Series S004 - Publications and reports


ProvenanceAlec Baillie Costin
Description

This series contains an extensive collection of publications and reports written by authors other than Alec Costin. The collection includes a wide range of scientific writing such as journal articles, research proposals, topographic maps and scholarly books but also more popular publications such as tourist maps, newspaper clippings and sales catalogues. It also includes related records such as correspondence, data, notes, drafts and a small number of photographs.

This series provides a unique insight into the publications which Costin drew on for his research and policy-related work. A large selection of correspondence related to this writing - between Costin and other authors - is also included, showing how he interacted with other authors and how their combined work contributed to the development of ecological research and conservation practices in Australia.


Inventory Listing

Report and correspondence: Mootwingee Station

This inventory item contains

1x Report "Investigation into the possible acquisition of the Mootwingee Station" (includes 26 black-and-white photographs with a corresponding aerial map) by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, New South Wales. 1969.

1x Covering letter to A. B. Costin from D. F. McMichael regarding the report. 1969.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1969    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports, Mounted Photographic Prints and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier A00000002 Box Number 001 Series S004
Publication: "Victoria's resources: official organ of the Natural Resources Conservation League of Victoria"

This inventory item contains

1x Journal "Victoria's resources: official organ of the Natural Resources Conservation League of Victoria". June-August 1968.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1968    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000003 Box Number 001 Series S004
Article and pamphlets: Ecology and conservation in Australian high mountain areas

This inventory item contains

1x Pamphlet "Thatching the roof of Australia". Undated.

1x Photocopied and Annotated Journal Article "The role of shrubs in some plant communities of the Bogong High Plains" by Stella G. M. Clark.1962.

1x Pamphlet "Above the treeline: how the high country was rescued" by the Soil Conservation Service of NSW. 1991.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1962 - 1991    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000005 Box Number 001 Series S004
Papers and map on fire management in the Australian Alps

This inventory item contains

1x Paper "Fire management in the Australian Alps" by R. B. Good. 1992.

1x Paper "Fire and water: framing fire and fuel management of water-supply catchment" by A. M. Gill, M. Worthy, N. Wade, N. Mueller and I. White. Undated.

1x Map "Hume-Snowy Burning Blocks: 1950 to 1985".

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1985 - c. 1992    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A00000008 Box Number 001 Series S004
Conference proceedings: Australia's alpine areas - management for conservation

This inventory item contains

1x Book "Australia's alpine areas: management for conservation: Papers from a conference organized by the National Parks Association of the ACT in its Silver Jubilee Year" by The National Parks Association of the Australian Capital Territory Inc. (edited by Kevin J. Frawley). 1986.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1986    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier A00000009 Box Number 001 Series S004
Documents related to WATSIM hydorological model

This inventory item contains

1x Technical paper for the Division of Plant Industry of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation (CSIRO), "Watsim: a distributed hydrologic model", by A.R. Aston and D. Sandilands. Undated. Also contains a computer printout "WATSIM users' guide". 10 November 1978.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1978?    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Papers or Articles and Manuals
Inventory Identifier A00000096 Box Number 010 Series S004
Publication: The Flora, Vegetation and Soils of Macquarie Island, by B.W. Taylor

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The Flora, Vegetation and Soils of Macquarie Island" by B.W. Taylor. Contains some annotations in pencil. Also labelled in pencil on front cover as "A.B. Costin". 192 pp. May 1955.

1x Slip of white paper annotated as "Dr. Costin: Found among Dorothy Johns possessions: [signed] A.E. [Grantleigh?]" and fastened to cover of publication with paper clip. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1955    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Loose Notes and Books
Inventory Identifier A00000237 Box Number 021 Series S004
Publication: Notes on some evidence of glaciation in the Australian Alps

This inventory item contains

1x Reprint "Notes on some evidence of glaciation in the Australian Alps" (article V) by James Stirling, from unidentified publication, pp 19-34. Reprint fastened together with paper clip. July 1885.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1885    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A00000238 Box Number 021 Series S004
Assorted publications: Ecology and botany (mainly relating to alpine regions in Australia and other countries)

This inventory item contains the following documents (mainly reprints of published scholarly works from scientific journals; also includes one attached letter; many of the reprints are also annotated with some labelled as A.B. Costin):

"Vegetation of an infrequently burned Tasmanian mountain region" by J.B. Kirkpatrick and C.E. Harwood. 31 July 1980.

"Ecological interpretation of vegetational zonation of high mountains, particularly in Japan and Taiwan" by Makato Numata. Reprint from "Geoecology of the high-mountain regions of Eurasia" by Carl Troll, pp 288-299. Undated.

"Flowering, seeding, and seedling establishment of narrow-leaved snow tussock, Chinochloa rigida" by A.F. Mark. 1965.

"On climatic extremes as decisive factors for plant distribution" by H. Boykyo. 1949.

"Seed germination and vivipary from a latitudinal series of populations of the arctic-alpine grass Trisetum spicatum" by Edward Clebsch and W.D. Billings. 1976.

"Measurement of root growth in simulated and natural temperature gradients over permafrost" by W.D. Billings, G.R. Shaver, and A.W. Trent. 1976.

"Temperature responses in altitudinal populations of Eucalyptus pauciflora sieb. ex. spreng" by J.W. Green. 1969.

"Studying the effects of environmental factors on ecosystems", by David W. Goodall. 1970.

"The dead river systems of the Murrumbidgee" by T. Langford-Smith. Also contains letter (on University of Sydney letterhead) from Langford-Smith to A.B. Costin. 15 December 1961.

"Riverine deposition during arid phases" by B.E. Butler and response by T. Langford-Smith. 1960.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1949 - 1976    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000240 Box Number 021 Series S004
Publications relating to soils in Australia and New Zealand

This inventory item contains

2x Copies of "Atlas of Australian soils: Explanatory data for sheet 2 Melbourne-Tasmania area" by K.H. Northcote. One copy carries stamp of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. 1962.

1x Journal issue New Zealand Society of Soil Science Proceedings, opened at article "An unsolved problem in soil and water conservation" by J.D. Raeside. Article is annotated. 1960.

1x Report "An instrument for recording the occurrence of needle ice" by J.F. Warren. Published by Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority Civil Engineering Division, Scientific Services. Includes photographs. Covering letter (on Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority letterhead) to L.J. Durham from A.J. Daffy is attached by paper clip. January 1957.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1957 - 1962    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books, Journals and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000241 Box Number 021 Series S004
Journal article reprints: Plant taxonomy and genetics

This inventory item contains the following reprints of various journal articles on taxonomy and genetics of plants:

1x Reprint of "The effect of X-ray treatment in dormant seeds of Luzula pallescens and L. capitata" by Hedda Nordenskiöld. 1955.

1x Reprint of "Taxonomic problems associated with continuous variation in Eucalyptus pauciflora (snow gum) (Myrtaceae)" by J.W. Green. 1969.

1x Reprint of "Chromosome numbers of Epilobium in Britain" by Peter Raven and D.M. Moore. 1964.

1x Reprint of "Hybridization experiments in the genus Luzula: III. The subgenus Pterodes" by Hedda Nordenskiöld. 1957.

1x Reprint of "Cyto-taxonomical studies in the genus Luzula: II. Hybridization experiments in the campestris-multiflora complex" by Hedda Nordenskiöld. 1956.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1955 - 1969    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000244 Box Number 021 Series S004
Assorted publications on Montague Island, Australia [photocopies]

This inventory item contains

1x Photocopy "A voyage to Terra Australis; undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803.. ." by Matthew Flinders, frontpiece and pp. cxx-cxxi, cxxxviii. 1814.

2x Photocopies of map portions from "A reduction of Captain Cook's original chart of [.. . obscured] East Australian Coast- [.. . obscured]: 1770" and unidentified early map of East Coast of Australia around "Bateman Bay". Circa 1770 to 1802.

1x Photocopy "Exploration of East Coast of Australia". Chapter VIII. In "Cook's journal - first voyage: April 1770", pp. 237-239. Undated.

1x Photocopy of two published works "The Montague Island Gullery" by A.F. Basset Hull and "Avifauna of New South Wales Islands" by A.F. Baset Hull. Both works appear to have been photocopied from the same unidentified publication, pp. 80-85, 202-207. Also includes slip of annotated paper attached to photocopy and relating to pp. 85 and 204. Circa 1912.

1x Photocopy of pages from "The Australian museum magazine" including the "Editorial" and photographs of Montague Island. 2pp. Photocopy annotated as "pictures taken pub 1911" (p. 128). July 1922.

3x A3-sized photocopies of photographs showing unidentified rocky coastline and lighthouse (Montague Island, Australia?). Undated.

1x Buff Eurobodall Shire Council envelope labelled "Montagu Island" and addressed to Alec Costin, "Widgett", Bodalla, 2545. Labelled on reverse as "1959". 1959.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1770 - 1959    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Books and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier A00000245 Box Number 022 Series S004
Pamphlet: Nature in Eurobodalla, including articles on Montague Island

This inventory item contains

1x Pamphlet "Nature in Eurobodalla" compiled by J. Whiter. The pamphlet is also the annual record of the Eurobodalla Natural History Society. The pamphlet contains articles on the birds and vascular flora of Montague Island, New South Wales. 28 February 1989.

1x Black-and-white photograph (4.5"x8") of aerial view of lighthouse sited on rock. Photo annotated on reverse as "1937 by CSIRO Divn Fisheries (Mr Fowler): Note Roused Wooden Walkway from old Jetty" and numbered (also on reverse) as LA5/22. Very good condition. Photo found as bookmark in pamphlet (see above) where it was placed at the start of first article on Montague Island. 1937.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1989    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000248 Box Number 022 Series S004
Book: "New Zealand today" [mainly aerial photographs]

This inventory item contains

1x Book "New Zealand today" by Wilfrid G. Beckett (Editor). Book contains mainly aerial photographs (by Whites Aviation) and three maps. Book labelled on front as "Costin" and annotated on page 1 as "To Mum, with love from Alec. 1/52". 48pp. 1952.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1952    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier A00000249 Box Number 022 Series S004
Assorted tourist brochures: Murramarang National Park, Eurobadalla and Sapphire Coast region

This inventory item comprises the following assorted documents relating to accommodation and national parks and reserves in the Eurobodalla and Sapphire Coast region, near Bateman's Bay, New South Wales:

1x Brochure "Guide to NSW national parks" with annotations inside front cover. Part of front cover torn off. Portion of torn-off cover may have included date of publication. 48pp. Includes colour photographs and maps. Undated.

1x Magazine "Imag monthly" visitors guide to South Coast - Kiama to Clyde River. 48pp. June 2004.

1x Magazine "TV entertainment and leisure guide: Narooma, Moruya, Batemans Bay and surrounds". 24pp. 26 June to 9 July 2004.

6x Flyers from Murramarang Resort, Bateman's Bay. 2004.

1x Compilation of material from Murramarang Resort, Bateman's Bay. Includes "Murramarang News", "Resort Information" and "Special Offer". 2004.

