MS 4655

Papers of Vincent Serventy



Scope and Content Note

Papers

c1904-2003

69.08 m. (422 boxes + 3 folio items)

Available for reference

The papers were donated by Serventy (mainly under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme) in numerous instalments between 1972 and 2003.

The papers mainly comprise correspondence, periodicals, meeting papers and annual reports by various literary, conservation, ornithological, national parks, wild-life, tree-preservation, limnology and other societies. They include the Wild Life Preservation Society, Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W., the Royal Australian Ornithologists Union, the Australian Society of Authors, World Wildlife Fund (World Wide Fund for Nature), the National Trust of Australia, the Australian Heritage Commission, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), and the N.S.W. National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Other papers in the collection include letters to Serventy from fellow naturalists, academics, societies, government departments, editors, politicians and others, together with some copies of replies; family and personal correspondence; publishers' correspondence; writings by Serventy including drafts of articles, reviews, broadcasts and books; files maintained as editor of Wildlife in Australia and Australia's wildlife heritage; subject files kept on a range of mainly conservation and natural history subjects; files relating to film and television documentaries; conference papers; newspaper cuttings and other papers.

Publications from the 1972-1986 instalments have been kept with the collection. From 1987-1991 many loose publications were either discarded or integrated with the Library's serial and monograph collections. From 1993, publications in files were retained with the collection.

Oral history interviews with Vincent Serventy by Hazel de Berg and Gregg Borschmann are held at ORAL DeB 582 and ORAL TRC 3535 respectively.

Arrangement Note

The early instalments (1972-91) were received in a state of great disorder, comprising almost entirely loose papers. The order of these consignments was determined by Library staff. An exception to this is the sequence of subject files of the Wild Life Preservation Society in the 1987 instalment (folders 35-59). From 1993 onwards, the papers were contained in files, although the order of the files was imposed by Library staff.


Biographical Note

Writer, film maker, lecturer and conservationist. Vincent Noel Serventy was born on 6 January 1926 at Armadale, WA, the son of Victor Vincent and Annie Serventy. He was educated at Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia, completing a Bachelor of Science (1945) and a Bachelor of Education (1950).

In 1955-58 he was a senior lecturer in science and mathematics at the Claremont Teachers' College, WA and in 1958-64 a teacher with the WA Education Department. Serventy has published more than 40 books and numerous articles on Australian natural history and conservation and made more than 50 documentary films including 'Nature walkabout'. He edited Wildlife in Australia magazine from 1966-82 and was the editor-in-chief of the five volumes of Australia's wildlife heritage, 1973-74.

Serventy has been active in numerous wildlife organisations. He led several natural history expeditions including an expedition into the Great Victoria Desert (1960), was a member of the first party to cross Lake Eyre by boat in 1975 and was zoologist to the Australian Geographic Society expedition to Recherche Archipelago in 1951. He was awarded the Australian Natural History medallion in 1974 and the Dutch Order of the Golden Ark in 1985. He was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1976 and an Emeritus Fellow of the Australia Council Literature Board in 1993.

He married Caroline Mary Darbyshire in 1955 and has two daughters, Karen and Cathy and one son, Matthew. Carol Serventy collaborated with her husband on several books and documentaries.

Other activities

Organiser, Earth 200 Conference for World Environment Day

Commissioner, Australian Heritage Commission

Director, Nature Conservation Service, WA

Chairman, Nature Conservation Council, NSW, 1970-73

President, Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia

President, WA Naturalists Club

Vice-President, World Wide Fund for Nature (Australia)

Founder, WA National Trust

Founder, WA Tree Society

Founder, WA Gould League of Birdlovers

Established World's First Nature Conservation Day (now Earth Day)

Fellow, Strehlow Foundation

Fellow, Mark Twain Society

Honorary Member, World Environment Foundation

Trustee, National Photographic Index of Wildlife

Member, National Parks Wildlife Advisory Council of NSW, 1968-78

Patron, Greening Australia (NSW)

Councillor, Gould League of NSW, 1966-

Publications

The Archipelago of the Recherche Part 2, Birds (1952)

West Australian fauna (1953)

Australia's Great Barrier Reef (1955)

Australian nature trail (1965)

A continent in danger (1966)

Nature walkabout (1967)

Landforms of Australia (1967)

Australian wildlife conservation (1968)

Wildlife of Australia (1968, rev. 1977)

Australia's national parks (1969)

Southern walkabout (1969)

Around the bush with Vincent Serventy (1970)

Dryandra (1970)

The handbook of Australian sea birds (jointly, 1971)

The singing land (1972)

John Gould's The birds of Australia (with A.H. Chisholm, 1973)

Desert walkabout (1973)

Australia's wildlife heritage (with R. Raymond, 1973-75, rev. 1983)

The koala (1975)

In praise of Australian national parks (1977)

Zoo walkabout (1979)

In praise of Australian trees (1979)

Glovebox guide to Australian nature (1980)

Rainforests of Australia (with Robert Raymond, 1980)

Lakes and rivers of Australia (with Robert Raymond, 1980)

Plantlife of Australia (1981) [republished 1984 as Australian native plants]

Australian birds (1981)

Australian landforms (1981)

Australian wildlife (1981)

Australian mother and baby animals (with C. Serventy, 1981)

Coral reefs (1982)

Deserts (1982)

Animals in the wild (a series with John Ferguson): Penguin (1983), Kookaburra (1983), Kangaroo (1983), Koala (1983), Shark and ray (1984), Turtle and tortoise (1984), Crocodile and alligator (1984), Whale and dolphin (1984), Lizard (1985), Parrot (1985)

Australia's natural wonders (1984)

Australian native trees (1984)

The land beyond time (jointly, 1984)

The desert sea (1985)

Wildlife of the Australian bush (with M. Carnegie, 1985)

Wildlife of the Australian bushlands (with M. Carnegie, 1985)

Wildlife of the Australian outback (with M. Carnegie, 1985)

Australia's world heritage sites (1986)

Saving Australia: a blueprint for our survival (1988)

Australian animals and their young (1988)

Koalas (with C. Serventy, 1989)

Animals in danger (1989)

Vincent Serventy's easy guide to green living (1990)

Sydney harbour (1990)

Green book (1991)

Flight of the shearwater (1996)

Australia's world heritage (1997)

Vincent Serventy: an Australian life: memoirs of a naturalist, conservationist, traveller and writer (1999)

Koalas (2002)

Children's novels

Crusoe boys (1995)

Turtle Bay adventure (1969)

Sources: Who's who (1998)

Monash biographical dictionary of 20th century Australia (1994)

Who's who of Australian writers (1991)


Series Description


Instalments received November 1972-December 1973

Box  
1 Correspondence, 1946-58
2 Correspondence, 1947-72
3 Nature club bulletins and newsletters, 1967-72
4 Nature club bulletins and newsletters, education journals and Science education news, 1967-72
5 Nature club bulletins and newsletters and education journals, 1967-72
6 Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W., 1969-71
Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, 1969-71
Royal Ornithological Union of Australia. Queensland branch, 1953-55
7

David G. Stead Memorial Wildlife Research Foundation of Australia and other associations, 1961-72
Published annual reports Australian Society of Authors, 1972

8 Invitations
School broadcasts, 1945-49
9 Manuscripts:Along the nature trial
Turtle Bay adventure
National parks and nature reserves
The singing land
10 Manuscripts:The singing land
Around the bush
Dryandra
Turtle Bay adventure
11 Manuscripts: Turtle Bay adventure
The land and its shaping
Rolf's walkabout
Southern walkabout
Wildlife of Australia
Miscellaneous articles
12 Manuscripts: Seabirds of Australia
Miscellaneous manuscripts and notebooks
13 Correspondence, 1958-70 (v-z)
14 Correspondence, 1970-73
15 Correspondence, 1970-72
16 Correspondence, 1963-67
17 Correspondence, 1968-69
18 Correspondence, 1965-70 (a-c)
19 Correspondence, 1965-70 (h-n)
20 Newspaper cuttings
21 Manuscripts: Gould's birds
Landforms of Australia
Miscellaneous manuscripts and notebooks
22 Book reviews
Australian Society of Authors, 1964-70
23 National Trust of Australia (W.A.), 1960-64
Anthropological Society of Western Australia, 1960-64
Tree Society, 1950-64
Fellowship of Australian Writers, 1958-64
Miscellaneous societies
24 National Parks Association, 1968-69
National Trust of Australia, 1968-71
Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, 1967-70
David G. Stead Memorial Wildlife Research Foundation, 1969-70
Parliamentary debates
25 Miscellaneous newsletters, press cuttings and articles on conservation
26 Publications on nature-related issues
27 Publications
Papers regarding L. Webb. Impressions of nature protection in Europe, 1968
Lecture notes
28 Manuscripts: Nature conservation in Western Australia
Continent in danger
The Abrolhos
Wanderings by sea and desert
Miscellaneous manuscripts
29 Manuscripts: Dryandra Wildlife of Australia
Landforms of Australia
Miscellaneous manuscripts
30 Manuscripts: Landforms of Australia
National parks and native reserves
Adventures in sea and bush
Australian mammals
Miscellaneous manuscripts
School broadcasts
31 Miscellaneous newsletters
32 Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, 1966-68
Miscellaneous manuscripts
33 Correspondence; includes Wildlife Preservation Society, 1954-64
34 National Photographic Index of Australian Birds, 1970-73
Miscellaneous newsletters
35 National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1968-72
36 Correspondence, miscellaneous papers; includes Australian Conservation Foundation, 1973
37 Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, 1972-73
38 Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, 1972-73
39 Correspondence, miscellaneous papers, 1971-73
   

