Assorted documents possibly relating to keynote speech on "Land use and declining water quality", 1983-2004

Containers:

Box 35 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 387

Content Summary:

Annotated copy of "Waterlink: CSIRO Division of Water Resources Industry news: Special Edition: Land and water care", 1990. Australia. Includes handwritten notes possibly for keynote speech (dated 5-6 November; year not identified) on "Land use and declining water quality".

Manuscript "Sustaining regions with a changing climate" by Bob Miles and Roger Stone, 2004. Includes maps and other figures. Stains on paper.

Section of "Ecofile", 1990. Quarterly report on the environment from the Ministry of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories. Includes articles "Salinity control projects in Victoria" and "Freshwater experts meet at Jabiru" both with section highlighted in black pen. Includes postage face sheet addressed to Alec Costin from P.O. Box 462 Fyshwick, ACT.

"Resources for the future" journal, 1990. Includes article "Emissions trading in the electric utility industry" annotated (in part) as "For Talk".

"Practical catchment protection: Your role in preserving our water supplies", 1990. Produced by the Water Board, Sydney-Illawarra-Blue Mountains.

Brochure advertising the book "Coastal dune management" by Soil Conservation Service of NSW. Includes order form.

Copies of brochure advertising the book "Soil loss: technical manual no. 11" by Soil Conservation Service of NSW, 1989. Includes order form.

"Land degradation in Australia" by L.E. Woods, 1983. Department of Home Affairs and Environment. Labelled "Costin" on front.

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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