2x Copies of information sheet (1pp) "Murramarang National Park: Southern walking tracks. Circa 2004.

6x Brochures relating to national parks and nature reserves in the Eurobodalla and Sapphire Coast region. Brochures published by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Brochure titles include "National parks of the Eurobodalla and Sapphire coasts", "Jervis Bay", "Bundanoon", "Murramarang", "Pretty Beach", "Depot Beach". 1997 to 2003.

1x Slip of annotated lined note paper. Annotations include heading "Murramarang via .. ." and refer to accommodation prices etc. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1997 - 2004    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier A00000252 Box Number 023 Series S004
Assorted documents: Tuross River excursion

This inventory item contains four assorted documents relating to an excursion to the Tuross River. Documents contained in a large buff annotated CSIRO envelope addressed to Alec Costin, Bodalla, New South Wales from P. Rustomji (with his business card attached on reverse, C/- CSIRO Land and Water). Annotations read (in part) "Tuross Excu: Wed 7, 8, 9 Feb". 29 October 2007.

1x Handout "Tuross River field trip notes" compiled by Paul Rustomji. Australia and New Zealand Geomorphology Group: New Frontiers in River Research Workshop. Notes fastened together with paper clip. Includes maps, tables, figures (some colour). 27pp (consecutively numbered). 6-8 February 2007.

1x Handout "Workshop abstracts: Australia and New Zealand Geomorphology Group: Australasian rivers workshop: New frontiers in river research". Canberra and NSW South Coast. 6-8 February, 2007.

1x Journal article preprint "Alluvial sedimentation rates from southeastern Australia indicate post-European settlement landscape recovery" by P. Rustomji and T. Pietsch. Geomorphology, in press. 16 January 2007.

1x Set of graphs relating to hydrology in Tuross River area. Also includes small annotation. 1pp. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2007    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Graphs, Journals, Tables of data and Figures
Inventory Identifier A00000253 Box Number 023 Series S004
Report: Bushfires and the Australian Environment

This inventory item contains one report which was originally enclosed in a buff annotated envelope embossed as "The Ecologist" and labelled "South Coast Burning" (see inventory item A00000256).

1x Report "Bushfires and the Australian Environment" by the Standing Committee on Environment and Conservation, The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Report originally enclosed in buff annotated envelope embossed as "The Ecologist" and labelled "South Coast Burning" (see inventory item A00000255). August 1984.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1984    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000255 Box Number 023 Series S004
Publications: Narooma News

This inventory item contains the following issues of the Narooma News (including one duplicate) the local newspaper for the Bermagui, Bodalla, Cobargo, Dalmeny, Kianga and Tilba areas of the south coast of New South Wales:

1x Issue of Narooma News, with annotations on the front page article "Big dry hits the Tuross". Also includes other annotations. 22 November 2006.

1x Issue of Narooma Times (annotated on front page). 29 November 2006

1x Issue of Narooma News. The front page article "State's largest burn going to plan" is marked with crosses. Annotations (on p. 1) refer to "Nairn" article on p. 5. 18 April 2007.

2x Copies of Narooma Times. One copy includes an annotation on the front page reading "See page 3 and letters to the editor". The article "State record burn near completion" appears on p. 3. The letter to the editor "The Wadbilliga burn" was written by Alec Costin and Dane Wimbush (see manuscript A00000258). 25 April 2007.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2006 - 2007    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000259 Box Number 023 Series S004
Newspaper sections: Management of Australian rivers and climate change policy

This inventory item contains the following sections of newspapers (including one duplicate) containing articles on management of Australian rivers and climate change policy:

1x Newspaper section "The Inquirer" from "The Weekend Australian". Section is open on p. 19 which features an article "Beattie goes against the flow" on Prime Minister John Howard's 10 year plan for Australian rivers. 27-28 January 2007.

1x Newspaper section of "The Sydney Morning Herald" containing articles from a series on Australian rivers "When rivers run dry". 4pp. 7 March 2007.

1x Newspaper section from "The Weekend Australian" containing editorial "Warming threat stokes election" on the Australian Labor Party's climate change policy. 4pp. 10-11 February 2007.

1x Issue of newspaper "Narooma News" which includes two articles on the front page regarding flooding in Narooma and Bega. 14 February 2007.

2x Copies of a section from newspaper "The Sydney Morning Herald". Includes two articles from a series on Australian rivers "When the rivers run dry". 4pp. 17-18 February 2007.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2007    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats News Clippings and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000260 Box Number 023 Series S004
Research proposal and water charts: Economic valuation and water quality modelling, coastal catchments

This inventory item contains

1x Proposal for Australian Research Council Linkage project "Integrating economic valuation and water quality modelling for improving management of coastal catchments". Also includes attachments "CatchMODS model description"; Baihua Fu masters thesis abstract; Serena Chen honours thesis abstract; abstract "Suspended sediment, nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics and load estimates during storm-events in the Tuross catchment, Australia" by J.J. Drewry et al; "An approach to assess and mange nutrient loads in two coastal catchments of the Eurobodalla region, NSW, Australia" by J.J. Drewry et al; "Estimating nutrient and sediment loads in Eurobodalla coastal catchments" by J.J. Drewry et al; "Integrated modelling and field-based analysis for improving catchment-scale pollutant management.. ." by B. Fu et al. 2005 to 2006.

4x Water data charts produced by the Department of Natural Resources, New South Wales, South Coast Region. Some charts annotated in detail. Charts show data for Wadbilliga and Tuross. Includes brief correspondence notes from Wayne Ryan and Adam Wiggins. One note addressed to Alec Costin. Also includes one page of handwritten notes. Contents fastened together with paper clips. 2006.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2005 - 2006    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Graphs, Loose Notes, Published Papers or Articles and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000263 Box Number 023 Series S004
Publication: Australian Institute of Alpine Studies Newsletter

This inventory item contains

1x Issue "Australian Institute of Alpine Studies Newsletter" number 8. Includes brief article by Alec Costin "Monitoring of snow loads below Mt Twynam snowpatch". Also includes photographs. June 2000.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2000    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Newsletters
Inventory Identifier A00000266 Box Number 023 Series S004
Magazine, newspaper clipping and sales catalogue: Meat and livestock industry

This inventory item contains

1x Annotated magazine "Feedback: Meat and livestock journal". October 2001.

1x Newspaper clipping "Secret dairy greenhouse gases". Town and Country Magazine. Cutting originally inserted at p. 5 of "Feedback" magazine (see above). 9 June 2003.

1x Sales catalogue "Livestock handling made easy", originally inserted in "Feedback" magazine. April 2001.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2001 - 2003    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats News Clippings and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000269 Box Number 024 Series S004
Magazine: "Kosciuszko Today"

This inventory item contains

1x Magazine "Kosciuszko Today" published by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Summer 2002/2003.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2002 - 2003    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000272 Box Number 024 Series S004
Report: "Sediment, particularate and dissolved organic carbon, iron and manganese input to Corin reservoir"

This inventory item contains

1x Report "Sediment, particularate and dissolved organic carbon, iron and manganese input to Corin reservoir" by R.J. Wasson (CRES, The Australian National University) and other authors, including those from The Australian National University, Ecowise Environmental, ActewAGL and CSIRO Land and Water (Canberra). 25 July 2003.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2003    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000273 Box Number 024 Series S004
Brief report: "Health impacts of wood smoke"

This inventory item contains

1x Brief report "Health Impacts of Wood Smoke" by Dr James Markos. "Attachment 1" to "Clearing the Air" Air Quality Seminar, Tamar Region Natural Resource Management Strategy, Launceston. Includes annotation. 25 May 2004.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2004    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000275 Box Number 024 Series S004
Tourist brochures: South coast of New South Wales III

This inventory item contains

1x Brochure "Eurobodalla nature coast: Holiday packages". 2002.

1x Brochure "Eurobodalla nature coast". 2002.

1x Brochure "Sapphire coast: South coast, NSW". 2001.

1x Brochure "Eurobodalla nature coast: holiday packages". 2002.

2x Versions of Brochure "Shoalhaven: Your holiday escape". Undated.

1x Brochure "Sapphire coast: where dolphins surf: sea eagles soar: and whales breach". Undated.

1x Brochure "Eurobodalla nature coast: Bateman's Bay, Moruya, Narooma". Contains annotations. 2003.

1x Large white Eurobodalla Nature Coast Bateman's Bay Visitors Centre envelope which originally contained the brochures. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2002 - 2003    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Ephemera and Books
Inventory Identifier A00000276 Box Number 024 Series S004
Scientific papers relating to Tuross lower valley water study

This inventory item contains one scientific paper with an addendum, enclosed in buff annotated (front and reverse) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization envelope. Annotation on front reads "Tuross Lower Valley Water Study".

1x Scientific paper "Holocene valley aggradation driven by river mouth progradation: examples from Australia" by Paul Rustomji et al. In press, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Includes maps and diagrams. 11 January 2006.

1x Annotated addendum "Some background material for interpreting the paper: Holocene valley aggradation driven by river mouth progradation: examples from Australia" by Paul Rustommji, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. Includes maps, diagrams and satellite photograph. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2006?    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000277 Box Number 024 Series S004
Maps, correspondence and report: Fires in Kosciuszko area

This inventory item contains maps, correspondence and one report regarding fire activity in the Kosciuszko area, enclosed in large white annotated New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service envelope.

1x Very large map "Fire Activity" of area around Cabramurra by New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Includes legend. 24 January 2003.

1x Map (A3 size) "Fire Activity" of area around Cabramurra by New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Includes legend. 25 January 2003.

1x Report "Kosciuszko National Park fire facts summary". 25 January 2003.

1x Covering note from Penny Spoelder to Alec Costin on memorandum paper. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2003    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Reports, Maps and Memoranda
Inventory Identifier A00000278 Box Number 024 Series S004
Research paper: "Mimicking seasonal temperature changes reveals seed dormancy and multiple germination strategies: an investigation of 54 alpine species"

This inventory item contains

1x Research paper (manuscript) printout "Mimicking seasonal temperature changes reveals seed dormancy and multiple germination strategies: an investigation of 54 alpine species" by Gemma Hoyle et al. Enclosed in plastic sleeve. Circa 2014.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 2014    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000280 Box Number 024 Series S004
Various newspapers editions and newspaper sections: Grazing, Snowy mountains conservation issues, whales in Broom and other subjects

This inventory item contains

6x Copies "Times 2" section of The Canberra Times, featuring an article "Grazing fights: why the high country has become a battleground" by Rosslyn Beeby. 2005.

1x Issue of "Narooma Times" newspaper. 29 July 2009.

5x Issues of "The Canberra Times" newspaper containing a series of articles on "The state of the snowy". 5-11 July 2009.

1x Issue of "The Weekend Australian" with article on whales in Broome on page one. 22-23 August 2009.

