Dewar Goode, 'Synopsis' and 'Arid Zone' (x 2) provide a record of main events in history of soil conservation in the arid zone, and Dewar Goode's participation in that movement.

Prof. T. Harvey Johnston, ''Sahara of Australia' - Lonely Wind-Swept Desert of Eyre Basin', September 1934 (source?); Dewar Goode, 'Will Australia Become Another Sahara? Arid Areas Must Be Closed to Stock', Adelaide Mail, 27 April 1935, article and draft; Jack Richardson, report compiled in 1944 for WOI from 'United States Government Manual Soil Conservation Service', 27 April 1935; 'Rent on Lands Outside Goyder's Line', Advertiser, 4 May 1935; 'Evidence Taken at Strange Bush Meeting Places', 1935 (source?); 'Fighting Pastoral Drift - Action to Check Decay Of Outback Areas to Arid Wastes', 4 May 1935 (source?); 'Soil Drift Increasing - Movement in SA Called Alarming - Effect of Drought, Rabbits and Overstocking', Chronicle, 7 May 1936; Yattalunga, 'Pastoral Land Problems', and F.N. Ratcliffe, 'Sand Drift In Arid Regions', Chronicle, 25 June 1936; Bank of New South Wales, Circular VI:3, 'Australia's Vast Empty Spaces', 31 August 1936; F.N. Ratcliffe, Soil Drift in the Arid Pastoral Areas of South Australia, CSIR pamphlet no.64, 1936; 'Australian Forests - Stricter Control Urged', Age, 17 November 1936; 'Forestry Work Criticised', Argus, 17 November 1936; 'Paper Pulp Industry in Gippsland', Argus, 22 Jan 1937; 'Road to Paper Pulp Mill', Argus, 15 May 1937; Dewar Goode, précis of The Payne Report, 10 October 1937 (x2) and supplement, extract from Prof. J.W. Gregory, The Dead Heart of Australia.

R.I. Herriot: 'Soil Conservation', December 1941; 'Soil Conservation - A Community Problem', July 1943, 'The Cinderella of Agriculture' (broadcast transcript), September 1943, Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia.'Darwin Plan May Be Modified', 1942 (source?); Control of Soil Erosion', 25 May 1942 (source?); 'Drought Resistant Grasses - Search By USA', 1942 (source?); 'Pasture Plants for Arid Regions - Expedition To Be Sent from Australia', 1942 (source?); from US Geological Survey, 'World's Water Power Resources', 1942; 'Real Worth of Irrigation', Bendigo Advertiser, 2 February 1943.'Review of Weather During 1942 - Exceptionally Good Agricultural Season', Adelaide Stock and Station Journal, 13 January 1943; 'Inland Water Storage - Mr Spooner Urges Early Plans', Sydney Morning Herald, 5 January 1943; 'Empty North Australia', Education Gazette, 15 March 1943; 'Extension of Irrigation - The Future of Farming', Age, 2 June 1943; 'Trace Elements and Common Sense' and 'Erosion - Man's Enemy', extracts from The Westralian Farmers' News, 15 June 1943; Rural Bank of NSW, 'Agricultural Magazine of the Air', Episode 43/49, 'Tackling the Erosion Problem', transcript of broadcast, 21 June 1943; 'Pastures and Land Use', extract from Pastures and Pasture Research, (date?). Dewar Goode: 'The Menace of Erosion', draft page of evidence to the Rural Reconstruction Authority, 1943; 'Soil Is A Basic Asset - Lack of Trained Men Holds Up Programme', Adelaide Stock and Station Journal, 12 April 1943, draft and article (x2); letter to Editor, Adelaide Stock and Station Journal re 'Soil is a Basic Asset', 21 October 1943; 'The Development of Northern Australia', with notes on 'Northern Development and the Aborigines', 'Northern Australia and Mining'. Letter from J.D. Brown, Editor, Mail.C.H. Goode, letters to Pastoral Board and Director of Lands re erosion, drift and regeneration. 'Dust Bowl' Danger - National Menace of Soil Erosion', 4 September, 'Erosion Menace Threatens Millions Of Acres', Truth, 11 September; 'Erosion Menace Vital National Problem, Truth, 25 September 1943; 'Australia's Dust Bowl! - Huge Area Threatened', Catholic Worker, October 1943; 'Lambs on Self Feeders', 13 October 1943, and 'Supplementary Feeding of Lambs', 27 October 1943, Adelaide Stock and Station Journal; N.F. Bortell, 'The Problem of Soil Erosion - Farmers Must Awaken To The Danger', Standard, 14 October 1943..

R.I. Herriot, 'Problem in the Mallee' and 'Benefits from Contour Cultivation', instalments of address given by the Soil Conservator at the 51st Congress of the Agricultural Bureau, 2 January (source?). Dewar Goode, 'Watering Central Australia', 2 drafts and précis of article, 'Authorities Condemn Plan For Watering Central Australia', Stock and Land, 12 April; letter to the Editor, Herald, re settlement of Northern Australia; letter to the Editor, Primary Producer, re R.W.A. Warren's letter, and Warren's reply, Primary Producer, 29 June. 'Soil Erosion Is Not Somebody Else's Problem - Conservation of Land A Major National Post-War Question', 14 April, and 'Soil Erosion In South Australia', Advertiser, 15 April; 'Practix', 'Weather and Water Areas', extract from Adelaide Stock and Station Journal, 19 April; R.W.A. Warren, 'Watering Central Australia', letter, extract from Primary Producer, 11 May; G.W. Leeper, 'Watering Central Australia' (source?); 'Darwin - The Singapore of the Future', extract from Rydge's, 1 June; 'Soil Erosion in Wellington District', Sydney Morning Herald, 22 April. Press clippings re Rural Reconstruction Committee (dates approximate, source unknown): 'Nationalising of Land - ALP Case Before Commission'; 'Visit of Rural Commission', April-May; 'Rural Industry Now Bouyant - Evidence of Losses Before Commission'; 'State's Farming Future - Experts Before Rural Commission', 4 May; 'Lucerne for Soil Improvement - On the Wheat Farm'; 'Rural Commission at Waite Institute'; 'Rural Problems Presented - Evidence Before Commission'; 'Tree Planting on Murray - Rural Commission Evidence'.'Soil Erosion', extract from Country Life Stock and Station Journal, 12 May; 'Good Work By Scrub Cutters', extract from Queensland Country Life, 15 June.Dewar Goode: notes on telephone conversation with Maj. F.N. Ratcliffe re scrub cutting, 20 June; draft article, soil erosion and conservation; 'Our Wide Open Spaces', article draft. 'The late Dr. Bradfield's proposals for watering inland Australia', extract from Report of Public Works Section of Department of Post-War Reconstruction; G.W. Leeper, re W.H. Mather, Wool: Australia's Great Awakening with covering letter from Dewar Goode to Department of Information. 'Efficiency in Agriculture - Warning Issued by Professor', Age, 30 June 1944.

'The Sands Creep Closer', extract from Rydge's, 1 July; 'Inland Water Needs', Sydney Morning Herald, 6 July; Roland Hall Sharp, Boston Monitor: 'Drop Romantic Notions on Entering South America', 18 July, and 'Poor Soil Prospects of Gran Chaco Head Challenge for Crop Experts', 8 August. 'A Model For Development - Story of the T.V.A.', Age, 26 August, and 'T.V.A. Record of Success - How the Plan Has Worked', Age, 28 August; Nelson T. Johnson, 'The Northern Territory Opportunity Land', Wings, 29 August; 'Developing the Interior', extract from Adelaide Stock and Station Journal, 13 September; 'Acquisition of Hay - Legislation For S.A. Parliament', Advertiser, 19 September; R.I. Herriott, 'Soil Erosion in South Australia - Problem Very Widespread', Chronicle, 28 September; Waratah, 'Irrigation is our Major Need - A Way To Promote Soil Fertility After The War', Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September; 'Lesson Learned By Mallee Men', Argus, 30 September; 'Correcting Queensland's River System', extract from Queensland Country Life, 12 October; Noel Adams: 'Settlement Prospects on Murray River', 18 October, ''Dreamers with Shovels' on the Murray', 19 October, and 'Human Problems in Murray Settlement Scheme', 20 October, Advertiser; 'Irrigation Plans For Queensland', Brisbane Courier Mail, 24 October. Dewar Goode: 'Watering Central Australia', draft and letter to The Record, 4 October; 'Artesian Water', Report to the WOI.