Instalments Received June 1974-September 1984

   
Box  
40 Correspondence, 1951-68
41 Correspondence, 1968-71
42 Correspondence, 1971-72
43 Correspondence, 1973-74
44 Correspondence, 1974-75
45 Correspondence, 1975-76
46 Correspondence, 1976
47 Correspondence, 1976-77
48 Correspondence, 1977-78
49 Correspondence, 1978
50 Correspondence, 1979
51 Correspondence, 1979-80
52 Correspondence, 1980-81
53 Correspondence, 1981
54 Correspondence, 1981-82
55 Correspondence, 1982-83
56 Correspondence, 1984
Correspondence, undated
Photographs
Papers on house alterations
57 Diaries, 1969, 1971-73, 1978-79, 1982-83
58 Australian Conservation Foundation, 1967-84
Australian Heritage Commission, 1976-77
59 Australian Heritage Commission, 1977-80
60 Australian Heritage Commission, 1980
61 Australian Heritage Commission, 1980-81
62 Australian Heritage Commission, 1980-82
63 Australian Heritage Commission, 1980-84
Australian Museum Society, 1971-84
Australian Naturalist Library, 1973-84
64 Australian Naturalist Library, 1974-78
Australian Society of Authors, 1973-83
Forwood Conference, 1974
65 Forwood Conference, 1973-74
Gould League of N.S.W., 1969-82
66 Gould League of N.S.W., 1966-83
Gould League of W.A., 1967-84
Hindwood Memorial Fund, 1971
67 Hunters Hill organisations, 1975-84
Interim Committee on National Estate, 1974-80
68 Interim Committee on National Estate, 1974-80
69 Interim Committee on National Estate, 1974-75
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 1980-83
70 IUCN, 1980-84
National Conservation Strategy for Australia, 1980-84
71 National Conservation Strategy for Australia, 1981-83
National Conservation Study Conference, 1973
National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1973
72 National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1967-78
73 National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1976-79
National Photographic Index of Australian Birds and Wildlife, 1977
74 National Photographic Index of Australian Birds and Wildlife, 1973-83
75 National Photographic Index of Australian Birds and Wildlife, 1977-79
National Trust of Australia, 1978-82
76 National Trust of Australia, 1982-84
Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W., 1971-74
77 Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W., 1974-84
78 Royal Australian Ornithologists Union, 1950-68
Royal Botanic Gardens. Sydney, 1980-84
79 Royal Botanic Gardens. Sydney, 1981-83
United Nations Association of Australia - Greening Australia, 1981-83
Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, 1966-83
80 Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, 1973-84
Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland, 1972-83
World Education Fellowship, 1967-69
81 World Education Fellowship, 1969-70
World Wildlife Fund, 1975-80
82 World Wildlife Fund, 1980-82
83 World Wildlife Fund, 1978-83
84 World Wildlife Fund, 1980-83
Other organisations
85 Other organisations
Australian Wildlife correspondence, 1973-74
86 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Correspondence, 1972-74
87 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Correspondence, 1973-82
Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Part I
88 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 2-5
89 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 6-11
90 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 12-16
91 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 17-21
92 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 22-27
93 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 28-32
94 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 33-37
95 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 38-41
96 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 42-46
97 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 47-52
98 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 52-54
99 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 55-57
100 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 58-61
101 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 62-67
102 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 70-75
103 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 75-81
104 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 82-87
105 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 87-92
106 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 93-97
107 Australia's Wildlife Heritage. Parts 98-105
108 Manuscripts: Wildlife in Australia
109 Manuscripts: Wildlife in Australia
110 Manuscripts: Wildlife in Australia
111 Manuscripts: Wildlife in Australia
Geo
The best of nature
The best of birds
112 Manuscripts: The best of landforms
Mother and child in nature
Youth for wildlife
Lake Eyre
113 Manuscripts: Natural science through activities
Nature study curriculum
Nature study survey
Rolf Harris' children’s walkabout
Nelson
114 Manuscripts: Koala
The Zoo Book
Plantlife of Australia
115 Manuscripts: The land and its shaping
Breckwoldt
116 Manuscripts: Plantlife in Australia
What is a tree
Miscellaneous
117 Manuscript: 'The nature club'
118 Manuscript: 'The variety of living things'.
Partial manuscripts
119 Manuscript: 'A flora as strange and unique as our fauna'
120 Manuscript: 'The Funnel Web: probably the world's deadliest spider', by Eric Worrell
121 Manuscript: 'Conservation myths'
122 Manuscript: 'Dropping the pilot - Malcolm Fraser and the environment'
123

Manuscript: 'Thirty pieces of silver', by Vincent Stone

124

Manuscript: 'Teaching of natural science in secondary schools'

125 Miscellaneous manuscripts
Newspaper cuttings
126-27

Correspondence, articles, meeting notes, reports, and other papers, including Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, Anthropological Society of Western Australia, Australian Mammal Society, Minister for Lands, Forestry, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Ecological Society of Australia

128 ANZAAS
129

Newspaper articles and publications on wildlife

130

Australian wildlife meeting notes, correspondence, wildlife rescue group, miscellaneous articles

131-32

Correspondence and letters, newspaper clippings

133

Newsletters, articles, correspondence

134

Australian Museum Society, newspaper clippings, correspondence including WWF, articles

135

Papers on wildlife clubs and associations, correspondence with National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council, articles, newsletters

136-38

Publications on various conservation topics, including birds, parks, wildlife, oil crisis, coasts, ecological societies

139-41

Publications on various conservation topics, including naturalist societies, parks, wildlife, birds, ecology, habitat, Australian Wildlife Committee, Ecological Society of Australia, Atomic Energy Commission; newspaper cuttings

142-43

Publications on various conservation topics, including National Parks and Wildlife Service, national park and wildlife reviews, Habitat Magazine; newspaper cuttings

144

Zoo Walkabout by Vincent Serventy, WWF News, world conservation strategy, naturalist news, Rainforests of Australia

145

Miscellaneous articles on conservation

146

Wildlife of Australia by Vincent Serventy, Explorers newsletters, ICCM bulletin, Explorers journal, National Trust magazines

147

National Parks and Wildlife Services annual report, Environmental effects statement, articles

148

Australia’s National Parks by Vincent Serventy, articles and newsletters

149

The Science of Life magazine

150

Southern Walkabout by Vincent Serventy, National Trust magazines, annual reviews of WWF, book about the Dodo, marine life calendar

151-52

Foreign language publications (German, Russian, Polish) and conservation articles

153

World Conservation yearbook, National Trust magazines, foreign language publications (Spanish), miscellaneous articles

154

Miscellaneous articles and reports on conservation

155

German publications, WWF news, wildlife reports

156

Newsletters, journals, bulletins, newspaper clippings, report titled Paediatrics and the Environment, natural history magazines

157

National conservation strategy for Australia, publications, newsletters

158

Annual reports, magazines, publications in German, bulletins

159-60

Miscellaneous publications on conservation, including loose papers, books, Russian publication, letters, correspondence, articles

161

Books on Western Australia, news bulletins, articles and newsletters, publications, German publication, book on women in local government

162

Magazines, books, and other publications on conservation

163

A glove-box guide to Australian nature by Vincent Serventy, A continent in danger by Vincent Serventy, 'National Conservation Strategy for Australia', newsletters, world conservation strategy

164

Articles, maps, newsletters, Australian Heritage Commission annual report

165-67

Miscellaneous articles, newspaper cuttings, annual reports, magazines

168

Annual reports, World Wildlife yearbook, articles, newspaper clippings, magazines

169

Foreign publications (mainly German)

170

Minutes of meetings and reports relating to Nature Conservation Council

171

Standing Committee on Pacific Conservation, minutes and reports

172

National Parks and Wildlife Service articles and journals

173

Publications, bulletins, statistical data

174-76

Journals, newsletters, newspaper clippings, articles

177

Newspaper articles and other items

178

Publications, articles, surveys

179

Articles, newspaper clippings, reviews

180

Reviews, articles, bulletins, journals

181

The Singing Land by Vincent Serventy and other publications

182

Articles, publications

183-185

Magazines and magazine articles, annual reports, newspaper cuttings, publications

186

Bulletins and journals

187

Australia’s National Parks by Vincent Serventy, articles, reviews, journals

188

Bulletins, journals

   

Addition May 1985 & June 1986

   
Box  
189 Correspondence, 1958-84
190 Manuscripts: 'Natural wonders of Australia, part 1 and 2'; 'Landsdowne, part 1 and 2'
191 Correspondence, 1985-86
192 Correspondence, 1984-1985
193 Correspondence, A-F
194 Correspondence, G-J
195 Correspondence, K-W
196 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1920-1950s. 'Recherche Archipelago, parts 1-3', Australia's heritage sites, Wildlife Preservation Society
197

Wildlife Preservation Society, vanishing wildlife, National Trust of Australia

198 World Wildlife Fund, executive council meetings, 1982-85. 'Lake Eyre, parts 1 and 2';'Lake Eyre' extended version, parts 1 and 2; 'Lake Eyre - the desert sea'
199 Manuscript: Modern exploration – parts 1-7
200 Manuscripts: Natural wonders of NSW; Natural wonders of Queensland; Natural wonders of Northern Territory
201 Manuscript of trees, part 1 and 2; tree books, part 1 and 2; loose pages
202 Manuscripts on Tasmanian fauna; Australian Conservation Strateg; Australian world heritage; tigers; miscellaneous articles
203

Photographs, newspaper cuttings

204 The Land Acquisition Summit; 'South Australia' by Rigby; 'Hemisphere'; waterbirds; Dr Westerby
205 Newspapers and notebooks; miscellaneous articles and bulletins
206 Miscellaneous (correspondence with publishers and relating to land acquisitions)
207 Correspondence with Army
208-11

Articles, journals, bulletins, and magazines on conservation

212-13

Journals, reports, magazines

214

Royal Botanic Gardens, sanctuary surveys, correspondence with Department of Arts, Heritage and the Environment

215-16

Publications, journal articles, bulletins

217-19

Articles and reports, folders on Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney

220

Magazines, articles, correspondence

221

Magazines, publications

222

Newspaper articles

223

Correspondence, magazines, news

224

Newspaper articles, bulletins

225

Plant life of Australia, newspaper articles, bulletins

226-28

Newspaper articles, bulletins, articles

229-30

Magazines, publications

231

Meetings of World Wildlife Fund Australia: Executive Council Meeting, Scientific Advisory Council Meeting, Executive Council Meeting

232

Miscellaneous manuscripts part 1 and 2

233 Not sighted March 2010
   

Addition 3 April 1987

   
General correspondence
Correspondence and some copies of letters sent relating to the rerouting of the Eyre Highway (1972), Australia's wildlife heritage and Wildlife in Australia, the Municipality of Hunter's Hill Parks and Trees Advisory Committee and other matters. There is also correspondence with government bodies on conservation issues, letters from children and letters containing bird observations. See also folders 35-38 for correspondence received by Serventy while an office holder of the Wild Life Preservation Society.
Box 234  
Folder  
1 Correspondence, 1972-82
2 Correspondence, 1983-86
3-4 Correspondence, 1986
5 Correspondence, 1987 & undated
   
Writings by Serventy  
6 Articles (drafts and proofs), 1982-86. Articles include 'The Australian ark', 'Sydney: knowing your city', 'Taking conservation into politics', 'Wildlife emblems- Western Australia', 'Kangaroo Island', 'Birds of the reef', 'The desert sea', 'Along the nature trail', 'Boobook owl', 'The next two hundred years', 'National heritage parks', 'Bird trafficking', and 'The conservation grove".
7 Papers relating to talks given by Serventy and career and biographical details
8 Invitations and programs, 1984-87
   
Organisations
Includes publications, leaflets, some correspondence and agendas.  
   
