Assorted documents regarding Australian alpine areas, 1971-1982

Containers:

Box 41 (MS 10563)

Component identifier:

File 461

Content Summary:

Document entitled "Dot point information for minister's speech at book launch".

"How to get the snow where you want it to go" by R.A. Schmidt, Jr. Skiing Area News, Summer 1971. Also includes covering letter to Dr. A Costin from P. Richardson, secretary, management committee, of Mt Hotham Alpine Reserve. Letter dated 21 June 1972.

"An investigation of environmentally significant features (botanical and zoological) of Mt Hotham, Victoria" by P.K. Gullan and K.C. Norris, 1981. Ministry for Conservation, Victoria. Environmental Studies Program. Also includes handwritten note stapled inside front cover to Dr. Costin from T. [illegible], dated 2 February 1982.

"The conservation status of Kosciusko National Park", 1980. Proceedings of a seminar organised by the Canberra College of Advanced Education and N.S.W. National Parks and Wildlife Service. Edited by Andy Turner.

"The Alpine ecosystem: An indexed bibliography" compiled by Keith McDougall, 1982. Soil Conservation Authority.

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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