'Duststorms Ruined the Roman Empire', Argus, 1 November; 'Erosion Menace to Drought Areas', Sydney Morning Herald, 11 November; 'Drift Sand Serious Threat To N.W. Water' and 'Dust and Bush Fires in N.S.W., But rain Soon, Forecast', Herald, 14 November; 'The Warning of Dust Storms', Age editorial, and Dewar Goode, letter to the editor; extract from the House of Representatives Debate, 'Inland Australia', 16 November; 'Dust Bowl Is A National Menace', 16 November, 'Our Dust In New Zealand' and 'Winds Fan Bushfires In N.S.W.: Hundreds of Fighters Out', 17 November, Herald.17 November: Bill Moore, 'Soil Erosion Turns Rich Lands Into Desert; Black-out of Red Dust', and Nancy Hale, 'Sick Child Caught In Storm', Daily Telegraph; 'Soil Erosion Danger', West Australian.20 November: E.S. Horwood, 'Water for the Inland - Faults in Dr. Bradfield's Scheme', letter (extract), Sydney Morning Herald; 'Dust-storms Blast Upper North', 'Combating Soil Erosion' and 'N.S.W. Premier Takes Serious View', Advertiser; 'Suffocating N.S.W. Duststorms', Adelaide News; 'Australia Has Sown Wind...' and 'N.S.W. Bushfires Less Menacing; Dust and Heat Continue', Herald; 'Soil Erosion in Southern New South Wales - First-Hand Accounts of Pastures Turned To Desert', Advertiser, 21 November; 'The Menace of Lost Soil', Age, 22 November; 'Good Earth - Gone With the Wind', and 'Soil Must Be Given Chance to Solidify', Herald, 22 November; 'Drought Lesson For Aust. In USA Dust Bowl', Brisbane Telegraph, 23 November; 'Attempts to Debate Soil Erosion - Motion Taken In Council: Refused In Assembly', Advertiser, 23 November; 'Facts About The Amazing DDT', Argus, 24 November; 'Priceless Soil Turns To Dust, But...U.S. Dustbowl Became a Paradise Valley', Sydney Sun, 27 November; Dorothea Kahn, 'Jobs For All Linked With Peak Output', (source?); 'Drought Relief Extension - Move To Have Bill Redrafted' and 'Soil Erosion Combated', Advertiser, 24 November; 'Warnings In 1900 On Erosion Menace', Sydney Sun, 28 November.

1 December: 'M.Ps.' Tour of State 'Dust Bowl' Sought', Adelaide News; 'Soil Erosion Menace', Advertiser.'Men To Fight Soil Erosion', Adelaide News, 4 December; 'Checking Soil Erosion - State's Work In Conservation' and 'National Policy On Soil Erosion', Advertiser, 2 December. Noel Adams, Advertiser: 'Soil Erosion In Murray Mallee - Tour of Drought-Stricken Areas', 5 December; 'Arresting The 'Disease Of Soil Erosion'', 15 December; 'Desert in Mallee Country', 17 December; 'The 'Disease of Soil Erosion'', 21 December. Gracchus, 'Soil Conservation - The Tragedy of Erosion', Leader, 6 December.8 December: 'Prospects of 10 River Areas Investigated', Adelaide News; 'Record Area Irrigated', extract, Age; 'Conservation of Farm Soil', Age.9 December: Clem Lack, 'Soil Erosion Serious Menace To Australia', Brisbane Telegraph; 'Contour Furrows and Drainageways For Erosion, Gullying', Launceston Examiner.Erica Webb, 'Australia's Basic Resources', letter, Age, 13 December.14 December: 'Increasing Water Storages - Vulnerability of Murray Catchment Areas', Age; 'Challenge to the nation - U.K. Minister Reviews Post-War Primary Production', Chronicle.16 December: Prof. Griffith Taylor, 'Australia's Barren Spaces', Keith Newman, 'Western Inferno - Worst Drought in Australia's History' and 'Artist's Journey Into Australia's 'Lost World'', with illustration by Russell Drysdale Sydney Morning Herald; 'Worst Duststorms Still Rage In N.S.W.', Adelaide News; 'Dust-storms, High Winds, Fires, Heat - Weather Cycle On Its Vicious Course Again', Herald.18 December: R.I. Herriott, 'Wind and Water Erosion Control', Adelaide Advertiser; 'Duststorm blast inland; breeze protects Sydney' (source?); 'Duststorms Sweep Across State - Haze Hangs Over City', Sydney Morning Herald; 'Storms Show Soil Loss Menace', Herald; Keith Newman, 'Drought Lands' Varied Pattern', with Drysdale's illustrations, Sydney Morning Herald.'Scientists' Warning To Australia', London Times, 19 December.20 December: 'Erosion Brings Desolation to Wide Areas of Dry West', with photographs; Keith Newman, 'Drought Losses Incalculable'; 'Country Transformed By Water - Reward For Irrigation', with photographs of 'Ricefields at Wakool', Sydney Morning Herald.'Re-seeding of Saltbush', Advertiser, 21 December; Prof. Griffith Taylor, 'Problem of Our Wide Deserts', Sydney Morning Herald, 23 December.28 December: 'Ord River Scheme', West Australian; W.E. Parrott, 'Tragedy of Soil Erosion', Argus; 'Irrigation Settlements in Other States', extract from Queensland Country Life.29 December: 'Soil Erosion Warnings Not 'A Scare' - Experts Tell Premier of Victorian Menace', and 'Replanting Success Claimed In Russia', Herald; Erosion is a Real Menace', Argus; 'N.S.W. Plan to Combat Erosion', Daily Mirror.30 December: Griffith Taylor, 'How Can We Use Empty Australia?', Sydney Morning Herald; 'Experts Urge Drastic Action On Erosion', Argus; 'TVA Wants to Pay Taxes And Whole Region Gains', C.S. Monitor Boston.'How US Defeated Soil Erosion', (late 1944, source?). [Dewar Goode: 'Watering Central Australia', letter to The Guardian (?), 17 November; 'First Save the Soil', letter, Age, 20 November; 'Inland Sea', letter to The Age, 20 December; 'Watering Inland Australia', first draft, 20 December.

January: S. Allan Johnson, 'Bad Farming Methods', Age; 'Soil Erosion...Rural Commission's Report', West Australian; 'Scheme for Inland Sea', Age; George Giles, 'Red Dust and Finance', leader; J. MacDonald Holmes, 'The Disease of Soil Erosion Can Be Cured - And Prevented', Sydney Morning Herald; Mervyn Weston, 'Combating Wind Erosion, Lessons of Mallee', Argus; transcript of G.F. Carthew's address, 'The Menace of Soil Erosion - Lessons from the Past - Warnings for the Future', Primary Producer; Morris Mc Dougall, 'Canada Sees Farm Exports Above Billion', Boston Monitor; 'Canada's Agricultural Plans for 1945', London Times Trade and Engineering Bulletin; Ralph W. Cessna, 'U.S. Food Situation for '45 Termed Exceptionally Good', Boston Monitor; 'Halt That Soil!', Sun; Donald F. Thomson, 'We Can Save This Good Earth!' Herald; Howard S. Palmer, 'Drift Checked in Mallee', Argus; J. Ros Garnet, 'How To Combat Soil Erosion', letter (source?); A. Lawrence, 'Remedy For Soil Erosion', letter, Argus; '5 Counters for Erosion', Herald; 'Big Erosion Survey in SA Ends', (source?); 'Soil Erosion A National Menace', Burnie Advocate; G.E. Bruce, 'Soil Conservation', Herald; 'Harnessing Australia's Water Resources', review of C. Brunsdon Fletcher, Water Magic, Advertiser; 'Farm Organizations Map Joint Drive for Full Postwar Employment', Boston Monitor; John Weyman, 'Irrigation, Vital Need in North-West', Daily Mirror; 'Analysis of Dust Contains Rich Soil', Herald; 'Soil Erosion Disastrous Effects Stressed', Adelaide News; 'Federal Policy on Soil Erosion', Advertiser.February: 'Graziers Deny Responsibility for Soil Erosion', Brisbane Telegraph; 'Power now To Order Stock From Land', Adelaide News; 'We Must Take More Interest In Forestry', Burnie Advocate; 'Soil Board Chairman Says: When Drought Over Erosion Will Stop', Herald; Rural bank of NSW, 'Agricultural Magazine of the Air', Episode 45 /15, broadcast transcript, re Taylor's Arm Irrigation Scheme. March: 'Conservation of Canada', extract from Economist; 'Board Opinions Differ on Soil Erosion', Herald; 'Soil Conservation Board's Findings - 'Problem can Be Solved In The Paddocks'', Sunraysea Daily; 'Statewide Plan For Campaign on Soil Erosion', Brisbane Telegraph; 'Demand For Expert On Soil Erosion', Herald; 'Premier Says Erosion Exaggerated - Tours North, Fails To Find 'Menace'', Herald; 'Premier Minimises Erosion', with cartoon by Armstrong, Argus; 'Erosion Extensive, Says Soil Board - Outlines 12 methods To Combat Menace', Herald; 'Ambitious Dam Scheme Will Give Thousands Cheap Power', Daily Mirror; 'Conservation of Soil - Graziers Urged to Co-operate', Sydney Morning Herald; 'Mr McEwen's Plan To Deal With Menace Of Soil Erosion', 'Problem of Rabbits', and 'Erosion Knows No Politics', Herald; W.H. Pawley, 'An Economist's Slant On Soil Erosion', in Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand (NSW), Economic Monograph No.62; 'Smoke Screens on Erosion', Age; Calwell, Minister for Information, 'Saving Soil Is Our Problem', Burnie Advocate. [SR&WSC, appended table showing maximum capacity of Victorian water storages and storage at 16 March 1945, annotated by Dewar Goode with attached 'Artesian Shrinkage', extract from Queensland Country Life, 5 October 1944.

