Guide to the Records of the Kosciuszko Huts Association
MS 8257; MS Acc09.197
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Collection Summary
- Creator
- Kosciuszko Huts Association
- Title
- Records of the Kosciuszko Huts Association
- Date Range
- 1871-1994
- Collection Number
- MS 8257; MS Acc09.197
- Extent
- 1.38 metres (9 ms boxes + packet)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Special Collections (Manuscripts)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
MS 8257 comprises the constitution, by-laws, accounts, minutes, correspondence, publications, press cuttings and photographs. Some correspondence received from the Youth Hostels Association in 1944. Also included are copies of papers relating to Gudgenby Station, 1879-1926. Summaries of oral history interviews conducted in association with the National Library of Australia (9 boxes).The Acc09.197 instalment comprises transcripts of oral history interviews with Noreen (Neen) Pendergast, Bert Russell, Len McInnes, Ena Harris and Vera Campbell, conducted and transcribed by Deirdre Shaw, and the transcript of a talk by George Rayner at Kelly's Mill on the Snowy Mountains Highway, introduced by Graeme Scully (1 packet).
Conditions Governing Access
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1179535) for the access conditions.
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Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions.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 Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.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 Kosciuszko Huts Association, National Library of Australia,[Class/series/sub series number]'.
Item Descriptions
Class MS 8257. Original consignment
Series. Kosciusko National Park
Subseries 1. Minutes of Annual General Meetings of the KHA, 8 May 1971 - 28 April 1990, with which are filed minutes of a Shelter Hut meeting on 5 December 1970 and of the Inaugural Meeting of the KHA, 5 December 1970 - Box 1 (MS 8257)
Subseries 2. Minutes of meetings of the Committee, 3 July 1971 - March 1990 (incomplete) and of the Steering Committee on 5/6 December 1970 - Box 1 (MS 8257)
Subseries 3. General correspondence of the KHA, 26 August 1971 - April 1987 (incomplete) and President's correspondence, May 1987 - January 1988 - Box 2-3 (MS 8257)
Subseries 5. Huts Maintenance Officer's correspondence, 18 January 1974 - 1917 December 1982 - Box 4-5 (MS 8257)
Subseries 6. Kosciusko State Park Trust: Recommendations regarding Jagungal wilderness area, including preservation of shelter huts, made at meeting at Mawson's Hut on 16/17 January 1965 - Box 5 (MS 8257)
Subseries 8. KHA HUTS POLICY PAPERS, 1972-1981
Working papers relating to the 1972 policy of the KHA, including comments from members and copies of a draft submission of 1970 from the CBC and a submission by Canberra outdoor clubs on the planning and management of the Kosciuscko State Park (Item 1) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
Policy of the KHA on the use, maintenance and development of huts in the Kosciusko National Park adopted at General Meeting of 15 April 1972 (Item 2) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
Draft of letter presumably sent to the Director, NPWS, following the General Meeting of 15 April 1972 and submitting the policy of the KHA on the use, maintenance and development of huts in the Kosciusko National Park (Item 3) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
Statement on KHA policy prepared by John Marsh of the Bogong Group or submission to the Annual General Meeting in 1977 (apparently not submitted) (Item 4) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
Draft policy for the use, maintenance and development of huts in Kosciusko National Park discussed by the Committee on 17 February 1978 (Item 5) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
Draft policy for the use, maintenance and development of huts in Kosciusko National Park discussed by the Committee on 17 Feb 1978: has manuscript amendments and is presumably the final version (Item 6) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
