Assorted documents regarding Australian high country areas, 1938-1972

Containers:

Box 41 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 462

Content Summary:

"Some periglacial features in Australia and Macquarie Island" by A.B. Costin. Annotated.

"The botany, forestry and zoology of the Australian Capital Territory on an ecological basis" by L.D. Pryor. Annotated. Includes map inside back cover "Vegetation map of the Australian Capital Territory", 1938.

"4 Alpine ecosystems of the Australasian region" by A.B. Costin, 1967. Arctic and Alpine Environments, pp. 55-87. E.E. Wright Jr. and W.H. Osburn (eds.). Indiana University Press.

"National Parks in Australia" by A.B. Costin. Reprinted from National Parks - A World Need. Produced under the auspices of American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, New York, N.Y.

"Characteristics and use of Australian high country" by A.B. Costin, 1972. CSIRO, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra A.C.T. Includes corrections.

"Transhumance in Tasmania" by Peter Scott, 1955. Reprinted from the New Zealand Geographer, Vol. II No. 2. Annotated.

"Ecology of the high plains" by A.B. Costin, 1962. Reprinted from Proc. Royal Society Victoria, vol. 75, part 2. Issued separately.

"Changes in pattern and density of perennial grasses in an intensively grazed sown pasture influenced by drought in southern New South Wales" by E.W. Pook and A.B. Costin, 1970. Reprinted from Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Vol. 10.

"Ecology of the high plains" by A.B. Costin, 1962. Reprinted from Proc. Royal Society Victoria, Vol. 75 Part 2. Issued separately.

"Vegetation mapping in relation to ecological interpretation and management in the Kosciusko Alpine area" by D.J. Wimbush and A.B. Costin, 1973. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper No. 32. Also includes map inside back cover entitled "Kosciusko primitive area: Vegetation and associated features", 1972.

"Reaction of species to adverse conditions in the Snowy Mountains" by A.B. Costin and D.J. Wimbush, 1963. CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra. Field Sta. Rec. Vol. 2 No. 2.

"Terrace formations on Macquarie Island" by B.W. Taylor, 1955. Reprinted from the Journal of Ecology, Vol. 43 No. 1. Annotated.

"Investigational methods in forest hydrology" by Charles F. Cooper, 1963. Reprint from Australian Forestry, Vol. XXVII No. 2.

"High mountain catchments in Victoria in relation to land use" by A.B. Costin, 1957. Soil Conservation Authority of Victoria. Also contains two page document entitled "Planning for recreation in the Victorian Alps: A proposed study by D. McC. Hogg, School of Applied Science, Canberra College of Advanced Education" (with handwritten note at top of first page from "David").

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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