Assorted documents relating to alpine ecology, mainly manuscripts for talks on sustainability in the Victorian Alps, 1997

Containers:

Box 25 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 309

Content Summary:

Correspondence, handwritten notes, histograms (on paper and transparencies), brochure regarding conferences and academic scholarship relating to Australian alpine ecology. Includes notes on talk (apparently prepared by Costin) for a Royal Society of Victoria symposium and histograms by Keith McDougall. Histograms and covering letter contained in white NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service envelope. Bundle enclosed in blue file labelled "Vic Alps: Draft of talk".

Handwritten manuscript for talk "Ecological sustainability in the Victorian alps" (apparently written by Costin) mainly on pink paper and one handwritten transparency. Manuscript contained in blue file labelled "Draft 45 mins".

Bundle of correspondence, draft abstracts, one outline for talk and flyer regarding the symposium "Ecological sustainability in the Victorian alps" (Royal Society of Victoria).

Handwritten manuscript for talk prepared for alpine ecology symposium.

Green accounting book containing manuscript for talk "Ecological sustainability in the Victorian alps" (apparently written by Costin). Manuscript written on pages of book and loosely inserted pages. Book also contains figures for book-keeping at reverse end.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This large and diverse collection was compiled by Alec Costin then organised and catalogued by the eScholarship Research Centre at The University of Melbourne from 2017-2019. The collection was then transferred to the National Library of Australia in 2020.

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