Box 235  
Folder  
9 Antarctic Society of Australia, 1986-87
10 Australian Conservation Foundation, 1985-86
11 Australian Museum Society, 1984-86
12-13 Australian Society of Authors (and other literary societies), 1985-87
14 Greenpeace, 1986
15-16 International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 1971-86
   
Box 236  
Folder  
17-19 IUCN (continued)
20 National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife, 1985-86
21-23 National Trust of Australia, 1978-87
   
Box 237  
Folder  
24 Nature Conservation Council of NSW, 1984-87
25-33 Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, 1984-87
   
Box 238  
Folder  
34 Total Environment Centre, 1985-86
Wilderness Society, 1985-86
35-59 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1963-87
35 Correspondence, 1963-64
36 Correspondence, 1980-85
37 Correspondence, 1986
38 Correspondence, 1987 and undated and other papers
39 Minutes, Treasurer's reports, financial statements and annual reports,1984-86
40 Contributions to Australian wildlife and other writings, 1963-86
   
Box 239  
Folder  
41 Other papers, 1983-86
Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia subject files:
42 Angophora Reserve and Chilworth, 1949-60
43 Bulli, 1962-66
44-45 Clutha, 1970-71
46 Coffs Harbour District, 1967-71
47-48 Colong Caves clippings, 1966-72
49 Flora, 1957-69
   
Box 240  
Folder  
50 Kangaroos, 1969-70
51 Key to eucalypts- Sydney District, 1962-67
52 Lane Cove National Park, 1959
53-55 Nature Conservation Council of NSW, 1962-71
56 Royal National Park, 1948-71
57 Sim Committee report (correspondence and maps), 1968-69
58 Teach-in, 1971-72
59 Wild Life Preservation Society National Parks Book, 1966-71
60 World Wildlife Fund, 1973-87
   
Box 241  
Folder  
61-63 WWF (continued)
64-66 Other organisations (mainly newsletters), 1928-87
   
Box 242  
Folder  
67-68 Other organisations (continued)
69 Bird organisations and papers on birds, 1973-87
   
Other papers  
70 Conferences and seminars, 1986-87
71-73 Kangaroos and Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service Advisory Committee on Kangaroos, 1985-87
   
Box 243  
Folder  
74-75 Kangaroos (continued)
76 'Hunter District Water Board brief on the Tillegra Dam proposal', 1982-85
77 Kelly's Bush, 1970-86
78 Natural Environment Evaluation Panel, NSW, 1980
79 Oil search: cuttings, articles and a typescript by Serventy, 1952-56
80 Reviews and flyers of books by Serventy, 1986-87
   
Box 244  
Folder  
81-87 Articles, mainly on conservation, 1969-86
   
Box 245  
Folder  
88-90 Newspaper cuttings, 1970-87
91-94 Miscellaneous conservation papers, 1966-87
   
Box 246  
Folder  
95-99 Miscellaneous conservation papers (continued)
100 Other miscellaneous papers including papers on peace

Addition 16 May 1988

General Correspondence
Correspondence received and some drafts of letters sent. Includes letters lobbying public officials regarding environmental concerns, letters to the editor, correspondence from environmental organisations and invitations to speak. Correspondence received by Serventy as office holder in the Wild Life Preservation Society is in folders 41-44.
Box 247  
Folder  
1 Correspondence, 1947-85
2 Correspondence, 1986
3-5 Correspondence, 1987
6 Correspondence, 1988
7 Undated correspondence
   
Writings by Serventy
Box 248  
Folder  
8 Articles, book reviews and an interview. Topics include the Australian Alps, logging rainforests, Neville Coleman, Galapagos Islands, Pearl Beach Progress Association proposal, kangaroo management, Spycatcher and an account of a Barren Grounds Nature Reserve trip.
9-10 Invitations and programs
   
Organisations  
11 Antarctic Society of Australia, 1987
12 Australasian Society of Zoo Keepers (and other zoo organisations), 1977-87
13 Australian Conservation Foundation, 1980-87
   
Box 249  
Folder  
14 Australian Conservation Foundation, 1987-88
15 Australian Museum, 1986-88
16 Conservation Council of Victoria, 1986-88
17 Gould League (NSW and WA), 1986-88
18-21 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 1982-86
   
Box 250  
Folder  
22-28 IUCN, 1987-88
   
Box 251  
Folder  
29 National Parks Association, 1986-88
30 National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife, 1987-88
31-35 National Trust, 1986-87
   
Box 252  
Folder  
36 National Trust, 1988
37-39 Nature Conservation Council of NSW, 1986-88
40-43 Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and Domain Trust, 1983-88
   
Box 253  
Folder  
44-46 Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and Domain Trust (continued)
47 Total Environment Centre, 1985-88
48-51 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1985-88
   
Box 254  
Folder  
52 Wilderness Society, 1986-88
53-57 World Wildlife Fund, 1982-87
58 World Wildlife Fund, 1988 and undated
   
Other papers  
Box 255  
Folder  
59 Australian Association for Environmental Education papers, 1987-88
60 Australian Heritage Commission, 1987-88
61 Book reviews of Serventy's works, 1986-87
62 Conferences, symposia, 1972-88
63-65 Hunters Hill conservation papers including Parks and Trees Advisory Committee; Ryde-Hunters Hill Flora and Fauna Preservation Society and issues of Wallumetta, 1986-88
66 Hunters Hill Trust, 1978-87
   
Box 256  
Folder  
67-72 Kangaroo protection, 1983-88 including IUCN Kangaroo Sub-committee and National Advisory Committee on Kangaroos
   
Box 257  
Folder  
73-77 Land watch, 1987
78 Mining, 1987
   
Box 258  
Folder  
79-81 Literary papers, 1984-88
82 National Book Council, 1982-87
83 NSW election 1988 - environmental papers
84 Newspaper cuttings, 1986-87
85-87 Ornithological articles, newsletters, meetings, 1986-88
   
Box 259  
Folder  
88 Publishers' flyers, catalogues, 1986-87
89-92 World Wilderness Congress
(2nd : Cairns, 1980)
(3rd : Scotland, 1983)
(4th : Colorado, 1987)
93 Conservation papers - miscellaneous, 1985-88
   
Box 260  
Folder  
94-102 Conservation papers - miscellaneous, 1985-88
   

Addition 14 November 1991

 
General Correspondence
Correspondence received and some drafts of letters sent. Includes letters lobbying public officials regarding environmental concerns, letters to the editor, correspondence from environmental organisations, correspondence from the general public including school children concerned about the environment, and invitations to speak. Also includes correspondence of his brother Dr Dominic Serventy, Officer-in-Charge, CSIRO, Division of Wildlife, 1951-69. (Who’s who in Australia, 1977). Correspondence received by Serventy as an office holder in the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia is in folders 96-106.
Box 261  
Folder  
1 Correspondence, 1960-78
2 Correspondence, 1980-87
3-5 Correspondence, 1988
6-7 Correspondence, 1989
8 Correspondence, 1990
   
Box 262  
Folder  
9-10 Correspondence, 1990
11-12 Correspondence, 1991
13 Correspondence, undated
Correspondence of Dominic Serventy  
14 Wildlife Survey Section of CSIRO, 1956
15-16 Includes letters from his brother Vincent expressing personal opinions on a wide range of subjects, 1961-77
   
Box 263  
Folder  
17-18 Includes letters from his brother Vincent expressing personal opinions on a wide range of subjects, 1961-77
19-21 Letters from Dominic to Vincent, 1974-88
   
Writings by Serventy  
22-24 Articles mainly about conservation issues. Topics include birds, animals, extinction, Barrier Reef, freeways, World Conservation Union, a submission to the 1970s? Conservation Select Committee, an obituary to Jim Brown and a file labelled ‘Andrew Fisher Travel Book’ containing a film script for ‘On the edge of tomorrow’
   
Box 264  
Folder  
25 The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Nature World’ column, 1976
26 Sydney Book, n.d. (between 1987 and 1991)
27-30 Invitations and programmes, 1988-91
   
Organisations  
31 Antarctic Society of Australia, 1988-91
32 Australia Council, 1989-91
   
Box 265  
Folder  
33 Australian Bird Study Association, 1988-89
34-36 Australian Conservation Foundation, 1988-91
37-38 Australian Heritage Commission, 1981-91
39 Australian Museum
   
Box 266  
Folder  
40 Australian Museum
41 Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1979-91
42-44 Australian Society of Authors, 1988-91
45 Conservation Council of Victoria, 1989-91
46 Gould League of NSW, 1988-91
47 Greenpeace, 1988-91
   
Box 267  
Folder  
48 HOPE (Help Our Planet Earth), 1989
49 Hunters Hill Trust, 1988-91
50-55 International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 1988-91. Includes: directory: species survival commission membership directory, IUCN, July 1990; IUCN programme, 1991-93; General Assembly agenda and documentation.
   
Box 268  
Folder  
56-59 IUCN, 1987-88
60-62 IUCN, 1988-90
   
Box 269  
Folder  
63-65 IUCN, Proceedings, 18th General Assembly, Perth, 28 Nov-5 Dec 1990.
66-67 National Parks Association, 1988-91
68 National Parks and Wildlife Service, NSW
69 National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife, 1988-90
   
Box 270  
Folder  
70-72 National Trust of Australia, 1986-90
73-76 Nature Conservation Council of NSW, 1988-91
   
Box 271  
Folder  
77-83 Nature Conservation Council of NSW, 1988-91
   
Box 272  
Folder  
84 NSW Field Ornithologists Club, 1988-91
85-86 Ornithological Association, miscellaneous correspondence and newsletters
87 Royal Australian Ornithologists Union, 1980-90
88 Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, 1985
89 SA Ornithological Association, 1988-90
90-91 Total Environment Centre, 1988-91
   
Box 273  
Folder  
92 WA Gould League, 1988-91
93-94 Wilderness Society, 1988-91
95 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia (WLPSA), minutes, other records, 1988-91
96 Correspondence, 1986-87
97-98 Correspondence, 1988
99 Correspondence, 1989
   
Box 274  
Folder  
100 Correspondence 1989, (continued)
101-3 Correspondence, 1990
104-5 Correspondence, 1991
106 Correspondence, undated (4 letters, 1979-81)
107 Suggested draft policy on feral animals, 1991
   
Box 275  
Folder  
108 Printed material, 1987-88
109 Printed material, 1989
110 Printed material, 1990
111 Printed material, 1991
112 Printed material, undated
113 Printed material: Forestry and Wood-based Industries Development Conference, 1974
114 Membership letters
   
Box 276  
Folder  
115 World Wildlife Fund, correspondence, papers, newsletters, articles, minutes, 1984
116-21 World Wildlife Fund, 1979-91
   
Box 277  
Folder  
122-5 World Wildlife Fund, 1979-91 (continued)
   
Other papers  
126 Albany Summer School, 1989-90
127 Bicentennial, 1980-84
128 Book catalogues and flyers, 1985-91
   
Box 278  
Folder  
129-30 Book catalogues and flyers, 1985-91
131-33 Conferences, meetings, seminars, 1988-91
134 Das Tier, 1979-86
135-36 Kangaroo Protection, 1986-89
   
Box 279  
Folder  
137-40 Kangaroo Protection, 1986-89
141 Knightsbridge City Beach Public Environmental Report
142-43 Newspaper cuttings, 1972-91
   
Box 280  
Folder  
144-45 Newspaper cuttings, 1972-91
146-47 Political parties: media releases, political statements, newsletters, 1989-91
148-51 Wilderness
152 Other articles (various authors), 1973-90
   
Box 281  
Folder  
153 Other conservation papers, 1962-87
154 Other conservation papers, 1988
155 Other conservation papers, 1989
156 Other conservation papers, 1990
157 Other conservation papers, 1991
158 Other conservation papers, undated
   
Box 282  
Folder  
159-60 Other conservation papers, undated
   
Boxes 283-286 Miscellaneous printed material, various newsletters on conservation
   

Addition 14 May 1993

   
Personal files
Files marked 'personal', containing personal and general correspondence including drafts of some letters sent and letters to the editor, as well as invitations, cuttings, drafts of articles, and other papers.
   
