The records in this deposit are source material for Dr Brian Galligan's book on the acquisition and development of Central Queensland coal resources by the US company Utah International. The book was published in 1989 by the University of Queensland Press as Utah and Queensland Coal: a study in the micro political economy of modern capitalism and the state. It covers the period from the late 1960's to the mid 1970's. At the time of publication Dr Galligan was a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations.
The research files in this deposit are arranged in groups which roughly match the chapters of the book. A fair amount of the material on the Utah/General Electric merger in 1975 was obtained through US Freedom of Information procedures from the United States Department of Justice, Anti-Trust Division, which had investigated the merger. Further records held in the deposit include: tape recordings and transcripts of interviews with Utah executives, Queensland municipal officials and others; drafts of sections of the book; photographs; and printed material.
Galligan, Brian John