Series 15 - National Parks


Date Range1939 - 1980s
Quantity
ProvenanceLucy Crosbie Morrison
Description

Publications, maps, photographs, correspondence. This series is strong in its material on Wilsons Promontory National Park, including some good photographs. Also included are some letters of congratulation on PCM's appointment as Director of the National Parks Authority.


Inventory Listing

MORR00737 Victorian and Queensland national parks

Reprints, including: booklets of general information on the national parks of Victoria and Queensland; newsletters of the Victorian National Parks Association; booklet, 'The Wyperfeld (Mallee) National Park, Victoria' by Sir James Barrett, inscribed 'With the Author's compliments'; roneod sheet on nation wide policy on national parks; leaflet on Victorian national parks, 'Highlights of 25 years of national parks administration 1957 - 1982'; newspaper extract on National Parks Bill, 23 November 1970.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1939 - 1982    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 15-1 Series 15
MORR00738 Wilson's Promontory and national parks general

Typescript material, including: 'Statement and evidence for presentation before the State Development Committee', by Crosbie Morrison; papers of the Wilson's Promontory National Park Committee of Management - agenda of meeting 16 May 1951, fire protection plan, and report of the Committee of Management; '"For all the People": Our National Parks', by Crosbie Morrison.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range c. 1950 - 1951    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 15-2 Series 15
MORR00739 Map - Kulkyne National Forest, Lake Hattah

Crosbie Morrison's map of Kulkyne National Forest, Lake Hattah etc, includes additional features added in pencil.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1880? - 1994?, No date. The dates provided are those of the Philip Crosbie Morrison Records.    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 15-3 Series 15
MORR00740 Victorian national parks and the Victorian National Parks Association

Miscellaneous material. Includes: letter from Eileen McKee, Convenor, VNPA Publications Committee, to Lucy Crosbie Morrison; newsletters of the VNPA; copy of National Parks Act, 1956; letter from Nancy Bruce to Lucy Crosbie Morrison; typescripts and photocopies of poem by Nancy Bruce, dedicated to Crosbie Morrison after his death;.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1956 - 1991    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 15-4 Series 15
MORR00741 Wilson's Promontory National Park

Letter to Mrs R.M. Harris from E. Kennedy, Secretary of the Wilson's Promontory National Park Committee of Management; printed guides and promotional material; maps; newspaper cuttings; notes on flora, fauna and geology.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1960s - 1970s, Most material not dated -    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 15-5 Series 15
MORR00742 Wilson's Promontory National Park

Printed guides and information on accommodation; 20 black and white photographs; map.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1960s - 1980s, Most material not dated    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 15-6 Series 15
MORR00743 Photographs

Black and white prints, no negatives. Many unidentified. Prints that are identified are all of locations at Wilson's Promontory: Mt Ramsay Saddle, Sealers Track; Sealer's Cove; Norman Point; Oberon Saddle; Tidal River.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1940s - 1950s, no dates    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 15-7 Series 15
MORR00744 Photographs

Black and white prints, no negatives. Many unidentified. Prints that are identified are all of locations at Wilson's Promontory: Little Oberon Bay; inland from Sealer's Cove; Mt Oberon for Oberon Saddle; Oberon Bay; Norman Point; Darby River; Corner Inlet; Tidal River. Individuals include: 'Mr' (Charles) Brazenor; Billy Blair; Lucy Crosbie Morrison; George Finlay; Ken Blair; Norman Harris.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1940s - 1950s, no dates    Quantity 2.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 15-8 Series 15
MORR00745 Letters of congratulations on Crosbie Morrison's appointment as Director of the National Parks Authority

Correspondents include: A.N. Kemsley; D.J. O'Connor, S.J., Apostleship of Prayer; K.J. Bishop; Laurence Keep; Alex M. McColl; Ron Harvey; C. Irving Benson, Central Mission, Melbourne; Tom Kilburn; Christina Mawdesley; James Lawrence; Mrs A.E. Krisken; U.A. Leeper; Mrs E. Perry, forwarded by Jean Lawson, Junior Naturalists, 3DB; Kim and Billie Blair; Philipp Simon; George Langley; A.W. Jessep, Melbourne Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium; Sir John Latham; C.B. Kay, State Electricity Commission; C.W. Brazenor, National Museum of Victoria.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 6 May 1957 - 28 May 1957    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 15-9 Series 15

Published by the The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on AustehcWeb, August 2008
With support from R.E. Ross Trust, Lucy Crosbie Morrison and The University of Melbourne
Listed by Stuart Brash, Anne-Marie Condé, Libby Robin, Ann McCarthy, Michael Jones, Gavan McCarthy and Tim Sherratt.
HTML edition
Updated 5 April 2011
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/morr/MORS0015.htm

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