Box 287  
Folder  
1-6 Personal files, 1991-93
   
Writings and publishers' files  
7 Autobiography, 1964-86. Includes a letter and verse (1986) from Spike Milligan, and draft articles on Mary Durack, Katharine Hepburn, Henrietta Drake-Brockman, Katharine Susannah Prichard and Alan Marshall.
   
  Books:
8 Australia's Great Barrier Reef (Georgian House), 1959-73
9 Australian nature trail, 1963
10 Australian wildlife conservation, 1968-75
11 Dryandra, 1968-88
12 Landforms of Australia, 1970-77
13 Sorrett Publishing, 1972-73
14 Desert walkabout, 1973-76
15 Australia's Great Barrier Reef (Golden Book), 1973-79
   
Box 288  
Folder  
16 John Gould's The birds of Australia, 1975-77
17 Lake Eyre book, 1976
18 In praise of Australian trees and In praise of Australian birds, 1976-80
19 Glovebox guide to Australian nature, 1977-79
20 'The landscape of Australia', 1978
21 Plantlife of Australia, 1977-81
22 Zoo walkabout, 1988
23 Sea and land drafts, n.d.
   
  Articles:
  See also subject files for drafts of articles by Serventy
24 The Australian, 1978-92
25 Notes, 1992. Includes draft articles entitled 'A new idea for an old land', 'Pied currawong, not black, not white, ever fascinating', 'Aboriginal policy', 'Antarctica', and 'Koel'
26-27 World Book, 1976-92
   
  Other writing files:
28 Poetry, n.d.
29 Carrolls Pty Ltd, 1975
   
Box 289  
Folder  
Photographs  
30 Dave Watts, 1983-91 ('Wild images')
31 Seaphot Ltd, Planet Earth Pictures, 1984-91
32 Jill Beyer photo researcher, 1991
33 National photographic index of Australian wildlife, 1991-92
34 Australian Picture Library, 1991-92
   
Television documentaries
35 'Around the bush' (ABC), 1969
36-37 'Rolf's walkabout' (ABC), 1969-76
38 Robert Raymond films, 1971
   
Organisations  
39 Greenpeace, 1987
40-41 IUCN- World Conservation Union, 1992-93
42 Literature Board (Australia Council for the Arts), 1989-91
43 Mawson Hut Preservation Committee, 1991
44-45 Nature Conservation Council, 1992-93
   
Box 290  
Folder  
46-49 NCC (continued)
50-53 Pearl Beach Progress Association, 1991-93
54 Society of Authors, 1991-92
55 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia - Koalas, Qld, 1927-30
56-57 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1991-93
   
Box 291  
Folder  
58-62 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia (continued)
63-64 World Wide Fund for Nature, 1992-93
   
Box 292-295  
Folder  
65-73 Societies, 1991-93. Files containing newsletters, form letters, leaflets, flyers and other printed material sent by various (mainly conservation) societies.
   
Box 296  
Folder  
74 Australian societies, 1993
   
Subject files
Labelled subject files maintained by Serventy containing correspondence, press clippings, publications, drafts of articles, travel brochures, printed articles and other papers.
 
75 Africa, 1992
76 Alaska, 1992
77 Antarctica, 1992
78 Art, nature and literature, 1953-90
   
Box 297  
Folder  
79 Arts, 1979-92
80 Business and the environment, n.d. (see also Forum 92 file)
81 Camels, 1966-83
82 Cats, 1967-86
83 Cicadas, 1947-59
84 Cities, 1989-90
85 Eastern grey kangaroo, 1961-82
86 Eco-tourism, 1991-92
87 Euro, 1960-90
88 Fat tailed dunnart, 1947-75 (includes photographs)
   
Box 298  
Folder  
89 Federal government, 1993
90 Fire, 1967-92
   
Box 299  
Folder  
91 Forum 92, 1992
92 Foxes, 1962-89
93 Goats, 1970-84
94 Government departments, 1992
95 Governments, 1992
96 Grey kangaroo, 1950-80
97 Italy, n.d.
98 Kangaroos, 1971-79
   
Box 300  
Folder  
99 Kangaroos, 1982-90
100 Koala disease, 1976-88
101 Koalas - food trees and rearing, 1959-84
102 Koalas - nutrition, 1950-88
   
Box 301  
Folder  
103 Lyrebird, 1927-83
104 Miners (Bell miners), 1968-72
105 Natural history cuttings, 1991
106 Numbat, 1957-90
107 Overseas material, 1992
   
Box 302  
Folder  
108 Pearl Beach, 1968-92
109 Pied currawong, 1966-75
   
Box 303  
Folder  
110 Planigales, 1967-69
111 Political, 1992
112 Politicians, 1992
113 Pollution, 1970-74
114 Red-bellied pademelon, 1967-69
115 Red /green algae, 1958-91
116 Rio, 1992
117 State government, 1993
   
Box 304  
Folder  
118 Stromatolites, 1987-89
119 Thylacine, 1958-85
120 Urban, 1981-88
121 Urban wildlife, 1975-92
122 Waste, 1987-89
123 Water buffalo, 1969-91
   
Box 305  
Folder  
124 Whaling, 1992
   
Other papers  
125 Wolf, Dr K.H., 1987-92
126 Miscellaneous papers, 1992-93
127 Plaque presented to Serventy by Mark Latham, Mayor, City of Liverpool, 24 Mar. 1992
   

Addition 11 July 1994

   
Personal files
Files marked 'personal', containing personal, professional and general correspondence, accounts by Serventy of a bushwalk to Avon River (1950), draft articles, publications, correspondence about 'Nature walkabout' films, flyers for lectures and appearances by Serventy, invitations, cuttings and other papers.
 
Box 306
Folder
1-9 Personal files, 1945-94
 
Box 307
Folder
10-13 Personal files (continued)
General correspondence files
14 Maurice Frost Lecture Agency, 1961-70
15 Joan Saxton Speakers' Agency, 1969
16 United Touring International, 1969
17 Federal Country Party Policy (Doug Anthony), 1970-74
18 Inspect Program, 1971 (Social Responsibility in Science Sydney Group)
19 Tours, 1971-79
20 Women's Day (bird poster), 2GB Newstalk etc, 1987-88
21 Hope Club (Help Our Planet Earth), 1989
22 Pacific Ethnobiological Research Foundation), 1991
Publishers' files
Correspondence with publishers, publishing agreements, royalty statements and other papers relating to books and articles written by Serventy and other projects.
23 National geographic magazine, 1952-65
24 K.G. Murray Publishing Company, 1955
25 Angus and Robertson, 1955-90
26 Pratten Bros., 1961-64
27 The geographic magazine, 1961-75
28 Turtle bay adventure, 1961-78
29 A continent in danger, 1963-79
 
Box 308
Folder
30 News and Information Bureau, 1967-72
31 Reed Publishers, 1967-76
32 Australian photography (Photo Publishing Company), 1969-70
33 IPC Magazines (Birds of the world), 1969-70
34 Sunday review, 1970-71
35 Carroll's, 1971
36 Heritage legal (Australia's wildlife heritage), 1971-74
37 Koala, 1971-80
38 Collins Publishers, 1973-80
39 Gregory A. Blaxell and Associates, 1974-75
40 Australia's wildlife heritage, 1974-81
41 Wildlife in Australia, 1976-81
42 Australia's wildlife heritage 2nd edition, 1981
43 Heritage book (Australia's world heritage sites), 1981-88
 
Box 309
Folder
44 Pilbara book (Land beyond time), 1982-84
45 Macmillans, 1984-88
46 Animal giants, 1985-91
47 Sue Wendt (Australian Consolidated Press), 1986
Articles and other writings by Serventy
48-51 Draft articles including 'The level playing field', 'Why miles?', 'I am a coward', 'The long agony of the whale', 'Our commonest garden bird', 'Earth summit', 'An ecological look at the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition', 'Fire', 'Green on black', 'The green delusion' and 'Take care'.
52 'A survey of the elementary science course in primary schools with special reference to natural history'
53 Articles on Lake Eyre, 1979
Film and television documentaries
54 Anglia Television, 1963-65
55 Film correspondence, 1968-72
56 KEG Productions, 1969-70
57 Channel 10, 1989
 
Box 310
Folder
Organisations
58 Audubon Society, 1964-67
59-60 Australian Society of Authors, 1993-94
61 Earth Foundation, 1989-90
62 Explorers’ Club, 1978-88
63 National Museum, 1990-91
64-68 Nature Conservation Council, 1974-91
 
Box 311
Folder
69-73 Nature Conservation Council, 1991-94
74 Pearl Beach Plan of Management Steering Committee, 1993-94
75-76 Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1984-93
77-93 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia
77 Wildlife Show, 1948-71
 
Box 312
Folder
78 Environmental symbol, 1966-70
79 National Garden Bird Survey, 1980-85
80 Minute book, 1980-86
81 Advertising, 1982-84
82-85 General files, 1983-94
 
Box 313
Folder
86-93 General files, 1989-94
94-100 World Conservation Union (IUCN), 1982-94
101-3 World Wide Fund for Nature, 1979-91
 
Box 314
Folder
104-14 World Wide Fund for Nature, 1986-94
 
Box 315-319
Folder
115-30 Societies, 1943-94. Files marked 'Societies' containing pamphlets and newsletters of various organisations including the Explorers' Club, Zoological Parks Board of NSW, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, Gould League, Wilderness Society, Conservation Council of Victoria, Nutcote, Antarctic Society of Australasia, Friends of the Earth, Project Jonah, Australian Museum, Ryde-Hunters Hill Flora and Fauna Preservation Society, PEN, South Coast Conservation Society, Australian Conservation Foundation, Total Environment Centre, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Australian Mammal Society.
 
