Guide to the Papers of Phillip Toyne, 1967-1994

Summary

Collection number:

MS 9024

Creator:

Phillip Toyne

Extent:

9.6 metres and (61 boxes + 1 folio + 20 sound/av carriers + 1 digital carrier)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Sir James Plimsoll, National Library of Australia, MS 9024, [series and/or file number]'.

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Partly restricted.

Background

Content Summary:

The collection consists of three main parts, reflecting three phases of Toyne's work between 1979 and 1994. The first part contains diaries, notebooks and working files from Toyne's years in Central Australia, principally 1979-1986. There is strong emphasis on land rights issues, beginning with the 'Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Act' 1981, concerning which Toyne co-authored the book, 'Growing up the country' (1984). There is also a substantial amount of material on the Ayers Rock/Uluru title transfer in 1985, and the management of Uluru National Park. The second part of this collection consists primarily of research files and a small number of working files from Toyne's years as Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation (1986-1992). These formed the basis of his postgraduate environmental law course (1993-1994) which was published as 'The reluctant nation - environment, law and politics in Australia' (1994). The third part contains research files and working files from Toyne's involvement (1993) as a consultant to the Federal Government on developing a response to the Mabo judgement and drafting the Native Title Bill.

Biographical Note:

Phillip Toyne was born in Melbourne in 1947 and educated at the University High School, matriculating in 1964. He completed a Bachelor of Law at the University of Melbourne in 1970 and a Diploma of Education at La Trobe University in 1972. As detailed below, in 1973-1986 he worked in Central Australia, mainly representing Aboriginal people on a wide range of legal matters, particularly in the area of land rights. In October 1986 he was appointed Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation and continued in that position till 1992. In 1993-94 he took up a position as Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Law and Policy, ANU. In late 1994 he was appointed Executive Director of the Environmental Strategies Directorate in the Department of the Environment.

Provenance:

This collection was donated by Toyne in four instalments, on 20-21 October 1994, 3 November 1994 and 29 January 1997. It contains a wide variety of materials, including diaries and notebooks, working and reference files, photographs, slides, tape and video recordings.

Arrangement:

Series 11 and 12 have been kept in their original order. Series 6 was originally in alphabetical order for approximately half of the files, and this order was adopted for arranging the second half of the series. In the smaller series the original order has often been kept in part, with the addition of closely related material which was dispersed throughout the collection. Series 14 (photographic materials) was completely reorganised.

Indexed terms

Names:

Phillip Toyne

Conditions Governing Access:

Part available for research; part requires permission for research (Series 11, Files 72, 78, 80, 81; Series 13, Files 2, 9); part not available for research until 2023 (Series 12, Files 4-10).

Conditions Governing Use:

Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Papers of Sir James Plimsoll, National Library of Australia, MS 9024, [series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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