File containing Australian Academy of Science correspondence and circulars.Reports

Correspondence and circulars regarding Australian Academy of Science matters, including elections and Annual General Meetings.Reports

Correspondence and circulars regarding Australian Academy of Science matters, including elections, Annual General Meetings and the Australian Foundation of Science.Reports

Letter from David Craig to Fellows of the AAS requesting input into review of IAS and covering copy of Terms of Reference.

File containing the following publications: J. McLuckie and A.H.J. Petrie, "The Vegetation of the Kosciusko Plateau", reprint from Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol LII, Pt 45, 1927;
T.D.J. Leech, "The Role of Science in the Snowy Mountains Scheme", reprint from The Australian Journal of Science, Vol. 16, No.2, December 1953; Australian Academy of Science, "A Report on the Condition of the High Mountain Catchments of New South Wales and Victoria", Canberra, May 1957.

Botany Department correspondence file relating to Professor Turner's involvement with the Australian Academy of Science Committee on Soil Erosion.

Untitled Botany Department correspondence file concerning the Kosciusko State Park.

Item includes reference to: Australian Academy of Science Kosciusko State Park Committee; Kosciusko Primitive Area.

Item includes: Professor Sir John Eccles, Professor J.S. Turner, Dr. M. F. Day, Professor F. J. Fenner, "Report on a Primitive Area, Kosciusko State Park", Canberra, November, 1960; various newspaper articles (clippings and photocopies) concerning a dispute between the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority and the Kosciusko State Park Trust over engineering works in the Kosciusko State Park.Reports

Botany Department correspondence file concerning matters relating to the activities of the Australian Academy of Science Committee on National Parks. Professor Turner was Convener/Chairman of the group's Victorian Sub-Committee.

See also "Ecological Reserves" file, Item No. ?, Box No. 6.

One of a set of files collated by Professor Turner while preparing a history of the Academy's involvement with research and conservation in the Kosciusko area (see also Items TURN00736 to TURN00741).

Item includes: W. R. Browne, M. F. Day, A. B. Costin, J.S. Turner, "The Kosciusko Primitive Area", reprinted from The Australian Journal of Science, Volume 27, Number 7, January, 1965, page 203; Australian Academy of Science, "The Future of the Kosciusko Summit Area: A report on a Proposed Primitive Area in the Kosciusko State Park", reprinted from The Australian Journal of Science, Vol. 23, No. 12, June, 1961, p 391.Reports

One of a set of files collated by Professor Turner while preparing a history of the Academy's involvement with research and conservation in the Kosciusko area (see also Items TURN00735 to TURN00741).

Item includes: correspondence, notes and draft documents relating to a history of the Academy's involvement with alpine research.Reports

One of a set of files collated by Professor Turner while preparing a history of the Academy's involvement with research and conservation in the Kosciusko area (see also Items TURN00735 to TURN00741).

Item includes: leaflets, reports and correspondence concerning the relationship between scientists and national parks (e.g. scientists' use of national parks for research).Reports

One of a set of files collated by Professor Turner while preparing a history of the Academy's involvement with research and conservation in the Kosciusko area (see also Items TURN00735 to TURN00741).

Item includes: reprints and publications; itinerary of Kosciusko visit by Soil Conservation Committee, Australian Academy of Science 5-12 March 1957; Academy Committee general correspondence.

Item includes reference to: Academy of Science Committee on Mountain Catchments; Kosciusko Tops Committee.

One of a set of files collated by Professor Turner while preparing a history of the Academy's involvement with research and conservation in the Kosciusko area (see also Items TURN00735 to TURN00741).

Item includes: various issues of The Journal of the Soil Conservation Service of NSW, 1949 to 1954; "Water and Power for the Nation", Snowy Mountains Scheme promotional brochure; copies of the Lands Acquisition Act 1955; copies of amendments to the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Power Act 1949-1955; R. T. Morland, "Notes on the Snow Lease Section of Hume Catchment Area", extract from Soil Conservation Journal, January, 1951; A. B. Costin, "Hydrological Studies in the Upper Snowy Catchment Area With Special Reference to the Effects of Land Utilisation", extract from Soil Conservation Journal, January, 1952; River Murray Commission, "Report for the Year 1952-53", Commonwealth of Australia, 1953.

One of a set of files collated by Professor Turner while preparing a history of the Academy's involvement with research and conservation in the Kosciusko area (see also Items TURN00735 to TURN00741).

Item includes reference to: high mountain catchments.

One of a set of files collated by Professor Turner while preparing a history of the Academy's involvement with research and conservation in the Kosciusko area (see also Items TURN00735 to TURN00740).

File includes material relating to the degradation of high country areas in NSW and Victoria.

Item includes reference to: grazing in the Snowy Mountains area; soil conservation; Kosciusko Snow Leases; Hume Reservoir Catchment; Australian Academy of Science report on snow leases; Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority; Soil Conservation Service of NSW; Kosciusko State Park Trust.

Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.Reports

Reprints and typescripts of papers by Professor R.L. Specht, curriculum vitae and publication list.Forms, Reports,

Publications, typescripts by Professor R.L. Specht together with correspondence between Specht and Turner, and Dr R.O. Slatyer and Turner, regarding nomination of Specht to the Australian Academy of Science.

Correspondence regarding the election of Professor R.L. Specht's to the Australian Academy of Science.

Item includes: Professor Specht's research proposal on Mediterranean Ecosystems.

Letter to J.S. and K. Turner from Professor R.L. Specht on various matters, including: retirement; state of science; plant community listing by Bill Williams; Mediterranean Ecosystems Project.

Item includes: circulars and information on Mediterranean Ecosystems - Data Source Book; letter to Turner from Alex Costin concerning his support for Professor R.L. Specht's election to the Australian Academy of Science.

File concerning the publications and achievements of Professor R.L. Specht and his election to the Australian Academy of Science.

Item includes: Professor Spects's curriculum vitae; lists of publications by Specht.Reports

Item includes: draft manuscript of Australian Heathlands, Chapter III, "The Problems of Heathlands" accompanied by covering correspondence; outline, data questionnaire and covering correspondence concerning Mediterranean-Type and Related Heathlands, a UNESCO "Data Source Book".

