Series 2 - Heritage Project - Reclamation of Saline Land


ProvenanceCoad, Alan Rawle
Description

This series contains maps, correspondence, newspaper clippings and other papers regarding the reclamation of saline land.

Included are a number of papers regarding the Kerang Cohuna Reclamation project in which Alan Rawle Coad was involved, as a director of Kerang Cohuna Reclamation Pty Ltd.


Inventory Listing

COAR0008 Whole Area Maps
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Whole area maps, except for maps of KCR Project (see COAR0025).

The second paper in this item is an outsized map titled "Cohuna North 7726-3-N". It has been removed from the file and placed in appropriate map storage.

The location of this map will be added to the guide as soon as full details are available.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range 1965? - 1994?, Some papers not dated.    Quantity 1.3 cm, 1 file
Formats Maps and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier COAR0008 Box Number 1 Series 2
COAR0009 Groundwater Maps
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Groundwater map: access to brine, Dr Macumber's work, analyses.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1965 - c. 1994, Some papers not dated.    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, Maps, Photocopied Documents and Tables of data
Inventory Identifier COAR0009 Box Number 1 Series 2
COAR0010 K.C.R. P/L Flow Sheet - Mass and Volume
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Contains a process diagram believed to be related to brine disposal.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range 24 May 1998    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Formats Diagrams
Inventory Identifier COAR0010 Box Number 1 Series 2
COAR0011 Water and Brine Analysis, and Other Papers
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Includes papers and diagrams related to water and brine analysis and bitterns treatment.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range 1993 - 2000    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats Diagrams, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Photocopied Documents and Tables of data
Inventory Identifier COAR0011 Box Number 1 Series 2
COAR0012 Newspaper Cuttings
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Newspaper cuttings and letters to the press, primarily related to salinity and rivers in Victoria.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1993 - 2002, Some papers not dated.    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Diagrams, Maps, News Clippings and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier COAR0012 Box Number 1 Series 2
COAR0013 Cleaning Up the Murray
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Cleaning up the Murray River: creek flow salinity with instructions.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1993 - c. 2001, Some papers not dated.    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Diagrams, Drafts, News Clippings and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier COAR0013 Box Number 1 Series 2
COAR0014 Resistivity Survey: Cross Section of Tragowel Plains Research and Demonstration Farm
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Tragowel Plains Research Farm resistivity survey (not accepted).

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range 17 June 1992    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Formats Diagrams
Inventory Identifier COAR0014 Box Number 1 Series 2
COAR0015 Farm Reclamation - Mills
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Farm Reclamation: L and V Mills, Mincha. Includes two pages of colour photocopies of photographs.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1990 - c. 1993    Quantity 0.6 cm, 1 file
Formats Diagrams, Numeric Data, Graphs and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier COAR0015 Box Number 1 Series 2
COAR0016 Farm Reclamation - Allan and Denise Leed
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Farm Reclamation: Allan and Denise Leed, Mologa. Includes a copy of a pamphlett for Australian Draining Land Improvement and Reclamation Pty Ltd which lists Alan Coad as Technical Director.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1992 - c. 1997, Some papers not dated.    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Diagrams, Reports, Maps and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier COAR0016 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0017 Trees, Crops and Aquaculture
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Includes news releases, diagrams, notes and other papers regarding trees, crops, aquaculture, Pyramid Salt, Resin sealant, etc.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1996 - c. 2000    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Diagrams, Maps, Newsletters, Loose Notes and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier COAR0017 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0018 Letters, General Correspondence, and Other Papers
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Letters and general correspondence, feasibility and basic data.

The majority of the correspondence is from or to Alan Coad in his capacity as Technical Director of Australian Draining Land Improvement and Reclamation Pty Ltd, and as a director of Kerang Cohuna Reclamation Pty Ltd.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range 1969 - 2002, Most papers from the 1990s and 2000s.    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Diagrams, News Clippings, Loose Notes, Photocopied Documents, Facsimile Transmissions and Legal Documents
Inventory Identifier COAR0018 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0019 The Extent of Drawdown
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Extent of drawdown, including calculations.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range 18 September 2000    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 file
Formats Reports
Inventory Identifier COAR0019 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0020 Presentation Sequence, The Reclamation of Saline Land, and Other Papers
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Includes notes for talks, a report titled "Australian Salinity and Catchment Management", papers on air lift pumps, and notes on the Lake Tutchewop Project and Kerang Cohuna Reclamation.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range 1990? - 2000?, No dates - believed to be from c.1990s.    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats Reports, Loose Notes and Forms
Inventory Identifier COAR0020 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0021 Letters to Politicians, and Other Papers
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Letters to politicians, authorities and the Institution of Engineers Australia from Alan Rawle Coad and others.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1993 - 2002, Some papers not dated.    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Reports and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier COAR0021 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0022 Landline, "Kerang works to turn salt to cents", July 2000, and Other Papers
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Contains printouts from the ABC Television website Landline, printed on 24 July 2000; Kerang Cahuna Reclamation Pty Ltd, "Prosperity ahead for our Region", Submission to Mr. Barry Steggall, MLA, April 1998; and a Kerang Cahuna Reclamation Project Summary.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1998 - c. 2000, Project Summary is not dated.    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications and Reports
Inventory Identifier COAR0022 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0023 Kerang Cohuna Reclamation Project - Correspondence, and Other Papers
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Includes correspondence, plans, resistivity data, soil types.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1994 - c. 2000    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Diagrams, Drafts, Reports, Maps and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier COAR0023 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0024 Kerang Cohuna Reclamation - Provisional Terms for Lease, and Other Papers
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Includes data on bores in Kerang Cahuna region, selected site lease terms, and a project summary.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range 1995? - 1997?, Some papers not dated.    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats Numeric Data, Reports, Maps, Photocopied Documents and Tables of data
Inventory Identifier COAR0024 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0025 Gannawarra Shire Council - Planning Permit, and Other Papers
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Includes Planning Permit No. P98.104, issued by Gannawarra Shire Council to K Pay and A Coad (Alan Rawle Coad), for "Groundwater pumping and mineral extraction industry including saline land reclamation" in Cohuna.

Also includes a Kerang Cohuna Reclamation (KCR) Project Summary, KCR Project Timelines, and other related papers.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range c. 1997 - c. 1999, Some papers not dated.    Quantity 1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Numeric Data, Reports, Legal Documents and Tables of data
Inventory Identifier COAR0025 Box Number 2 Series 2
COAR0026 Salt Harvesting from Saline Wastewaters by using Sal-Proc Technology - by Dr. Aro Arakel - AWT Science and Environment, and Other Papers
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Also includes graphs and bore pumping test data.

Creator Coad, Alan Rawle
Date range 1990s, No dates.    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats Numeric Data, Graphs and Reports
Inventory Identifier COAR0026 Box Number 2 Series 2

Published by the The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on AustehcWeb, September 2009
Listed by Ailie Smith, Bruce Smith, Gavan McCarthy and Michael Jones
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