Manuscript, photographs etc: Vegetation in Lake Mamsin area, New Guinea
- Containers:
- Box 14 (MS 10563)
- Component identifier:
- File 164
- Content Summary:
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Draft of scientific paper prepared for possible panel presentation: "Vegetation changes in the Lake Mamsin area, Saruwaged Plateau, New Guinea" by A.B. Costin, R.D. Hoogland and C. Lendon, with map attached. Also includes writing from earlier drafts and covering letter to "Ru", from Alec Costin, on CSIRO Division of Plant Industry letterhead.
Black-and-white photographs numbered on reverse from 16887. Photos are shots of vegetation samples. Duplicates housed together.
Black-and-white microscopic photographs of [vegetation?] samples. Photos numbered on reverse as 70/-. Includes two pairs of photos showing extended length of samples.
Index card referring to Dow, D.B. (author) Geology of the Nassau Range. Reference dated 1968.
Order slip from "CSIRO Internal request for supplies" order book, signed by Alec Costin, Plant Industry Division, Ecology Section. Order requests "To photograph 12 samples of N.G. [New Guinea?] preserved vegetation. 1/2 - plate." Delivery to Black Mountain, Canberra, 2 February 1966.
- 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:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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