April: 'Water Famine Facing Hundreds Of Victorian Farmers As Reservoirs Shrink' (x2) and 'Water In Hume Is Lowest Yet', Herald; 'Development of Hydro Electricity In North Queensland. Expansion of Barron Falls Scheme', Cairns Post; Mr Calwell, 'Saving The Soil Is National Problem', Hobart Mercury; 'Huge Loss Caused By Erosion', Daily Mirror; 'Erosion Causes Trains To Stop At Dark', Sun; ''Australia's Dust Bowl' Pictures in London Journal', Age; 'Hydro-Electric Power Extensions', Burnie Advocate. May: '£1,231,000 Loddon Dam Plan', Herald; 'Gigantic Project To Harness Derwent With Butlers Gorge Dam', Mercury.June: Department of Commerce and Agriculture, J.J. Dedman and W.J. Scully, 'Soil Erosion and Conservation', Agendum No. 57/1945; L.J.H. Teakle and G.H. Burvill, 'The Management of Salt Lakes in Western Australia', reprinted from Journal of Department of Agriculture of Western Australia, vol.XXII:2, June 1945; E.M. Webb, 'One Lap in Vast Race to Save Mallee', Herald; 'Narrow Outlook Obscures Snowy River Problems', Daily Mirror.July: 'Soil Erosion - Commonwealth-Wide Organisation (sic.)', Age; 'Erosion', Examiner.August: 'Snowy River Diversion Scheme - Premier's Conference To Consider', Stock and Station Journal; 'The Battle For The Snowy River', Sydney Morning Herald; 'Water Conservation and Use, letter, and 'Week-End Rains - Unusual Sight of Flooded Creeks', Stock and Station Journal; Frank Crawford, 'Better Use Of Irrigation Water - Promoting Development', Weekly Times.September: Mervyn Weston, 'Tennessee Valley - a Lesson for Australia', Argus Week-End Magazine.October: 'Soil Deterioration A National Problem', Burnie Advocate; Hon. W.J. McKell, NSW Premier, 'U.S. Fight Against Soil Erosion Has Lesson For N.S.W.', Sydney Morning Herald.November: 'Wind Eroded Areas - 550,000 Acres Need Treatment', Advertiser; 'Soil Conservation Departments' and 'Premier Tables Soil Erosion Report', Standard Weekly; 'Combating Soil Erosion - Wide Powers Sought In New Bill', Advertiser; 'S.A. Makes a Move', Bulletin.Dewar Goode, letter to Dr A.R. Callaghan re 'Supplementary Feeding of Lambs'. December: 'Value of Salt Bush In North-East Pastoral Country', Advertiser; 'A Campaign To Save The Land', Adelaide News; 'Soil Erosion Damage - Efforts to Combat Danger' (source?); Mervyn Weston, 'Should the Murray Divide or Unite Us?' (x2) Argus Week-End Magazine and 'Murray Valley Development', Argus; 'Missouri Valley Authority - Duplicate T.V.A. Plans in Prospect', Age; 'Farmer Blames Money-Bug For Despoiling Land', Daily Mirror; 'Dams and Superlatives Go Together', re Bonneville Dam, with colour print (source?).

1946: 'Irrigation at Loxton - Mr. Smith, M.H.R., States Attitude', Advertiser, 8 January; 'Plan To Combat Soil Erosion - Premier Puts Proposal To E.P. Farmers', Advertiser, 10 January; 'When men Are Careless With The Soil', Launceston Examiner, 2 February; 'War Against Soil Drift - Striking New S.A. Plan', Advertiser, 3 February; 'Soil Erosion and Afforestation', Burnie Advocate, 6 February; 'Frayville Branch Discusses Soil Erosion', Adelaide Stock and Station Journal, 13 April; Rural Bank of NSW, 'Agricultural Magazine of the Air' episode 46/45, transcript of broadcast, 'The Menace of Weeds', 8 July 1946; 'Need We Fall As Rome Did?', Pix, 27 July; 'First Application For Soil Conservation Order' and 'Erosion Arrested at Mount Pleasant', Adelaide Stock and Station Journal; Arthur Groom, ''Protect This Red Wilderness'', Advertiser, 26 October; 'Soil Erosion - America's Most Difficult Problem', 12 December (source?); J.P. Cope, 'Soil Erosion In S. Africa', letter, London Times.1947: 'Humidity and Climate', Coleraine Albion, 5 February; 'Erosion Problem In Northern Marginal Areas', Advertiser, 23 October; 'Comprehensive Findings By Marginal Land Committee', Adelaide Stock and Station Journal.1948: 'Our Plundered Planet', Chronicle, 13 May; Australian Meat Board, 'Adapting Farming and Grazing Practices To Climate', and 'South African Livestock', Chronicle, 20 May; Lindsay Ellis, 'Borroloola Waits For Boom Days' (source & date?).1949: 'Soil Erosion In Coleraine District', 27 October, and Dewar Goode, letter re soil erosion, 3 November, Coleraine Albion; B.W. Muirden, 'Will The World Starve?', Argus, 14 November.

Dewar Goode, 'Conservation and the Wide Open Spaces of Central Australia', Hamilton Spectator, 15 July, 1950; 'Sheep One of Biggest Curses in Australia', Register, and C.H. Goode, letter to the editor in response, 9 March, 1951. 'Expansion in Beef', 12 November 1951 (source?). 'New Pastoral Country - Rabbits and Soil Erosion' re Inspection by C.H. Goode, and C.H. Goode, 'Aerial Baiting of Dingoes', letter, Advertiser, 19 May 1952; 'Pastoral Areas Jubilant - Widespread Benefit From 1937 Rain' re C.H. Goode's inspection (source?); J.H. Kelly, 'Men and Capital Needed in Cattle Country', Age, 27 June, 1952; 'Plane down to 10 ft. laying dingo baits', Mail, 11 July 1953; C.H. Goode, 'Baits By Air', letter, Advertiser, 20 July 1953; V. Bellchambers, 'Poisoning Wild Life', re C.H. Goode's letter; 'Aerial Baiting 'Danger Only To Dingoes'' (source?). E.J. Donath, 'Fertile Dead Heart 'A Myth'', Australian Producer, 30 June 1954; 'Defending the Soil Against Erosion - The Avon River Tragedy', 9 July 1954, Age; APPU Federal Council, 'Deputation to Soil Conservation Service, NSW', 15 October 1954; F.J. Doolan, 'We Must Conserve Soil - Source of All Our Wealth', Victorian Producer, 15 December 1954. Prof. S.M. Wadham, 'The problem of the north', Country Hour Journal, April 1955.Letters to I.L. Waight, APPU, re erosion and conservation matters in the states from: T.P. Taylor, Department of the Interior; J.A. Beare, Department of Agriculture; E.S. Clayton, Soil Conservation Service, NSW; L.C. Lightfoot, W.A. Department of Agriculture; G.R. Vincent, Standing Committee on Soil Conservation; C.R. Lambert, Department of Territories; Brisbane Department of Agriculture and Stock. Notes for FLUC re Soil Erosion and Conservation: 'Norfolk Island' and 'Northern Territory'. G.H. Burvill, 'Soil Conservation in Western Australia', Country Hour Journal, April 1956; 'Man as the Maker of Deserts', Age, September 1956; 'Electron', 'In Desert Lands', Age, October 1956; 'Problems of a Thirsty Continent', Age, 23 February 1957; M. Lamshed, 'Watch on Monolith', Age, 6 March 1957; 'CSIRO To Investigate Arid North', Advertiser, 27 March 1957; 'Lonely Job in Heart of the Desert', Age, 2 November 1956; H.A. Lindsay, 'Singapore's Yellow Dust is as Old as the City', Age, 10 June 1957.

