Photographs and correspondence regarding mainly Kosciuszko area, c.1930-1992
- Containers:
- Box 37 (MS 10563)
- Component identifier:
- File 415
- Content Summary:
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Typed letter from A.M. Garr (Treasurer, Geehi Bushwalking Club, Cooma) to Roger Good regarding article and photos sent by Good on revegetation in alpine sites for use in the club's "Snowy Mountains Walks" book. 1992.
Photographs. First colour photo of pigmy possum. Second black-and-white photo, labelled on yellow sticky note as "Looking north along the Snowy Mountains from Mt Kosciuszko", numbered 70/1778/3.
Colour photographs. Some photos labelled with yellow sticky note as "P200:152-117-5", "137-93: p209", "p 205: 94 -> 72", "P198: 128 -> 95". Photos appear to have been taken from book (some with captions). Subjects include Masie Fawcett, man next to signposts reading Bogong Ck etc, Mount Townsend and Mueller's Peak, Ferdinand von Mueller, Paul Strzelecki, man carrying camera (in alpine area?], Seven men and women [in alpine area during the 1920s?].
Photographs. One black-and-white photo showing closeup of flowers; One colour photo, labelled on reverse as "Severe erosion ...". Most writing removed due to cropping of photo.
Assorted photographs, mostly labelled on reverse, various sizes, some dated. Labelling refers to park boundary (Kosciusko N.P., grazed and non-grazed land either side of fence); Jack Giles, David Happold and Tony Press; "Fire killed E. delegensis: Grey Mare 1972: R. Goode"; "Film C: Neg No 818A"; "Fire and erosion damage, 1954: R. Good"; "Fenced plot in Vic alps: R. Good"; "70/398/7". Unlabelled photos show icicles on tree; metal pylon near boulders, herbfield and fence; dog standing on rock; man photographing ground on thinly vegetated slope; herbfield, boulders with leafless trees and slopes in background.
Black-and-white photographs. One photo labelled on yellow sticky-note as "Mt. Jagungal rising above sub-alpine plateau of the Snowy Mountains: Photograph C.J. Totterdell: page 2". One photo numbered as 10936-1, showing four males drinking out of mugs, possibly on field trip.
Unlabelled photographs. One colour photo shows lake, boulders, snow, tussock grass. One black-and-white photo shows snow gums, boulders and herbs on slope.
Colour photographs, unlabelled, possibly from Australian alpine region. Numbered in dot-matrix print on reverse. Numbering includes 32, 36, 45. Subjects include large group of people walking through sparsely vegetated area on track; stony track; metal grid material on ground (possibly vehicle track) through sparsely vegetated area.
Black-and-white photograph labelled on reverse as "Club Lake ... Photograph by C.J. Totterdell: Pic G".
Copies of unlabelled black-and-white photograph. Subjects include cattle with snow in background.
Black-and-white photographs. One photo mounted on A4 paper labelled as "Plate 15". Subject of photo is alpine herbfield in Kosciusko summit area showing effects of grazing ban. Mounting paper was possibly removed from bound report. Photo by Colin Totterdell. One photo unlabelled, showing sparsely vegetated slope [feldmark?].
Black-and-white photographs. Includes two labelled photos. Subjects include illegal grazing in Kosciuszko summit area; Dr Brownie, Prof Cotton, Dr Joplin with four women, in glaciated pavement and u-shaped valley, Lake Albina.
Unlabelled black-and-white photographs of varying size. Subjects include pigmy possum, cirque-shaped lake, livestock grazing. Sleeve labelled on yellow sticky note as "Photos/prints checked and some scanned: G. Worboys. Yellow note dated 2017; Photos undated.
Loose, mainly unlabelled, black-and-white photographs. Subjects include Club Lake (numbered 10937-XI); aerial photo of snowpatches; helicopter near shed (numbered 13282/1).
- 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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