1x Issue of "The Weekend Australian" [incomplete]. 23-25 May 2009.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2005 - 2009    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000297 Box Number 026 Series S004
Publications and other assorted documents: "Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre: Annual report" [2004-2005] and (mainly) related correspondence

This inventory item contains

1x Annotated publication (with covering letter and attachments) "Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre: Annual report". Includes covering letter (with attachments) from Alec Costin to Kevin O'Loughlin (Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre) regarding new fire research in alpine and sub-alpine areas. Attachments include manuscript of letter to the editor of the Canberra Times and photocopy of newspaper article "Dry slots fan fire theory". 2004 to 2006.

1x Brochure "Researching bushfire: Wildlife research - Science for safer communities" by Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, Australia. Undated.

1x Bundle of assorted documents (mainly correspondence) including note to "Dane" from Alec Costin re Namadji symposium papers and Merritt's two books; letter to Tim Shepherd (New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service) from Alec Costin and Dane Wimbush re Wadbilliga burn; handwritten notes on Wadbilliga burn; handwritten notes on fire management. 2007.

1x News clipping "A political climate: a bipartisan approach on global warming is no closer". Weekend Australian. 2007.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2004 - 2007    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, News Clippings, Loose Notes and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000300 Box Number 026 Series S004
News clippings and newsletters (mainly regarding bushfires in the Australian alps in 2003)

This inventory item contains

5x Newsletters (some annotated and/or underlined) "Mountain protected areas: Update" (two issues); "Yass rural lands protection board newsletter", "Australian institute of alpine studies" newsletter. Subjects mainly relate to the alpine bushfires. 2003.

4x News clippings regarding bushfires in the Australian Capital Territory. The Canberra Times and the Australian. Includes photocopies (no duplicates). 2003.

1x Set of news clippings regarding bushfires in the Australian Capital Territory with articles by David Mussard and Helen Anderson. The Canberra Times and unidentified newspaper. Clippings numbered 1-3. Includes one duplicate. 2003.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2003    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats News Clippings and Newsletters
Inventory Identifier A00000301 Box Number 026 Series S004
Assorted publications: Control burning and bushfires in Australia

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Forest phoenix: How a great forest recovers after wildfire" by David Lindenmayer, David Blair, Lachlan McBurney and Sam Banks. CSIRO Publishing. 2010.

1x Publication "Have you a farm fire protection plan?" by the New South Wales Bush Fire Service. 1994.

1x Publication "Have you a farm fire protection plan?" by the New South Wales Department of Bush Fire Services. 1991.

1x Publication "Prescribed burning training program" by the New South Wales Government. Annotated. 1978.

1x Publication "The burning question: The rationale and the problems" by the New South Wales Department of Bush Fire Services. Circa 1995.

1x Publication "The safe use of fire for woody weed control" by the New South Wales Department of Bush Fire Services. 1991.

1x Publication "Living with fire: Bushfire management, the community & national parks in southern New South Wales" by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. 1995.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1978 - 2010    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000303 Box Number 026 Series S004
Correspondence with S.J. Gale (includes two scholarly works)

This inventory item (enclosed in a buff envelope) contains

1x Large annotated buff envelope addressed to A.B. Costin. Undated.

1x World wetlands day postcard addressed to S.J. Gale, School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney. Postcard blank apart from address details. Undated.

1x Offprint "Catchment-wide soil loss from pre-agricultural times to the present: transport- and supply-limitation of erosion" by S.J. Gale and R.J. Haworth (journal article). 2005.

1x Draft paper "The glaciation of the Snowy Mountains of southeast Australia" by A.F.K. Crawford-Smith and S.J. Gale. Undated.

1x Covering letter addressed to A.B. Costin from Stephen Gale. 2010.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2005 - 2010    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Drafts and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000304 Box Number 026 Series S004
Journal articles from "The Holocene" and "Austral Ecology"

This inventory item contains

1x Printout "Mind the gap: an absence of valley-fill deposits identifying the Holocene hypsithermal period of enhanced flow regime in southeastern Australia" by T.J. Cohen and G.C. Nanson. In The Holocene. Contains annotations. 2007.

1x Photocopy "Two fine-resolution Pliococene charcoal records and their bearing on pre-human fire frequency in south-western Australia" by John R. Dodson, Michael Robinson and Claudine Tardy. In Austral Ecology. 2005.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2005 - 2007    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000306 Box Number 026 Series S004
Assorted publications: Managing river water and groundwater in Australia

This inventory item contains

2x Publications "Managing rangelands better by managing artesian water" by Ross Blick (includes annotated sticky note and colour map); "Resource management issues in the Great Artesian Basin" by C. Mues and S. Hardcastle. Publications contained in white envelope labelled "Blick: Artesian water". 1997 to 1998.

23x Publications by the New South Wales Department of Land and Water Conservation, including "Securing our water future", "Water reforms: A stressed rivers approach to the management of water use in unregulated streams", "The NSW state groundwater policy framework document", "Water reforms: Information for water users". Also includes 19 fact sheets on water reforms. Publications contained in blue and white Department of Land and Water Conservation folder. August to September 1997.

1x Publication "Water reforms: NSW weirs policy" by the New South Wales Department of Land and Water Conservation. August 1997.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1997 - 1998    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Books and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000308 Box Number 027 Series S004
Assorted documents: History of the Australian alps

This inventory item contains

1x Draft report "Managing the Australian alps: a history of cooperative management of the Australian alps national parks" by Peter Crabb. Draft prepared for the Australian Alps Liaison Committee. Also includes covering letter from Virginia Logan, Australian Alps National Parks program. Circa 2004.

1x Photocopy "Australian pictures: Drawn with pen and pencil" by Howard Willoughby, pp. 194-199. Includes brief annotations on front. 1886.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1886 - 2004    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Reports, Journals and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier A00000311 Box Number 027 Series S004
Publication and drafts: Ecology, earth science and conservation of Kosciuszko National Park

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Managing the Kosciuszko alpine area: Conservation milestones and future challenges" by Graeme Worboys and Catherine Pickering. Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism. Includes maps. Circa 2002.

Approx. 30x Pages of typed draft writing (mainly faxed but some in printout form) on the ecology of Kosciuszko National Park. Faxed pages from "Wimbush". Some pages annotated. Includes several fax cover pages. Fastened together with paper clips. 2002.

50x Pages (annotated) of typed draft writing by unidentified author on the ecology and earth sciences of Kosciuszko National Park. Fastened together with paper clip. Originally stapled together along spine as booklet. Undated.

1x Draft paper "Short communication: The flora of Nungar Plain, a treeless sub-alpine frost hollow in Kosciuszko National Park" by Keith McDougall and Neville Walsh. Faxed from "Wimbush". Includes fax cover page. 27 August 2002.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2002    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Drafts, Published Reports and Facsimile Transmissions
Inventory Identifier A00000312 Box Number 027 Series S004
Publication: "Moruya River: Flood study"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Moruya River: Flood study". Public Works New South Wales. Includes some underlining; labelled on cover as "A Costin". 1992.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1992    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000313 Box Number 027 Series S004
Assorted publications: Natural resource management in New South Wales

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Dryland salinity: Introductory extension notes" by Scott Taylor. Soil Conservation Service New South Wales. 1993.

1x Publication "What scum is that? Algal blooms and other prolific plant growth" by Simon Mitrovic. New South Wales Department of Land and Water Conservation. 1995.

1x Publication "National resources management strategy: Lower south coast catchment: 1997-2000" by Lower South Coast Catchment Management Committee. 1997.

1x Publication "Draft: Fire management plan: Kosciuszko National Park" by New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service NPWS) and related documents. Includes one NPWS Snowy Mountains Region brochure and one submission cover sheet (found inserted in the publication). Circa 1998.

1x Report "Expert panel environment.. .[obscured]: Assessment of the [obscured] Snowy River below Jinda.. .[obscured]" by the Snowy Genoa Catchment Management Committee. Front cover torn, obscuring writing in title. 1996.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1993    Quantity 5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000314 Box Number 027 Series S004
Assorted publications and correspondence mainly regarding Alpine issues in Australia

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "News from the alps" by Australian Alps National Parks. Featured issue on climate change. No. 39. 2010.

1x Magazine "Wilderness". The Wilderness Society (United States of America). Includes brief annotation on front. 2002 to 2003.

2x Publications with one covering letter. Publications include "Land use and lake sedimentation on the New England tablelands of New South Wales, Australia" (annotated) by R.J. Haworth, S.J. Gale, S.A. Short, and H. Heijinis (Australian Geographer); "Making the European landscape: Early contact environment impact in Australia" by S.J. Gale, In Geography's New Frontiers: The Geographical Society of New South Wales conference papers no. 17. Includes covering letter from Stephen Gale (the University of Sydney) to Alec Costin. 1999 to 2010.

1x Manuscript "Effects of reduced winter duration on seed dormancy and germination in six populations of the alpine herb Aciphyllya glacialis (Apiaceae)" by G.L. Hoyle, H. Cordiner, A.B. Nicotra. Conservation Physiology. Contained in plastic sleeve. Undated.

1x Publication "Interannual and seasonal changes in the ice cover of glacial lakes in the Snowy Mountains of Australia" by K. Green. Journal of Mountain Science. 2011.

1x Publication "Tree-Limit ribbons in the Snowy Mountains, Australia: Characterization and recent seedling establishment" by Ken Green and Susanna Venn. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. 2012.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1999 - 2012    Quantity 4 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Journals and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000315 Box Number 027 Series S004
Report and photographs: "Hume Snowy fire prevention scheme - basic fire plan review"

This inventory item (enclosed in a torn buff envelope embossed with "CSIRO" and labelled "Fire plan critiques") contains

6x Large Black-and-white photographs numbered as plates, in plastic sleeve. Undated.

4x Copies of Report "Hume Snowy fire prevention scheme - basic fire plan review" by Ecology section, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Division of Plant Industry. Each copy fastened with paper clip. Circa 1975.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1975    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier A00000317 Box Number 028 Series S004
Reports: Soil conservation in the snowy mountains scheme area

This inventory item contains the following reports on soil conservation by Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority Scientific Services, including photographs and maps:

1x Report no. S.S.6. "Erosion damage and siltation risk in the junction diversion dam catchment". 1953.

1x Report no. S.S.7 "Techniques for control of soil erosion". 1956.

1x Report no. S.S.12 "Mother soil management trial". 1955.

1x Report no. S.S.8 "Measurements of the actual erosion amount on road batters at elevations above 4000 feet". 1954.

1x Report no. S.S.14 "Control of erosion in the Adaminaby Reservoir catchment". 1955.

1x Report no. S.S.16 "Murrumbidgee-Eucumbene diversion erosion survey, progress report. April 1956.

1x Report no. S.S.18 "An instrument for recording the occurrence of needle ice". 1957.

1x Report no. S.S.19 "A survey of the condition of snow leases and permissive occupancies within the Snowy Mountains area". 1957.

