South West Tasmania, 1981-1993

Component identifier:

Subseries 17_1

Content Summary:

Correspondence, notes, drafts of writings, research material, reports, submissions, newspaper cuttings and other material primarily relating to the campaign by Mulvaney and others to stop the Tasmanian Hydro-Electric Commission from building a dam on the Franklin River in South West Tasmania, and to have the region inscribed on the World Heritage List.

There are papers relating to campaign arrangements; articles, talks and seminars regarding the archaeological importance of sites in the region and the history of the campaign; the 1981 Senate Select Committee on South West Tasmania, including submissions by Mulvaney and Rhys Jones; nomination of the Tasmanian wilderness to the World Heritage List; the 1983 Tasmanian Dam Case; and the 1987 Commission of Inquiry into the Lemonthyme and Southern Forests.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The original instalment of this collection (MS 9615) was donated by Professor Mulvaney under the Cultural Gifts Program in September 1999. Further instalments were received in 2013 and 2017.

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