Box 320
Folder
131 Societies, 1994
Subject files
132 Aboriginal art, 1932-80
133 Aboriginal decorative art, 1960-82
 
Box 321
Folder
134 Acid rain, 1984
135-37 Articles, 1965-93
138 Australian Foundation for Literature, 1986
139 Australian Republican Movement, 1991
140 Bibbulmum walk, 1988
141 Bold Park (WA), 1988-89
142 Boomerang, 1962
143 Carnarvon Mission, n.d.
144 The Christensen Fund, 1984-90
145 CITIES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), 1974-87
146 Coastal conservation, 1967-75
 
Box 322
Folder
147 Coastal conservation, 1973-89
148 Coming of man, 1963-82
149 Concorde, 1971-77
150 Conservation funding, 1975-79
151 Copyright agency, 1976
152 David Dale (re Shark Bay), 1987
153 Denmark (WA), 1986-97
154 Dingo, 1947-87
155 Dugong, 1972-86
 
Box 323
Folder
156 Echo Point, 1993
157 Endangered Australian bird species list, 1974-78
158 Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act, 1974 and Amendment Bill, 1983
159 Extinct animals leaflet, 1990-91
160 Federal Liberal Party, 1969-87
161 Federal meetings with conservation groups, 1985-86
162 Forest Research Advisory Committee, 1986
163 Geology, 1954-59
164 Green politics, 1978
165 Hepburn Heights Bushland (WA), 1988-89
166 Herbarium and Botanic Gardens (WA), 1968-74
167-68 Herpetology Congress (Second World), 1991-94
169 Hunters Hill, 1989
170 India, 1983-89
171 Indian Ocean Alliance for Conservation, 1980-85
 
Box 324
Folder
172 Jervis Bay, 1976-88
173 Kenya wildlife (paper by A.G. Lyne), n.d.
174 Koala, 1957-88
175 Marine pollution, 1968-77
176 Mining, 1971
177 Murray River, 1975-81
178 National Conservation Strategy for Australia, 1981-86
179 National Parks, 1973-84
180 Native gardens, 1968-70
181 Nuclear pollution, 1977-80
182 Origin of man, n.d.
183 Past climates, 1961-79
184 Plants in danger, 1970-81
185 Pollution and Advisory Centre for Education, 1973-75
 
Box 325
Folder
186 Regional parks, 1967-80
187 Research needed, 1976-80
188 Rock engravings, 1974
189 Saving Australia, 1992
190 Saving the world, 1992
191 Saving yourself, 1992
192 State ALP policy, 1976-85
193 State Liberal policy, 1973-76
194 Sustainable use, 1988
195 Sydney Harbour foreshore land, 1973-91
196 Tasmanian Aborigines, 1969-89
197 Tool using (by birds), 1963-78
198 Travel writers, 1983-84
199 Weapons, 1978
200 Western Australia, 1985-88
 
Box 326
Folder
201 Western Australia - state emblems, 1973-74
202 Western Australian Museum, 1974
203 World in crisis - blueprint for survival, 1966-77
204 Zoological Gardens (WA), 1974
Other files
205-6 Files maintained as editor of Wildlife in Australia:
Wildlife in Australia, 1965-71
Saltwater crocodile, 1969-87
207 File maintained during teaching career:
School science labs (WA), 1955-56
208-10 Other conservation papers, 1966-93
   

Addition 28 March 1995

   
Some files from this consignment have been listed with the 1996 consignment, as they were removed and placed with the 1996 files for valuation purposes.
Personal files
 
Box 327
Folder
1 Childhood in the country, 1930-31. Contains issues of 'The comet', a manuscript and typescript journal produced by Serventy as a child and a record book of the West Subiaco Junior Football League
2-7 Files marked 'personal', 1963-94 containing general correspondence, typescript drafts, invitations, cuttings and other papers
Correspondence files
8 Olive Seymour, 1947-68
9 Dave Sieber, 1965-66
10 Sydney Speleological Society, 1968
11 Bill Shepherd, 1970
12 People who may assist with conservation, 1970-90
13 Mary Miller, 1971-72
14 D.J. Dwyer, 1978-79
15 Order of the Golden Ark, 1985
16 Steve Waller, n.d.
Publishers' correspondence files
17 Georgian House, 1955-73
18 Pacific discovery, 1962-69
19 Longman Green, 1963-68
 
Box 328
Folder
20 Andre Deutsch Limited, 1964-76
21 Miscellaneous publishers, 1965-91
22 Australasian post, 1966
23 Miscellaneous publishers, 1972-90
24 Sorrett Publishing, 1974-76
25 Mobil, 1978
26 Penguin Books, 1981-88
27 John Ferguson, 1984-87
28 The Australian book of islands, 1985
29 Australian Geographic Society (includes minutes of meetings of the Trustees), 1985-88
 
Box 329
Folder
30 Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 1986
31 Bruce Coleman Incorporated, 1986-94
32 Today, 1990
Writings - files containing drafts
33 ABC script 'The life of the ant', 1948
34 Hume Weir Project (nature trail guides), 1982
35 Poems, n.d.
36 Articles, n.d.
Writings - general files
37 Handbook of Australian seabirds, 1956-85
38 Book ideas, 1969-77
39 Public Lending Right, 1980-91
40 'Along the nature trail', 1987-90
Film and television files
41 Television Corporation (Channel 9), 1965-82
42 BBC, 1969-70
43 TV series - Michael Pate, n.d.
Photography files
44 Australian Publicity Council, 1955-60
45 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1959-71
46 Chanticleer Press, 1964-69
 
Box 330
Folder
Organisations
47 Australasian Seabird Group, 1977
48 Australian Bird Study Association, 1967-83
49 Australian Conservation Foundation, 1972
50 Australian Council for Nature, 1973-77
51 Australian Mammal Society, 1975-78
52-53 Australian Society of Authors, 1985-90
54 Canberra Environment Centre, 1978
55 Coast and Wetlands Society, 1982-83
56 Earthwatch, 1980-81
57 Ecological Society of Australia, 1978-85
58 Ecology Action, 1971
59 Greening Australia, 1988
60 Hunters Hill Trust, 1976-88
61 International Council for Bird Preservation, 1987-90
 
Box 331
Folder
62 National Museum, 1989
63 National Parks Foundation of South Australia, 1989
64-65 Nature Conservation Council, 1989-93
66 NSW Field Ornithologists Club, 1981-88
67 Oceans Society of Australia, 1977-78
68 Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1973-88
69 Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (NSW), 1991
70 TAMS (The Australian Museum Society), 1988
71 Urban Environment and Planning Coalition (Coalition for Urban Transport Sanity), 1987
72-86 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia:
72 Correspondence, 1980
73 Correspondence, 1981-82
 
Box 332
Folder
74 Correspondence (continued), 1981-83
75 Financial statements, 1975-80
76 Treasurer's reports and letters, 1982
77 Environmental Defenders Office, 1987
78 Park and street trees, 1969-73
79 Sierra Club, 1987
80-84 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia general files, 1976-94
 
Box 333
Folder
85-86 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia general files, 1993
87 Wilderness Society, 1983
88-90 World Conservation Union, 1988-94
91 World Pheasant Association, 1975-78
92 World Wildlife Fund, 1993
93 NSW societies, 1965-74
94-95 Societies, 1960-94
 
Box 334
Folder
96-98 Societies, 1974-93
 
Box 335
Folder
99-100 Societies, 1992-93
Subject files
101 Abrolhos Islands, 1986
102 Aims of conservation, n.d.
103 Animal rescue groups, 1974-90
104 Avoca wallaby shoot, 1968-72
105 Bankstown, 1988
106 Barrow and Montebello Islands, 1964-70
107 Beeliar Wetlands (WA), 1983-93
108 Class action (ALCOA operations in WA), 1981
109 Democrats, n.d.
110 Earth Day, 1970-91
 
Box 336
Folder
111 Endangered species, 1981-83
112 Farms and wildlife, 1980-86
113 General material, 1992
114 International Tropical Timber Organisation, 1987-89
115 Kangaroo Advisory Committee, 1987-90
116 Lake Pedder, 1967-73
117 Language, 1953-60
118 Marine Parks - international, 1967-86
 
Box 337
Folder
119-21 National Photographic Index of Australian Birds, 1970-88
122 Project Jonah, 1990-91
123 Quarantine, 1969-80
124 Queen Victoria Springs, 1956-74
125 Recycling, 1990
126 Richard St Barbe Baker, 1982
127 Road signs, 1960
128 Roadside vegetation, 1978-88
129 Salen Lindblad Cruising, 1987-90
 
Box 338
Folder
130 Salting, 1973-76
131 Shark Bay, 1987-90
132 Shark Bay and Dirk Hartog Island, 1921-87
133 Sporting shooters, 1968-79
134 Tasmanian wildlife appeal, 1987
135 Transcontinental safaris, 1983-88
136 Trees, 1988
137 Twitching, 1990
138 Victoria places, 1979-81
139 Victorian conservation groups, 1968
 
Box 339
Folder
140-41 Western Australia, 1943-90
142 Western Australia wetlands, 1984-85
143 Whaling enquiry, 1976-79
144 Wilderness, 1980
Other files
145-47 Wildlife in Australia files, 1960-82
 
Box 340
Folder
148 'The birdwatchers guide to Sydney' by Peter Roberts, 1990
149 Other papers, 1974-94
150 Plaque presented to Serventy by Bendigo Field Naturalists Club, 1985
   

Addition 29 April 1996

   
Box 341
Folder
1 Diaries, 1994-95
Personal files
Files marked 'personal' by Serventy containing some copies of letters; correspondence from his children Karen, Cathy and Matthew; personal and general correspondence; cuttings; typescripts by Serventy; a reference from his Perth high school teacher (1934); school reports for his children; invitations and an affidavit concerning Mary Durack's personal papers.
2-6 Personal files, 1934-94
 
Box 342
Folder
7-15 Personal files, 1967-96
Correspondence files
16-17 Dominic Serventy (brother), 1941-74
 
Box 343
Folder
18-20 Dominic Serventy, 1967-86
21 Correspondence, 1965-88
22 Amanzi, South Africa (Cecily and Patrick Niven), 1967-83
23 George H. Charno, 1986-91
24 Axel and Roslyn Poignant, 1967-86
25 Jan Rodda, 1987-88
26 Stan White, 1941-57
 
Box 344
Folder
27 Sun herald column, 1966-76
27a John N. Hutchinson (re bird tapes), 1966-67
Publishers' files
Files containing mainly correspondence, publishing agreements, royalty statements and other papers relating to books, articles and other writing projects. Also includes files of correspondence with photographers and photographic agencies on illustrations for books by Serventy. Some files are named by Serventy after the publishers, some by the publication and others the main correspondent. The files are arranged in rough chronological order.
28 Letters from and to publishers, TV etc, 1962-72
29 Andre Deutsch, 1965-79
30 Cassell Australia, 1966-78
31 Angus and Robertson, Sea birds and other titles, 1966-86
32 A.H. Reed Publishers, 1967-79
33 Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1967-78
34 Landsdowne Press, 1970
35 Australia's national parks; Rigby, 1971-79
36 John Fairfax and sons, 1972
37 Len Robinson, 1972-73
38 William Collins, 1973-76
39 The singing land, 1973-81
40 Australasian Nature Transparencies, 1973-85
 
Box 345
Folder
41 General contracts, 1973-87
42 Hans and Judy Beste, 1973-88
43 Hodder and Stoughton (Australia), 1975-91
44 Robert Miller, 1976-89
45 Hodder and Stoughton (Australia), 1978-83
46 Lake Eyre - financial details and shape of the book, 1979
47 William Collins, 1976-79
48 O'Neill Publishers, John Currey, 1980
49 National geographic, 1980-81
50 John Ferguson Publishers, 1983-92
51 Tree book, 1984
52 Earthviews (Marine Mammal Fund), 1984-86
53 Macmillan and Co., 1984-89
54 Dryandra, 1985
55 Singing land update, John Kerr, 1985
56 Scribble House, 1985
57 'Giants', 1985
58 Pic, 1985-88
59 Endangered animals (Ferguson), 1987
60 Kevin Weldon (Weldon Publishing), 1988-91
61 'A day for the environment', 1990
62 'Australia's hidden paradises', 1990-91
63 Octopus Publishing, 1992
64 Angus and Robertson, 1993
65 Obelisk Press - Alan Fisher, n.d.
 