Correspondence, circulars and questionnaire regarding Australian Science Archives Project survey of scientific records.Forms

Presidential Paper, Number 2, G.M. Badger, "The Nature of Scientific Discovery, Fundamental Research in Science", September 1974.

File titled AASW (Australian Association of Scientific Workers), but contains material concerning the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists and the American Society of Plant Physiologists.

Item includes: The J.G. Wood Memorial Lecture 1979, D.J. Carr, "First know the nature of things"; newsletters, pamphlets and correspondence regarding membership of the American Society of Plant Physiologists.Forms

Folder containing various reports, press release statements and pamphlets concerning Australian Government science policy and science and technology in Australia.

Item includes: "A Government Statement by John Kerin, Minister for Primary Industries and Energy, and Peter Cook, Minister for Resources", May 1989; Australian Academy of Science monograph, Discovery and Responsibility, A Symposium held at the 1988 Annual General Meeting of the Australian Academy of Science, April 1988.

Correspondence and pamphlets regarding the ACF Council Election for the period 1973 to 1975 and resignation of Councillors including Turner.

Item includes: confidential letter (dated 2 November 1973) from Philip Mountbatten, on the South Australian Governor's letterhead, expressing regret at events at ACF Council meetings and his intention to continue with the ACF for the present; copy of news cutting and cover note from C. Warren Bonython regarding the resignation of ACF Councillors and his decision to "speak to the press," 30 October 1973.Reports

Itinerary and tour details for the Royal Society of Victoria Australis' Inaugural Desert Parks Tour, September 9th to 13th 1990.Forms

Programmes and correspondence concerning the 1984 BHP Awards for the Pursuit of Excellence. Professor Turner was a judge for the "Environment" section of the awards programme.

File containing correspondence concerning Professor Turner's entry for the Bicentennial BHP Awards for the Pursuit of Excellence.

File containing correspondence from Professor Hubert (Bert) Bolton to Professor Turner concerning Bolton's history of optical munitions and tropic proofing.

Item includes: H. C. Bolton, "Optical Instruments In Australia In The 1939-45 War: Successes And Lost Opportunities", Australian Physicist, Vol. 27, No. 3, March 1990.

Reports

Reports

Correspondence regarding "BUDA" Historic Home and Garden. Item includes Victorian National Trust pamphlets on various properties.Reports

File containing correspondence and pamphlets concerning the "BUDA" Historic Home and Garden, Castlemaine.Forms, Reports,

Correspondence, drafts and notes concerning the writing, editing and production of a handbook including a history of "BUDA" Historic Home and Garden, Castlemaine.Reports

Drafts and correspondence regarding Rosemary James' article "BUDA, History of Management, 1987 to 1989" with Turner's comments on the typescript.

Item includes: seminar registration lists; seminar programme; seminar promotional material.

Correspondence from Juliet Burrell, CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research, regarding drafts of her papers on Leptospermum laevigatum and the Leptospermum genus.

File containing Castlemaine Council circulars and papers relating to Administrative Appeals Tribunal hearings initiated by J. S. and K. Turner against a proposal to erect flats at the corner of Templeton and Randall Streets, Castlemaine.

Correspondence and notes regarding an appeal against development in Castlemaine.Forms

Correspondence and notes regarding an appeal against development in Castlemaine.

Forms

Correspondence regarding preservation of a house at 53 Campbell Street, Castlemaine.Reports

Correspondence regarding an appeal against the sub-division of land adjacent to the historic Pennyweight Flat Children's Cemetery in Castlemaine.

Item includes: bird and plant lists for the Castlemaine area; botanic gardens plant lists; circulars and pamphlets produced by the Castlemaine Field Naturalists.

Circulars and newsletters regarding the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum.Forms, Reports,

File containing a letter from Yvonne Graham thanking Turner for being guest speaker at a Castlemaine Historical Society meeting.

Item includes: letter from the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works to Professor Turner regarding levels of chlorine in Castlemaine's water supply; manuscript note regarding chemistry of chlorinated water.

Minutes and correspondence regarding the Ellis Stone Memorial Committee and Appeal.

Correspondence and notes regarding Professor Chambers application for the position of Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain, Sydney.Forms

Correspondence from D. Churchill regarding bibliography of Baron Von Mueller's publications.

Item includes: estray, photocopy of report on Gellibrand Hill Park Open Day, 1988; John S. Turner, "Landscape, Architecture and Planning on Norfolk Island", Architecture in Australia, December, 1971.

Manuscript notes and correspondence relating to the nomination of Dr H.T. Clifford for a personal chair at the University of Queensland.

Correspondence between Collins Publishers, Professor Turner, H.T. Clifford and Professor R.L. Specht, regarding books in the Australian Nature Series and authorship of the series.

Item includes: parts of a printout of database on Australian Plants, with manuscript notes.

Item includes: J.H. Willis, "Australian Literature (1969-1979 inclusive) Featuring Conservation of Rare and/or Endangered Plant Species"; correspondence from Alan Newsome, CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research, to Professor Turner regarding conservation and Australian Aboriginal land ownership, November 1979; correspondence from Peter Stanton, Qld. National Parks and Wildlife Service, to Professor Turner regarding plant communities in National Parks and provision of information, 11 July 1979; correspondence from L.J. Webb, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, regarding importance of Australian Rainforests and the internal politics of Australian Conservation Foundation; correspondence from Joe Jenny to Professor Turner regarding sea levels, geology and national parks, and chapter in nature book, 22 July 1979 and 15 July 1979; Department of Bio-Geography & Geomorphology, ANU letter to Turner regarding "important pollen-analytical sites in Australia for heritage purposes", 1 May 1980; copy of letter, D.S. Saunders, Director of National Parks Service, to R.L. Specht regarding Specht's chapter on "Conservation of Vegetation Types in Australia", 10 August 1979.

Brochures and News Bulletins from the ACF (Australian Conservation Foundation), AHC (Australian Heritage Commission), LCC (Land Conservation Council), VNPA (Victoria National Parks' Association), East Gippsland Coalition, and the Conservation Council of Victoria.

File containing various estrays, most related in some way to conservation matters.