KHA submission on the Draft Plan of Management, Kosciusko National Park, 1981 (with working papers) (Item 7) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
KHA submission on NPWS Draft Huts Policy, discussed at AGM on 28 April 1979 (Item 8) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
NPWS: Extract of resolution of Policies and Priorities Committee policy on huts, November 1979. (In a different format, the Huts Policy section of this document appears as "NPWS Hut Policy (draft)" as an attachment to Minutes of the AGM of 28 April 1979) (Item 10) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
KHA response to planning issues statement: Huts, April, 1980 (folder containing detailed comments by several members and other organisations; a draft statement in reply from the KHA and an undated acknowledgement from the Minister for Planning and Environment) (Item 11) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
copy of letter from P. Arriens to Superintendent, KNP, commenting on NPWS "Huts in wilderness and other remote areas of KNP". (Undated) (Item 12) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
draft of letter from the President to the Minister for Planning and Environment 1 July 1980, commenting on the Planning issue statement "Huts" (Item 13) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
"Towards management of a National huts system for the Kosciusko National Park" (approved at AGM in 1980) (Item 15) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
KHA submission on the Draft Plan of Management, Kosciusko National Park, 1981 (with working papers) (Item 16) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
NPWS : Plan of management Review, Kosciusko National Park Planning Issues Statement: Huts, April 1980 (Item 17) - Box 5 (MS 8257)
Subseries 9. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service: Kosciusko National Park: Draft Plan of Management, Sydney, NPWS, 1981, and Plan of Management, Sydney, NPWS, 1982 (Advance copy) - Box 6 (MS 8257)
Subseries 13. Folder of "Publicity papers" relating to the first two years of the KHA's existence - Box 6 (MS 8257)
Subseries 14. "Huts book" (draft of a booklet outlining the history of building the huts and their use, with some additional comments), c. 1977 - Box 6 (MS 8257)
Subseries 19. Copies of statements of receipts and payments, years ended, 28.2.1973, 28.2.1976-29.2.1989 - Box 6 (MS 8257)
Subseries 20. Papers relating to the campaign to save Bill Jones' hut, 1987-1988 (including Cooleman Plain Karst area Plan of Management, supplementary to the KNP Plan of Management, July 1987, KHA Submission on the Cooleman Karst area Plan of Management, 30. 10. 1987, correspondence with the NPWS and copies of correspondence from other concerned individuals and groups, lists of signatories opposing recommendations, and a study into the significance of Bill Jones Hut by Melanie Jones, 31.10.1988) - Box 6 (MS 8257)
Subseries 21. Correspondence received from YHA, including letter from Town Clerk, Albury re the idea of a chain of hostels in the KNP area, 1944 - Box 6 (MS 8257)
Subseries 22. Copy of comments on KNP Draft Plan of Management submitted to NPWS by Ian McAuley, 12 June 1981 - Box 6 (MS 8257)
Subseries 23. Hueneke, Klaus: Huts of the High Country. (Draft second revision). KHA copy - Box 6 (MS 8257)
Series. Namadgi National Park
Subseries 1. KHA Submission on Plan of Management for Namadgi National Park, January 1985 - Box 7 (MS 8257)
Subseries 2. KHA Namadgi Oral History Project - copies of copyright and permission forms and associated correspondence, 1990 - Box 7 (MS 8257)
Including summaries of interviews and some associated correspondence with: Roma Brayshaw; Pat Wardle; Alan Bagnall; Everard Oldfield; Max Oldfield; Stumpy Oldfield; Lindsay Pryor; Tom Brayshaw; Stan Goodhew
Subseries 3. KHA Namadgi Oral History Project - copies of copyright and permission forms and associated correspondence, 1990
KHA: Namadgi Oral History project in association with the National Library of Australia: Copies of copyright and permissions forms relating to copyright of tapes and transcriptions and written summaries of interviews, and permission to use loaned material, 5.6.1990 - 23.10.1990 (File) - Box 7 (MS 8257)
