Guide to the Records of the Wilderness Protection Committee
MS 6087
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Wilderness Protection Committee
- Title
- Records of the Wilderness Protection Committee
- Date Range
- 1972-1973
- Collection Number
- MS 6087
- Extent
- 0.56 metres (4 boxes)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- National Library of Australia
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The records include correspondence, notes, drafts, cuttings, copy of its constitution, submissions, minutes of meetings, leaflets, photographs and some printed material.
The main correspondents include the Australian Conservation Foundation, East Australia Pipeline Corporation, Sir Robert Askin, Wal Fife, C.H. Bannister, T.L. Lewis and Harold O'Neill. Copies of letters of R.D. Wood, Secretary of the Wilderness Protection Committee, are also included.
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2594506).
Conditions Governing Use
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Preferred Citation
Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Wilderness Protection Committee, National Library of Australia, MS 6087, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Provenance
The collection was donated by the Secretary of the Committee to the National Library in 1979.
Arrangement
The records have been kept in numbered files and have been listed by the Committee. The National Library has preserved this arrangement.
Administrative History
The Wilderness Protection Committee was formed in 1972. The aim of the organisation was to ensure that environmental study and public enquiries were undertaken before projects which could endanger national parks went ahead.
The Committee was formed by a group of people who were concerned about the proposed route of the gas pipelines from South Australia to Sydney. The original plan was to take the pipelines through the Blue Mountains National Park. The campaign was successful in stopping the pipelines from being built through the environmentally sensitive Hawkesbury River area.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. General records, 1972-73
The records include a copy of the constitution, notes, photocopies, leaflets, submissions and photographs relating to the activities of the Wilderness Protection Committee and the natural gas pipeline.
The list of files was compiled by the Committee.
Wilderness Protection Committee: aims of the Committee, record of its early activities and notes on possible action on the gas pipeline (File 2) - Box 1
Document prepared by the Wilderness Protection Committee containing information collected on the natural gas pipeline (File 3) - Box 1
Documents relating to environmental legislation and other acts of Parliament; and brochures published by government authorities (File 6) - Box 1
Material relating to the preparation of a brochure entitled 'Natural gas for Sydney - What price progress' by the Wilderness Protection Committee (File 7) - Box 1
Material relating to a public meeting held at Springwood in the Blue Mountains on 8 December 1972 (File 8) - Box 1
Distribution lists for gas pipeline brochure and gas pipeline information sheets and list of contemporary conservation societies and related organisations (File 10) - Box 1
State Pollution Control Commission Enquiry: proceedings of the first day and submissions of other organisations (File 13) - Box 2
State Pollution Control Commission Enquiry: report and findings of the Commissioner (File 14) - Box 2
Hawkesbury By-election: notes on media campaign, drafts of news releases, news releases and other publicity material (File 15) - Box 2
Series 2. Newspaper clippings, 1972-73
The cuttings, which were arranged according to subjects, relate to the natural gas pipeline controversy and Hawkesbury and Parramatta by-elections, 1972-73.
Series 3. Correspondence, 1972-73
The files comprise correspondence with Federal and State politicians, government departments, conservation organisations and the media, 1972-73. The correspondents include the Australian Conservation Foundation, East Australia Pipeline Corporation, Sir Robert Askin, R.D. Wood, Wal Fife, C.H. Bannister, T.L. Lewis and Harold O'Neill.