Item includes: personal letter (possibly from W.V. Houghton) on Legislative Assembly, Parliament of Victoria letterhead, discussing the Soil Conservation Authority and the efforts of some members of the Liberal Party to increase the size and number of reserved areas, 15 April 1982; D.F. Michael, World Wildlife Fund Australia, to Professor Turner requesting information on the original "go ahead" for the Kosciusko Reserve, required in relation to statements by Professor Tulloh, together with Professor Turner's draft replies, 8 March 1983; Jim Willis' plant list of Melville Cove, 1 August 1979.

Item includes: "Extracts from Department of State Forests Reports", periods ending 30 June 1908 to 1979; Lists of Forests Commission Officers with only Diploma of Forestry (Creswick); "Appointment of Members - Board of Forestry Education", 1908 to 1980.Reports

Minutes, circulars and correspondence regarding re-organisation of Creswick Forestry School.Reports

Correspondence regarding Professor Turner's donation of issues of the journal Plant Physiology to the Creswick Forestry School Library.

File containing correspondence, cards and monograph.

Item includes: "The Necessary But Uneasy Alliance Between Government and Higher Education" by Lord Dainton, FRS, 1988; A.L.G. Rees, "Science in Bondage", the Inaugural Ian William Wark Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 1987; letter from Professor Peter Greig-Smith to Professor Turner regarding material for a Biographical Memoir on the late Dr A.S. Watt, 1988; photocopy of pages from The Sheaf, magazine of the Central Secondary School, Sheffield, with a group photograph of "The Sheaf Club" including Turner, 1927.

Item includes reference to: CSS - Central Secondary School for Boys; MB - Memoir's Biographical.

Item includes: personal correspondence to J. S. and K. T. Turner from Barbara Dainton; photocopies of memoir articles regarding Central Secondary School, Sheffield.

Correspondence and draft typescript by R.L. Davidson entitled "Do You Have a Choice?", with Professor Turner's editorial suggestions.

Copies of correspondence and submission from Wangaratta Fly Fishing Club regarding amendments to the Drainage of Land Act 1958.

Item includes reference to: conservation of river courses.

Correspondence between Dr. Sophie Ducker and Professor Turner regarding the use of his archives for her historical research into War Work at The University of Melbourne Botany School.

Item includes: pamphlets and articles regarding the British Columbia Ecological Reserves Act; the establishment of Ecological Reserves in Australia; "Suggestions for Recommendations to Council: National Parks Committee", Australian Academy of Science, c 1975.Forms, Reports,

Copies of correspondence regarding the establishment of eco-system education areas, tracts of public land supporting relatively undisturbed ecosystems used as a source for community education.

Item includes: Professor Turner's membership certificate for the Explorers Club; Explorers Club newsletters; Professor Turner's resignation from The Explorers Club.

Copy of typescript paper by Rod Fawns, "The Cultural Roots of School Biology in Australia - From vitalism and mechanism to dialectical materialism", undated, post 1988; several notes from Rod Fawns to Professor Turner; estray, manuscript of editorial comments by Professor Turner, possibly regarding the Rod Fawns article.

Item includes: letters/notes to Professor Turner regarding assistance with a history of science education and The Web of Life school programme, March 1980; Science Teachers' Association circulars; draft paper by D.M. (D.G. Morgan?) on publication of The Web of Life.Reports

Item includes: draft typescript of "General Science and Social Reconstruction" with comments by Professor Turner; correspondence from Rod Fawns to Professor Turner.

Draft typescript of "The Web of Life, The Adaptation of American Models and the Australian Landscape".

Copies of articles on the effects of bushfire on plant communities.

Item includes: circular regarding "Flinders Safari"; manuscript notes.

Item includes: licence for Professor Turner to pick protected wild flowers or protected native plants in State Forests within Victoria; information on Board of Examiners and Chairman of Forestry Commission of Victoria.Forms

Item includes: symposium papers presented at "The Second Fire Ecology Symposium", Monash University 1970; draft of Professor Turner's paper to the Third Fire Ecology Symposium; copies of papers and articles regarding the ecology of bush fires.

Item includes: draft typescripts with annotations for the second edition of Jean Galbraith's book Garden in the Valley (first published 1939); drafts of Professor Turner's "Introduction".

Item includes: correspondence regarding revision of, and illustrations for the second edition of Jean Galbraith's book Garden in the Valley (first published 1939); correspondence regarding Professor Turner's nomination of Jean Galbraith for the Order of Australia; lists of landscape paintings.

Correspondence, especially from Jean Galbraith to Professor Turner, regarding the second edition of Jean Galbraith's book Garden in the Valley (first published 1939).

Item includes: pen and ink drawing of Grevillea robusta (signed "JST").

Letters from Jean Galbraith to Professor Turner found loose amongst Turner's papers.

Item includes: "Spring News" circular 1989; estrays regarding M.M. Gibson publication and Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset.

Item includes copies of: Jeremy Pike, "Urban Landscape Guidelines, A Handbook Prepared For The Garden State Committee", Melbourne 1979; "Design Guidelines, Gardens and Fences in Hawthorn", undated draft; Countryside Commission for Scotland, "Garden and Designed Landscapes, An Owner's Guide To Planning Their Management and Conservation", 1989.Reports

Undated list of plants in the Turners' garden at 38 Campbell Street, Castlemaine.

Item includes: typescript of speech for "Graduation Ceremony, University of Melbourne", Saturday, April 6th, 1974; Professor M.J. Canny, "Occasional Address to Science Graduation Ceremony", 6 April 1973.

Item includes: various news cuttings of reviews of books and classical recordings; notes on particular classical recordings.

"Sample file" connected with the Miss M.M. Gibson Trust, founded in 1945, for the "maintenance, development and improvement of the flora in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens ".

Item includes: minutes and circulars connected with the Trust; typescript draft of Illustrated Flora of Victoria.Reports

"Sample file" connected with the Miss M.M. Gibson Trust, founded in 1945, for the "maintenance, development and improvement of the flora in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens ".

Item includes: newsletter, Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Number 5, August 1983; minutes of Miss M.M. Gibson (Gardens) Trust, 29 March 1984 and 31 May 1984.

"Sample file" connected with the Miss M.M. Gibson Trust, founded in 1945, for the "maintenance, development and improvement of the flora in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens ".