1958: APPU, 'Preamble and Report By Mr D.W. Goode, Chairman of the Federal Land Use Committee' re 'Alice Springs Area of Central Australia', 9 September; I.L. Waight, APPU, 'News From Canberra'.1959: Dewar Goode, letter to RAA; RAA, 'NT Survey To Boost Tours', Motor; and RAA of South Australia, 'Northern Australia Survey 1959'.1960: George Farwell, 'Ambitious Plans For The Inland', Advertiser, 28 April; Graham Pizzey, 'On safari in the drought', Herald, 26 June.1961: letter to L.G. Kaleski, SCS. Letters from: E.J. Donath, University of Melbourne re Goode's manuscript. H.C. Forster, 'The Potential For Agricultural Settlement in the Northern Territory', Farrer Memorial Oration, transcript, July. R.M. Gibbs, 'The Status of Nature Conservation in South Australia'.1962: Prof. R.N. Robertson, 'Scientific names of the plants and animals quoted in the addresses', Nature Conservation Symposium, 6 April. 'Drought Country May Be Left Unused For Many Years', 18 April; 'This growing world', re population, Herald, 18 September. Stuart Sayers: 'Australia's North: Awakening Giant', 28 July, 'National Authority Needed For Northern Development', 30 July (x2); 'Bright Hopes For Agriculture In The North', and ''A Cattle Industry With A Rich Future', 22 August, Age.1963: Noel Lothian, photographs, 'Simpson Desert Flora', 17 October, Chronicle; Alan Nicholls, 'Australia - Driest Continent in the World'; 'Dead As The Dodo' and 'Ord River Irrigation Project', B.H.P. Review, December.

Correspondence: R.N. (Bob) Robertson, University of Adelaide (Botany) re Dewar Goode's ABC talk. Letters from: A.A. Dawson and Betty (?), APPU; R.D. (Bob) Croll, CSIRO; C.S. Christian, CSIRO, W.C.K. Hammer, Standing Committee on Soil Conservation, and M.R. Jacobs, Forestry and Timber Bureau, re Goode's report on Alice Springs Area. Letters to: C.E. Barnes, Minister for Territories re NT Drought, Land Reforms; Warwick Smith, Department of Territories; Editor, Age; L.G. Kaleski; Stewart Cockburn, Advertiser; Rex Patterson, Department of National Development. From: A.A. Dawson to J.D. Macfarlane re 'Pesticides and Pesticide Residues'. 'Halt in farming dry areas urged', Sun, 22 October; Douglas Lockwood, 'Control of Land Use 'Essential'' and Lindsay Ellis, 'Rain, Dust-Storms in Centre', December, (source?); ''Sahara' Threat to NT', Advertiser, 16 December; Dr R.T. Lange, 'Tortured Earth Loses Life', Advertiser, 22 December. 'Research Needed For Arid Zone', summary of talk by R.A. Perry, CSIRO.

Letters from: L.G. Kaleski; A.A. Dawson. Letters to: Warwick Smith. Dewar Goode, 'The Challenge of Erosion in North Australia', transcript, Radio Australia.'('The Northern Myth' by Dr B.R. Davidson) Comments made by Dr R.A. Patterson... to the Conference of National Farmers Union of Australia, April 1965'.Australian Associated Press, 'Water is Vital - Arabs Fail To Meet on the Jordan', 15 April, The Age.Conservation Aspects of Grazing Management on Rangeland, presented by A. Mitchell, SCA, at the ANZAAS Conservation Symposium, August; Dewar Goode, draft for APPU paper, 'New Perspectives in Insect Control', May. Press clippings: 'State backs drought area farmers', Age; 'Vast NSW stations hard hit by drought' and 'Rain - or last stock must go', Age; Graham Pizzey, 'No escape from desolate land', Herald; 'Drought View 'Better'', Age; 'Major Projects Now Under Way to Cost £880 Million' (source?); 'Official figures show drought is not national calamity' (source?); Peter Samuel, 'No Reason for Hysteria About the Drought', Canberra Times; 'Canberra facing water crisis; drought drags on', Age; book review of The Northern Myth, University Gazette, August; 'Over-Grazing Of Land In N.T. Criticised' and 'Expansion Plan For Northern Australia', Chronicle; 'More Man-Power Needed In The North', Chronicle; Alan Trengrove, 'It's a Thirsty World', Sun; 'Study time in the 'dead heart'' and 'Centre badly hit by overstocking', Age; 'Centre Could Soon Be A Desert', Sun; 'Central Australia 'Being Destroyed'', Chronicle.Liz Smith, 'The Desert is Arizona's Ocean', c.1966 (source?).

Correspondence: Margaret J. Kerle (APPU NT Secretary), re Goode's tour of Top End; Hon. P.J. Nixon (Minister for the Interior) re Goode's report on environmental conditions at the Top End (northern NT). Letters from: A.A. Dawson; Dawson's letter to G.B. Melville (APPU); H.K. Coughlan's letter to J.W. Turnour. Letters to: Swift, Department of the Interior. Press clippings, 1970: 'Australia's Rangelands and their Future', Age; Allan Barnes, 'Rural board to scheme to assist farms', Age; 'The land faces crisis', Age editorial; Kevin Boyle, 'Disaster stalks outback', Age; 'Report slates NT conditions' and 'Education this week - Definitions' re 'rangelands', Age.1971: 'New light on saltbush', Rural Research, CSIRO, March.1978: 'Growing quandongs', Rural Research, June; Jennifer Byrne, 'Our creeping deserts', Age; 'Northern Territory: Trekking Into The Future' - cover story - 'Uneasy Land of Promise', Time, July; Mike D. Young and James Vickery, 'An Overview of Land Tenure and Administration in Australia's Rangelands', reprinted from the Proceedings of the First International Rangeland Congress.

John Shaw, 'Buffalo: huge problem for the north', Age.1979: 'IUCN joins the desert war', IUCN Bulletin, October; Michael D. Young, 'Influencing land use in pastoral Australia', Journal of Arid Environments.1980: Julian Cribb, 'The North: Forgotten Foodbowl for Millions' and Frank Venn, 'Salvage Plan For Degraded Outback', National Farmer; Philip Cornfield, 'Outback Heroes', Australian; Bill Sheldon: 'Lease laws and the arid-zone pastoralist', June, and 'Goats don't stop woody weeds', Rural Research, September; Leigh Clark, 'Sheep and cattle on saltbush' and Kay Hindmarsh, 'Studying the impact of cattle in central Australia', Rural Research, July (x2); 'Erosion: A Billion Dollar Dilemma', National Farmer.

