National Party of Australia
URI(s)
Variants
Australia. National Party
National Party (Australia)
Nationals (Australian political party)
Additional Information
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Sources
found: National Party of Australia (Victoria) National Party, 1979 Victorian state election policy, 1979 (subdiv.)t.p. (National Party) p. 1 (policy statement, National Party of Australia)
found: The Nationals for Regional Australia website, Jan 5, 2017:our history -- key dates and events (Jan 22, 1920, Australian Country Party formed; Mar. 9, 1974, name change recommended to National Country Party of Australia; May 2, 1975, name change agreed to at national party convention; Oct. 16, 1982, federal conference votes to change name to National Party of Australia; Oct. 11, 2003, federal conference endorses "The Nationals" as the party's shortened name; Oct. 14, 2006, federal convention agrees that name should officially be changed to The Nationals) Federal Constitution document (National Party of Australia Federal Constitution; "The name of the organisation shall be "The National Party of Australia", also known as "The Nationals" and hereinafter referred to as The Nationals or the Party")
found: Email from National Library of Australia, Jan. 5, 2017(The National Library of Australia has changed our authority record for Country Party to Australian Country Party (1920-1975), and would like to recommend this change also be made to the LC Authority. Our full revised authority record is available at http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35992994. This change has been necessary to clarify the history of names changes for this organisation and to distinguish the Party from another party with the same name which was founded in 2015. The reason for the change from Country Party to Australian Country Party is that the party was officially registered in the Parliamentary Register with that name, and it was used in their official publications. // The National Library of Australia has made changes to our authority record for the National Party of Australia and would like to recommend these changes also be made to the LC Authority record. Our full revised authority record is available at http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an36213624. Although the authorised name in the 110 field is unchanged, we have added to and amended the references and scope notes. These changes have been necessary to clarify the history of names changes for this organisation. // The Parliamentary Library advised me that their preferred authority for names of political parties is the Australian Electoral Commission, with whom the party is officially registered as "National Party of Australia" (see http://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/party_registration/Registered_parties/), with "The Nationals" being listed as a "Registered Abbreviation". This registration was updated in 2013.)
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Scheme Membership(s)
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Change Notes
1981-04-30: new
2017-03-16: revised
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