MS Acc04.285 comprises general files of the 1970s, as well as files on the Lake Pedder Action Committee and the Australian Conservation Foundation, and documents Lake's activities during his time at the University of Tasmania (2 cartons).
(30 boxes + 4 packets in 1 large folio box (shared) + 4 map folios + 1 album + 1 phase box)
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MS 9492 comprises notes on planning process; draft plans of management and proposed amendments; correspondence; newspaper clippings, some copied, master plans for the preservation and development of the Kosciuszko National Park; Perisher Valley development plan and correspondence and planning issue statements on specific topics related to the Plan of management review Kosciusko National Park, issued by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service.The Acc05.168 instalment comprises bound reports, articles, issues of the Kosciuszko Huts Association newsletter, news cuttings, plans, and correspondence concerning the establishment and management of Kosciuszko National Park.The MS Acc21.055 instalment comprises Neville Gare's personal collection of maps, papers and photographic materials including photographs, negatives and slide transparencies. Subject areas cover park management; history of land use; science of alpine ecosystems in Australia; role of Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority; personalities closely involved in Kosciuszko State and National Park management such as Sir William McKell, Sir Garfield Barwick, Sir William Hudson, ES Clayton, Baldur Byles, Milo Dunphy, Alec Costin. This instalment also includes a separate collection of Baldur Byles, which was bequeathed to Neville Gare on Byles's death, as Gare was writing his biography. Byles' collection includes detailed reports, maps, articles and photographs.
This collection comprises extensive research files for books published by Tim Bonyhady from the 1970s to 2010. Included are copies of newspaper and journal articles; a small quantity of colour photographs, negatives and transparencies pertaining to the Burke and Wills expedition and Colonial art; edited typescripts, handwritten notes, and correspondence with readers and fellow academics. The collection also includes files relating to the environmental law and the Australian Conservation Movement, such as legal documents, scientific studies, assessments, conference papers and review submissions; records relating to the Environment and Natural Resources Committee; and records relating to the Independent Review of the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, along with associated correspondence with members of the task force.
The collection comprises papers relating to Olive's involvement in various protest activities in Australia and the region including the Pine Gap U.S. satellite surveillance base, Mururoa Atoll, Rainbow Warrior, Jabiluka Uranium Mine, Land Rights in the Northern Territory and Native Title, as well as her time as a crew member aboard the Pacific Peacemaker. The papers comprise correspondence; diaries; typescripts of Olive's writings; newsletters; ephemera; and drafts of her book The Voyage of the Pacific Peacemaker , which was published in 1999 and the script of the documentary film The Voyage of the Pacific Peacemaker, produced in 1983 and directed by David Roberts. Included is also a group of papers relating to Vai Stanton, an indigenous activist, who Olive met whilst protesting against uranium mining in the Northern Territory.
This collection comprises slides taken by Jim Frazier during fieldwork with Mary E White. The images, which document fossils, landscapes, minerals and other geological features, were used for many of her publications including "The Greening of Gondwana" (1986), "Time in Our Hands: Semi-Precious Gemstones: Keys to the Geological Past" (1991), "Nature of Hidden Worlds: Reading the rock" (1999) and others. It provides a valuable documentary record of Australia's unique geology and landscape and is a testament to changing relationship of Australia's to the environment. Many of the slides have annotated housing with outlines, species names, measurements, and other information. There is also a small number of photographic prints and negatives included in the collection.
(47 ms boxes + 1 medium folio box + 1 folder + 1 digital carrier)
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This collection comprises working and personal papers of the late John Halden (Hal) Wootten AC, QC, 1922-2021. Wootten's papers cover his high profile career where he was involved in a wide range of matters of national significance including his years as a barrister, foundation dean of the University of New South Wales Law School, a judge of the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Chair of the Press Council, President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, a Commissioner into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and a Deputy President of the Native Title Tribunal. His papers include notebooks from field-work on Manus Island in 1947, information about the influential LawAsia Foundation from the 1950s, and a folder containing details of the original meetings that established the Aboriginal Legal Service in Sydney in 1970. He acted for both employers and employees in important industrial disputes in the 1960s, out of Chambers he shared with both John Kerr and Gough Whitlam in Sydney. Included in this material on the case of James Savage, aka Russell Moore, a Yorta Yorta and Wemba Wemba man who was incarcerated in the United States of America. Wootten was given leave from the Royal Commission to provide evidence for the trial in California.
(47 PIC albums, 59 Cold Store binders, 9 folders) (16,826 colour slides, 4885 black and white photographs, 3229 35mm negatives, 1349 colour photographs)
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The collection comprises colour photographs, black and white photographs, 35mm slides, 35mm photographic film strips, scrap books, albums, and copies of magazines. It addresses recreational and game fishing, the development of the Australian commercial and recreational fishing industries, 1960s-1970s Australian salt water fishing, and the development of fishing tackle, lures and rigs. The collection also documents fishing tournaments, fishing clubs and fish species.
This collection comprises records of Graham Richardson OA, covering political events from 1986 to 1994 relating to his portfolios and party activities. Records include transcripts and 341 audio recordings of Richardson's interviews some during his role as a media commentator through 1995 to 2001. There are copies of speeches and press conferences; press releases and his personal set of press cuttings reflecting his opinion of articles of importance from newspapers across Australia.
This collection comprises letters, photographs and signed agreements sent to Peter Solness regarding his "Tree Stories" project. The bulk of the letters are from tree enthusiasts from all around Australia writing about their favourite trees. The letters were the result of multiple talk-back radio sessions Solness did at the time on the ABC evening show, which had a national broadcast. It was a way of sourcing material in the production of the book. Solness asked listeners to send details for possible inclusion in the book. The signed agreements are from those listeners and other contributors whose writings were included in the book.