G.A. Letts, 'Conservation and Alternative Land Use', for Australian Rangelands Society Biennial Conference, 1981; Soils, paper derived from the Report of the Commonwealth and State Government Collaborative Soil Conservation Study, 1975 - 1977; William S. Sanford et al, 'Relationship of woody plants to herbaceous production in Nigerian savanna', Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad).Press clippings: Louise Carbines, 'Explorers to re-enact the Simpson crossing', and Carol Sides, 'Historian tracks Botanic Man', Age; Julian Cribb, 'Outback Cropping', National Farmer; Lindsay Murdoch, 'Destination in sight for sailors on an inland sea', Age; Ken Joachim, 'There's victory in 'Dry Red'', Herald; John Parry: 'Arid centre to feel winds of change' and 'Coming to grips with drought', re Rangeland's Conference, Weekly Times; 'Farming for rubber cheques', National Farmer; 'The Northern Territory - A Bouyant Economy', ANZ Review.Letters to: Hon. D.O. Tonkin, SA Premier, A.D. Wilson, CSIRO, Colin Harris, Minister for the Environment re Goode's letter to the Prime Minister re 'Australia's Arid Zone'; Dr George Wilson and E.J. Phipps re 'Focus on Australia's Arid Lands'. Letters from: Susan Harvey, CRRERIS; R.D. Davies, Premier's Department; Premier's Department, NSW; Ministry for Science and Technology; Geoff Mosley, ACF; R.J. Hamer, Victorian Premier; J.G. Mosley to George R. Wilson. Correspondence: E.A. Newsome, CSIRO; Premier's Department, Brisbane, re Restoration Island; Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment, R.J. Ellicott then Ian Wilson; Dr P.L. Volkofsky; Hon. Paul Everingham, Chief Minister, Darwin; Hon. Malcolm Fraser, Prime Minister; Colin Harris. ACF, 'Focus on Australia's Arid Lands Conference', administrative information. Correspondence between R.E. (Bob) LeMessurier and J.G. Mosley. Letters to J.G. Mosley from: G.H. Knowles, Department of Agriculture; David Tonkin; J.L.O. Tedder. Dewar Goode, observations re 'Arid Zone Seminar: Alice Springs, 24-26 September'; article draft, 'Arid Zone'. Dewar Goode and Roelof Benthem, 'Arid Lands in Australia', written for IUCN Conference. 'Perspective of Soil Conservation Needs - Australia', extract from the Soil Conservation Study.

ACF National Conference, 'Focus on Australia's Arid Lands', Broken Hill, 21-25 May: registration, letters from J.G. Mosley (Director), list of people approached and conference program; Dewar Goode, conference paper, 'Watering Inland Australia' re development, Bradfield Scheme, inland desert, conserving the land resource, and 'A draft - Arid Land Strategy'; Bill Wright, conference paper, 'Future Land Use Trends and Possibilities in Tourism'; workshop reports, nos.1-7, chaired by Colin Harris, Dr V.R. Squires, John Sinclair; Brian Roberts, Milo Dunphy, R.L. Heathcote, and G. Wilson, respectively; Reports from Sessions 1-4: A.D. Wilson, 'Status of Australia's Arid Lands; James Vickery, 'Current Land Use and Cultural Environment'; Ray Perry, 'Factors Affecting the use of the Land and its Resources'; J. Sibly, 'Trends for the Future'; George Wilson, 'NSCA paragraphs for closer consideration'; addresses of participants. Conference papers: E.C. Saxon, 'Future Land Use Trends and Possibilities in Parks and Reserves'; O.B. Williams and B. Mackey, 'Easy-care, no-hassle conservation - Mitchell grass...'; Graham N. Harrington, 'Shrub: Herb Balance in Semi-Arid Grasslands'; Adrian Davey, 'The Nullarbor Plain and Its Caves'; D.A. Nicholson, 'Pastoralism'. Press clippings: Frank Venn, 'Salvage Plan For Degraded Outback', National Farmer; J.R. Mills, 'Pastoralism in South-West Queensland'.

R.L. Heathcote, 'Managing the Arid Lands: Success or Failure?', from B. O'Rourke (ed), Perspectives on Resource Management and Planning in Australia (1981).Dewar Goode, 'Impact of the Pastoral Industry on Australia's Arid Zone', Habitat, February. Letters to J.G. Mosley from: J.R. Sands, Doug Carpenter, George A. Savell. Press clippings, 1982: Peter Ward, 'Just dessert for graziers - or just desert?', Australian; 'The Mineral Country' and 'Survival Balance' (source?); Al Grasby, 'Water - the vital commodity' and Dr B.R. Davidson, 'Irrigation is less efficient', debate (source ?); Tony Walker, 'China battles Yellow peril' re Yellow River, Age; Peter Roberts, 'It's wetter back of Bourke but no one can quite say why' (x2), Age; John Kerin, ALP view, 'Degrading the good land that feeds us', Australian; Elyne Mitchell, 'The deep north of memories',Age; Simon Balderstone and Russell Barton, 'Drought may cost $6000m', Age; Geoff Wilson, 'Time to act on droughts', Age; Patsy Adam-Smith: 'Whatever happened to the Outback' and 'Heartbreak and death are what a drought is', Age; Ken Brass, 'Discovering Australia's amazing secret valley', Australian Women's Weekly, 10 March. Correspondence: Paul Everingham; Mike Reynolds, Townsville Mayor re ACF 'Wetlands Conference'. James Cook University of North Queensland, 'Use of University Accommodation and Facilities for Non-Teaching Purposes...' with covering letter from E.A. Dews. ACF, J.G. Mosley, 'A Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Arid Lands', draft, 7 November.

1983: Roy Eccleston, 'More dust storms likely as topsoil blows away', Carol Sides, 'Drought research programme in jeopardy, says scientist',and 'When wind blows a livelihood away', Age.Dewar Goode: Transcript of radio interview of Dewar Goode with Terry Lane, 23 May re: 'frog rain', soil conservation; 'The Arid Zone, Frog Rains and Drought', based on interview, Habitat, ACF, August; 'The impact of the European and his Hard-Hoofed Animals on the Landscape and Economy'. Wayne Ralph, 'Climate change and Australian agriculture', Rural Research, Summer 1982/83.Dewar Goode: 'Notes, Arid Zone Conference'.1984: Third International Rangeland Congress, Adelaide, notes and discussion papers; Dewar Goode, 'The Arid Zone' and 'Our Arid Pastoral Lands: The Rangelands', article drafts before and after Congress; also critical notes. Dewar Goode: 'When Will We Learn to Care for Our Arid Lands?', galley-proofs, Habitat, 26 October. 'Art and science look on as dead land comes alive comes alive' re visit of Clifton Pugh and Vincent Serventy to Lake Eyre, Age; Marie Joannidis, 'Sahara marches on as drought ravages Africa', Age.Dewar Goode: 'The impact of hard-hoofed animals on the landscape', Heritage, Winter; 'Conservation for Development', report to Commission on Environmental Planning; draft article on economic and scientific value of Arid Zone.1985: Tim Colebatch, 'Africa's man-made tragedy', Geoff Maslen, 'A kingdom of dust', Age.1986: Rod Usher, 'Secret Nullarbor', Barbara Hutton, 'A woman for the wilderness', Age; Richard Ledgar, 'Massive Land Clearance in the Top End', ACF Newsletter, June.1988: Janet Hawley, 'Hotel du Lac Eyre', Age - Good Weekend.1989: 'A mini-Sahara in the making', editorial, Age; Dewar Goode, 'Talk notes, Savage Club'.

J. Burton Cleland, M.D., 'Notes on the Flora North-West of Port Augusta Between Lake Torrens and Tarcoola', reprinted from Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia; with photographs of Cecil Goode taken on survey with Cleland, 1929.

F.N. Ratcliffe, Soil Drift in the Arid Pastoral Areas of South Australia, CSIR Pamphlet No. 64, 1936.

F.N. Ratcliffe, Further Observations on Soil Erosion and Sand Drift, with Special Reference to South-Western Queensland, CSIR Pamphlet No. 70, 1937.

Department of Lands, South Australia, Annual Report, 1937-38, includes map and detail of Southern portion of South Australia.

South Australia, Report of the Soil Conservation Committee, 1938, together with appendices, photoplates and maps including portion of South Australia showing drift erosion in the pastoral areas.

R.I. Herriot, Soil Conservator; all Articles reprinted from the Journal of Agriculture, S.A.: 'Soil Erosion', July 1941; 'Factors Affecting the Rate of Soil Erosion', February 1942; 'Stubble Mulching - A New Development in Cultivation', March 1943; 'Soil Conservation', April 1943.

Articles reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria: H. Hanslow and H.L. Hore, 'Wind Erosion in the Mallee', 1942; G.B. Woodgate, 'Erosion Control', with preface by H.G. Strom, 1942; W.D. Andrew and A.C.T. Hewitt, 'Farmyard Manure', 1943.

Soil Conservation Board leaflets: Leaflet No. 1, 'Contour Furrowing to Control Run-off of Stormwater', 1942; Leaflet No. 2, 'Running Contours and Grade Lines with the 'A-Frame' Level, 1942; Leaflet No. 3, R.F. McNab, 'Some Facts Concerning Soil Building and Erosion Control', 1943; Leaflet No. 4, 'Emergency Measures for Control of Wind Erosion', 1944; Leaflet No. 5, R.G. Thomas, 'Wind Erosion in the Mallee', 1945; Leaflet No. 6, Russell Lord, 'Progress of Soil Conservation in the United States', 1946; Leaflet No. 8, R.G. Thomas, 'Fundamentals of Soil Erosion', 1946.

