Guide to the Records of the Wilderness Protection Committee, 1972-1973

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Summary

Collection number:
MS 6087
Extent:
0.56 metres and (4 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Wilderness Protection Committee, National Library of Australia, MS 6087, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:
Available
Access conditions:
Available for reference. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

The records include correspondence, notes, drafts, cuttings, copy of its constitution, submissions, minutes of meetings, leaflets, photographs and some printed material.

The main correspondents include the Australian Conservation Foundation, East Australia Pipeline Corporation, Sir Robert Askin, Wal Fife, C.H. Bannister, T.L. Lewis and Harold O'Neill. Copies of letters of R.D. Wood, Secretary of the Wilderness Protection Committee, are also included.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by the Secretary of the Committee to the National Library in 1979.

Arrangement:

The records have been kept in numbered files and have been listed by the Committee. The National Library has preserved this arrangement.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2594506).
Conditions Governing Use:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred citation:
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Wilderness Protection Committee, National Library of Australia, MS 6087, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
Contact:
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