Report and correspondence regarding controlled burning on the South Coast, NSW, 1997-2000

 
Containers:
Box 21 (MS 10563)
Component identifier:
File 254
Content Summary:

Annotated report "Hazard reduction burning on the South coast" by A.D. Brown and A.B. Costin, 5 May 1997. Sent to the Minister for Emergency Services and various forest, national parks and fire officials in New South Wales. Also contains attached table and news clippings.

Letters relating to hazard reduction burning on the South coast of New South Wales from 1997 - 2000. Several letters are annotated. Correspondents include Julian Armstrong, Acting District Forester, State Forests of New South Wales, Narooma District; Neale Watson, Project Officer, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service; Phil Koperberg, Commissioner, Department of Bushfire Services, New South Wales; Tony Fleming, Director, Southern, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service; Alec Costin; Hazel Smith, Acting Assistant Private Secretary, Minister for the Environment, New South Wales; Roger B. Wilkins, Director General, Cabinet Office, New South Wales; A.D. Brown. Addressees include Prof. A.D. Brown; Dr. A.B. Costin; Dr. Tony Fleming; Mr. Bob Carr, Premier of New South Wales; Len Cameron, President, Australian Labor Party, Moruya Branch. Includes original letters, photocopies and duplicates. Also includes attached photocopies of report on hazard reduction burning.

Buff annotated envelope embossed as "The Ecologist" and labelled "South Coast Burning".

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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