Item includes: letter from Peter Howson to Professor Turner dealing with Cranbourne garden development and negotiations with State Government on the Royal Botanic Gardens, 24 April 1991.

"Sample file" connected with the Miss M.M. Gibson Trust, founded in 1945, for the "maintenance, development and improvement of the flora in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens ".

Item includes: photocopy of the Royal Institute of Parks and Gardens publication "A Report on the Collection of Native Plants in Australian Botanic Gardens and Arboreta", Canberra, October 1984.

Correspondence from Dr Gillbank to Professor Turner concerning Gillbank's research into the history of ecology research in the Bogong High Plains.

Press releases, correspondence and promotional material (including programmes) concerning Goldfields Cultural Tours.

File concerning opposition to the reconstruction (widening) of Berkeley Street, Hawthorn.Reports

Item includes: correspondence regarding Professor Turner's accommodation arrangement for the Congress; Congress programme; material concerning the Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney.

Correspondence and maps regarding the Save the Dandenongs League campaign to establish Kalorama Forest Park.

Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.Reports

Item includes: correspondence and copy of article regarding protection of Keilor Plains flora; summary report of the Keilor Plains Group's efforts to protect the St. Albans Rail Reserve site.Reports

Correspondence from Frank Kellaway to Professor Turner, mainly concerning editorial advice from Turner on a draft of "Redgum City".

File concerning botanical investigations and surveys conducted in the Kimberleys.

Item includes: programme/schedule for a LRRS and CSIRO West Kimberley Survey Conducted Tour, 1959; correspondence from Turner to his wife and family during the 1959 tour; proof map of Ord-Victoria River area, Northern Territory and Western Australia; Department of Lands and Surveys, Western Australia interim report "Botanical Investigations - N. Kimberley", c 1921; Turner's field notes and notebook, "Kimberleys, October 1959".

Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.Reports

Item includes: manuscript drafts for talks on LCC history by Professor Turner; Land Conservation Council, "Areas of Parks and Timber Production Zones", September 1978; account of amounts due to Turner from LCC; correspondence relating to LCC nominees and results of elections, c 1978; MMBW (Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works) letter to Turner advising of his nomination to Lower Yarra Advisory Committee, December 1981; estray, J.B. Potter, Registrar, University of Melbourne, regarding re-appointment of Turner as Honorary Professor, 24 February 1981; estray, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne Newspage with item on citations of paper co-authored by P.S. Turner (Professor Turner's son), 4 December 1980.Reports

Item includes: photocopy of Premier Hamer's announcements regarding Soil Conservation Authority (later Land Conservation Council) formation and powers, November 1960; LCC maps of Alpine Study Area, Northern Victoria.

Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.

Undated Land Conservation Council Vegetation Maps of North Eastern Study Area and East Gippsland Study Area.

Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.

Correspondence, minutes and submissions regarding Langewarrin Reserve.Reports

Correspondence, minutes and submissions regarding the management of the Langewarrin Reserve.

Correspondence and ecological reports on the establishment of "Lilydale House" as a gazetted sanctuary.Reports

Minutes of meetings and reports to Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW).Reports

Minutes of meetings and reports to Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works.

Item includes: "Lower Yarra Advisory Committee Interim Report to the Board", October 1980.Reports

Item includes: manuscript draft of Cr. P.A. Jones and J.S. Turner, "Lower Yarra Advisory Committee - Draft Report on Industrial Zone", 14 November 1980; correspondence regarding Committee matters.Reports

Reports and copies of correspondence to the Lower Yarra River Advisory Committee regarding policy on Industrial Landscape and Residential Landscape Zones.Reports

Item includes: photographic survey map of Melbourne, 1978; Kinhill Centre for Environmental Studies, "Lower Yarra Concept Plan"; Lower Yarra Administrative Arrangements, c 1982.

Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.Reports

Item includes: UNESCO, Dynamic Changes in Terrestrial Eco-systems: patterns of change, techniques for study and applications to management, 1976; UNESCO, Task Force On Criteria and Guidelines for the Choice and Establishment of Biosphere Reserves, Final Report 1974; photocopy, "IUCN World Conservation Strategy, Sundry Extracts Referring Specifically to Australia"; offprint, J.G. Hawkes, ed, "Conservation and Agriculture"; copy of article "The Australian Radiation - Origin, Isolation and Drift", Journal Royal Society of Australia, Vol 47, No.4; offprint of O.H. Frankel, "Variation - The Essence of Life", 1970.Reports

File containing Maryborough Field Naturalists Club submission to the Land Conservation Council protesting against a plan to convert part of the Wombat State Forest to pine plantations, June 1974.

File containing two copies of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research circular "Constitution of the Society, Amended to September 15th, 1937".

Typescript draft of report on a McCoy Society excursion to the Mallee.

Please Note: Item yet be located at the University of Melbourne Archives and therefore has not been fully described.Reports

Item includes: sundry photographs, negatives, sketch maps, and correspondence regarding research on Sunday Island.

Please Note: Item yet be located at the University of Melbourne Archives and therefore has not been fully described.

Item includes: biographical sketches of Professor J. D. Medley; note from Maurice Brown to Professor Turner regarding draft "Forward" to second edition of Medley Verses.

Item includes: correspondence and circulars regarding Professor J.S. Turner's membership of the Melbourne Club and preservation of the Club tree; "List of Members", 1974; Melbourne Club Constitution and Rules, 1976; correspondence regarding Turner's resignation from the Club, December 1983.Forms, Reports,

Item includes: news cuttings regarding Major Mitchell's 1836 surveying expedition and his exploring party's ambush of Aboriginal people on the 27 May 1836; Juliet F. Bird, "Thomas Mitchell and the Discovery of Australia Felix", 1976; photocopies of Major Mitchell survey notes, "Angles from Bluff Hill"; report by Gregory C. Eccleston and correspondence from Stuart Calder(?), Department of Conservation, Forests & Lands, to Professor J.S. Turner regarding proposed Major Mitchell Long Distance (Walking) Track and its impracticality.Reports

File containing news cuttings and correspondence regarding the 'conservation' views of Oliver Moriarty and Professor Kenneth Mellaby and the Association for Regional Parks and Countryside Commissions of Australia.Reports

Item includes: list of candidates for Election of Committee of the Castlemaine Goldfields Branch of the National Trust; Professor J.S. Turner's National Trust membership card, 1989; letter from Simon Molesworth to Professor J.S. Turner advising of his election as an honorary member of the National Trust of Australia (Vic.), 23 January 1990.

