Assorted documents regarding alpine grazing trial in Victoria, 2011

Containers:

Box 35 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 388

Content Summary:

Large white annotated envelope (with postmark) addressed to A.B. Costin from Good Environmental Systems, Bungendore. Annotation reads (in part) "Question and reject: Said basis for re-introducing cattle".

"Say no to policy cowboys" by Josh Gordon. The Age.

"Federal minister orders cattle out of national park" by Adam Morton. The Saturday Age.

Annotated copy of "Review of the experimental design of the alpine grazing project" by Jake Urlus et al. Ecology Australia.

"Alpine scientists condemn Victorian alpine grazing" by Carruthers group of alpine ecologists (including media contacts Roger Good and Alec Costin). Includes yellow sticky note from Good to Costin.

"Changes to cattle grazing in Victoria's alpine national park". Department of sustainability and environment, Victoria. Annotation reads (in part) "What a document!!!".

Letter (with drafts) to Ryan Smith, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, from Roger Good, convenor, Carruthers Group of Alpine Ecologists. Includes pages of draft writing, variously typed and handwritten.

Assorted documents (with covering note) including letter (with attached business card of Martin Callinan) to Ryan Smith from Ary Hoffman and others (Australian Academy of Science); "Cattle grazing trials in the Victorian Alpine National Park" (notes of visit to grazed areas) by Henrik Wahren; email from Philip Ingamellls (Victorian National Parks Association) including map and annotated attachment "Research summary" annotations show - in part - Costin's clear objections to trial. Covering note from Callinan to Costin is written on yellow sticky note.

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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