1x Report no. S.S.22 "Measurements of the rate of sheet erosion of bare slopes at elevations above 4000 ft". 1957.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1953 - 1957    Quantity 5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000320 Box Number 028 Series S004
Publication: "Report of the Forestry Commission on fire protection of the Hume-Snowy group of catchment areas"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Report of the Forestry Commission on fire protection of the Hume-Snowy group of catchment areas". 1951.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1951    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000323 Box Number 028 Series S004
Papers and other documents mainly relating to seminar on Byadbo (Kosciusko National Park) in September, 1983

This inventory item contains

1x Annotated buff Australian National University envelope. Annotation (on reverse) reads "Byadbo Seminar". Envelope originally enclosed the remaining contents of this inventory item. 28-29 September 1983.

1x Agenda "Byadbo Seminar". South East Region Office, Queanbeyan. 1983.

1x Paper "Introduced species of animals (rabbits) and plants" by A.K. Rathore, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney. Byadbo Seminar. 1983.

1x Paper "Select bibliography pertaining to biology, ecology and control of wild rabbit" by A.K. Rathore. 1983.

1x Paper "Survival of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus [L]): Their control and its impact on ecosystem in arid zone of Western New South Wales" by Ashok Rathore and John Everleigh. Includes tables. Undated.

1x Paper "Plant checklist: Byadbo region" by David Charley and Kosciusko National Park. Provided as background reference material for Byadbo seminar. 1983.

1x Photocopied excerpt from unidentified publication "Robinson and Haydon's journey, 1844". Includes map. Undated.

1x Labelled photocopy. Labelling reads "Extract from report by Worboys" (in pencil). Report by Graeme Warboys, Naturalist, Kosciusko District. Extract refers to conservation status of Byadbo, analysis, and recommendations. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1983    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Published Papers or Articles and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier A00000325 Box Number 028 Series S004
Conference proceedings: "The conservation status of Kosciusko National Park"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The conservation status of Kosciusko National Park" by Andy Turner (editor). Proceedings of a seminar organised by Canberra College of Advanced Education. 1980.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1980    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A00000327 Box Number 028 Series S004
Assorted maps: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Bali

This inventory item contains

1x Map "Map of the South Eastern tourist district: New South Wales" by the Department of Lands, Sydney. Includes brief annotations on front and labelled "Costin" on reverse. Map mounted on canvas. Undated.

1x Map "Bateman's Bay state forests within South coast and South East forestry districts" by Forestry Commission of New South Wales Mapping Branch. Includes annotations, torn, repaired at edges with tape. 1979.

1x Map "Cotter: Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales" by Australian Military Forces Australian Survey Corps. Sheet 8627-1, Australia 1:50,000. Includes annotations. Segment of Cotter River marked in red. Labelled as "Cotter" on reverse. 1959.

1x Map "Bali" by Pertamina Cottages. Small tourist map. Area near Tabanan marked with cross and circle. Undated.

1x Map "Victoria state map: Third edition" by Royal Automobile Club of Victoria. 2002.

1x Map "Tasmania 2000 edition" by Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania. 2000.

1x Map "Eden project map" by Forestry Commission of New South Wales Mapping Branch. Includes annotations on reverse. Slight insect damage - small holes. 1977.

1x Map "Locality map" by unidentified author (with two enclosed photocopies). Map shows location of Tingaringa homestead, Yarrowlumla Shire, New South Wales. Photocopies very faint. Map and copies enclosed in small white envelope labelled "Tingaringa maps", which is in turn enclosed in clear plastic sheet protector. Undated.

1x Map "Map 5: Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Hunter, Illawarra and Southern Highlands" by National Roads and Motorists Association. 1998.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1959 - 2002    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Maps
Inventory Identifier A00000328 Box Number 029 Series S004
Tourist brochures and magazines: International park tours, Indonesia, Tasmania, Kosciusko

This inventory item contains

1x Magazine "Kosciusko Today". National Parks and Wildlife Service, New South Wales. Summer, 2002 to 2003.

1x Tourist brochure "InterNational Parktours: Walking in wild places: Tour Catalogue" by InterNational Parktours, Queensland. 2003.

1x Magazine (with inserted brochure) "Garuda: Inflight magazine of Garuda Indonesia". Includes inserted brochure "Bali water tour". 1987.

1x Publication (annotated, with inserted document) "Experience Tasmania: Your essential touring guide" by National Road and Motorists Association. Includes inserted document Page 8 from "Open Road" magazine. One page from publication torn loose (p. 81). 2001.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1987 - 2003    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Journals and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A00000330 Box Number 029 Series S004
Tourist brochures and magazines mainly relating to New Zealand

This inventory item (enclosed in a buff envelope) contains

1x Buff New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Travel Office envelope addressed to A. Costin with stamped postage date. 1989.

1x Section of magazine "Holiday NSW: Including Sydneysider". 4pp. 2001.

1x Brochure "The New Zealand book" by the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. 1990.

1x Brochure "See New Zealand" by Department of Conservation Central Office, New Zealand. 1988.

1x Brochure "New Zealand Winners: Self-drive holidays" by New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. 1989.

1x Map "New Zealand Winners: Self-drive holidays" by New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. Includes list of visitor information centres. 1989.

1x Travel brochure "Jetset New Zealand" by Jetset Tours. 1989.

1x Brochure "New Zealand Freedom hotel pass" by Southern Pacific Hotels. 1989.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1988 - 2001    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A00000331 Box Number 029 Series S004
Assorted maps and other documents: Tasmania

This inventory item (enclosed in an Express Post envelope) contains

1x Express Post (yellow, red and white) envelope addressed to Alec Costin from Charlotte Peterswald for Property (Real estate agents, Battery Point, Tasmania). Circa 2006.

1x Bundle of real estate brochures, one advertisement and related correspondence regarding the sale of "Blubber Head" farmhouse in Esperance Coast Rd, Dover, Tasmania. Includes two notes from real estate agent, two business cards, two brochures (one with segment cut out and inserted again inside), one small express post envelope, one section of newspaper (annotated) with advertisement. Contents contained in plastic sleeve. 2006.

3x Maps "Tasmania: Vegetation map" (by J.B. Kirkpatrick and K.J.M. Dickinson), "Freycinet National Park: Map and Notes" (by Tasmania Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment), "Tasmania" (by Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania). Circa 1984 to 2000.

1x Book "Tasmania's Recherche Bay" by Bob Brown. Signed by Bob Brown. 2005.

1x Diary with inserted notes and Christmas card. Diary is labelled "Tasmania" on front cover and has contact details for Alec Costin on first page but the rest is blank. Christmas card was written from Acacia to Alec; is attached with card showing contact details for Linton Manley (sculptor); and contains notes regarding people in Tasmania and local newspaper subscriptions. Also includes one page of notes mainly regarding real estate. 2000 to 2003.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1984 - 2006    Quantity 4 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Maps, News Clippings and Books
Inventory Identifier A00000332 Box Number 029 Series S004
Tourist brochures: South Coast of New South Wales I

This inventory item (enclosed in a large white envelope) contains

1x Large white Eurobodalla Nature Coast envelope addressed to A. Costin, labelled in biro as "South Coast Tourist". Undated.

4x Brochures "Shoalhaven: Your holiday escape" by unidentified author; "Sapphire Coast" by Sapphire Coast Tourism; "Eurobodalla Nature Coast" by Nature Coast Tourism; "Eurobodalla Nature Coast: Holiday Packages" by Nature Coast Tourism. 2001 to 2002.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2001 - 2002    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A00000333 Box Number 029 Series S004
Tourist brochures: South Coast of New South Wales II

This inventory item (enclosed in a large white envelope) contains

1x Large white Eurobodalla Nature Coast envelope addressed to A. Costin, labelled in biro as "South Coast Tourist". Undated.

2x Brochures "Eurobodalla Nature Coast" by Nature Coast Tourism; "Sapphire Coast" by Sapphire Coast Tourism; "Eurobodalla Nature Coast: Holiday Packages" by Nature Coast Tourism. 2002.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2002    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A00000334 Box Number 029 Series S004
Pamphlets and other documents: Kosciusko National Park and Tongariro National Park

This inventory item contains

2x Pamphlets "Kosciusko National Park: Nature programme" by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service; "Alpine garden: Tongariro National Park" by Tongariro National Park Board, New Zealand. Pamphlets were found attached together with a paper clip. 1962 to 1970.

1x Bundle of correspondence and documents regarding permit to collect specimens from Kosciusko National Park. Documents include blank application form and notes on slips of paper. 1971.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1962 - 1970    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000338 Box Number 030 Series S004
Publications: Species of Euphrasia in Tasmania and New Zealand

This inventory item (enclosed in a buff torn New South Wales Soil Conservation Service envelope labelled "Euphrasia publication.. .") contains

4x Reprints "Taxonomical notes on some Tasmanian species of Euphrasia: I. Euphrasia striata R. Br. and E. Gibbsiæ Du Rietz n. sp.", "Taxonomical notes on some Tasmanian species of Euphrasia: II. Euphrasia collina R. Br., and E. Gunnii Du Rietz No. nom.", "The Long-tubed New Zealand species of Euphrasia (=Siphonidium Armstr.)", "Two new species of Euphrasia from the Philippines and their phyto-geographical significance". All articles written by G. Einar Du Rietz and published in Sensk Botanisk Tidskrift. Each reprint labelled on cover as "A.B. Costin" and stamped "with the author's compliments". 1931 to 1948.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1931 - 1948    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000339 Box Number 030 Series S004
Journal: "The proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales"

This inventory item contains

1x Journal "The proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales". Vol. 64, Parts I-II: Nos. 281-282. Includes annotations in pencil. Cover torn. 1939.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1939    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000341 Box Number 030 Series S004
Assorted publications: Historical ecology and palaeontology relating to Ireland, Greywacke Ranges, South Australia and other areas

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Practical paleontology" by unidentified author. Australasian Medical Publishing Company. Undated.

1x Publication "Absolute dating of the Middle Ordovician" by A.S. Adams et al. Reprinted from Nature. 1960.

1x Publication "Stratigraphic evidence of regeneration in some Irish bogs" by D. Walker and P.M. Walker. Reprinted from the Journal of Ecology. Stamped "With Donald Walker's Compliments". 1961.

1x Publication "2. Peat stratigraphy and bog regeneration" by D. Walker. Extracted from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Stamped "With Donald Walker's Compliments". 1961.

1x Publication "Aspects of the geomorphology of the Greywacke Ranges bordering the Lower and Middle Waikato Basins" by M.J. Selby. Reprinted from Earth Science Journal. 1967.

1x Publication "Carpological evidence for fossil Eucalyptus and other Leptospemeae (subfamily Leptospermoideae of Myrtaceae) from a tertiary deposit in the South Australian arid zone" by R.T. Lange. Reprinted from the Australian Journal of Botany. 1978.

1x Publication "Climatic factors controlling the distribution of certain frozen ground phenomena" by P.J. Williams. Reprinted from Geograiska Annaler. 1962.

1x Publication with library catalogue card "Introduction" by H. Godwin. In Linnean Society of London Proceedings. Symposium on quaternary ecology. Photocopy. Card attached. 1961.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1960 - 1978    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000347 Box Number 031 Series S004
Publication: "Life-forms of terrestrial flowering plants I"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Life-forms of terrestrial flowering plants I" by G. Einar Rietz. Dedication from author written on front cover. 1931.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1931    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier A00000349 Box Number 031 Series S004
Publication: Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, including presidential address

This inventory item contains

1x Publication, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Includes presidential address to the fiftieth annual general meeting. 1925.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1925    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000352 Box Number 031 Series S004
Index cards with academic references: Evolutionary history and phytogeography of the Arctic etc.

