning the National Convention.

National Council Meeting, 23 March 1955. Minutes.

National Executive Meeting, 17 Nov. 1955. Minutes.

National Executive Meeting, 29 Feb. 1956. Minutes.

National Executive Meeting, 17 May 1956. Minutes.

N.C.R.M. Sixteenth Annual National Convention, 24-26 April 1956, at St. Edmund’s Christian Brothers’ College, Canberra … Printed Agenda (pages torn apart).

Address of His Excellency the Most Rev. Romolo Carboni – Apostolic Delegate

In Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, to the 16th National Convention, Canberra, 24 April 1956. Typed and cyclostyled copy.

“The Future of Australian Primary Industry”, Dr. T.H. Strong’s address to the 16th Annual Convention, Canberra, 24 April.

Notes for talks to groups by L. Esler, J. Russell, P. Bourke and others on land settlement, immigration etc. N.d.

“N.C.R.M. Activities and Techniques”; talk to the 16th Convention by W.E. Crowe, Administrative Secretary. 10 pp. typescript, with note at the end re this Convention approving a revised Constitution abolishing the National Council and establishing the National Executive as the supreme body.

Copy of document headed “Constitution”, containing proposed changes and commencing “In accordance with the ruling given by the Episcopal chairman at the last convention, the Provisional Constitution is to be presented to the 1956 Convention for ratification”.

Letter to Fr. Keogh, Goulburn, acknowledging the copy of His Grace’s speech at the Convention, 15 June 1956. Rev. N. Duck’s ms.notes for speech on San Isidore Rural Settlement, 1956 (the idea was formulated “about 1944 by Bishop Henschke, Monsignor Larkins and members of the N.C.R.M. at Wagga”; the first family moved into their unfinished home on 8 Feb.).

Reports from the Thurgoona (?) Group; Wimmera Region; Hume Permanent Co-operative Building and Investment Society Ltd.; and (from Crowe), the Primary Produce Gift Scheme, 1955/6.

Rural Life, June 1956, containing the Apostolic Delegates Message to the Convention, etc.

National Executive Meeting 27 June 1957. Agenda and Minutes, notice of annotated by Crowe. Also “The Role of the chaplain’ (report Arch bishop Carboni’s remarks at his inaugural Address to the Catholic Social Week, May 1956); Crowe’s rough notes, including shorthand, of meeting 27 June 1957 showing speakers’ names etc.; reports of sub-committees (Chaplains’ (leader Mgr. J.H. Larkins); Women’s (Mrs. P. Bourke); Land Settlement and Migration (P. Bourke); Organisation (P. Wild); Decentralisation (G.P Ryan); Co-operatives (J. Russell); Draft Statement prepared by Headquarters as a Basis of Discussion.

N.C.R.M. National Executive Meeting Minutes, 20 Nov. 1957. (Crowe’s rough typed notes as above), pp. 1-9; Trading Profit and Loss Account to Oct. 31, 1957.

Further rough notes of a meeting (also Nov. 1957?) concerning the Convention, credit societies, finance etc. [page numbers [1]-13, beginning with item 4, Agenda.