Draft constitution, memoranda, and correspondence regarding the Historic Gardens Study Supervisory Committee of the National Trust.Reports

Item includes: minutes meetings of the Historic Gardens Study Supervisory Committee (Professor Turner Chairman); National Trust of Australian (Vic.) memoranda.

Item includes reference to: Australian Garden History Society.

Item includes reference to: National Trust of Australia Historic Gardens Study Project; National Trust of Australia Historic Gardens Study Supervisory Committee; National Trust of Australia (Vic.) lecture series on the history and development of landscaped gardens in the State of Victoria and a proposal to publish the lectures.

Item includes: copy of a proposal for a series of lectures on the history and development of landscaped gardens in the State of Victoria (proposal includes a list of proposed lecturers and their lecture topics); draft copies of papers/lectures prepared by various authors; submissions, reports, correspondence and memoranda regarding the National Trust of Australia (Vic.) Historic Gardens Study.

Item includes: copy of Turner & Turner Consultants, paper, "Monarto Development Lands and Environment, the Vegetation, Ecology and Landscape of the Monarto Site and its Environs, Second Stage Report"; two reprints of article by Professor J.S. Turner entitled, "Landscape and Townscape", Trust newsletter, February 1964; undated pamphlet "Safeguarding the Victorian Landscape".Reports

Item includes: "Landscape Preservation: Proceedings of a One Day Seminar", 28 May 1966.

Item includes: membership lists for the National Trust of Australia (Vic.) Landscape Preservation Council; membership lists for the National Trust of Australia Landscape Committee; undated, draft document entitled "Victoria's Forest Parks"; map of Victoria showing park locations; draft "Procedure Manual" for the National Trust of Australia Landscape Committee (manual includes information regarding the organisation of the Committee and the responsibilities of its members).

Item includes: Trust News, official monthly journal of the National Trust of Australia (Vic.), March 1980, Vol. 7, No. 8; National Trust memoranda; minutes of meetings of the National Trust of Australia Landscape Committee; National Trust of Australia (Vic.), "A Submission to the State Development Committee, Inquiry into Omeo/Mitta Mitta Road Link", June 1980; annotated document, "The Future Role of the National Trust in Landscape Conservation"; Professor J.S. Turner, report on "Scoria and Tuff Quarrying in Victoria" (D. A. Mckenzie); Local Government Department (Victoria) correspondence regarding Code of Practice for Co-ordination of Streetworks; National Trust of Australia (Victoria), "Fawthrop Lagoon, Portland"; National Trust of Australia (Victoria), "The Woodchip Industry," August, 1975; Local Government Department (Victoria), Victorian Division, "Policies for Pulpwood Utilisation in East Gippsland;

Item includes reference to: Como Garden; Churchill Island and Rhyll/Newhaven bay; poplar plantation - Murray Valley Flood Plain.Forms, Reports,

Item includes: minutes of meetings of the National Trust of Australia (Vic.) Landscape Committee, June 1980 to April 1981; National Trust of Australia (Vic.) correspondence and memoranda.Reports

File containing National Trust of Australia (Vic.) Landscape Committee minutes, September to October 1984.

File concerning matters relating to landscape assessment and conservation and the position of Landscape Research Officer for the National Trust of Australia (Vic.).

Item includes: Ann McGregor, "The Parametric Approach to Landscape Assessment", undated; Lorraine Nadebaum, "Notes on the Role of Government Departments in Landscape Management and Conservation", 4 October 1979; C. Wright, "The Development of the National Trust in Landscape Conservation: Its Current Role and Possible Future", October 1971; curriculum vitae and correspondence regarding Marilyn McBriar's application for the position of Landscape Research Officer, February 1980.Reports

Item includes: National Trust of Australia (Vic.) Landscape Preservation Council minutes of meetings and circulars.

File containing minutes of meetings of the National Trust of Australia (Vic.) Landscape Preservation Council.

Item includes: National Trust of Australia (Vic.) Landscape Preservation Council membership list (undated); draft document by of Norman Wettenhall entitled "Comments on the Landscape Preservation Council of the National Trust", January 1983; "Register of Classified and Recorded Landscapes of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria)", December 1981; correspondence to K. Turner and J.S. Turner from Winty(?); correspondence from Rosemary Black, National Trust, Conservation Project Officer, to Professor J.S. Turner, October 1985; letter to Professor J.S. Turner from Peter Watts, NSW Historic Homes Trust, regarding dedication of the book Historic Gardens of Victoria to Turner, 1982.Reports

Item includes: corrected transcript of Professor Turner's speech to the Quarterly Meeting of the Landscape Committee and Guests, 18/3/1982; historical notes, modus operandi, for research; list of Land Preservation Council personnel 1965 to 1966; copies of Landscape Preservation Council minutes, June 1972 to February 1973, and some estray copies of minutes from 1961.Reports

Item includes: Professor J.S. Turner's draft notes on history of the National Trust Landscape Committee, c 1982; correspondence concerning the conservation of the Errinundra Plateau; Professor J.S. Turner, "Reports to Scientific Advisory Committee, WWF (Aus.)", 2/1/1987; Professor J.S. Turner, "Landscape and Townscape", Trust, a quarterly from the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), February 1964.

Item includes reference to: WWF (Aus.) - World Wildlife Fund, Australia.

File containing various publications and typed manuscripts concerning landscape and planning. Some of the publications were produced or sponsored by the National Trust of Australia.

Item includes: Anne Steeling, "Landscape Evaluation", summary of current methods of inventory and evaluation, c 1974 (copy); copies of several papers and monographs by David Lowenthal, Geoffrey Jellicoe, Susan Jellicoe and others on landscape conservation and related topics, c 1970 to 1975.

File regarding road widening programme at Chewton, Victoria, c 1955 and National Trust opposition to the programme.

File concerning Como House and Garden.

Item includes: National Trust newsletters and pamphlets on Como House; notes and drafts for papers and talks by Professor J.S. Turner on Como; correspondence to Professor J.S. Turner about Como and his interest in Como House.

Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.

Correspondence regarding classification of some Mallee areas at Melton as scenic areas and their preservation by controls if they cannot be purchased.Reports

Correspondence and drafts of report by National Trust Committee to Gisborne Shire Council concerning Mt Macedon Gardens.

Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.Reports

Copies of English National Trust pamphlets, including: "The National Trust and nature conservation", January 1981; "The National Trust and gardens", January 1981; "Opportunities for working with the National Trust", January 1980; "A Strategy Plan for the National Trust in the Lake District", January 1981.

File concerning scoria and tuff quarrying in Victoria.

Item includes: correspondence and drafts concerning National Trust Policy on scoria quarrying and opposition to further quarrying of remaining untouched deposits.

Item includes reference to: quarrying of Mt. Elephant at Derrinallum; Macedon Ranges; protection of Mounts Koroit, Anakie, Gellibrand, Koang, Warrnambool and Napier, Red Rocks (east of Gisborne) and Winilba; Mt. Sugarloaf.Reports

Item includes: correspondence and articles concerning the National Trust Register of Significant Trees; David Parks, A Register of Significant Trees - Report of Pilot Study, November 1980 (two copies).Forms, Reports,

Correspondence, drafts and minutes of meetings relating to the activities of a Sub-Committee to draft a submission to the Government Inquiry into the Western District Fires of January and February 1977. Professor Turner was a member of the Sub-Committee.

Itinerary, circulars and correspondence concerning Western District Tour, 26-28 October 1979.

Item includes: correspondence from Professor Turner to the Australian Government regarding conservation on Norfolk Island; correspondence from the Norfolk Island Flora and Fauna Society to the Australian Conservation Foundation concerning the Society's resignation from the Foundation; Vincent Serventy to Professor Turner regarding joint trip to Norfolk Island; Australian Parks and Wildlife Service, Draft Plan of Management, Mount Pitt Reserve and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden, 1982; correspondence from J.G. Mosley, Australian Conservation Foundation, to Professor Turner covering their comments on the Australian Parks and Wildlife Service management plan.

Item includes: itinerary and notes regarding Northern Territory Tour, 1977; plant samples (one tucked inside folded trip itinerary); field notebook covering trips through Victoria and the Northern Territory.

Item includes: correspondence from Professor Roger Parish to Professor Turner concerning the possibility of applying for a position at Auckland University; request from Macquarie University to Professor Turner for referee report on Parish in relation to his application for the Chair of Biology at the Macquarie University.

Newsletters and minutes of monthly and annual general meetings of the Probus Club of Castlemaine (club for the retired and semi-retired).Forms

Minutes of meetings and newsletters ("News-Sheets") of The Probus Club of Castlemaine (club for the retired and semi-retired).

Item includes: abstracts (undated) of papers from a symposium on "Eucalypt Forest - Resource or Refuge"; L.J. Webb, "Some Encroachments on rain forests of North Queensland (June 1973)", typed transcript; unsigned and undated statement, "Land Use Determination in Queensland"; Australian Conservation Foundation, "Final Itinerary, Travelling Seminar, Conservation and Development Problems in North Queensland", 1973.Reports

Item includes: letter from Professor L.J. Webb to Professor J.S. Turner, 4 March 1988, regarding research on reserves; L.J. Webb, J. G. Tracey and K. P. Haydock, "A Factor Toxic to Seedlings of the Same Species Associated with Living Roots of the Non-Gregarious Sub-tropical Rain Forest Tree Grevillea Robusta", reprint from The Journal of Ecology, Vol. 4, pages 13 to 25, May 1967; circulars relating to World Heritage listing of Queensland Tropical Rainforests, 1988.

File containing items relating to the Roadsides Conservation Committee.

Item includes: conference papers "Roadsides of Today and Tomorrow", 21 June 1980; circulars and correspondence relating to a "Roadsides Seminar" and Professor Turner's attendance; drafts of addresses by Professor Turner; papers from "Forum on Roadsides and Conservation", November 1974.Reports

Item includes: circulars and correspondence concerning the Roadsides Conservation Committee; letter from Louis Lothian, Lothian Publishing, to Professor Turner regarding the re-publishing of the Edna Walling publication The Australian Roadside, August 1984; drafts of addresses by Professor Turner.

Item includes: Professor Turner, "Roadsides - Worth More Than a Passing Thought" (draft copy); correspondence about Roadsides Conservation Committee Seminar, "Roadsides - Worth More Than a Passing Thought", 1983.

Item includes: Roadsides Conservation Committee correspondence; draft of address, entitled "Control Burning and Conservation", delivered by Professor Turner at the Third Field Ecology Symposium, March 1974; drafts of address by Professor Turner to the Bendigo Field Naturalists' Club, 1986; copy of Roadsides Conservation Committee publication, At Ground Level; Reprints of a number of papers presented at a workshop on restoring local vegetation, November 1984.

File containing Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands pamphlets and information sheets regarding: habitiat corridors and wildlife conservation; the assessment of roadside vegetation status; the Roadsides Conservation Committee.Forms

Item includes: draft notes of Professor Turner's address at the launching of Alex George's publication The Banksias, Volume I, illustrated by Celia Rosser; promotional material concerning the Alex George's publication The Banksias, Volume I; Botanical Illustration - A Loan Exhibition, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1964.

File containing copies of Greenprint, newsletter of the Save the Dandenongs League, Nos. 17 and 18, 1989.

Correspondence, minutes, circulars, newsletters and promotional brochures/pamphlets relating to Save the Dandenongs League campaigns.

Item includes reference to: Ms May Moon.Forms

Save the Dandenongs League circulars, correspondence, minutes, and newsletters.Forms

File concerning the history of the Save the Dandenongs League.

Item includes: manuscript draft of personal history of Save the Dandenongs League; 8" x 10" black and white photograph (portrait), possibly of May Moon; list of members of the Save the Dandenongs League.

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00889 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This item includes: Victorian National Parks Association newsletter Parkwatch, September 1978, with articles on alpine parks.