This inventory item contains

1 x Index card "Outline of the history of the Arctic and boreal biota during the quaternary period" by E. Hulten. 1937.

1 x Index card "Same pool glacial changes .. . soil formation" by Raeside, J.D. 1949.

1 x Index card "[Sceintillation?] counting of carbon-14" by D.S. Jenkinson. 1960.

1 x Index card "Dating the little ice age in glacier bay, Alaska" by R. Goldthwait. 1960.

1 x Index card "Vegetation patterns associated with soil movement on Jan Mayen Island" by J.W. Wilson. 1952.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1937 - 1960    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier A00000353 Box Number 031 Series S004
Documents and correspondence regarding the Victorian alpine study area report (by the Land Conservation Council of Victoria)

This inventory item (contained in a pink manila folder labelled "Victorian alpine study area report") contains

4x Draft letters from the Australian Academy of Science to the secretary, Land Conservation Council, Victoria, regarding the "Alpine study area" in Victoria. Includes annotations. Circa 1979.

3x Drafts of report "The alpine study area: Comments on report of Land Conservation Council of Victoria, and recommendations for use, management and administration of public lands" by the Australian Academy of Science. Circa 1979.

1x Report "The alpine study area: Comments on report of land conservation council of Victoria, and recommendations for use, management and administration of public lands" by the Australian Academy of Science. Circa 1979.

1x Publication "Ecology of subalpine meadows in the Olympic Mountains, Washington by Richard Kuramoto and Lawrence Bliss ". Reprinted from Ecological Monographs. 1970.

1x Annotated report "Report on inspection of the Bogong High Plains: 1977" by Stella G.M. Carr. Includes detailed annotations in pencil. 1977.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1970 - 1979?    Quantity 5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Reports and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000354 Box Number 031 Series S004
Publications: Notes on the native flora of New South Wales. Parts IV, V, VI, VIII and IX

This inventory item contains nine publications - reprints from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (all labelled "A.B. Costin" on front cover). Packaged in plastic sleeve.

1x Publication "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Western Slopes of New England" by R.H. Cambage. 1905.

2x Original publications (duplicates) entitled "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Part VI. Deep water to Torrington and Emmaville" by R.H. Cambage. 1908.

2x Original publications (duplicates) of "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Supplementary lists to part VIII., Camden to Burragorang and Mount Werong" by R.H. Cambage. Both issues in damaged condition - back cover torn away from one and front cover missing from the other. 1912.

1x Publication "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Part IV. The occurrence of Casuarina stricta Ait., on the Narrabeen Shales. 1905.

1x Publication "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Part V. Bowral to the Wombeyan caves" by R.H. Cambage. 1906.

2x Original issues (duplicates) of "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Part VIII. Camden to Burragorang and Mount Werong" by R.H. Cambage. 1913.

1x Publication "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Part IX. Barraba to Nandewar Mountains and Boggabri" by R.H. Cambage. 1913.

1x Publication "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Part I. The Tumbarumba and Tumut districts" by R.H. Cambage. Cover missing. 1904.

1x Publication "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Part VII. Eastern Monaro" by R.H. Cambage. Cover torn away from volume. 1909.

2x Original publications (duplicates) entitled "Notes on the native flora of New South Wales: Part X. The federal capital territory" by R.H. Cambage. Cover torn on one copy which is also repaired with tape on spine. 1919.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1905 - 1913    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A00000356 Box Number 031 Series S004
Publications: Botany, phytogeography and ecology regarding Australia, New Zealand, Chile and other countries

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Tree biomass estimation" by J.D. Overington et al. Paper for symposium Primary Productivity and Mineral Cycling in Natural Ecosystems. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Includes annotations. 1967.

1x Publication "Some factors affecting nutrient distribution within ecosystems" by J.D. Ovington. Photocopy from Functioning of Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Primary Production Level: 95-105. Annotated. 1968.

1x Publication "Dark Island Heath (Ninety-mile Plain, South Australia): IV. Soil, moisture patterns produced by rainfall interception and stem-flow. V. The water relationships in heath vegetation and pastures on the Makin sand" by R.L. Specht. Reprinted from the Australian Journal of Botany. 1957.

1x Publication "The botany of Southern Chile in relation to New Zealand and the Subantarctic" by E.J. Godley. 1960.

1x Publication with inserted index card and attachment. Publication entitled "über die physiologischen ursachen der wald- und baumgrenze" (On the physiological causes of timberline and treeline) by W. Tanquillini. Mitteilungen der Forstlichen Bundesversuchsanstalt Wien Heft. Index card contains bibliographic information. Attachment is an English translation of the article, typed on A4 paper (with annotations). 1967.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1957 - 1967    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Books and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000358 Box Number 031 Series S004
Report: "Fraser Island: Review of outstanding universal value" by Glen Ingram et al

This inventory item contains the following document, originally enclosed in an undated Express Post envelope (see inventory item A00000367) addressed to Alec Costin from the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service:

1x Report "Fraser Island: Review of outstanding universal value" by Glen Ingram et al. Scientific Advisory Committee, Fraser Island World Heritage Area. Circa 1991.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1991?    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000369 Box Number 032 Series S004
Publications and flyer: Australian Alps national parks

This inventory item contains

1x Annotated publication "Australian Alps Liaison Committee: Annual Report". Includes map of alpine national parks. 1996.

1x Annotated flyer "Australian Alps: Disturbed mountain catchments: Conference and workshop". University of Canberra. 1997.

1x Annotated publication "The Australian Alps national parks cooperative management: Proceedings of a working meeting of officers from management agencies" by J. Davies. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service. 1986.

1x Annotated publication "Australian Alps National Parks Newsletter". No. 15. 1996.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1986 - 1997    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals, Published Reports and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A00000376 Box Number 033 Series S004
Map: "Kosciuszko primitive area: Vegetation and associated features" [2 copies]

This inventory item contains

2x Copies of large colour map "Kosciuszko primitive area: Vegetation and associated features" by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Division of Plant Industry. One copy faded and stained. 1972.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1972    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Maps
Inventory Identifier A00000384 Box Number 034 Series S004
Publications: Remote infra-red sensing

This inventory item contains the following documents which were originally enclosed in a "vegetation and radiation file" (see inventory item A00000392)

1x Annotated slip of brown paper. Annotation reads "Alec: returned with thanks by Elizabeth." Slip was originally attached to the remaining contents of this inventory item. 1969.

1x Publication "A spectrum matching technique for enhancing image contrast" by Donald Lowe and John Braithwaite. Reprinted from Applied Optics. 1966.

1x Publication "Potential applications of remote sensing to ecological research" by Charles Cooper. The University of Michigan Institute of Science and Technology. Circa 1965.

1x Publication "Color aerial photography: Toy or tool?" by Charles F. Cooper and Freeman M. Smith. Reprinted from Journal of Forestry. 1966.

1x Publication "Research News". Office of Research Administration, The University of Michigan. 1968.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1965 - 1969    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000394 Box Number 035 Series S004
Publications on meteorology mainly regarding remote sensing

This inventory item contains the following documents which were originally enclosed in a "vegetation and radiation file" (see inventory item A00000392):

1x Publication "Some comments on the remote sensing of meteorological variables" by B.R. Bean. Paper published in the Proceedings for the EASTCON Technical Convention, Supplement to IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. This version published by the U.S. Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and Academy. 1967.

1x Publication "A micrometeorological study of velocity profiles and surface drag in the region modified by a change in surface roughness" by E.F. Bradley. Reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 1968.

1x Paper "Remote sensing of land surface temperature and some applications in land evaluation" by C.W. Ross and D.A. Thomas, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Division of Land Research. Photocopy. Annotated. Undated.

1x Manuscript introduction section of "The remote sensing of latent heat exchange from large areas: A feasibility analysis" by unidentified author. Typed on typing paper. Labelled with reference "DAT:JS". Undated.

1x Manuscript "The remote sensing of latent heat exchange from large areas: A feasibility analysis" by unidentified author. Labelled with reference "DAT:JS". Photocopy. Includes handwritten annotations. Undated.

1x Publication "World distribution of solar radiation" by George O.G. Loff et al. 1966.

1x Publication "Carbon dioxide exchange in the field: Its measurement and interpretation" by O.T. Denmead. World Meteorological Organization. Reprinted from Agricultural Meteorological Proceedings of WMO Seminar, Melbourne. 1966.

1x Publication "Evaluation of infrared emission of clouds and ground as measured by weather satellites" by Clifford D. Kern. U.S. Department of Commerce. Facsimile of book originally published by the Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force. Stamped by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Library. Also includes "permanent loan" tab. 1965.

1x Publication "Freezing nuclei from photolytic decomposition of silver iodide" by J. Rosinski and F. Parungo. Photocopied section of unknown publication. Undated.

1x Publication "A spectral light meter: Its construction, calibration, and use" by Geo. W. Robertson and R.M. Holmes. Photocopy of article from the journal Ecology. 1963.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1963 - 1968    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Drafts, Books, Journals and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000395 Box Number 035 Series S004
Assorted publications mainly relating to vegetation, energy balance and heat exchange

This inventory item contains the following documents which were originally enclosed in a "vegetation and radiation file" (see inventory item A00000392):

1x Publication "Test of a transpiration inhibitor on a forested watershed" by P.E. Waggoner and J.D. Hewlett. From the journal Water Resources Research [Reprint?]. 1965.

1x Publication "The energy balance of plant communities" by O.T. Denmead. Reprinted from Agricultural Meteorology, Proceedings of WMO Seminar Melbourne. Annotated. 1966.

1x Draft "The heat exchange of plants and its importance in plant morphology and distribution" by Eilif Dahl. Translation of reprint from the periodical Blyttia. Translation no. 10215. Translator A. Dalby. Photocopy. Includes handwritten corrections. 1966.

1x Section of the journal Nature including the articles "Direct effect of SO2 pollution on the degree of opening of stomata" by Ondrej Majrenik and T.A. Mansfield; "Assessment of nitrogen fixation in terrestrial environments in field conditions" by V.W. Marariu et al; "Is the world's oxygen supply threatened?" by J.H. Rhyther. Photocopy. 1970.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1965 - 1970    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Drafts and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000396 Box Number 035 Series S004
Publications by Elizabeth Bradford relating to radiation

This inventory item contains the following bundle of documents which was originally fastened together and enclosed in a "vegetation and radiation file" (see inventory item A00000392):

1x Covering note (on folded foolscap writing paper) from Elizabeth Bradford to Alec Costin. Undated.

1x Publication "The 9.63 MeV state of C12" by F.C. Barker, E. Bradford and L.J. Tassie. Reprinted from Nuclear Physics. 1960.

