Assorted documents mainly relating to a talk on the Australian Alps in global perspective, c.1979

Containers:

Box 43 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 481

Content Summary:

Manilla folder labelled "Alps in global perspective (Illustrated Talk)".

Typed manuscript "The alps in a global perspective" by A.B. Costin. Annotated photocopy. Includes corrections and other annotations in pencil, tables and appendix. Brown stains on front. Possibly text for talk.

Assorted documents including one annotated map "High mountain ecosystems/environments of the world"; Pages from unknown publication listing criteria for the inclusion of cultural and natural properties in the world heritage list (annotated); Tables "Provisional list of Eucalypts in Kosciusko National Park" and "Table 3: List of some Eucalyptus species in the Australian Alps" (annotated in pencil). Documents were originally attached to draft paper.

Set of overhead transparencies with some duplicates. Possibly to illustrate talk.

Originally housed with items in File 179.

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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