National Archives' records

Our collection includes records from Francis Forde's time as prime minister and member of parliament.

This is a selection of records from our collection, including Commonwealth records and Forde’s personal papers (CP 81).

• Family photographs and papers, 1890-1945 (series M4267)
• Photographs – JA Beasley with members of the Curtin Labor Ministry including Makin, Chifley, Collings, Forde and others, 1941 (M1409, 12)
• Letters from Lieutenant General HG Bennett to the Hon. FM Forde, 1941-42 (series AA1974/398)
• Correspondence of John Curtin as Prime Minister – alphabetical series, 1941-44 (series M1415)
• Correspondence of John Curtin as Prime Minister – special subject series, 1941-44 (series M1416)
• Press statements by Minister for the Army (Mr FM Forde), 1942-44 (A5954, 2211/1)
• Photograph – W McKell, F Forde and John Curtin, 1943 (M1218, 7)
• Target for 1945 by the Rt Hon. FM Forde [Publication], 1944 (A5954, 1979/93)
• Acting Prime Minister (Rt Hon F M Forde) - Visit to NZ, 1944-50 (MP742/1, 217/1/9)
• Personal correspondence, Australia – Rt Hon. FM Forde, 1944-54 (A5954, 50/8)
• Forde Government. 6th July 1945, 1945 (A5954, 1947/10)
• 26th Commonwealth Ministry. Forde Ministry from 6 July 1945 to 13 July 1945, 1945 (A5447, 42)
• Honour PC [Privy Council] The Honourable, FM Forde, 1945 (A2926, A34)
• [Letter from Ninon P Haring to Mr Forde regarding the tracing of missing members of the 2/22nd Battalion AIF], 1945 (MP742/1, 255/15/1203)
• Film of visit of Deputy PM Forde to UN Conference, 1945 (SP1202/2)
• Governments – Forde Ministry, 1945-46 (A461, AZ4/1/3)
• Press statements by Mr FM Forde, 1945-55 (A5954, 2211/2)
• Federal Election Campaign 1946. Mr Forde Itinerary, 1946 (A5954, 2314/6)
• Framed letters patent appointing Francis Michael Forde as Minister for Defence, 1946 (series M4108)
• Canada: appointment of Mr Forde as High Commissioner, 1946-48 (A1067, IC46/64/11/1)
• Diplomatic representatives abroad – Canada – Mr FM Forde, High Commissioner, 1951 (A1838, 1500/2/1/2)

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