1x Publication "Distorted wave analysis of the inelastic scattering of protons and the 9.63 MeV state of C12" by E. Bradford and B.A. Bronson. Reprinted from Nuclear Physics. 1962.

1x Publication "Inelastic scattering of 18.9-Mev Nucleons from the 9.6-Mev state of C12" by E. Bradford and B.A. Robson. Reprinted from Physical Review. 1961.

1x Publication "Mossbauer absorption in the presence of electron spin relaxation" by E. Bradford and W. Marshall. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Physical Society. 1966.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1960 - 1966    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000397 Box Number 035 Series S004
Final draft: "Report of the advisory panel on the effects of rural land management on run-off"

This inventory item contains

1x Draft "Report of the Advisory Panel on the Effects of Rural Land Management on Run-off". Final draft presented to the meeting of the Australian Water Resources Council Water Research and Education Steering Committee. Gestetner copy. Draft enclosed in green folder with covering letter from J.R. Sands (Water Research and Education Committee) to A.B. Costin. 1971.

1x Photocopy of Draft "Report of the Advisory Panel on the Effects of Rural Land Management on Run-off". Final draft presented to the meeting of the Australian Water Resources Council Water Research and Education Steering Committee. 1971.

1x Large buff annotated Department of Natural Resources (Canberra) envelope addressed to A.B. Costin. Annotations read "Reports of AWRC on 1. Soil conservation [illegible.. .] 2. Land use". Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1971    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Drafts and Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000398 Box Number 035 Series S004
Publications by Edward Thornton Linacre

This inventory item contains the following documents which were originally enclosed in the file labelled "vegetation and radiation file" (see inventory item A00000392):

1x Buff Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization envelope labelled "Linacre papers". This envelope originally contained the remaining contents in this inventory item. 1966.

2x Documents "Publications by E.T. Linacre" and "Personal details: Edward Thornton Linacre". Gestetner copy with typed annotations. Circa 1967.

1x Publication "Calculations of the transpiration rate and temperature of a leaf" by E.T. Linacre. Reprint of journal article. 1964.

1x Publication "A note on a feature of leaf and air temperatures" by E.T. Linacre. Reprinted from Agricultural Meteorology. 1964.

1x Publication "Heat and moisture transfer from trimmed glasshouse crops" by E.T. Linacre et al. Reprinted from Agricultural Meteorology. 1964.

1x Publication "Transpiration response of atriplex nummularia linl. And upland cotton vegetation to soil-moisture stress" by J.H. Palmer, E.S. Trickett and E.T. Linacre. Reprinted from Agricultural Meteorology. 1964.

1x Bundle of publications "Determinations of the heat transfer coefficient of a leaf" by Edward Thornton Lincare, reprinted from Plant Physiology; "Heat and Moisture transfer about pan evaporimeters" by E.T. Linacre, reprinted from Australian Meteorological Magazine. Also includes One handwritten note referring to the publication "Determining evapotranspiration rates" being out of print and unavailable. 1964.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1964 - 1967    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals and CV
Inventory Identifier A00000399 Box Number 035 Series S004
Publication: "The effect of several foliar sprays on transpiration and water use efficiency of cotton plants"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The effect of several foliar sprays on transpiration and water use efficiency of cotton plants" by R.O. Slatyer and J.F. Bierhuizen. Reprinted from Agricultural Meteorology. 1964.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1964    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000403 Box Number 035 Series S004
Report: "Ecological effects of Bauxite mining in the Darling Range of Western Australia"

This inventory item contains

1x Report "Ecological effects of Bauxite mining in the Darling Range of Western Australia" by G.A. Stewart et al. Report to the executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. Includes maps and three appendices. 1972.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1972    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000404 Box Number 035 Series S004
Assorted publications, papers and reports: Hydrology, mainly in Australia

This inventory item contains

1x Bundle of papers including "Effects of soil conservation works on river discharge: Sub-committee report" (unidentified author) labelled "from TCSW 6", with three appendices; "Draft: Notes on the effect of soil conservation works on water balance and river discharges in Australia" by J. Skurlow, for consideration of the Technical Committee on Surface Water, labelled "TCSW 4". Also includes covering note from Howard Rose (Australian Water Resources Council) to Alec Costin. 1977.

1x Publication "Areal snow cover observations in the Central Rockies, Colorado" by Arden D. Haeffner and Charles F. Leaf. 1973.

1x Report "Hydrogeological investigations in the Australian Capital Territory" by G.M. Burton, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra. Includes maps figures and tables. Also includes four photographs which have come loose from their mounts. Enclosed in plastic sleeve. Undated.

1x Publication "Report of the third session of the Working Group on 'The Influence of Man on the Hydrological Cycle'". Reference numbers AGL: HD-M/71/REP and SC/IHD/VII/14. 1971.

1x Report "Influence of man on the hydrological cycle: Guide to policies for the safe development of land and water resources" by the Working Group on the Influence of Man on the Hydrological Cycle. International conference on the practical and scientific results of the international hydrological decade and on international co-operation in hydrology. 1969.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1969 - 1977    Quantity 5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Reports, Published Papers or Articles and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000405 Box Number 035 Series S004
Reports and draft report: Effects of rural land management on run-off

This inventory item contains

1x Annotated draft "Report of the advisory panel on the effects of rural land management on run-off". Typed. Circa 1971.

1x Report "Advisory panel on the effects of rural land use on runoff: Working group on instrumentation" by T.G. Chapman, I.R. Cowan, F.X. Dunin, I.C. McIlroy. Reference no. 70/1085. Circa 1971.

1x Report "Effects of rural land management on run-off: Summary and recommendations" by unidentified author. Circa 1971.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1971    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Drafts and Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000406 Box Number 035 Series S004
Assorted publications: Botany, phytogeography and hydrology in Britain, Southern Hemisphere, Israel, New Zealand, New Guinea, South Africa, Falkland Islands

This inventory item contains the following publications (some annotated):

1x Publication "Wynbury Moss, Cheshire" by M.E.D. Poore and D. Walker. Reprinted from Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Philosophical Society. 1958-1959.

1x Publication "Remarks on the plant geography of the Southern cold temperate zone" by C. Skottsberg. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Royal Society. 1960.

1x Publication "The water balance of a plantation of Eucalyptus camaldulensis dehn" by R. Karschon and D. Heth. Reprinted from Contributions on Eucalypts in Israel, III. 1967.

1x Publication "New Zealand timberlines" by P. Wardle. Reprinted from Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute Review. 1972.

1x Publication "The influence of man on the floras and faunas of Southern islands" by M.W. Holdgate and N.M. Wace. Reprinted from The Polar Record. 1961.

1x Publication (with inserted correspondence) "The alpine flora of Mount Wilhelm (New Guinea) by R.D. Hoogland. Reprinted from Blumea. Also includes inserted correspondence (one letter) from Hobart Van Deusen to Alec Costin, containing comments on Costin's draft on alpine ecosystems. 1958, 1965.

1x Publication "Age of the alpine biota" by C.A. Fleming. Reprinted from Proceedings of the N.Z. Ecological Society. 1963.

1x Publication "The high altitude flora and vegetation of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa" by H.P. Linder et al. Reprinted from Opera Botanica. 1993.

1x Publication "Pseudo-vivipary in Fuegian and Falkland Islands grasses" by D.M. Moore and Margaret C. Doggett. Reprinted from British Antarctic Survey Bulletin. 1976.

1x Publication "Freezing resistance of New Zealand trees and shrubs" by A. Sakai and P. Wardle. Reprinted from New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 1978.

1x Publication "Transport of water in the soil-plant-atmosphere system" by I.R. Cowan. Photocopy from The Journal of Applied Ecology. 1965.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1958 - 1993    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000426 Box Number 037 Series S004
Publication: "Conservation of major plant communities in Australia and Papua New Guinea"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Conservation of major plant communities in Australia and Papua New Guinea" by R.L. Specht et al (eds). Annotated briefly on front cover. 1974.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1974    Quantity 4 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier A00000428 Box Number 037 Series S004
Articles from the New Zealand Journal of Botany

This inventory item contains the following articles reprinted from the New Zealand Journal of Botany:

1x Article "Nothofagus menziesii leaves dated at 7490 yr B.P. in till-like sediments at Milford Sound, New Zealand" by P. Wardle and Mary H. McKellar. 1978.

1x Article "Regneration status of some New Zealand conifers, with particular reference to Libocedrus bidwillii in Westland National Park by P. Wardle. 1978.

1x Article "Further radiocarbon dates from Westland National Park and the Omoeroa River mouth, New Zealand" by P. Wardle. 1978.

1x Article "Macro-element compostion of tall-tussocks (Chionochloa) in the South Island, New Zealand, and their relationship with soil chemical properties" by P.A. Williams et al. 1978.

1x Article "Macro-elements within shoots of tall-tussocks (Chionochloa), and soil properties on Mt Wairarapa, New Zealand by P.A. Williams et al. 1978.

1x Article "Macro-element levels in red tussock (Chionochloa rura Zotov) shoots, and properties of associated volcanic soils, North Island, New Zealand" by P.A. Williams et al. 1978.

1x Article "Macro-element composition of Chionoclhloa pallens and C. flavescens shoots, and soil properties in the North Island, New Zealand by P.A. Williams et al. 1978.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1978    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000432 Box Number 037 Series S004
Publications and related maps and notes: Vegetation and historical ecology in Tasmania and Central Otago

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The high-alpine vegetation of Central Otago, New Zealand" by A.F. Mark and L.C. Bliss. Reprinted from the New Zealand Journal of Botany. This publication was orginally inserted with the remaining contents of this inventory item. 1970.

1x Publication "Evolution of subalpine and alpine plant groups in New Zealand" by Peter H. Raven. Photoocopy from the New Zealand Journal of Botany. Includes maps. Annotated in pencil. Includes tables, photographs and maps. 1973.

1x Publication "Late pleisteocene environments in Tasmania" by Michael MacPhail. Includes map. Reprinted from Search. 1975.

1x Small bundle containing "Davies Map: 'Moorland'" hand-drawn on one sheet of graph paper with notes; A copy of the same map drawn on lined paper; One small card with annotation regarding "Snow Lease Information". Undated.

1x Publication "The vegetation" by Winifred M. Curtis and Janet Somerville. Photocopy from unidentified publication. Undated.

1x Publication "A vegetation map of Tasmania" by J.L. Davies. Reprinted from The Geographical Review. Includes map and inserted hand-drawn map on graph paper with notes. 1964.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1964 - 1975    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Maps, Loose Notes, Books and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000434 Box Number 037 Series S004
Assorted publications: Botany in Australia and overseas

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The genus oeromyrrhis (umbelliferae): A problem in South Pacific distribution" by Midred E. Mathias and Lincloln Constance. Includes maps and figures. 1955.

1x Publication "Telopea: Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney". Journal. Includes maps and figures. 1980.

1x Publication "Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium". 1973.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1955 - 1980    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000435 Box Number 037 Series S004
Publications: "International biological programme: Provisional Australian programme"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "International biological programme: Provisional Australian programme" by the Australian National Committee for the IBP". 1966.