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: copy of telex from Alex Mitchell, Chairman SCA, to Brian Lee, CSIRO Communications Unit, regarding communication with Professor Turner on any publication of results in Alpine research during preparation of Statement by Professor Turner and S.G.M. Carr (nee Fawcett), 27 August 1979; correspondence from Alex Mitchell to Professor Turner regarding criticism of the "Report on Inspections of Parts of the Bogong High Plains Area", 1977 (by Dr A.B. Costin) and amended photograph; Soil Conservation Authority, Ecological and Reclamation Trials in the Mount Hotham Area - Interim Report - 1972; copy of letter from A.B. Costin to Alex Mitchell covering amended photograph for report.Reports

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: undated transcript (typed) of "Vascular Flora of the Bogong High Plains Area (Also Including Mts Basons, Feathertop and Fainter)".

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: Bogong High Plains field notes and photograph list; part of letter from S.G.M. Fawcett (S.G.M. Carr) to Professor Turner, May 1947; draft plant list with annotations; manuscript notes "Wanted for Paper", undated.

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This item consist of a Botany Department file containing correspondence between S.G.M. Fawcett (S.G.M.Carr), Professor Turner and Dr E. McLennan, 1941 to 1948.Reports

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: correspondence from Professor Denis Carr, Queen's University, Belfast, to Professor Turner, discussing Professor Carr's career movements and covering draft typescript history of High Plains research.

Item includes: discussions of the politics of the high plains grazing situation at the time.

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: photocopy of part of map "Rocky Valley Flats", undated; Frank Fenner & A.L.G. Rees, "The Australian Academy of Science: The First Twenty-Five Years, A Brief Review", undated transcript; November 1978 letter from Kevin Kee, Science Teachers' Association of Victoria, to Professor Turner covering copy of "The Conservation of Alpine Catchments".Reports

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

The Item includes: draft and revised copy of "Report on Inspection of the Bogong High Plains, 1977" by Stella G.M. Carr.Reports

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: manuscript notes by J.S. Turner on Statement to LCC (Land Conservation Council), January 1979; correspondence from Maisie Carr (Stella G.M. Carr) to J.S. Turner regarding Bogong research, July 1978; drafts by J.S. Turner and Stella G.M. Carr of article on Alpine Grazing, "Summary of Costin Report"; letter from N.B. Lee, CSIRO to J.S. Turner covering changes to A.B. Costin paper for Ecos magazine, 30 August 1979; J.S. Turner, "The Conservation of Alpine Catchments: An Historical Account", Melbourne University Science Review; summary of an August 2, 1979 meeting to discuss Bogong High Plans ecological research (present at meeting were Mr. Alex Mitchell, Mrs. Masie Carr, Professor Turner, Dr. Malcolm Calder, Dr. David Ashton, Mr. Brian Newell, Mr. John Jakobson, Mr. Ken Rowe, Mr. Bill Thomas and Warwick Papst).Reports

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: copy of confidential letter from Alex Mitchell, Chairman of SCA, to The Honourable W.V. Houghton, MLC, on his visit to Bright Shire, 6 August 1979; table showing "Changes in Percentage Occurrence of Major Species Plant Groups and Bare Ground on Mt Hotham Transects", undated (but shows period 1960 to 1979); copies of Premier's (Henry Bolte) circulars to Ministers regarding authority of Soil Conservation Authority, November 1960 and re-issues 1972, 1979; circular Henry Bolte to Chairman, SCA, regarding "Protection of River Murray Catchment", July 1957

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: letter to Alex Mitchell from Brian Lee, CSIRO, covering copy of Alex Costin and Dane Wimbush article "A High Country Perspective, The High Country - Symphony of Subtle Harmonies" with some suggested corrections by Maisie Carr (Stella G.M. Carr), 22 August 1979 (typescript has some further annotations by J.S. Turner); copies of submissions concerning Alpine Study Area which appear to come from Cattlemen's Association, timber interest groups and Jane Barnaby, then assisting in a history of the "Cattlemen of the High Country", c 1978; "References Relating to Research Work on Alpine Areas", undated typescripts; manuscript draft notes by J.S. Turner and Stella G.M. Carr regarding SCA recommendations.

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: undated and unsigned submission on Grazing Projects, discussing research proposals by J.S. Turner, Stella G.M. Carr, et al; Bogong photographs from research (with captions), 1951 to 1977; photocopy of J.S. Turner article, "The Conservation of Alpine Catchments, An Historical Account", c 1963.Reports

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: Stella G.M. Carr, "The Role of Shrubs in some Plant Communities of the Bogong High Plains", reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Vol 75, Part 2, 14 September 1961; "Programme of the Royal Society of Victoria, Victorian High Plains Symposium," September 1961.

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes: "Report on Inspections of Parts of the Bogong High Plains Area May 2-6, 1977" by A.B. Costin Report 1977.Reports

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00904 for rest of envelope contents.

Item includes following estrays: J.S. Turner draft notes for History of Academy of Science, "5.11 High Mountain Catchments (D.H.)"; news cutting of National Weekly article by John Parry citing Moriarty as being critical of the A.B. Costin report and "anti-grazing theory", c 1979; copy of letter from S.A. McIntyre, Secretary, Hydro-Electricity Commission(?), to Land Conservation Council regarding Commission's Hydrological Objectives for Bogong High Plains, July 1977; unsigned report to Research Projects Committee, "Implications for the Alpine (Above Tree Line) Zone", discussing reports by Stella G.M. Carr and A.B. Costin.Reports

Material from an envelope marked "Current SCA, LCC, Maisie Etc. - Grazing, History". See Item numbers TURN00888 to TURN00903 for rest of envelope contents.

This Item includes submissions to the Land Conservation Council Report on the Alpine Study Area by: N.F. Chester; J.D.S. Gunter and J.M. Gunter; L.R. McCready, Vice-President, Mountain Cattlemen's Association of Victoria; K.C. Rogers; Harry Ryder, and other Mountain Cattlemen's children; D.K. Richardson; G.P. McGowan and Associates Pty. Ltd., for The Mountain District Cattlemen's Association of Victoria.

Item also includes: correspondence from A.B. Costin to J.S. Turner, September and August 1977, regarding Land Conservation Council Report on the Alpine Study Area and other matters, academic qualifications of Oliver Moriarty, high plains progressions, etc.; annotated copy of Land Conservation Council "Statement by Research Projects Committee on Reports prepared by Mrs S.G.M. Carr and Dr A.B. Costin", 9 September 1977; photocopy of Michael Feller article, "Wilderness - Clearing the Mists of Make-Believe", undated.

