Biographical entry: Connolly, Roy (1893 - 1966)

Born

1893

Died

1966

Summary

Papers 1939-1964. Roy Connolly was a journalist and political writer, serving at one time as editor of the Labour Daily in Sydney, at another time as press officer to Sir Arthur Fadden and later as publicist for the Liberal and Country Parties in the election campaign of 1949. In 1964 he published John Drysdale and the Burdekin, a history of the Drysdale family of the Pioneer Sugar Estate. The Connolly papers comprise:

Typescript of 'John Drysdale of Delta', i.e. John Drysdale and the Burdekin. N.L A. MS.2165.

1. Correspondence 1939-1962.

2. Revisions of sections of John Drysdale and the Burdekin.

3. Correspondence, notes, references, maps relating to John Drysdale and the Burdekin.

4. Notebooks in long-hand and short-hand.

5A. Press cuttings of Connolly's column 'Brisbane is my city', from Brisbane Truth.

5B. Press cuttings from various newspapers ca.1930-1932.

5C. Unmounted miscellaneous cuttings.

6. You won't vote Labor when you've read this story, written by Connolly in the interests of the Liberal and Country Parties, for the 1949 election campaign. National Library of Australia MS. 2196.