1x Publication "International biological programme: Provisional Australian programme" by the Australian National Committee for the IBP". 1967.

1x Publication "International biological programme: Provisional Australian programme" by the Australian National Committee for the IBP". 1973.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1966 - 1973    Quantity 4 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier A00000436 Box Number 037 Series S004
Publication: "The botanical review: Interpreting botanical progress: Classification of natural communities"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The botanical review: Interpreting botanical progress: Classification of natural communities" by Robert H. Whittaker. Also includes two annotated yellow sticky notes on front cover. Annotations read (respectively): "Papers checked: Could be sorted to A Costins international ref's -> + Rogers copies of NFWS Reports -> GWorboys - some papers removed for copying" and " papers checked by Graeme Worboys: mostly Alec Costin's papers: Some Roger's papers: International & interstate ref's". These annotations possibly refer to some or more of the documents contained in this box. 1962, 2017.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1962    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000437 Box Number 037 Series S004
Publication: "The geology of the Murrumbidgee district, near Yass"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The geology of the Murrumbidgee district, near Yass" by L.F. Harper. Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales. Includes photographs and maps. Also includes maps inserted into back cover. Back page torn away from volume. 1909.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1909    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000440 Box Number 038 Series S004
Publication: "The Wingecarribee, Shoalhaven, Macquarie and Murrumbidgee rivers"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The Wingecarribee, Shoalhaven, Macquarie and Murrumbidgee rivers" by R.H. Cambige. A paper read before the Royal Australian Historical Society. 1921.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1921    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000441 Box Number 038 Series S004
Assorted publications: Gemorphology, ecology and botany relating to Scotland, Australia and other areas

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The chemical composition of some natural waters in the Carin Gorm-Strath Spey district of Scotland" by Eville Gorham. Reprinted from Limnology and Oceanography. 1957.

1x Publication "The micro-erosion meter: Use and limitations" by A.P. Spate et al. Reprinted from Earth Surfaces Processes and Landforms. 1985.

1x Publication "Man as a geological agent" by J.N. Jennings. Reprinted from the Australian Journal of Science. 1965.

1x Publication "An analysis of the water potential isotherm in plant tissue: II. Comparative studies on leaves of different types" by I. Noy-Meir and B.Z. Ginzburg. Reprinted from Australian Journal of Biological Sciences. 1969.

1x Publication "Classification and ordination in vegetation science: Controversy over a non-existent problem?" by D.J. Anderson. Annotated on front cover as "With author's compliments" and showing author's new address. 1965.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1957 - 1985    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000443 Box Number 038 Series S004
Publication and drafts relating to soil landscapes and ANZ geomorphology group conference

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Soil landscapes of the Cooma: 1:100,000 sheet" by M.J. Tulau. Department of Conservation and Land Management (New South Wales). This publication was originally inserted with the remaining contents of this inventory item. 1994.

1x Draft "The original forest revisted - and antrhopological approach to geomorphic questions" by unidentified author. Draft ANZ geomorphology group conference paper. Annotated. Includes attached covering note on yellow slip of paper, addressed to "Alec", requesting comments. Circa 1997.

4x Drafts of foreword to "Soil landscapes of the Bega-Goalen Point 1:100 000 sheet" with covering correspondence. Includes one typed - and three handwritten - versions. Also includes attached covering letter (on New South Wales Department of Conservation and Land Management letterhead) from "Mitch" to Alec Costin. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1994 - 1997    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Drafts, Maps and Books
Inventory Identifier A00000447 Box Number 039 Series S004
Report and notes: Snowy Mountains scheme and ANZAAS excursion

This inventory item contains the following:

1x Report "Notes on engineering geology for the Snowy Mountains scheme" by unidentified author. Includes maps. Report enclosed in a damaged buff manilla folder labelled "W Reyenga; Snowy Mts Scheme; Details of Dams & Other Structures". The folder was originally inserted with the remaining contents of this inventory item. March 1964.

1x Set of notes "Excursion to the Snowy Mountains scheme" by unidentified author. Section C ANZAAS". Notes possibly produced for the Australia and New Zealand Association of Science excursion. Includes maps. Notes labelled "Dr. Carter" on front. Some pages torn. 25-28th January, 1964.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1964    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Reports, Maps, Loose Notes and Tables of data
Inventory Identifier A00000448 Box Number 039 Series S004
Maps: South coast of New South Wales

This inventory item contains maps (with minor damage on fold lines)

1x Map "Land use options of the South coast study area, New South Wales" by K.D. Cocks et al. Division of Land Use Research Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. 1978.

1x Map "Land systems of the South coast study area, New South Wales" by by R.H. Gunn et al. Division of Land Use Research Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. 1978.

1x Map "Present land use of the South coast study area, New South Wales" by P. Laut and C. Margules. Division of Land Use Research Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. 1978.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1978    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Maps
Inventory Identifier A00000449 Box Number 039 Series S004
Publication, map and correspondence: Soil landscapes of the Bega-Goalen Point

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Soil landscapes of the Bega-Goalen Point" by M.J Tulau. Published by Soil Conservation Service of NSW, pp. 258. The publication is inserted with the remaining contents of this inventory item. 1997.

1x Page of correspondence from Greg Chapman to Alec Costin advising of publication of report and launch date. 1998.

1x Map "Bega" by M.J Tulau. Soil Landscape Series Sheet 8824, Department of Land and Water Conservation. 1998.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1997 - 1998    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Maps and Books
Inventory Identifier A00000450 Box Number 039 Series S004
Publications: Land use on the South coast of New South Wales. Vol. 1,3 and 4

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Land use on the South coast of New South Wales: General report" by M.P. Austin and K.D. Cocks (eds). Vol. 1, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia. 1978 with handwritten annotation on first page.

1x Publication "Land use on the South coast of New South Wales: Socio-economic background studies" by M.P. Austin and K.D. Cocks (eds). Vol. 3, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia. 1978.

1x Publication "Land use on the South coast of New South Wales: Land function studies" by M.P. Austin and K.D. Cocks (eds). Vol. 4, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia. 1978.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1978    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000451 Box Number 039 Series S004
Publication: Lands of the Queanbyan-Shoalhaven area, A.C.T. and N.S.W.

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Lands of the Quenbeyan-Shoalhaven area, A.C.T. and N.S.W." by R.H. Gunn et al. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia. 1969.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1969    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A00000452 Box Number 039 Series S004
Publications: From the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

This inventory item contains the following publications from the proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales:

1x Publication (2 copies) "An ecological study of the flora of Mount Wilson. Part I. The vegetation and the basalt" by Patrick Brough, John McLuckie and Arthur H.K. Petrie. Both copies signed by A.B. Costin on top right corner of cover. Copy one also has "with the authors' compliments" handwritten on cover and copy two has an additional illegible signature. 1924.

1x Publication "An ecological study of the flora of Mount Wilson. Part IV. Habitat factors and plant response" by John McLuckie and Arthur H.K. Petrie. Signed by A.B. Costin and "[illegible] copy" handwritten on top right hand corner of cover. 1927.

1x Publication "An ecological study of the flora of Mount Wilson. Part II. The Eucalyptus forests" by Arthur H.K. Petrie. Signed by A.B. Costin on top right hand corner of cover. 1925.

1x Publication "An ecological study of the flora of Mount Wilson. Part III. The vegetation of the valleys" by Arthur H.K. Petrie. Signed by A.B. Costin on top right hand corner of cover and stamped "with the writers' compliments". 1926.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1924 - 1927    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A00000453 Box Number 040 Series S004
Map: Vegetation map of the Monaro region of New South Wales

This inventory item contains

1x Map (with cloth backing) "Vegetation map of the Monaro region New South Wales". Soil Conservation Service N.S.W. The name "R. Good" is handwritten on both front and back. 28 June 1951.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1951    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Maps
Inventory Identifier A00000454 Box Number 040 Series S004
Publication: Agricultural gazette of NSW

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Agricultural gazette of New South Wales". Published by the Department of Agriculture, Vol. V, Part 12. December 1894.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1894    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000456 Box Number 040 Series S004
Publications: Soil science, biogeography and hydrology in New Zealand

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Water yield of low-Alpine snow tussock grassland in Central Otago" by A.F. Mark and Jennifer Rowley. Journal of Hydrology (N.Z.), Vol. 15 No. 2. "Alec, with our best wishes. Alan M" handwritten on front page. 1976.

1x Publication "New Zealand biogeography: A paleontologist's approach" by Charles A. Fleming, New Zealand Geological Survey. Reprinted from Tuatara, Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 53-108. Stamped "With the compliments of the Director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand" on cover. June 1962.

1x Publication "Patterned ground at a high-country station" by M.W. Gradwell, New Zealand Soil Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Reprinted from the New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, Section B, Vol. 38 No. 8. September 1957.

1x Publication (photocopy) "Patterned ground at a high-country station" by M.W. Gradwell, New Zealand Soil Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Reprinted from the New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, Section B, Vol. 38, No. 8. September 1957. "SBryant" handwritten on top right of front page and one loose page with notes enclosed in the article. Also contains heavy annotations in pink, dated 10 July 1964.

1x Publication "The effect of deer on subalpine forest and scrub" by P. Wardle, Botany Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Christchurch. Reprinted from Proceedings of the N.Z. Ecological Society, No. 8, pp. 52-54. 1961.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1957 - 1976    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000459 Box Number 040 Series S004
Assorted documents (mainly publications): Australian alpine areas

This inventory item contains

1x Document (printed) entitled "Dot point information for minister's speech at book launch". Undated.

1x Publication (copy on thermal paper) "How to get the snow where you want it to go" by R.A. Schmidt, Jr. Skiing Area News, Summer 1971. Also includes covering letter to Dr. A Costin from P. Richardson, secretary, management committee, of Mt Hotham Alpine Reserve. Letter dated 21 June 1972.

1x Publication "An investigation of environmentally significant features (botanical and zoological) of Mt Hotham, Victoria" by P.K. Gullan and K.C. Norris. Ministry for Conservation, Victoria. Environmental Studies Program. January 1981. Also includes handwritten note stapled inside front cover to Dr. Costin from T. [illegible], dated 2 February 1982.

1x Publication "The conservation status of Kosciusko National Park". Proceedings of a seminar organised by the Canberra College of Advanced Education and N.S.W. National Parks and Wildlife Service. Edited by Andy Turner. 29 August 1980.

1x Publication "The Alpine ecosystem: An indexed bibliography" compiled by Keith McDougall. Soil Conservation Authority. January 1982.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1971 - c. 1982    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier A00000461 Box Number 040 Series S004
Assorted publications: Glaciation and polar research

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Origin of ice ages: An ice shelf theory for Pleistocene glaciation" by Dr. A.T. Wilson. Reprinted from Nature, Vol. 201 No. 4915, pp. 147-149. 11 January 1964.

1x Publication "The shape of New England mountains" by Will F. Thompson. Part 111. Reprinted from Appalachia. Annotated and handwritten note inside front page to Dr Costin from W. Thompson. December 1961.