Item includes: correspondence from Dr R.O. Spencer covering the writing of "special" articles - "Victoria's Environment and Man" - for the Victorian Year Book from 1975; draft chapter outline for "special" articles series.

Item includes: articles and Standards of Practice regarding tree pruning and surgery; correspondence concerning value of trees demolished on "Campsie Lodge" property by sub-division land development on neighbouring property.Reports

One of four files (see also Items TURN00909, TURN00910, and TRUN00911) concerning J.S. Turner's participation in giving U3A courses.

This Item includes: U3A Castlemaine Newsletter, Edition One, August 1988; manuscript notes, in Professor Turner's handwriting, concerning the U3A Castlemaine group Plant Geography course; postcard to J. S. and K. Turner from Carrick and Margaret C. (probably Carrick and Margaret Chambers).

Item includes: correspondence with J.S. Turner from Wallaby members (including Professor Bert Bolton); Wallaby Club circulars/notices (including walks programmes); Wallaby Calender 1986/7.

One of four files (see also Items TURN00908, TURN00910, and TRUN00911) concerning J.S. Turner's participation in giving U3A courses.

Item includes: copies of the U3A Castlemaine Newsletter; minutes of meetings of U3A Castlemaine Inc; "President's Report" and "Treasurer's Report" (U3A Castlemaine); outline for U3A Castlemaine course "Under-rated Writers" (Helen Green convener).Reports

One of four files (see also Items TURN00908, TURN00909, and TRUN00911) concerning J.S. Turner's participation in giving U3A courses.

Lecture pad (notebook) containing notes on chemistry, plant nutrition and plant physiology.

Item includes: Peter Ward, 'Old comrade, old fighter: The Letters Of Tom Uren To Lloyd Rees', The Weekend Australian, August 5-6, 1989.Reports

One of four files (see also Items TURN00908, TURN00909, and TRUN00910) concerning J.S. Turner's participation in giving U3A courses.

Item includes: lecture/talk notes (in J.S. Turner's handwriting) concerning flowering plants.

Item includes: personal correspondence to Helen Vellacott from J.S. Turner covering a copy of "Nomen Medici, Botanico: The names of some native Australian plants and trees named after medical practitioners", by John Pearn.

Item includes: Annual Reports for 1989 and 1988; correspondence from Warwick Forge, Director, Victorian Conservation Trust, to J.S. Turner regarding a "conservation covenant programme"; draft memorandum from J.S. Turner regarding The Australian Heritage Award and acting as referee for the award.

File concerning the Victorian Conservation Trust Heritage Award.

Item includes: correspondence covering the 1990 Australian Heritage Award to the Victorian Conservation Trust Covenanting Programme; J.S. Turner's Victorian Conservation Trust supporter's card (1991) and lapel badge.

Correspondence between the VNPA and J.S. Turner regarding Public Lending Rights monies and Turner's retirement from the Land Conservation Council.Forms

Item includes: Wallaby Club correspondence, notes, and ephemera; sketches for 1978 Wallaby Club card; photographs of Wallaby Club outings; minutes and circulars of club meetings; membership lists, 1963 to 1980.Reports

Item includes: two poems concerning Wallaby outings; two colour photographs taken during a Wallaby Club outing.

Item includes: poems; letter from Dr G.D. Aitchison to J.S. Turner regarding Turner's election to Life Membership of the Wallaby Club, 2 June 1982; photocopy of sketch for Wallaby Club card (undated).Reports

Wallaby Club correspondence, circulars and membership lists.

Item includes: photocopies of sketch for Wallaby Club card; Wallaby Club correspondence.

Item includes: photocopies of sketch for Wallaby Club card; positive plate (transparency) of sketch by Professor Turner; Wallaby Club correspondence and circulars.Reports

Correspondence concerning comments on award of Order of Australia to Dr Weste.

Item includes: correspondence, photographs, and statements of recurrent and other expenses for the McLennan Laboratory, Wilson's Promontory; press cuttings concerning the building of the field laboratory at Tidal River, Wilson's Promontory; specifications for Laboratory construction by Brine Wierzbowski Associates 1961; copy of plans of the Laboratory.

Item includes: lists of mammals and birds of Wilson's Promontory National Park; covering letter to J.S. Turner from Colin Hutchinson concerning bird and mammal lists; handouts for a University of Melbourne Botany School Excursion to Wilson's Promontory, c 1970: roneoed maps of Wilson's Promontory.

Item includes: letter from L.J. Webb, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Rain Forest Ecology Section, to Dr G. Downes, Director of Conservation, Victorian Ministry of Conservation, and J.S. Turner covering information gathered on proposed New Zealand woodchip scheme and maps of affected areas; news cuttings (photocopies) regarding woodchipping scheme; New Zealand Government report, presented to the House of Representatives by Leave, "Utilisation of South Island Beech Forests", 1972.

Item includes: correspondence concerning Conservation Status of Major Australian Plant Communitiesproject by WWF; Charles W. Meredith, Australian Biological Research Group, Management of the Ground Parrot in Victoria, 1984 (with map insert to rear cover).

Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.Reports

Item includes: M.P. Bolton, R.L. Specht, World Wildlife (Australia) Project 10, A Network of Conservation Reserves for Western Queensland, Part A: South-Western Queensland, c 1983; miscellaneous pamphlets, National Gallery Society, Castlemaine Art Gallery; letter from John Messer, Australian Conservation Foundation, to J.S. Turner regarding Discovering Norfolk Island; poem by J.S. Turner, "Gra's Elegy, Or the New Jerusalem"; reprints of articles by P.W. Richards.

File also contained reprints of papers on Killarney Oaklands, and an obituary for J.B.S. Haldane, which have been transferred to Items TURN00970 (Series TURNS004, Unit 007) and TURN00954 (Series TURNS003, Unit 026) respectivelyReports

Item includes: letter to J.S. Turner from Professor C E. Moorhouse concerning his intention to prepare a history of University House (University of Melbourne); precis of paper by C. E. Moorhouse, "The Origin of University House", March 1983.