Box 346
Folder
Film and television files
66 A.B.C., 1955-71
66a BBC, 1961-67
67 'Mother and child', 1963-85
68 General laboratories, 1967-80
69 Channel 7, 1972-80
70 Audiopak, 1979-80
71 Philippe de Montignie, 1984-88
72 Carrolls' 'Conservation and you', n.d.
73 'Nature walkabout', n.d.
Photographic files (re photographs taken by Serventy)
74 Bruce Coleman, 1962-95
75 Paul Popper (Popperfoto), 1966-95
76 IPC Magazines, 1970
77 Bruce Coleman (New York), 1972-95
Writings
78 Autobiography, n.d.
79-80 The koala, 1975
 
Box 347
Folder
81-84 Australia's world heritage sites (published 1986)
85 Australia's world heritage sites and 'Song of the shearwater'
86 'Wombat', 1989
87-89 Articles including 'Desert people', 'Afghan wells', 'Shark Bay', 'It's time for action on domestic cat control', 'The slaughter of the innocents', 'The east', 'An idea whose time has come', 'The wide world of nature', 'Death on the roads' and 'Half of the United States is mad'.
Organisations
90-91 Australian Conservation Foundation, 1993-95
92-95 Australian Society of Authors, Pen Australia, 1994-96 and NSW Writers Centre (see also folders 155-157)
 
Box 348
Folder
96 Australian Trust for Conservation Volunteers, 1986
97 Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, 1982-86
98 Land Conservation Council (NSW), 1987
99 National Museum, 1994
100 National Parks Association, 1995
101 National Trust (NSW), 1972-88
102-9 Nature Conservation Council of NSW, 1991-96
 
Box 349
Folder
110-13 Nature Conservation Council of NSW, 1991-96 (continued)
114 Oceanic Society, 1982
115-20 Pearl Beach Progress Association, 1993-96 and Pearl Beach Plan of Management Steering Committee
121 Pest Animal Control Council, 1995
122 Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and other bird groups, 1995-96
123 Strehlow Research Foundation, 1994
124 Wambangalang Field Studies Centre, 1980
 
Box 350
Folder
125-33 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1979-96
 
Box 351
Folder
134-38 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1995-96
139-42 World Conservation Union (IUCN), 1994-95
 
Box 352
Folder
143-45 World Conservation Union (IUCN), 1995-96
146-54 World Wide Fund for Nature, 1978-96
155-57 Writers' Centre (NSW), 1994-95
158 Societies, 1947-96
 
Box 353-7
Folder
159-82 Societies, 1954-96
 
Box 358
Folder
183-84 Societies, 1995-96
Subject files
185 Cabins (in national parks), 1995-96
186 Conservation groups, 1974-95
187 Developing nation projects (Forum '91), 1991
188 Editorial profiles monthly, 1994
189 Environment education, 1978-87
190 Feral animal seminar, 1993-94
191 Futureworld, 1994
192 The greening of Australia, 1982-84
193 History, 1937-83
194 Munro lecture, 1994
195 Museums, 1995
 
Box 359
Folder
196 New South Wales Elections Environment Conference, 1995
197 Obituaries, 1937-85
198 Photo agencies, n.d.
199 Politicals, 1996
200 Queensland places, 1969-95
201 Republic, 1996
202 Social issues in science education, 1979
203 Wild life notes, 1954-95
Dominic Serventy
204 Dominic Serventy correspondence with Dr Robert Carrick, 1954

ADDITION 8 APRIL 1998

Box 360

Personal files

Files marked 'personal' by Serventy containing personal and general correspondence and early papers relating to Seventy’s education, which include reports and school references.

Folder

1                   Personal file, 1928-1997

2                   Personal file, 1982

3-10             Personal files, 1985-1997

Box 361

Correspondence files

Folder

11                 Cadbury’s, 1954-1959

12                 Academic travel, 1959-1976

                        General correspondence, 1968-1979

13                 Concorde, 1971-1976

14                 Tierbilder Okapia KG, Germany, 1975-1978

                        Qantas, 1975-1985

15                 Lane Cove Bird Park, 1979

16                 Dunk Island – natural resources, 1977-1978

                        Heron Island project, 1977-1979

17                 Chalcola Wildlife Refuge, 1977-1980

18                 Getty Award, 1987

Box 362

19                 Prince Bernhard, Netherlands (Order of the Golden Ark Award), 1985-1997

                     Campbelltown development, 1988-1993

20                 Donald and Molly Trounson, 1989

21                 Estate of Serventy’s brother, Dominic Serventy, 1989

                     Proposed landfill at Gulrulmundi, 1991

22                 Rex Ellis, 1997

                     Kedumba Art Show, 1997

Publishers’ correspondence

23                 Turtox News, 1954-1965

                     Southdown Press, 1955

24                 Womens Weekly, 1955-1979

                     Time Life, 1962-1964

25                 Womans Day, 1959-1982


Box 363

Folder

26                 Readers Digest, 1968-1977

                     Golden Press, 1979

                     Rigby, 1979-1980

27                 Geo, 1979-1981

                     Gryphon Books, 1980-1981

                     Cruising Boat Owner, 1983

                     Bay Books, 1983

Writings

28                 Typescript drafts of a work entitled ‘The green book:  a bill of rights for planet Earth’, nd

29                 Bound, edited typescript of Australian birds

30                 Typescripts of articles

31                 Correspondence regarding The flight of the Shearwater, 1991-1996

32                 First draft of The flight of the Shearwater, 1991

Box 364

Folder/packet

33-35           Various typescript drafts of The flight of the Shearwater

Box 365

Folder/packet

36-37           Various typescript drafts of The flight of the Shearwater

Film and television files

38                 Channel 10, 1971

                     Bill Leimbach, Survival Films International, 1979-1981

                     Re ‘A walk on the wild side’, 1993-1994

                     Beyond Productions, 1995

Organisations

39-41           Australian Gould League, 1951-1989, 1996

Box 366

Folder

42                 The Australian Museum Society, 1995

43-45           ‘Authors’ files – Australian Society of Authors, Multi Arts Confederation, New South Wales Writers’ Centre, 1995-1997 (see also folders 89-94)

46                 Eleanor Dark Foundation, 1989-1990

47-48           Feral Animal Control Council, 1994-1997

49                 Johnsons Creek Conservation Committee, 1995-1996

50                 Kings Park Citizens’ Committee (Perth), 1950-1963.  Includes correspondence with Bessie Rischbeith and Nene Gare


Box 367

Folder

51-58            Nature Conservation Council, 1993-1997

Box 368

Folder

59                 Pearl Beach Progress Association, 1995-1997

60-61            Pest Animal Control Council, 1996-1997

62                 Republican Movement, 1995

63                 Royal Australian Ornithologists Union, 1995-1997

63a                United Nations:  Earth Summit, 1990-1991

64-67            Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1986-1996

Box 369

Folder

68-73            Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1996-1997

Box 370

Folder

74-75            Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1997

76-81            World Conservation Union, 1987-1996

Box 371

Folder

82-84            World Conservation Union, 1996-1997

85-86            World Wilderness Congress, 1985-1986, 1997

87-88            World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund), 1989-1997

Box 372

Folder

89-90           Writers’ Centre (NSW), 1994-1996

91-94           ‘Writers’ files:  includes Australian Society of Authors, NSW Writers’ Centre and P.E.N. Australia, 1995-1997 (see also folders 43-45)

95                 Societies, 1991-1996

96                 Societies, 1992-1993

Box 373

Folder

97-100         Societies, 1994-1996

Box 374

Folder

101-104a       Societies, 1995-1997

Box 375

Folder

104b-106       Societies, 1996-1997

Box 376

Folder

107-109       Societies, 1996-1997

Subject Files

110               Age of animals, 1974-1975

                        Air pollution, c1973

                        Artificial reefs, 1969-1972

111               Arts, 1987-1996

                        Birds, 1986-1988

112-113       Conservation, 1950-1993

Box 377

Folder

114               Endangered species, 1968, 1979-1991

115               Fraser Island, 1971-1974

116               Greenhouse effect, 1985-1990

117               Jenkins, Clee, 1979-1997

                        Lead, 1979

                        Made in Australia, 1996

                        Mexico, 1996

118               Migration, 1937-1980

                     119          Mistletoe, 1961-1986

                        Museums, 1996

120               Nuclear power, 1976-1977

Box 378

Folder

121               Oil pollution, 1952-1972

                        Pesticides, 1987-1988

122               Soil conservation, 1950-1958

123               Sustainability, nd

                        Toxic chemicals – effects of, 1961-1980

124               Woodchips, 1972-1981

Publications

Packet

125               Protected areas and demographic change:  planning for the future, 1992

                     Parks for life:  report of the IVth World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas, 1993

                     Bantry Bay:  the case for conservation, 1974

Box 379

Packet

126               A matter of honour:  the report of the review of Australian honours and awards, 1995

                     Cunninghamia, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1996


127               Glenrock natural history:  proposed state recreation area, Newcastle Flora and Fauna Protection Society, 1983

                     The Dubbo region:  a natural history, Dubbo Field Naturalist and Conservation Society, nd

                     Murrumbidgee study, National Trust of Australia, 1980

                     An introduction to the natural history of the Goulburn District, Goulburn Field Naturalist Society, 1980

Miscellaneous

128               Notebook of cuttings of articles by David Stead, written c1904 and published in the St George Call

ADDITION 30 MARCH 1999

Box 380

Folder

Personal files

Files of personal papers, together with family correspondence and papers.

1                   Early papers of Serventy including a job application (1955) and censorship certificates for documentaries (1969)

                     Letters from Serventy’s sisters Lucy, Mary and Vicky, 1975-1979

                     Letters from Serventy’s wife, Carol, 1980-1996

                     History of the Serventy family

2                   Personal papers, 1982-1997

3                   Personal papers, 1996-1997

Correspondence files

Correspondence and related papers.  Included is correspondence over a number of years with Mary Durack and Katherine and Ted Strehlow as well as small amounts of correspondence with a number of prominent Australians.

