Australian Taxation Office sources
ATO story
This is a collection of information and artefacts collected in the early 2000s. Since the research for this history was undertaken the collection has been reinvigorated and some changes made to its arrangement.
ATO History, Chronology
Collection of statements, notes, quotes and yarns
Informational Materials 1910-19 to 1960-69'
Commissioners of the Australian Taxation Office (part 2)
Commonwealth Taxation: A Brief History
Information materials and statistical data about women in the ATO
Oral History Program, Interview Tape Logs
Our Story, Commissioners of the Australian Taxation Office
Profiles of the ATO officers
The 1910s
The 1920s
The 1930s
The 1920s
The 1940s
The 1950s
The 1960s
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s
Canberra bushfire booklet, Thoughts, Support and Well-wishes
Official Welcome Home, Sydney Town Hall, Friday 10th May, 1946
Official Souvenir Program, 5th Biennial Taxation Offices Interstate Sporting Carnival
Program, Taxation Follies of 1945
Program, The Quaker Girl, April 1945
Program, Christmas Frolics, 1950
Speech, Trevor Boucher, 31 October 1990
Interviews
Sue Anderson Peter Achterstraat Terri Ashley Gerald Barry Brenda Beutel Phil Black Mike Bond Trevor Boucher Mike Borucinski Bill Boyton Jan Brady Tracy Breckweg Greg Burgoyne David Butler Damian Byrnes Michael Carmody Tracie Crowden Andrew Cocker Denis Cortese Danielle Cosgrove Lee Cowie Michael Cranston Virginia Crozier Kevin Curby Steve Dardo Michael D'Ascenzo Frances Dee Robert Deuchar David Diment Philip Doolan Firmino dos Santos Liz Ellwood Kate Everingham Gus Falkenhagen Kevin Fitzpatrick Chris Flynn Phil Frain Beverley Francis Karen Freuen Bill Gibson Jennie Granger Alan Green Margaret Green Richard Green Grahame Hager Margaret Haly David Harwood Kathryn Hedger Dennis Hewitt |
Philip Hind Kipling Ho Stephen Hodge Erin Holland Lillian Howes Peter Hughes John Hutt Bruce Jones Lionel Jones Kerrie Keefe Carolyn Kelly Brent Kerr Lindy Kerr Jill Jenkins Jim Killaly Mark Konza Fun Lam Denise Howell Dawn Lane Jeff Lapidos John Lawrie Bob Leach Simon Le Maistre Andrew Liso Keith Love Christine Lucas Maree Harmon Mick Lyons Roseanne McCann John McCarthy Ron McEvoy Bob McIntyre Marilyn McTaggart Des Maloney Sue Mills Pam Mitchell Paul Malone Chris Mobbs John Molineux Michael Monaghan Graeme Moyne Bob Mullins Mary Murray Ted Newton Neil Olesen Bill O'Reilly John O'Reilly Peter O'Reilly Michael Osborne |
Leo Pierro Jeff Piggott Elliot Reich Julie Pitman Anna Pizzonia Brian Power Julie Prater Melinda Reed Bruce Quigley Sandra Ramadori Robert Ravanello Carolyn Rawson Ken Read Philip Richards Amanda Rochford Gidge Rotunno Graham Rowe Michael Sach Ryan Schipper Moira Scollay Peter Simpson Bill Soldas Gaye Spencer Gwendy Street Roger Sullivan Graeme Sykes Anthony Tabone Warren Taylor Con Theacos Loc Trinh Paul Tregillis Theonie Tsoussis Helen Tuck Michael Trinca Bruce Turner Anne Van Loon Raelene Vivian Marcus Wearne Denise Webb Garry Webster Katie Welsh Greg Wheeler Jack Wheeler Christopher Whorlow Greg Williams Richard Williams Craig Wynn-Jones Karen Wynn-Jones Trevor Yates |
National Office Library
ATO Newsletter.
Annual reports of the Commissioner of Taxation (various individual titles).
Conference of Commonwealth and State Commissioners of Taxation to Discuss the Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Taxation held in Canberra, 15th May 1934, Proceedings and Decisions of Conference.
Conference of Commonwealth and State Commissioners of Taxation and Representatives to discuss the Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Taxation held in Melbourne, 8 August 1935, Proceedings and Decisions of Conference.
Departmental Rulings Regarding Deductions Under Section 23, 1925.
Joy, A History of Taxation by the Australian Government.
Ready Reckoner, Federal Income Tax, 1935.
Robert Ewing, Taxes and their Incidence, Melbourne University Press, 1926.
Tax People.
Electronic sources
Annual report 2008-09.
