Documents relating to management of national parks, mainly regarding Kosciusko and Thredbo Pty. Ltd. Lease, 1968-1983

 
Containers:
Box 27 (MS 10563)
Component identifier:
File 324
Content Summary:

Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service envelope addressed to D.J. Wimbush.

Letters from Neville Gare regarding leases and concessions in the Kosciusko and Thredbo areas. Letters addressed to "Don" (D.F. McMichael, Director, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney), 1968, 1970.

Draft report (with covering memorandum) "Kosciusko Thredbo Pty. Ltd. - Problems associated with the control and management of company's development of lease area" by R.W. Smith, 1968. Kosciusko National Park. Covering memorandum from N.C. Gare, Superintendent, Kosciusko National Park to Dr. D.F. McMichael.

"Highlights of address by Mike McCloskey, Executive Director, The Sierra Club U.S.A." by N.C. Glare, regarding the Third National Wilderness Conference, Katoomba, N.S.W. Attachments include agenda for conference, photocopy of newspaper cutting from Canberra Times "Conservation bodies plan national wilderness drive", 1983.

"Some notes on Thredbo", 1979.

Excerpt from unidentified document regarding Kosciusko Thredbo Ltd. Shows details of franchise.

Photocopied excerpt from unidentified document entitled "Recommendations", annotated in pink highlighter pen. Photocopy refers to private enterprise in national parks.

Annotated photocopied excerpt from unidentified document entitled "Park concessions". Annotation reads "USA (National Park Service)".

Annotated photocopied excerpt from unidentified document with first heading which reads "Townsites". Annotation reads "Canda (NPs)".

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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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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