Forms from: P. Wardle, Bill Bootes, T. Gregory, L. D. Pryor, D. Curtis and Colin Curtis, Noel Luton, Clatus Crawford, S. Goodhew, Roma Brayshaw, Max Oldfield, Hugh Read, Everard Oldfield, Stumpy Oldfield, R. F. Alder, Granville Crawford, Dulcie Oldfield, A.R. Bagnall, Jack Reid, Lawrence Tong, T.E. Brayshaw (File) - Box 7 (MS 8257)
Subseries 5. Copy of manuscript written by Ted Lee, relating to Marmaduke Lee who bought Gudgenby Station in about 1907 - Box 7 (MS 8257)
Subseries 6. Copies of papers relating to Gudgenby from the collection of Bill Bootes, 1879 - 1926
Notes on Gudgenby prepared by E. M. Jamieson in connection with an open day organised by the National Trust (undated) (Item) - Box 7 (MS 8257)
Notice in NSW Government Gazette No 74, 1909 relating to plants declared to be scrub, Gudgenby (Item) - Box 7 (MS 8257)
Letter from FCC to Mr P. Smith guaranteeing that there will be no acquisition of his property for at least 10 years, 25.5.26 (Item) - Box 7 (MS 8257)
Transfer of mortgage, A. E. Sendall and another to A.E. Sendall and another, 12.11.1919 (Item) - Box 7 (MS 8257)
Class MS Acc09.197. Consignment received 13 May 1997
Series 1. Kosciusko National Park
Snowlease map 1912, donated to KHA by The Lampe family for deposit in KHA Archives. Showing gold and snow leases around Kiandra and Gooandra homestead. Lampe holdings marked in red ink (Item 1) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Diary of Henry Hedger, 1905 - 1910. Written approval for photocopy to go to KHA archives given by Harold Hedger (Item 2) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Scully, G. Submission on the Cooleman Karst area Plan of Management, 20.10.1987 (Item 3) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Scully, G. Historical Notes on Snowy Plain and Diggers Creek, February 1993 (Item 5) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Hain, Herbert, an oral history, done by Edie Swift, 6 February 1991 (Item 6) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Newspaper articles (Item 7) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Tourists will follow old cattlemen's trails, Australian Women's Weekly, 16.3.46.
Higgins, Matthew, "The hills are alive with the signs of history", Canberra Times, 12.3.1995. (Covers aspects of the history of the Peppercorn area).
The Boltons gather at Snowy Plain. Summit Sunday, 11 February 1993.
Snowy Plain History Remembered, Summit Sunday, 21.1.93.
Charlie's memory lives on. Cooma Monaro Express, 10.11.1992.
Subseries 2. Namadgi National Park
Conservation studies, 1992-1994 (Item 1) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Including: Rowleys Rendezvous Creek Hut; Hospital Creek Hut; Max and Bert Oldfield's Hut; Demandering Hut; Luton's Crutching Shed; Waterhole Hut
Australian Heritage Commission, Submission for Namadgi National Park Plan of Management, 1985 (Item 2) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
ACT Parks and Conservation Service, Namadgi National Park, Plan of Management, 1986 (Item 3) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Correspondence to the Chief Minister and other members of the ACT House of Assembly and their replies concerning KHA contribution to cultural heritage conservation in Namadgi National Park, 1988-1990 (Item 7a) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Letter from Lyndsay Pryor to A Lyne re pencil sketch and recollections of Cotter House (Item 7b) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Press cuttings (Item 8) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Including: Alpine Arboreta, 4.5.1991; Namadgi Winters, 27.6.1992; Mt Franklin Chalet, 15.6.1991
Interim Heritage Places Register, Citations (Item 11) - Box 7 (MS 8257 and MS Acc09.197)
Including: Mt Franklin Chalet and Precincts; Tennent Homestead; Seven Namadgi Stockman's huts - Rowley's Rendezvous Creek Hut, Frank and Jack's Hut, Hospital Creek Hut, Horse Gully Hut, Demandering Hut, Waterhole Hut, Max and Bert Oldfield's Hut.; Pryors and Bendora Huts; Brayshaw's and Westerman's (Lons Vale) Homesteads