Date Range | 1875 - 1990 |
Quantity | 67 cm, 12 files |
Provenance | John Cecil Le Souëf |
Description | This series contains newspaper, journal and magazines clippings. The series also consists of a number of articles, on various subject topics including: natural history, zoological gardens, zoological societies, Australian Aborigines, Australian animals, horticulture, agriculture, astronomy, Melbourne University examinations, natural disasters, snakes, flora, Belgrave Wild Zoo, Clarke family. Also includes a few articles by members of the Le Souëf family, in particular published work of J.C. Le Souëf, including draft publications. |
Inventory Listing
10-001
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Newspaper Clippings of The Field, The Country Gentleman's Newspaper
Publications
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This file contains newspaper clippings relating to snakes which include "Modern Snake Lore", "The Diamond Snake", "Snakes in Gippsland", "Examples of Remarkable Dentition in Snakes", "Keeping Reptiles", "The Boa", "Experiments with Caged Pythons" and "Australian Snake Adventure". The file also contains newspaper clippings entitled "Habits of Monkeys in Confinement", "An Interesting Cattle Breeding Experiment", "Habits of the Alligator as Observed in Florida", "Web Engineering", "Vitality of animals" and "Extraordinary Capture of a Conger".
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1881
Quantity 0.8 cm, 1 file
Formats News Clippings
Inventory Identifier A032
Box Number 34
Series 10
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10-002
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Newspaper Clippings on Natural History
Publications
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This file contains a number of loose newspaper clippings, many with source and date unknown. Subjects include: music, language, trees and plants, weather, politics, pacific islanders, daily events news, natural history, zoological gardens, historical events and figures.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1934
Quantity 3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier A041
Box Number 34
Series 10
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10-003
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W.H.D. Le Souëf - Newspaper Clippings Notebook
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File contains one bound vol. which contains a number of loose and adhered newspaper clippings covering a wide range of subject matter. Topics include: William Todd; Aborigines of Central Australia; Aboriginal and Australian Geographical names; sheep of the world; sea serpents; diamonds; gorillas; symptoms of anthrax; the Murray and its fish; Australian mammals; earthquakes; Australian birds and their nests (by W.H.D. Le Souëf); a lecture titled "The Rambles of Naturalist with a Camera" by W.H.D. Le Souëf; angora goats; snakes; traps and snares; native animals; ways of lions; parliamentary visit to the zoo; "An Ibis Colony" by W.H.D. Le Souëf; mortality at the zoo; fish hatcheries; trout hatcheries; trapping game; handling a broken horse; whaling; the Le Souëfs; nature notes and queries and fishing regulations.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1901 - 1925
Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, News Clippings, Notebooks, Loose Photographic Prints and Lists
Inventory Identifier A078
Box Number 34
Series 10
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10-004
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Newspaper Clippings - Bound Book
Publications, also A208
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File consists of 1 bound vol. containing numerous newspaper clippings covering a wide range of topics. These include diseases, illness, health, geology, horticulture, agriculture, astronomy, natural history, natural disasters, and zoological gardens.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1875 - 1980, mostly 1875-1932
Quantity 5.3 cm, 1 volume
Formats News Clippings and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier A106
Box Number 34
Series 10
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10-005
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Newspaper Clippings and J.C. Le Souëf - Plans for a Zoo History
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This file contains numerous newspaper clippings relating to natural disasters all around the world including floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves, tornadoes, hurricanes and storms; also articles on Antarctic exploration and discoveries. Also includes notes on the history of the Zoological Gardens, the Zoological Society, the Acclimatization Society, the Zoological and Acclimatization Society, the Zoological Board of Victoria and the acclimatisation of animals and birds in Australia, possibly for a journal article; 12 picture postcards of the Le Souëf's Aquarium Museum in Rosebud; and 2 letters addressed to Mr Eric Backhouse, Dromana Hospital.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1901 - 1980, 1901-27, 1960-80
Quantity 5.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, Accounts, General Correspondence, Drafts, Ephemera, News Clippings, Loose Notes and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier A109
Box Number 34
Series 10
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10-006
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Newspaper Clippings - Bound Book
Publications, part of A106
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A bound vol. containing assorted newspaper articles including a number relating to the Sandridge Fire, Melbourne University Matriculation and Civil Service Examination, Melbourne Outcasts, sleep, ghosts, poverty and ship races - 1945 to 1946,
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1875 - 1980, mostly 1875-1932
Quantity 2 cm, 1 volume
Formats Ephemera, News Clippings and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier A208
Box Number 34
Series 10
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10-007
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Newspaper Clippings and Magazines - Loose Sheets
Publications
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This file includes newspaper, journal, magazine articles or part of, covering a wide range of subjects, mostly relating to issues in the area of natural history. Sources are taken from The Herald, The Argus, The Southern Peninsula, Rotarian, Sunday Times and the Sunday Telegraph. Subjects include: the royal family, movie stars and reviews, park land or national parks, the southern peninsula, archaeology, zoological gardens and circles, preservation of animals (particularly native animals), wildlife. Also contains a few journal and newspaper articles written by the Le Souëfs and children's book titled "The Two Little Pigs" by Molly Clarke.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1933 - 1967
Quantity 6.2 cm, 2 file
Formats General Publications, News Clippings and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A118
Box Number 35
Series 10
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10-008