Robert Bowman, America Awakes to need for Soil Conservation, Read by Prof. S.M. Wadham at the 39th Annual Convention of the Chamber of Agriculture, Victoria, 1943; reprinted by the Soil Conservation Board of Victoria from 1941 Year Book Of the Chamber of Agriculture.

Harold Hanslow, SR&WSC, 'Soil Drift Control, Results of Competition, 1943-44', reprinted from Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria, October 1944.

Martin Hannah, Ex-MLA, Get-A-Move-On - What is our Problem?, re natural resources, 1944.

C.T. Clark, The Story of the Soil, Soil Conservation Board, 1944; ABC, The Nation's Forum of the Air, transcript of interview with Prof. G.L. Wood, H. Hanslow and Prof. S.M. Wadham re 'Erosion - The Menace to Australia's Soil', 1944.

Post-War Discussion Notes, The Land, PWR, 1945; H.L. Hore, 'Soil Drift and Control Measures', reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria, 1945; R.I. Herriot, 'Soil Erosion - The problem in South Australia and what is being done about it', transcript of address to Fifty-First Congress of the Agricultural Bureau of South Australia, ?1945. ABC, The Nation's Forum of the Air on 'Watering Central Australia' featuring Michael Sawtell, Dr C.T. Maddigan, F.R.N. Timbury, Dr E.G. Hallsworth, 1945; R.G. Matthews and W.D. Andrew, 'Soil Conservation - Competition in the Goulburn Catchment Area', reprinted from Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria, 1945.

H.J. Sims, 'Rye for Drift Control and Grazing in the Mallee', reprinted from Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria, October 1949.

F.D. Runge, Grassed Chutes - A method of controlling gully erosion, Soil Conservation Authority Publication, 1953.

I. Molnar, Relationships between Soil Erosion, Land Values and Production in Two Areas in Victoria, Soil Conservation Authority, 1955.

G. Blackburn and F.R. Gibbons, Soils of the Shire of Kowree, Victoria, (includes map of Shire) CSIRO, Division of Soils, Soils and Land Use Series No. 17, with covering letter from A. Tidd, Soil Conservation Authority; G.W. Hexter, T.I. Leslie and S. Pels, A Land-Use Class Survey of the Parwan Valley, Victoria, Soil Conservation Authority, 1956.

Bank of NSW, in consultation with Prof. L.J.H. Teakle, Your Asset - The Soil; Conservation for Permanent Agriculture, 1957.

G.T. Thompson, Chairman, SCA, 'Soil Conservation and the Catchment Board System in New Zealand', ?1958.

'River Valleys - The Basis For Regional Development', The Australasian Irrigator, February 1961.

Alice Springs... Centre of the Living Heart, authorised by Administrator, Northern Territory, ?1963.

Report by the Northern Territory Land Board on the Centralian Pastoral Industry under Drought Condition, A.W. Richardson, G.A. Letts, A.W. Greatorex, 1964; includes map showing drought affected leases, 1964 season; appendices include: G.M. Chippendale, 'Pasture Deterioration in Central Australia', reprinted from Journal of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science; Animal Production Committee, 'Investigations into the Effect of Grazing and Use of Land in Central Australia'.

K. Fitzgerald, The Ord River Catchment Regeneration Project, Bulletin No.3599, reprinted from the Journal of Agriculture of Western Australia, November 1967, March and September, 1968.

Journal of the Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales, July 1970, vol.26 no.3; vol.26 no.4, October, 1970, includes articles by L.G. Kaleski and G.J. Hamilton. R.G. Downes, Soil Conservation Law in Australia, SCA, Victoria, 1970.

Soil Conservation Authority publications: M.R. Swann, About the Soil, 1972; R.G. Downes, Conservation and the Community, 1972.

Conservation Commission, Northern Territory: information leaflet, Uluru (Ayers Rock - Mt. Olga) National Park, June 1980; Uluru National Park Guide, May 1981; booklet, Central Australia's Desert Survivors, June 1981. Brochure: Bill King's 'Red Centre Tours', Division of TAA. Australian Rangeland Society, 3rd Biennial Conference, Alice Springs, Post-Conference Tour Program, 25 September 1981.

Australian Rangeland Society, 3rd Biennial Conference working papers, 23-24 September, 1981; includes article by Dewar Goode, 'What Hopes for the Pastoral Industry in the Arid Zone of South Australia?'.

Interdepartmental Working Group comprising F.J. Vickery, J.E. Bromell, G.N. Drewien, C.R. Harris, A.W. Hutchings, M.D. Young, The Administration, Management and Tenure of South Australia's Pastoral Lands, c.1981, inscribed by James Vickery.

ACF Conference, 'Focus on Australia's Arid Lands', 'Speaker' Paper (sic), master copy including transcripts of R.J. Stanley, Eric Poole, M.D. Young, R.T. Lange, May 1982.

ACF Conference, 'Focus on Australia's Arid Lands', 'Non-Speaker' Papers, includes articles by Dewar Goode, Colin Harris, M.D. Young..

H.H. Finlayson, 'Map of the South Western portion of Central Australia', 1931 - 1935. Maps from Argus, Week-End Magazine, 'Australia's Natural Resources, July 1944, and 'Climactic regions of the earth', October 1944; see also articles on reverse: Crayton Burns, 'Australia Another Way - To Survive We Must Make the Best of Our Natural Resources', and 'Victoria as Noted 'Victorians' Saw It'. J. O'Halloran, Maps of Australia showing: Distribution of Sheep - 1965, Sheep Distribution by Zones, and Cattle Transport in Northern Areas (undated). Map of Katherine, N.T. showing Daly River Basin, 1969.

A.K. Turner, Design Data, Soil Conservation Board of Victoria, undated. Charts showing landforms and soils, vegetation, and major limitations and potential of divisions in arid lands, undated. 'Points in a Soil Conservation Programme', Express Print, OuyenThe Islamic Republic of Iran, Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Range Organisation, A Report of Sand Dune Fixation in Iran, undated.

Dewar Goode, 'Will Australia Become Another Sahara? Arid Areas Must Be Closed to Stock', Adelaide Mail, 27 April 1935, article and draft; Jack Richardson, report compiled in 1944 for WOI from 'United States Government Manual Soil Conservation Service', 27 April 1935. 1943: Dewar Goode, 'Soil is a Basic Asset', Adelaide Stock and Station Journal, June; 'Canada's Empty Spaces', from The Economist; 'World's Water Power Resources'.

Letters from: G.W. Leeper; C.T. Madigan; Ann Marshall, University of Adelaide; G.T. Chippindall; W.C. Skelsey, Queensland Country Life; E.H. Pearse, Pastoral Review; A.C. Stremple, Stock & Station Journal; Letters to: the Editor, Herald; Editor, Primary Producer; Mr Warren; department of Information. Dewar Goode: 'Watering Central Australia', article and précis; 'Artesian Water'; 'Water', extract from Pastoral Review and Graziers' Record; 'Rewatering Inland Australia', Sydney Morning Herald; 'Practix', 'Weather and Water Areas', extract, Adelaide Stock and Station Journal; Dewar Goode, 'Romance of North', letter, Herald and response by B. Brown. Report of the Public Works Section of Department of Post War Reconstruction, 'The late Dr Bradfield's proposals for watering inland Australia'; R.W.A. Warren, 'Watering Central Australia', letters, extract from, Primary Producer; 'Soil Erosion', extract from Country Life Stock and Station Journal; 'Darwin - The Singapore of the Future', extract from Rydge's.Dewar Goode, Minute Paper re Bradfield's Scheme; G.W. Leeper, 'Watering Central Australia'; Clive Turnbull, 'Science Looks At Our Soils', Herald; 'Wool Appraisement; Inland Centres Too Costly Is Claim', The Land..

