National Archives' records

Our collection includes records from Joseph Lyons' time as prime minister and member of parliament.

This is a selection of records from our collection, including Commonwealth records and Lyons’ personal papers (CP 254).

• Personal correspondence, 1919-39 (series CP103/19)
• Correspondence of Lyons as Prime Minister, 1920-56 (series CP30/3)
• Correspondence of Lyons as United Australia Party Leader and Federal Opposition Leader, 1922-56 (series CP30/2)
• Changes in Commonwealth Ministers (Scullin and Lyons), 1929-32 (A461, B4/1/3 Part 1A)
• Rt Hon. JA Lyons, CH, MP, 1929-33 (A461, D4/1/12)
• Personal correspondence of Lyons as Prime Minister and as United Australia Party leader, 1931-39 (series M2270)
• Correspondence of Lyons as Postmaster-General, 1931 (series CP30/1)
• Correspondence series – Lyons and Menzies, 1931-39 (series CP167/2)
• Representations regarding employment, 1931-39 (series CP167/3)
• The Hon. JA Lyons. Prime Minister of the Commonwealth – appointed member of The Privy Council 18th May 1932, 1932 (A2926, A8)
• Lyons government, 1932-36 (MP124/6, 404/201/195)
• The basis of policy and the priority of expenditure Lyons Government, 1932-37 (A5954, 1201/13)
• Portrait and Bust of Rt Hon. JA Lyons by WB McInnes, 1932-38 (A463, 1965/3219 Part A)
• [Correspondence to] Lyons, the Rt Hon. JA, 1933 (AA1970/559, 7)
• Budget Speech 1933–1934. Delivered 4th October 1933 by JA Lyons., 1933 (A5954, 2390/14)
• Prime Minister's Department 'Record of the Lyons Government', 1933-34 (A518, BB112/1)
• Record of Lyons Govt, 1933-38 (A601, 165/1/1)
• Right Honourable Joseph Aloysius Lyons MP - 1934 (audio tape), 1934 (C102, 1552431)
• Rt Hon. JA Lyons, CH, MP – background papers on honours, 1934-39 (A1209, 1969/7484)
• Photograph – HRH Prince Henry, Rt Hon. JA Lyons and Mrs Lyons. Registration and Exhibit, 1935 (A1861, 6590)
• Cables to and from Lyons during his visit to London, 1935-38 (series CP290/5)
• Pamphlets – The Defence of Australia – What the Lyons Govt has done and Defence Aspects of the Imperial Conference, 1936-37 (MP1587/1, 218AO)
• Publications Emanating from Unlawful Associations Booklets of Forms re Donations to the Communist Party for the Defeat of the Lyons Government, 1937 (A467, Bundle 89/SF42/14)
• Miscellaneous. Policy speech of the Rt Hon. JA Lyons, 1937 (A1928, 670/112)
• General correspondence, 1937-39 (series CP167/1)
• Letters between King George VI and Lyons, regarding the presentation to HM of an oil painting of the coronation, 1938 (series CP144/1)
• Curtin, John – Speech on death of PM Lyons (audio tape), 1939 (C102, 1552439)

Research guide

For details of the records on Joseph Lyons held by the National Archives and other institutions, you can use Joseph Lyons: guide to the archives of Australia’s prime ministers.