4                   Norman Hall, c1938-1974

                     Betty Roland, 1938-1983

5                   Robert Carrick, 1954-1975

6                   Dryandra State Forest, 1956-1970

Box 381

Folder

7-8                Katherine and Ted Strehlow, 1960-1998

9                   Mary Durack, 1965-1997

10                 Guy Grey-Smith, 1960-1973

                     John Gorton, 1966-1970

                     Ron and Catherine Berndt, 1967-1990

                     Harry Butler, 1968-1996


Box 382

Folder

11                 Rolf Harris, 1969-1970

                     Edna O’Brien, 1970

                     F.M. Burnet, 1973

                     Angus Robinson, 1973

                     Gough Whitlam, 1977-1978

                     Jean Battersby, 1977

                     Chris Cadbury, 1977-1978

12                 Malcolm Fraser, 1977-1980

                     Xavier Herbert, 1977

                     Mary Miller, 1978-1981

                     Maie Casey, 1980

                     Duke of Edinburgh, 1980

13                 Re a book of paintings of Elizabeth Gould, 1983

                     Mike Kitching, 1985-1986

14                 Sir Ninian and Lady Stephen (1985-1986) and Sir William Deane (1996-1997)

                     Robert Hanbury Brown, 1986

                     Bob Hawke, 1987-1992

                     Graham Richardson, 1988-1989

                     Peter Dowding, 1988-1989

15                 David Wynn, 1989

                     Hans Van de Borenkamp, 1990

                     Richard Dawkins, 1995-1996

                     Re conservation of the Clarence River, 1996

                     Phillip Adams, 1996-1998

16                 Re conservation of the Coongie Lakes and Coopers Creek, 1996-1998

                     Ernst Mayr, 1997

                     Alec Griffiths, 1998

Publishers’ correspondence

17                 Child and Associates, 1988-1991

18                 Rigby Publishers re ‘Natural Wonders of Australia’, 1980-1984, 1991

Box 383

Folder/packet

Writings

19                 Miscellaneous typescripts, nd

20                 First draft of Serventy’s autobiography

21                 Editorial comments on a section of Serventy’s autobiography by Ray Coffey, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1989

22                 Edited typescripts of Serventy’s autobiography

Box 384

Packet

23-26            Edited typescripts of Serventy’s autobiography


Box 385

Folder/packet

27-29            Edited typescripts of Serventy’s autobiography

Organisational files

Files accumulated by Serventy, including files containing newsletters of various societies.

30                 Australian Conservation Foundation, 1971-1982

                     Conservation Council of Australia, 1973-1990

31                 Nature Conservation Council, 1997

                     Pearl Beach Progress Association, 1996-1997

Box 386

Folder

32                 Pest Animal Control Council, 1996

33                 Royal Zoological Society of NSW, 1972

                     Western Australia National Trust, 1979

                     West Australian Tree Society, 1979-1987

34-37            Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, 1982-1984, 1996-1998

Box 387

Folder

38-39            World Conservation Union, 1996-1998

40                 World Wide Fund for Nature, 1996

41                 Writers – includes papers relating to the NSW Writers’ Centre, the Australian Society of Authors and Multi Arts Confederation, 1996-1997

42                 Societies, 1978-1998

Box 388

Folder

43-44            Societies, 1996-1997

Subject files

Files accumulated by Serventy and listed alphabetically by file title.  Included are a number of small biographical cutting files on prominent Australians.

45                 Arkaroola, 1976-1998

                     Alexander, W.B., 1965

                     Bell, John, 1987-1996

46                 Birds of SA, 1932-1972

                     Bjelke Petersen, Joh, 1985

                     Blainey, Geoffrey, 1987

                     Brereton, John le Gay, 1976

47                 Carnaby, Ivan, 1974

                     Chamberlain [case], 1980-1996

                     Clark, Manning, nd

                     Coburn, John, 1987

                     Collins, Sir William and Lady, nd

                     Crommelin, Minard, nd

                     Dalhousie Springs, 1988-1995

48                 Eastern states naturalists, 1950-1995

Box 389

49                 Freedom of speech, 1993

                     Gentilli, Joe, 1977-1996

                     Hamilton, Charles, 1969-1975

                     Harris, Max, nd

                     Howlers, 1945

                     Keneally, Thomas, nd

50                 The Lakes National Park [VIC], nd

                     Lawrence Rocks, 1908, 1966

                     Matthews, Gregory [ornithologist], 1949-1978

                     McLeod, Don, 1987

51                 Memoirs – material for, 1995-1996

52                 Messel, Harry, 1994-1995

                     Missingham, Hal, 1986-1994

                     Murphy, Lionel, nd

                     Murray Darling Basin, 1994-1997

                     Museums, 1996-1997

                     Myxomatosis – failure of, 1950-1968

53                 National Parks and Wild Life Conservation Bill, nd

                     Nolan, Sidney, nd

                     Obituaries, 1944-1970

                     Poignant, Axel, nd

                     Political [memoirs], 1972-1996

54                 Port Campbell National Park, 1966

                     Prichard, Katharine Susannah, 1986-1990

                     Prospect Canal, 1996

                     Rees, Lloyd, 1987

                     Ricketts, William, 1978

55                 Seidler, Harry, nd

                     Seymour, Olive, 1989

                     Shipway, Bruce, 1975

                     Sprigg, Reg, 1994-1995

                     Storr, Glen, 1986-1990

                     Talbot, Frank, c1978

                     Trachoma and Ida Mann, 1997

                     Tucker, Albert, 1990

56                 Wallace, Rod, 1988

                     Way of life, 1967-1991

                     Weems, Samuel, 1969

                     West Australia – naturalists, 1940-1988

Box 390

57                 West, Morris, 1987-1992

                     White, Patrick, c1980

                     Whitley, Brett, 1993

                     Whittell, Hubert M., 1954

58                 Wilsons Promontory, 1974-1996

59                 Wrans [Neville and Jill], 1984-1986

                     Victoria – naturalists, 1984

                     Victoria – forests, 1965-1972

60                 Victoria – places, 1977-1992

61                 Utzon, Joern, 1996

Miscellaneous papers

62                 Diary kept on Rolf’s walkabout filming trip, 1969

                     Appointment diary, 1996

                     Loose newspaper and journal cuttings

ADDITION 23 FEBRUARY 2000

Box 391

Personal files

Files of papers marked ‘Personal’ by Serventy, together with family papers.

Folder

1-3                Personal papers, 1997-1999

4                   Papers and cuttings relating to Serventy’s brother Dominic Serventy

Correspondence files

Files of correspondence with individuals and about various topics, accumulated by Serventy and listed chronologically by file title.

5                   Great Barrier Reef, 1954-1997

                     Francis Ratcliffe, 1966

                     Bong Bong Dam, 1969

6                   Roger Peterson, 1971-1987

                     Left and right handedness, 1972

                     Kylie Tennant, 1972-1979

                     The loves and hates of animals, 1976-1977

                     Caryl Haskins, 1977-1989

7                   Allen Keast, nd

                     Stephen Walker, 1980s

                     Laurens van der Post, 1984-1996

                     Charles McCubbin, 1988

Box 392

Folder

8                   John Wamsley [Earth Sanctuaries], 1993-1994

Publishers’ correspondence

9                   Harper-Macrae Publishing, 1993-1998

10                 Publishers’ letters, 1997-1998

11                 Re self publishing, 1999


Writings

12                 Typescript drafts of two short pieces of writing by Serventy, 1997

                     Typescript drafts of articles by Serventy, 1998

                     Typescript of an article entitled ‘For parents and teachers’, nd

Film and television

13                 Correspondence with Oliver Howes Film Productions, 1999

Organisations

14                 Australian Conservation Foundation, 1999

                     Birds Australia, 1999

                     Central Coast Community Environment Network, 1999

                     Cleanup Australia, 1995-1998

14a                Copyright Agency, 1999

15                 Environment Institute of Australia, 1985-1991

                     Foreshores and Walkways Protection Council, 1979

Box 393

Folder/packet

16                 Kings Park Citizens Committee, 1959-1963

17                 Pest Animal Council of NSW, 1998

18                 Pearl Beach Steering Committee, 1997-1999

19                 Nature Conservation Council, 1998-1999

                     National Parks and Wildlife Service

                     Rails and Trails Society, 1996

20-22            Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, 1986, 1992-1998

Box 394

Folder/packet

23-28           Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, 1998-1999

Box 395

Folder

29                 Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, 1998-2000

30-31           World Conservation Union, 1996-1999

32                 World Wildlife Fund and Peter Scott, 1979-1989

33-34           World Wide Fund for Nature, 1997-1999

35-37           ‘Writers’ files:  includes papers relating to the Australian Society of Authors, the Sydney Writers’ Festival (1999), Pen International, Multi Arts Confederation and the NSW Writers’ Centre, 1998-1999

Box 396

Folder

38-39           Societies, 1966-1998

40                 Societies, 1977-1998

41-42           Societies, 1997-1998


Box 397

Folder

43-46           Societies, 1997-1999

Subject files

Files accumulated by Serventy on a variety of subjects and including a small number of biographical cutting files on prominent Australians.  A number of the files contain only a small amount of papers.  Files are listed alphabetically, using Serventy’s file titles.

