Assorted papers and other documents mainly regarding high-country areas in Australia, 1968-1979

Containers:

Box 40 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 445

Content Summary:

"Interdependence of man and environment" by A.B. Costin, 1968. Carbon copy with one typed annotation.

"Scientific basis for the exclusion of grazing from the Kosciusko National Park" by A.B. Costin and D.J. Wimbush. Photocopy with minor annotations.

Typed manuscript of "The Australian Alps" by unidentified author. Manuscript enclosed in CSIRO official file labelled "Alpine ecology. Reports - publications by C.S.I.R.O. officers. Articles entitled 'The Australian Alps' for 'Nature in Australia'". File no. EL 2/7.

"Bibliography of research undertaken Kosciusko National Parks", 1979. Annotated in pencil and biro.

"Outline of suggested reply to Hamilton, Bairnsdale regarding pre-schedule on legumes in East Gippsland high country" by unidentified author with attachment. Photocopy of handwritten comments. Attached is an annotated slip of paper with further comments on the topic.

"East Gippsland high country: Requirements for pasture legumes defined in pre-schedule" by unidentified author. Also includes attached annotated slip of paper.

"The glacial stratigraphy in the foreland of the German Alps" by unidentified author. Includes minor corrections in biro. Spirit stencil duplicate.

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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