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Newspaper Clippings on Natural History - Zoological Gardens
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One file, approximately 100 pages, containing numerous newspaper articles all relating to issues concerning zoological gardens and their animals in Australia and other parts of the world. Many of the articles relate to the conditions of the zoo including housing, preservation, zoo mortality, operative procedures, enclosures; whether zoos should be abolished as inhumane - Animal Welfare League; the establishment of zoos in particular native zoos in Victoria, zoological reserves of Australian fauna, sites of the zoo, cabinet committees inspection; regulations and welfare of zoo conditions and zoo improvements, zoological politics, taming and training of animals, importing and exporting animals, escapes from zoos, zoo history, future plans for the zoo; zoo nursery and operative procedures, zoo displays, modern zoos, Royal Zoological and Acclimatization Society, Sherbrooke Forest, experimentation at the zoo, Mr Wilkie director of the zoo, housing problems, studies at the zoo, etc. Originally filed with A261 and A309.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1930 - 1935
Quantity 10 cm, 1 file
Formats News Clippings
Inventory Identifier A310
Box Number 35
Series 10
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10-008
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Newspaper Clippings on Natural History - Zoological Gardens
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One file, approximately 100 pages, containing numerous newspaper articles all relating to issues concerning zoological gardens and their animals in Australia and other parts of the world. Many of the articles relate to the conditions of the zoo including housing, preservation, zoo mortality, operative procedures, enclosures; should zoos be abolished as inhumane - Animal Welfare League; the establishment of zoos in particular native zoos in Victoria, zoological reserves of Australian fauna, sites of the zoo, cabinet committees inspection; regulations and welfare of zoo conditions and zoo improvements, zoological politics, taming and training of animals, importing and exporting animals, escapes from zoos, zoo history, future plans for the zoo; zoo nursery and operative procedures, zoo displays, modern zoos, Royal Zoological and Acclimatization Society, Sherbrooke Forest, experimentation at the zoo, Mr Wilkie director of the zoo, housing problems, studies at the zoo, etc. Originally filed with A261 and A310.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1930 - 1935
Quantity 10 cm, 1 file
Formats News Clippings
Inventory Identifier A309
Box Number 35
Series 10
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10-008
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Newspaper Clippings on Natural History - Zoological Gardens
Publications
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One file, approximately 100 pages, containing numerous newspaper articles all relating to issues concerning zoological gardens and their animals in Australia and other parts of the world. Many of the articles relate to the conditions of the zoo including housing, preservation, zoo mortality, operative procedures, enclosures; whether zoos should be abolished as inhumane - Animal Welfare League; the establishment of zoos, in particular native zoos in Victoria, zoological reserves of Australian fauna, sites of the zoo, cabinet committees inspection; regulations and welfare of zoo conditions and zoo improvements, zoological politics, taming and training of animals, importing and exporting animals, escapes from zoos, zoo history, future plans for the zoo; zoo nursery and operative procedures, zoo displays, modern zoos, Royal Zoological and Acclimatization Society, Sherbrooke Forest, experimentation at the zoo, Mr Wilkie director of the zoo, housing problems, studies at the zoo, etc. Originally filed with A309 and A310.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1930 - 1935
Quantity 10 cm, 1 file
Formats News Clippings
Inventory Identifier A261
Box Number 35
Series 10
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10-009
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Newspaper Clippings on Natural History
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This file consists of newspaper clippings on natural history, in particular native and other flora. Articles are attached to tissue paper, and source and dates unknown. Also contains a number of newspaper clippings on the Clarke Family (possibly relations of Mary Le Souëf [Clarke]), and an article by J.C. Le Souëf titled "Animals Came as Immigrants", The Herald.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1935 - 1938
Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, Drafts and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier A039
Box Number 35
Series 10
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10-010
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Newspaper Clippings on Natural History; Belgrave Zoo; Articles by J.C. Le Souëf
Publication
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This file contains newspaper clippings and includes published articles by J.C. Le Souëf. Also includes articles relating to the establishment and development of the Belgrave Zoological Gardens and to natural history.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1930 - 1940
Quantity 5 cm, 1 file
Formats News Clippings
Inventory Identifier A306
Box Number 36
Series 10
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10-011
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Articles on Natural History and Travel by Le Souëf Family
Publications - Drafts
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Two files containing a number of newspaper clipping referring to areas of natural history - flora, fauna, Australian landscapes, bush and park land. Also includes a number of typed notes, part of a publication (draft), possibly belonging to W.H.D. Le Souëf.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1907 - 1933, most undated
Quantity 3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Drafts, News Clippings, Loose Notes and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier A040
Box Number 36
Series 10
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10-012
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Indexed Book Labelled - Joseph B. French 1896-1897
Publications
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One bound volume, 27.5cm x 31.5 cm, containing numerous newspaper clippings on a wide range of topics, some include: animals, art, Africa, accidents, Australia, Aborigines, music, astronomy, aleuts, Americans, asylums, athletes, human bones, books, birds, belfry, trading, Australian myths. An index is included at the front of the volume.
Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1894 - 1934
Quantity 15.7 cm, 1 volume
Formats General Publications, News Clippings, Loose Notes and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A198
Box Number 37
Series 10
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