47                 Aborigines and fire, 1965-1999

                     Animals and reflections, 1967

                     Animals and weather, 1974

                     Animal banding, 1997

                     Animals in sayings, nd

48                 Arts, 1999

Box 398

Folder

49                 Arts, 1999

50                 Australian biota, 1981

                     Bald Island [WA], 1980

                     Ball’s Pyramid [Lord Howe Island], 1979-1980

                     Barron Grounds Nature Reserve, nd

                     Batalling [jarrah forest], c1990s

51                 [Biodiversity], 1999

                     Biological control, 1972-1984

                     Botulism, 1957 and 1979

52                 Breeding seasons [of birds], 1957-1961

                     Broken Hill – Kinchega National Park, 1949-1972

                     Broome, 1980-1982

                     Brown, Bob, 1980 and 1993

                     Brown Jim, nd

53                 Budawang National Park, nd

                     Béchervaise, John, c1980s

                     Bungonia Gorge, 1972

                     Burning Mountain Nature Reserve, Scone, 1978-1993

                     Busst, John, 1971

                     Byron coast group of nature reserves, 1993

54                 Cage bird regulations, 1995

                     Camden Haven Wildlife Refuge [NSW], 1978

                     Canning Stock Route, 1942-1975

                     Cathedral Rocks National Park [NSW], nd

55                 Chisholm, Alec, 1977-1996

                     Cockburn Sound [WA], 1970

                     Cocoparra National Park [NSW], 1970 and 1995

                     Colo and Wollemi, nd

                     Coolup, nd

56                 Coral reef conservation, 1969-1995

Box 399

Folder

57                 Dampier Archipelago [WA], 1972

                     The Darling [River], 1997

                     Daylight Saving, 1994

                     Dee Why Lagoon, c1967

                     Display [of birds], 1948-1974

58                 The Domain [Sydney], 1984-1986

                     Downes, Melinda, 1998

                     Dunphy, Milo, 1995-1997

                     Dunphy, Myles, 1985-1988

                     Dwellingup, 1950

59                 Election [1998 federal election – environmental issues]

                     Ellensbrook, c1990s

                     Environment defenders, nd

                     Environmental impact statements, 1987

60                 Environmental policy [Federal Government], 1992-1998

61                 Fire [bush], 1984-1995

62                 Fires [bush], 1994

                     Fitzgerald River National Park, 1985

                     Fleay, David, 1966-1993

                     Food chains, nd

                     Frogs of NSW, 1960

Box 400

Folder/packet

63                 Graffiti, nd

                     Griffin, Walter Burley, 1994

                     Glauert, Ludwig, c1960s

                     Great Victorian Desert, c1990s

                     Green parties, 1996

                     Greenpeace, 1995

64                 Green ways, 1987-1994

65                 Gun control, 1996

                     Herbarium [WA], c1990s

                     Hindwood, Keith, 1946-1987

                     Hobby farms, 1978

                     Kangara-Boyd [national park area], 1967-1994

                     Katandra Bushland Sanctuary [NSW], nd

                     Kalbarri National Park [WA], c1970

66-67            Keeping diversity, 1989-1996

Box 401

Folder

68                 Kelly’s Bush [Sydney], 1970-1985

69                 Lahey, Romeo Watkins, 1978

                     Lake George [NSW], 1942

                     Lake Parramatta, 1976

70                 Lord Howe Island, 1911-1980

71                 Manjimup, 1956, 1968

                     Marshall, Alan [Professor], nd

                     McLaren, Verne, 1980-1996

                     Mining in national parks, 1994

                     Millstream, 1969

                     Minnamurra Falls [NSW], 1965

72                 Moorehead, Alan, nd

                     Mootwingee National Park, 1976-1994

                     Montague Island [NSW], 1973

                     Morrison, Philip Crosbie, 1954-1959

                     Mowbray Wetlands, 1972

73                 Mt Augustus National Park [WA], nd

                     Mt Lesueur National Park [WA], 1983-1989

                     Muogamarra, nd

                     Myall Lakes and Tea Gardens, 1971-1989

Box 402

Folder

74                 Narrabeen Lagoon, nd

                     Netherlands, 1998-1999

                     National parks:  New South Wales, 1957, 1968

                     New England National Park, 1964

75                 New South Wales corner country, nd

                     North west of Western Australia, 1959-1969

                     Numbers of species, 1991-1994

                     Nuytsland Nature Reserve, 1991-1994

76                 Oil platforms, 1995

                     Outdoor codes, 1975

                     Perth Modern School, 1993-1998

77                 Queen Victoria Springs, 1955-1967

78                 Rottnest [Island], 1949-1965

                     Rowley Shoals [WA], 1986

                     Salt lakes, nd

                     Scientific collecting, 1977-1978

79                 Seven natural wonders of Australia, 1978

                     Stirling Ranges, 1947, c1990s

                     South-west forests inquiry, [WA]

                     South-west Australia, 1973

80                 Spence, Tom, 1985

                     Stars Swamp [WA], c1970s

                     Stead, Thistle, c1990s

                     Survival, 1983

                     Swan River [WA], 1957-1969

Box 403

Folder

81                 Taxation and conservation, 1977-1984

                     Terania Creek [NSW], 1980

                     Territory – a sense of place, 1935-1970s

82                 Thirlmere Lakes National Park [NSW], 1995

                     Tool using [by animals], 1960-1990

                     Torpidity and hibernation, nd

83                 Tuart forest [WA], nd

                     Tucki Tucki Nature Reserve [NSW], nd

                     Tuttanning Reserve [WA], 1968

                     Uren, Tom, 1994

                     Visual mimicry [by animals], c1967

84                 West Australian islands, 1953, 1975

                     Western division [action plan], 1981

85                 Wild city conservation:  the future, 1966-1991

86                 Wilderness, 1970-1992

Box 404

Folder

87                 Wild food, 1967-1990

88                 Wildlife and vermin traps, 1975-1980

                     Windjana Gorge [and the Devonian Reef], 1970, 1981

                     Wiseman’s Ferry, 1965-1989

89                 Wyrrabalong National Park, 1995

                     Yanchep National Park, c1990s

                     Yundurup, nd

                     Yuraygir National Park, 1995

Miscellaneous

90                 Copy of Caves of the Nullabor, J.R. Dunkley and T.M.L. Wrigley (eds.)

                     Photocopy of Problems in Victoria caused by long-billed corellas, sulphur-crested cockatoos and galahs, 1995

ADDITION 15 AUGUST 2001

Box 404

Folder

Personal files

1-3                Personal files, 1997-2000

Box 405

Folder

4-5                Personal files, 1999-2000

Correspondence

6                   Judith Wright, 1965-2000

7                   National Library of Australia, 1973-1995

8                   Re a possible speaker from the National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1997-1999

9                   Re the launch of Serventy’s memoirs, An Australian life, 1998-1999


10                 National Trust, 1997

                     Richard Neville, 1997

                     Ian Kiernan, 1998

                     Hugh Mackay, 1999

                     Allan Keast, 1999-2000

11                 Pam Allan, 1999

                     Re conferring on Serventy of an honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2000

Box 406

Folder

Organisations

12                 Birds Australia, 1997-1999

                     Nature Conservation Council, 1995-2000

13                 Pearl Beach Progress Association, 1998-2000

14                 Royal Australian Ornithological Union:  copy of The Emu, Vol 51, 1951

                     Urban Ecology Australia, 1997

15-16            Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia:  Earth 2000 Conference, 1997-2000

17-19            Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1997-2000

Box 407

Folder

20-23           Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1998-2000

Box 408

Folder

24-25           Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 1998-2000

26-28           World Conservation Union, 1998-1999

29-31           World Wide Fund for Nature, 1995-2000

Box 409

Folder

32                 Societies, 1967-2000

33                 Societies, 1996-1997

34-35           Societies, 1998-1999

Box 410

Folder

36-38           Societies, 1999-2000

Subject files

39                 Animal welfare, 1988-1996

                     Army and conservation, 1985

40-42           Arts, 1998-2000


Box 411

Folder/packet

43                 Class action [relating to a campaign to save native forests in the Darling Ranges, WA], 1980

44                 Conservation – aims of, 1976-1994

45                 Conservation strategies, 1983-1994

46                 Dunstan, Don, 1996

47-48           Endangered species

Box 412

Folder

49                 Human origins, 1992-1993

                     Jobs and the environment, 1979

                     Kangaroo blindness, 1998

50                 Kangaroo management, 1987-1988

51                 Maclay, Brendan, nd

                     New Zealand [problems with exotic pests], 1993-1996

                     Off-road vehicles, 1973-1975

52                 Prichard, Katharine Susannah, nd

                     Protecting our urban bushland, nd

                     Red data book, 1994

53                 Shark Bay [WA], 1986-1990

54                 Social ecology, nd

                     Sydney Dreaming [Serventy’s ideas for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games],1996

                     Taxonomy, 1998

                     Volunteers, 1996

                     Wettenhall [Henry Norman Burgess], 1989-1995

                     Wildlife refuges, 1997

ADDITION 17 FEBRUARY 2003

 

Box 413

Folder

Personal files

1-5                1997-2002

Correspondence

Included in these files is correspondence with a number of prominent Australians.  There is also correspondence with a number of individuals regarding their participation in Earth 2000, a conference proposed by the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia.  The conference did not proceed. 

6                   General correspondence, 1966-2001.  Includes letters to Serventy from Paul Hasluck, Prince Philip, Colin Thiele, Fred Chaney, Maie Casey and William Deane

7                   General correspondence, 1967-2002.  Includes letters to Serventy from Katharine Hepburn, Florence James, Axel Poignant, Ron Lockley, John Pilger, Guy Grey-Smith, Norman Hall, Shirley de la Hunty, Lionel Murphy and Ian Medcalf.

Box 414

Folder

8                   Tas [Russell] Drysdale, 1972-1980

                     Bill Williams, 1981, 1998-2001

                     Geoffrey Dutton, 1982-1998

9                   Ruth Park, 1995-2001

                     Robert Hill, 1997

                     Maurice Strong, 1997

                     Chris McCullough, 1997

10                 Jared Diamond, 1997-2000

                     Barry Cohen, 1997

                     Stephen Davies, 1997

11                 Kerry Packer, 1997-2000

                     David Given, 1997-2000

12                 Graham Clark, 1997-2001

13                 David Goldney, 1998-2000

                     Keith Suter, 1998-2000

14                 John Williams [CSIRO], 1999-2000

                     Ray Specht, 1999-2000

                     Mike Archer, 1999-2000

                     David Baxter, 1999-2000

Box 415

Folder

15                 Bob Hughes, 2000

                     Margaret Thorsborne, 2000

                     Norman Wettenhall, 2000-2001

                     Robert Hanbury Brown, 2000-2002

                     George Charno, 2000-20002

16                 Barry Jones, 2001

                     Sally Blakeney, 2002

                     Dudley Campbell, 2002

                     Joy Lee, 2002

                     Tim Low, 2002

Publishers’ correspondence

17                 Kangaroo Press and later Simon & Schuster, which took over Kangaroo Press (Australia) and W.W. Norton & Co. (USA) re Serventy’s book The flight of the shearwater

18                 Cambridge University Press re the publication Ecological pioneers by Martin Mulligan and Stuart Hill, 2001

                     Rosenberg Publishing, 2002

Writings

19                 Typescripts of early articles by Serventy

20                 Typescripts of articles, papers and letters to editors by Serventy, 1995-2002

                     Typescript of the foreword by Sir Peter Scott to a book by Serventy entitled ‘Giants’, nd

Box 416

Folder

21-24            Arts [literary organizations] including Australian Society of Authors, Multi Arts Corporation, Copyright Agency and International PEN, 2001-2002

25                 Birds Australia, 2001-2002

26                 Central Coast Centre for Sustainability, 2002

27-28            Nature Conservation Council, 2000-2002

Box 417

Folder

29-30            Pearl Beach Progress Association, 2001-2002

31                 Pest Animal Control Council, 1995-1999

                     Resource Assessment Commission, 1990

32                 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia:  Earth 2000 Conference – fund raising, 1993-2000

33-37            Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia

Box 418

Folder

38-41            Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, 2001-2002

42                 Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia:  magazine material, 2002

Box 419

Folder

43-44            World Wide Fund for Nature, 2001-2002

45-47            Societies, 1999-2001

Box 420

Folder

48-51           Societies, 2001-2002

Box 421

Subject files

Folder

52                 Australian Biological Resources Study, 1986

                     Birds, 1996

53                 Biosphere reserves, 1974-1997

54                 Callan Park, 2002

                     Christo, 1969-1995

                     Collective names, nd

                     Conservation – South Australia, nd

55                 Conservation, 2002

56                 Durack family, 2000

                     The eco-mythology of the red kangaroo, nd

                     Evolution and creationism – anti science, 1981-1997

                     Excursion guide [ie for the planning of excursions], nd

57                 Garden Island, 1940-1970

                     Gardner, Charles, 1970-2002

                     Frog extinction, 1994-1995

                     Giardia, 1989-1998

Box 422

Folder

58                 Gibbs, May and Nutcote News, 1968, 2001

                     Individuals and groups, 1999-2000

                     Insect conservation, nd

59                 May, Robert, 1972

                     McDonell, Gavan, nd

                     Morgan, Hugh, 1999

60                 Nonmoral nature, nd

                     Photography, 1995-1997

                     Public opinion polls, 2001

                     Reptiles in danger, nd

61                 Scientific writing, c 1964

                     Seabird conservation, 1956-1984

                     Smith, Dick, nd

                     Species, 1998

62                 Sustainable development, c 1990s

                     Treasure trove [re shipwrecks], 1993-1994

                     Van der Post, Laurens, 2002

                     The Wallace Line, nd

63                 Warrumbungles National Park, 1969

                     Waterbird conservation, 1981-1988

64                 Waterfront reserve, 2002

                     Wildlife in Australian literature, nd

65                 Wilson, E.O., 1995

                     World Environment Day, 2001

                     Zoogeography, nd

Folio List

Box 1

                Folio 1 – Printed material

                Folio 2 – Printed material

                Folio 3 – Printed material