ATOextra (1998-2003).
News Extra (2003-).
From miscellaneous ATO sources
Trevor Boucher, Blatant, artificial and contrived: Tax schemes of the 70s and 80s, ATO, Canberra, 2010.
Celebrating the Eightieth Anniversary of the Taxation RSL Sub-branch.
Deputy Commissioners Conference, Notes from the opening address by Mr TPW Boucher, Commissioner of Taxation, 11 July 1984, supplied by Trevor Boucher.
Employee communication; from Commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo, email, 3 December 2009.
John Grealy, Taxation Rugby League, Football Club Reunion, 1992.
Office Minute, Investment in our Future Directions, Commissioner to National Program Managers, 17 January 2006, supplied by Commissioner's office.
Parramatta Newsletter, commemorative issue June 1990.
Program, Eighth Taxation Interstate Sporting Carnival, Brisbane, 30 September to 5 October, 1962.
Queensland Taxation Sports Association, First Annual Report, 1938-39.
Queensland Taxation Sports and Social Association, Annual Report, 1953-54.
Tax Administration: Issues and Directions, Address by Commissioner of Taxation, Michael Carmody, to the Taxation Institute of Australia (Victorian Branch), Melbourne, 16 February 1993, Legislative Services Group Bulletin No.78, copy supplied by Kevin Fitzpatrick.
Tax annual 1959, Annual Report of Queensland Taxation Sports and Social Association
Tax Topics (Perth branch), March and April 1966.
Other sources
Monograph
E Ronald Walker, The Australian Economy in War and Reconstruction, New York, 1947.
Graeme Alpin, SG Foster and Michael McKernan (eds), Australians, Events and Places, Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates, Broadway, NSW, 1987.
Gerald E Caiden, Career Service, An Introduction to the History of Personnel Administration in the Commonwealth Public Service of Australia, 1901-1961, Melbourne University Press, 1965.
LF Fitzhardinge, That Fiery Particle 1862-1914, A Political Biography of William Morris Hughes, Volume 1, Sydney, 1978.
AJ Grassby, A Multicultural Society for the Future, Canberra, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1973.
Ian Macfarlane, The Search for Stability, Boyer Lectures 2006, ABC Books, Sydney, 2006.
Geoffrey Sherrington, Australia's Immigrants, 1788-1988, Second edition, Sydney, 1990.
Julie P Smith, Taxing Popularity, The Story of Taxation in Australia, Australian Tax Research Foundation, Research Study No.43, 2004.
Roger C Thompson, Religion in Australia: A History, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2002.
Wray Vamplew (ed), Australians, Historical Statistics, Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates, Broadway, NSW, 1987.
Newspapers and magazines
The Age
The Argus
Australian Financial Review
Ballarat Courier
Savvy & Sage
Smith's Weekly
The Sydney Morning Herald
Official publications
Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia 1901-1910
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, No.13
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, No.23, 1930
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, No.33, 1940
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No 56, 1970
Year Book of Australia, No 64, 1980
National Archives of Australia (record series)
CRS A2
CRS A428
CRS A447
CRS A458
CRS A461
CRS A571
CRS A2700
CRS A6006
CRS A6899
CRS A7073
CRS A11857
Articles
Bob Birrell, '1972-2000', in Andrew Marcus (ed), Building a New Community, Immigration and the Victorian Community, St Leonards, 2001.
Gerard Griffin, Union Mergers in Australia: Top Down Strategic Restructuring, Working Paper 80, National Key Centre in Industrial Relations, Monash University, Melbourne, April 2002.
P. D. Groenewegen, 'Ewing, Robert (1871-1957)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, Melbourne University Press, 1981, pp 453-454.
Heather Radi, 'Bruce, Stanley Melbourne [Viscount Bruce]
(1883-1967)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 453-461.
Malcolm Tull and Leigh Edmonds, 'Competition Policy', Historical Encyclopaedia of Western Australia, Jenny Gregory and Jan Gothard (eds), University of Western Australia Press, Crawley, 2009.
World wide web
Australian War Memorial, www.awm.gov.auExternal Link
Rate Inflation, www.rateinflation.com/inflation-rate/ australia-historical-inflation-rate.phpExternal Link
Australian Bureau of Statistics, www.abs.gov.auExternal Link
Roger Clarke, Origin and nature of the internet in Australia, www.rogerclarke.com/II/OzI04.htmlExternal Link
Inspector-General of Taxation, www.igt.gov.auExternal Link
Board of Taxation, www.taxboard.gov.auExternal Link
A brief history of the Australian Taxation Office.