[The Sands Creep Closer', and A.E. Mander, 'Wool Offers Employment for Another 250,000', extracts from Rydge's Journal. Dewar Goode, articles: 'Our Wide Open Spaces'; 'Watering Central Australia'. 'Developing the Interior', extract, Stock and Station Journal. Extracts from Queensland Country Life: 'Artesian Shrinkage'; 'Correcting Queensland's River System'; 'Doubtful Schemes to Advance Queensland's Wool Industry'; 'Irrigation Settlements in Other States'. Notes: 'The Season' re 1943/4 for sheep; 'Regeneration of Pastoral Lands'. Press clippings: 'Stop Romancing About North' re C.T. Madigan, Adelaide News; F. Audley Bass, 'To Conquer 'The Dead Heart'', letter, and Dewar Goode's response, 'Water For 'Dead Heart'', Argus; 'Optimistic Views Of Northern Australia', Argus; Grace Kirkpatrick, 'Uncle Sam Digging Ditches, Christian Science Monitor (Boston); H.P. Higginson, 'Watering Central Australia', reply to Goode's article, The Record, and Goode's reply (letter); 'Storehouse of Wealth - Vast Possibilities In North Seen' re Justice T.C. Davis, Advertiser (x2); A.H. Chisholm, 'The Call of the Centre', Herald; 'Cattlemen Discount Rosy N.T. Picture', Adelaide News (x2); 'Developing Our North' (source?); 'Where Untapped Wealth Lies In North', Adelaide News; 'Inland Irrigation', Bulletin.'Ways To Make North Productive - Great Scope For Youth Seen' re Nelson T. Johnson's tour, News; 'Potential Wealth. Northern Territory', Western Australian; 'Jordan Valley Project: Plan to Restore Land of 'Milk and Honey'', Herald; Jock H. Pick, 'Erosion and the Bradfield Scheme', letter, Stock and Station Journal; 'Heated Exchanges In House, N.T. Population', Argus; J.C. Warren, 'Watering the Interior, View of an Old Bushman', annotated by Dewar Goode, Chronicle; George Farwell, 'The 'Vision Splendid' For Australia', Guardian; 'Settlement of the North', Burnee Advocate; 'Desolate Country Inland', Adelaide Chronicle; W.S. Noble, ''Dead Heart' Is Doomed By Climate', Herald; 'Tackling the Problems of Our Arid Zone', Farm Progress.A.E. Norman, 'Save the Soil - Inland Water Scheme', and 'Irrigation Plan Not Favoured', Sydney Morning Herald; E.S. Horwood, 'Water For The Inland - Faults in Dr Bradfield's Scheme', and Ion Idriess, 'How to Save this Continent, Sydney Morning Herald; R.A. Broinowski, 'Australia Is Slowly Dying - Can Engineering Skill Prolong Its Life?' re Bradfield Plan, Adelaide Mail; F.C. Collins, 'Our Wasting Heritage', Age; Prof. Griffith Taylor, 'Australia's Barren Spaces', 'Problem of Our Wide Deserts' and 'How Can We Use Empty Australia?', Sydney Morning Herald; 'Northern Territory Cattle Industry', Adelaide Chronicle.Minute papers: C.M. Donald. Letters from: C.M. Donald to Fitzgerald. Correspondence: Michael Terry; O.C. Robarts, Information Department, and C.M. Donald, WOI; J.J. Dedman and J.B. Chifley. Letters to Editor, Age.Rural Bank of NSW, 'Agricultural Magazine of the Air', transcript of broadcast, 18 September, re desertification of inland Australia; 'Developing a Continent - Great Australia Plan', WOI; Dewar Goode, article draft re watering inland Australia; précis of J.W. Gregory, The Dead Heart of Australia re flooding Lake Eyre basin..

Press clippings, 1945: E.S. Horwood, 'Water For The Inland - Irrigation Project', letter, Sydney Morning Herald; 'Scheme For Inland Sea - The Cost Would be Many Millions', Age; F.R.V. Timbury, 'Australia's Future Depends On Battle For The Interior', Daily Mirror; J.R. Kemp, 'Rule Out the Diversion of Coast Rivers', Argus; Albert E. Norman, 'Water: Australia's Battle', Christian Science Monitor (Boston); 'Alkali And Soil Fertility Problems - Considerations In Bradfield Scheme', Queensland Country Life; U.S. Office of War Information, 'Watering Palestine', Rydge's Journal; 'Soil Erosion Menace, M.P. Suggests Commissions', Age; 'To Irrigate Big Dry Area', Brisbane Telegraph; 'Climatic Aspects of the Bradfield Scheme' and 'Open Forum - Water Diversion In India and Australia', Stock & Station Journal; 'Irrigating Empty Australia', Age.1946: 'Plan to Outlaw Drought', with photographs, PIX.Letters to: Grenfell Rudduck re 'Murray Catchment Area'. Soil Conservation Board, Sixth Annual Report, year ending 30 June, 1946.

1950: 'Water From The Sea May Make The Deserts Bloom' and 'Voyage Into Lake Eyre', with photographs, Chronicle. 1955: Dewar Goode, 'Conservation and the Wide Open Spaces Of Central Australia', Hamilton Spectator, copy.1956: 'Enigma of Lake Eyre', Age.1957: 'Problems Of A Thirsty Continent', Age, copy; Dennis Dugan, 'Water To The Dead Heart: Can It Be Done?', Age.1958: Threat To 'Dry Up Country'', Advertiser. 1960: H.W. Ponder, 'The ARIBA Dam: A Wild Life Tragedy Of Africa', Age.1961: Cliff Calder, 'Waiting For Water In The Thirsty North', re Bradfield Scheme, and letters in response: A.K. Turner, 'The Bradfield Water Scheme', V.R. Hill, 'A Snowy Plan For the North' and H.G. Murphy, 'Water Schemes in Queensland', Age; F. Pearson, 'The Economics of Irrigation', letter, Producer.1962, press clippings (some photocopies): 'Drought Country May Be Left Unused For Years', Chronicle; 'This growing world', Herald; Stuart Sayers, 'National Authority Needed For Northern Development', Age; 'Development of Northern Australia' (source?); ''Let's develop the North' - New body urged', Weekly Times; 'Time Running Out For Developing North - Opposition Leader' and 'A National Plan For The North', editorial, Age; Stuart Sayers, 'Bright Hopes For Agriculture In The North', and 'A Cattle Industry With A Rich Future', Age; Douglas Lockwood, 'Grievances Of N.T. Enumerated', Chronicle; A.R. Driver, 'They Think Big Up North In The Downs', Herald; 'Liberals Want Private Enterprise to Develop N. Australia', Age; 'Facing the challenge of North Australia' (source?). Letters from: Prof. H.C. Forster, William McMahon.

1963: Alan Nicholls, 'Australia - Driest Continent in the World' and 'Plan Needed Now For The North', Age (copies); 1964: Dewar Goode, APPU Report, 'Alice Springs Area of Central Australia'; FLUC circular re letter from A.C. Atkins re APPU Report; APPU, copy of letter from C.E. Barnes to A.A. Dawson re Goode's report; Press clippings: 'N.T. Drought Areas May be Closed Down' (source?); 'Govt. Bid To Study Drought', Advertiser; 'Drought In Tibooburra District', Chronicle; 'Development Bank Must Aid Cattle Industry', Chronicle; 'Centre's Worst Dust Storm Closes Drome', Age; 'Arid Zone Research Needed', Chronicle; 'Perpetual Pastures', (source?); 'Management system need of arid zones', Australian Producer; 'Inquiry Calls for Action to Combat Drought', Age; Douglas Lockwood, 'Control NT Grazing' and 'Control of Land Use 'Essential'', Herald; R.T. Lange, ''Sahara Threat to N.T.' and 'Tortured Earth Loses Life', Advertiser, copies; Lindsay Ellis, 'Rain, Dust-Storms In Centre'. Letters from: Prof. R.N. Robertson; R.D. (Bob) Croll, CSIRO. Letters to: Prof. Colin M. Donald; editor, Age.Correspondence: C.E. Barnes, Minister For Territories.1965: Geoffrey Hutton, 'Is the north worth developing?' review of B.R. Davidson, The Northern Myth, Age; 'Bigger river run-off found by water survey', ''Disastrous not to develop Australian north' and 'Drought loss could reach £100m', Age; 'Desert survival made easy', Age; Alan Trengrove, 'It's A Thirsty World', Sun.Correspondence: Pat Davis, and copies of letters to C.E. Barnes from Davis. Letters from: R.N. Robertson.1966: Dewar Goode, 'The rape of the land', National Review.1967: 'Plan to refill SA Lake' re Lake Eyre, Herald.1969: Dewar Goode, extract from IUCN Congress paper, 'Federal Land Use Planning' re Northern Territory.

1970, correspondence: P.J. Nixon, Minister for Interior, (copies).1982: Dewar Goode, 'Grazing in Australia's Arid Lands', ACF publication (?); ACF, Newsletter, including Dr. J.G. Mosley, 'Arid Lands Conference Begins a Vital Debate'. 'Focus on Australia's Arid Lands', Conference Program; J.G. Mosley, 'A Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Arid Lands'. Dewar Goode: 'Watering Inland Australia', conference paper summarizing several schemes for diverting water inland; draft/guide, 'Arid Land Strategy'; draft re SA border country and arid zone; critique of 'National Conservation Strategy for Australia'; 'What future for Australia's Arid Lands?'. Minutes, 'Possibilities for Inland Diversion of NSW Coastal Streams'. Press clippings: Dewar Goode, 'Mitchell River - a classic case for Government review body', letter, Age; Ray Polkinghorne, 'Today' re Dewar Goode's visit to Adelaide, Advertiser; Christabel Hirst, 'Perpetual lease plan 'bloody dreadful'' re Goode; Heather Brown, 'Visions of a fertile outback' re Bradfield scheme, Age.Letters from: J.G. Mosley.1983: 'Belk wants to turn the waters', Advertiser, with Dewar Goode's notes attached; 'Worst dry on record in many areas: bureau', Age.Dewar Goode: 'The Arid Zone, Frog Rains and Drought', draft and notes for ABC radio talk; notes on economics of drought.1984: Dewar Goode, 'Our Arid Pastoral Lands: The Rangelands'.1988: Adrian Bradley, '$10 b pipe dream for desert to bloom', Herald.

Water Resources Commission of NSW, Possibilities for Inland Diversion of N.S.W. Coastal Streams, A review of previous proposals for the diversion of water from N.S.W. Coastal Streams to the Inland, Rankine & Hill Pty Ltd, Consulting Engineers, 1981, with covering letter from Dallas F. Haslam, Murray Valley League Executive.

Dewar Goode: 'The Menace of Erosion', draft page of evidence to the Rural Reconstruction Authority, 1943; 'Soil Is A Basic Asset - Lack of Trained Men Holds Up Programme', Adelaide Stock and Station Journal, 12 April 1943 (x2); letter to Editor, Adelaide Stock and Station Journal re 'Soil is a Basic Asset', 21 October 1943 (x3); 'Inland Sea', letter to Age, 20 December 1944 (x2); 'First Save the Soil', Age, 20 November, 1944.'Practix', 'Weather and Water Areas', extract from Adelaide Stock and Station Journal, 19 April 1944 (x2); R.W.A. Warren, 'Watering Central Australia', letter, extract from Primary Producer, 11 May (x2) 1944; Dewar Goode, 'Authorities Condemn Plan For Watering Central Australia', Stock and Land, 12 April 1944; 'Darwin - The Singapore of the Future', extract from Rydge's, 1 June 1944; Noel Adams, 'Arresting The 'Disease Of Soil Erosion'', 15 December 1944; 'Checking Soil Erosion - State's Work In Conservation' and 'National Policy On Soil Erosion', Advertiser, 2 December, 1944; 'Attempts to Debate Soil Erosion - Motion Taken In Council: Refused In Assembly', Advertiser, 23 November, 1944; 'The Menace of Lost Soil', Age, 22 November, 1944; E.S. Horwood, 'Water for the Inland - Faults in Dr. Bradfield's Scheme', extract from Sydney Morning Herald, 20 November 1944 (x5); 'Correcting Queensland's River Systems', extract from Queensland Country Life, 12 October 1944; 'Soil Erosion Warnings Not 'A Scare' - Experts Tell Premier of Victorian Menace', Herald, 29 December 1944; SR&WSC, appended table showing maximum capacity of Victorian water storages and storage at 16 March 1945; 'War Against Soil Drift - Striking New S.A. Plan', Advertiser, 3 February 1946; 'Farmer Blames Money-Bug For Despoiling Land', Daily Mirror, 24 December, 1946; F.N. Ratcliffe, Soil Drift in the Arid Pastoral Areas of South Australia, CSIR pamphlet No.64, 1936; Dewar Goode, 'Conservation and the Wide Open Spaces of Central Australia', Hamilton Spectator, 15 July, 1950.Letters to: Mr Barnes; Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser; Paul Everingham; Rudduck re Murray Catchment Areas. Extracts from: The Payne Report; from Rydge's, 'The Sands Creep Closer'; Westralian Farmers' News, 'Erosion - Man's Enemy'; Country Life Stock and Station Journal, 'Soil Erosion'; R.I. Herriot, 'Soil Conservation - A Community Problem', July 1943 (incomplete).

Synopsis; Dewar Goode, 'Will Australia Become Another Sahara?', typed copies of original article; 'The Payne Report - 10 October 1937'; 'Correcting Queensland's River System', Queensland Country Life, 1944; 'The Sands Creep Closer', Rydge's, 1944; 'Soil Erosion', Country Life Stock and Station Journal, 1944; Dewar Goode, 'Watering Central Australia', précis and article; Dewar Goode, 'Inland Sea', letter to Age, 1944; 'Doubtful Schemes to Advance Queensland's Wool Industry', Queensland Country Life, 1944; 'One Lap in Vast Race to Save Mallee' and E.M. Webb, 'Clearing Warana Channel', Herald 1945; 'Humidity and Climate', Coleraine Albion, 1947.Report on South Australian Pastoral Lands, extract; Dewar Goode, article draft re Arid Zone (x3); Dewar Goode and Roelof Benthem, 'Arid Lands in Australia', IUCN Conference Paper (x5); Dewar Goode, 'What Hopes for the Pastoral Industry in the Arid Zone of Australia?', article draft (x3); letter to Paul Everingham. ACF news release re Land Legislation in the Northern Territory. ACF, 'Focus on Australia's Arid Lands' 1982: conference program; Dewar Goode, 'A Draft - Arid Land Strategy'; reports from workshops; Dear Goode, 'Watering Inland Australia', conference paper (x2).Dewar Goode: 'The Arid Zone, Frog Rains, and Drought', ABC talk, summary (x2); 'The impact of hard-hoofed animals on the landscape', Heritage Australia, 1984 (x2), and drafts, 'The impact of the European and his hard-hoofed animals on the landscape and economy' (x2); 'Arid Zone'. 'Grazing in Australia's Arid Lands', drafted by Dewar Goode, ACF Newsletter, 1982; Bill Sheldon, 'Lease laws and the arid-zone pastoralist'.

Soil Conservation Board leaflets: Leaflet No. 2, 'Running Contours and Grade Lines with the 'A-Frame' Level, 1942 (x2); Leaflet No. 4, 'Emergency Measures for Control of Wind Erosion', 1944; Leaflet No. 5, R.G. Thomas, 'Wind Erosion in the Mallee', 1945; H.L. Hore, 'Soil Drift and Control Measures', reprinted from the Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria, 1945 (x2); R.G. Thomas and W.D. Andrew, Soil Conservation - Competition in the Golburn Catchment Area; I. Molnar, Relationships between Soil Erosion, Land Values and Production in Two Areas in Victoria, Soil Conservation Authority, 1955.

A collection of manuscript & typescript notes and drafts for Dewar Goode's autobiography, reports, articles, correspondence and press clippings relating to land use in the arid zone of Australia, covering the period from the mid 1980s to 1992, but also including copies of 1944 material. Dewar Goode, notes & articles: includes photocopy of 'Watering Central Australia', Stock and Land, 12 April 1944, Primary Producer, 15 April 1944; notes for Australian Bankers Association re land degradation in mallee marginal lands, 16 January 1992.Reports: Ian Proctor, SA Treasury, 'Outback Land Management - Some Economic and Public Finance Issues', undated but annotated 'probably mid 1980s'; extract from untitled report on 'Artesian Water', undated; extract 'The Sands Creep Closer' from Rydge's, 1 July 1944.Correspondence: Dewar Goode to Nola ? re mining in arid Central Australia as possible subject for ACF article; draft confidential letter to Director Bureau of Agricultural & Resources Economics. Paul McAsey, Age, to Dewar Goode.Book Review: Peter Wild, 'Grazing on Public Lands', Sierra, May/June 1984, review of Denzel and Nancy Ferguson, Sacred Cows at the Public Trough, 1983.Press clippings: miscellaneous clippings on February 1983 dust storms in Melbourne and other parts of Victoria, Age, February 1983; 'Dust storms hit Queensland, NSW', Age, 14 August 1992.