2x Copies of publication "Recent polar literature" by unknown author. Reprinted from The Polar Records, Vol. 11 No. 70. January 1962.

2x Photocopies of pages from an article section entitled "Correspondence". Undated. Attached with paperclip is handwritten note to Dr Costin from G. Falconer, dated 12 September 1962.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1961 - c. 1964    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Journals and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier A00000463 Box Number 040 Series S004
Assorted publications mainly regarding phytogeography in various countries

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Frost action and vegetation patterns on Seward Peninsula, Alaska" by D.M. Hopkins and R.S. Sigafoos. Geological Survey Bulletin 974-C. 1951.

1x Publication "Alpine timberlines in the Americas and their interpretation" by R. Daubenmire. The State College of Washington. Undated.

1x Publication "Origins and ecology of the Sierran Alpine flora and vegetation" by Brian F. Chabot and W.D. Billings. Reprinted from "Ecological Monographs", No. 42, pp. 163-199. Handwritten note on front reads "To Alec, with best wishes - [Dwights?]. Spring 1972.

1x Publication "Cushion bogs" by E.J. Godley. In "Geoecological relations between the Southern temperate zone and the Tropical Mountains" edited by Carl Troll. In English and German. Annotated. Circa 1978.

1x Publication "Some early ideas concerning the nature, origin and development of peat lands" by Eville Gorham. Reprinted from the "Journal of Ecology", Vol. 41 No. 2. Handwritten note on front page "Alec, with best wishes, [illegible]". August 1953.

1x Publication "Plant productibity in Alpine microenvironments on Mt Washington, New Hampshire" by L.C. Bliss. Reprinted from Ecological Monographs, 36, pp. 125-55. Spring 1966.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1951 - c. 1978    Quantity 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000464 Box Number 040 Series S004
Assorted publications: Braun-Blanquet system, ecology and hydrology in various countries

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The Braun-Blanquet system: A reassessment" by J.J. Moore. J. Ecol. 50, pp. 761-769. November 1962.

1x Publication "Yale natural radiocarbon measurements II" by Richard S. Preston, Elaine Person and E.S. Deevey. Reprinted from "Science", Vol. 22 No. 3177, pp. 954-960. 18 November 1955.

1x Publication "The energy environment in which we live" by David M. Gates. Reprinted from "American Scientist", Vol. 51 No. 3. September 1963.

1x Publication"Leaf temperature and energy exchange" by David M. Gates. Annotated. Reprint from "Archiv für Meteorologie, Geophysik und Bioklimatologie. Serie B: Allegemine und biologische Klimatologie", Band 12, 2, Heft. 1963.

1x Publication "The influence of soil water on transpiration by plants" by W.R. Gradner and C.F. Ehlig. Annotated. "Journal of Geophysical Research", Vol. 68 No. 20. 15 October 1963.

1x Publication "The falling rate phase of evaporative soil-moisture loss - A critical evaluation" by William P. Lowry. Reprinted from "Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society", Vol. 40 No. 12, pp. 605-608. December 1959.

1x Publication "Standardizing field estimates of evaporative soil moisture loss rates" by William P. Lowry". Reprinted from "Ecology", Vol. 43 No. 4. Autumn 1962.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1955 - 1963    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000465 Box Number 040 Series S004
Publications: Tourist and real estate promotion for Tasmania (mainly North-east coast)

This inventory item contains the following documents, enclosed in a white Roberts Real Estate folder (some items repackaged into plastic sleeves by archivist Jack Roberts on 28 January, 2018):

1x Tourist brochure for the Spirit of Tasmania ferry inserted with the following four other brochures: "Tasmania's St Helens" (two copies); "Let's talk about Coles Bay and Freycinet National Park" (two copies); "East Coast Caravan Park: Bicheno"; "Coles Bay" (two copies); "Surfside Hotel Motel". Contents enclosed in plastic sleeve. Duplicate brochures moved from elsewhere in this inventory item and inserted by archivist Jack Roberts on 28 January, 2018. Circa 2003.

10x Assorted tourist brochures relating to Freycinet, Coles Bay, Bicheno, Devonport, Orford, Triabunna, Maria Island, Shalom Waterfront Homestyle B&B, East coast gourmet trail, Northern East coast. Contents enclosed in plastic sleeve. Circa 2002.

1x Bundle of tourist promotional material. Includes One annotated tourist guide map of area around St Helens; Three handbills for rental cars; One brochure for Freycinet Penninsula with inserted annotated accommodation flyer; One cutting from "Open Road" magazine. Contents enclosed in plastic sleeve. Circa 2001.

1x Publication "Welcome to Tasmania". Special publication by The Advocate. Undated.

3x Pages of real estate promotion material for Bicheno area. Produced by Roberts Real Estate. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2001 - 2003    Quantity 5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Maps and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A00000466 Box Number 041 Series S004
Assorted documents relating to research on Australia's high country. Part I

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Research on Australia's high country" by Catherine Pickering et al (eds). Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism. Annotated inside front cover as "25-28 Nov 2002: 'Celebrating Mountains' Conf. Jindabyne". The publication is inserted with the remaining contents of this inventory item. 2002.

1x Postpak cardboard envelope containing 3 CDs entitled "Proceedings of an International Year of Mountains: Jindabyne - Australia, November 25-28, 2002"; "Protecting the Natural Treasures of the Australian Alps: Report, Database and other files" by Peter Coyne, May 2001 for the Australian Alps Liaison Committee; "Interim Report: an assessment of the values of Kosciuszko National Park" by the Independent Scientific Community (undated). Envelope is addressed to Dr Alec Costin and from Janet Mackay & Associates. Circa 2001 to circa 2002.

1x Article "Review of 'Discovering Monaro" by A.B. Costin. Reprinted from journal "Australian Geographical Studies", vol. 10, no. 2, pp 210-14. 1972.

2x Newsletters "Australian Institute of Alpine Studies". Newsletter No. 14. December 2002 and Newsletter No. 13. June 2002.

2x Copies of letter on thermal paper from Alec Costin to Gary (surname unknown). June 2003.

1x Provisional program and registration form for "Celebrating Mountains: An International Year of Mountains Events and Conference. Jindabyne Australia. 24-28 November 2002". 2002.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1972 - c. 2002    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Newsletters, Journals, digital numeric, text, sound, graphic or video inf and Forms
Inventory Identifier A00000470 Box Number 041 Series S004
Maps: Southern New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria (mainly Queanbeyan-Shoalhaven area)

This inventory item comprises one envelope labelled "Lands of the Queanbeyan-Shoalhaven Area, A.C.T. and N.S.W.: Land Research Series No. 24: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia. Melbourne 1969" containing

1x Map "Forests of Victoria". Undated.

1x Poster (large) with four separate maps entitled "Land Capability for Agriculture" by P.J.B. Duffy, "Present Land Use" by P.J.B. Duffy, "Soils" by R.H. Gunn" and "Land Capability for Forestry" by P.J.B. Duffy. 1969.

1x Poster (large) with three separate maps entitled "Vegetation" by R. Story, "Grazing Lands" by R. Story and "Climate" by J.R. McAlpine and G.A. Yapp. 1969.

1x Map (large) "Southern Tablelands Region showing Geological Formations and Mineral Deposits" (this map appears older than the other four). Undated.

1x Map "Land Systems" by H.R. Gunn, R. Story, R.W. Galloway, P.J.B. Duffy and G.A. Yapp. 1969.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1969    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Maps
Inventory Identifier A00000472 Box Number 041 Series S004
Assorted publications: Tasmania

This inventory item contains

2x Calendars "Wilderness Tasmania". Card inscribed with message to "Dad" from "Annie" inserted into 2003 calendar. 2002-2003.

1x Bundle of publications regarding Tasmania. Circa 1999-2002.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1999 - c. 2003    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000473 Box Number 041 Series S004
Report: "Assessment, identification and options for the protection of additions to the Brogo wilderness"

This inventory item contains

1x Report (bound) "Assessment, identification and options for the protection of additions to the Brogo Wilderness" by National Parks and Wildlife Service. April 1998.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1998    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000474 Box Number 041 Series S004
Publication: "The lava tubes of the Undara volcano"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The lava tubes of the Undara volcano: Far North Queensland, Australia" by Anne Atkinson. 1991.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1991    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A00000475 Box Number 041 Series S004
Vegetation survey data of the South coast study area

This inventory item contains

1x Technical memorandum "Vegetation survey data of the South Coast study area, N.S.W." by M.P. Austin and Jean Sheaffe. CSIRO Division of Land Use Research, Canberra. July 1976.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1976    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A00000476 Box Number 041 Series S004
Publications: Ecology, entomology and conservation in the great Eastern ranges, Australia (including the Snowy Mountains)

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Connectivity conservation and the Great Eastern Ranges corridor" prepared by Brendan Mackey, James Watson and Graeme L. Worboys of ANU Enterprises Pty Ltd. March 2010.

1x Publication "The transport of nutrients and energy into the Australian Snowy Mountains by migrating bogong moths Agrotis infusa by Ken Green. Austral Ecology, no. 36, pp. 25-34. 2011.

1x Publication "Two new species of Oxycanus Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) from Kosciuszko National Park, one with a sub-brachypterous female" by Edward D. Edwards and Ken Green. Austral Ecology, no. 50, pp. 78-85. 2011.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2010 - 2011    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000477 Box Number 041 Series S004
Tourist brochures and maps: New South Wales (mainly South coast)

This inventory item contains the following publications, enclosed in a large white New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service envelope addressed to A. Costin and labelled "NSW Sth Coast Parks":

1x With compliments slip from New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service Meiumbula office. Undated.

Approx. 13x Publications promoting tourism in New South Wales, including visitor and touring guides, maps, information brochures regarding national parks (Ben Boyd, Bournda, Wallage Lake, Mimosa Rocks, Eurobodalla, Mount Imlay) the far South coast, the Corn Trail, and the Snowy Mountains (includes duplicates). Also includes one general touring guide with map regarding national parks and reserves in New South Wales. 1997 to 2004.

2x Copies of publication "2004 guide to NSW national parks" by New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. One copy has several sections of text underlined. 2004.

1x Publication "Eurobodalla Nature Coast: Visitors guide" by unidentified author. 2002.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1997 - 2004    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Maps
Inventory Identifier A00000478 Box Number 042 Series S004
Assorted documents: Resource management and hydrology, South-east Australian alpine and sub-alpine regions

This inventory item contains the following documents, originally enclosed in a buff manilla folder (see inventory item A00000479):

1x Publication "NSW national parks pocket guide: Edition 1" by New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. Black spot-blemishes on front cover. 2013.

1x Publication "Living with kangaroos: A guide to kangaroos and their management in the Murray-Darling Basin" by Ron Hacker and Steve McLeod. New South Wales Agriculture. 2003.

1x Publication "An Australian Alps national park: One of Australia's greatest protected areas" by Victorian National Parks Association, National Parks Association of NSW and National Parks Association of the ACT. Black spot-blemishes on back. November, 2002.

1x Publication "Partitioning of rainfall in a eucalypt forest and pine plantation in Southeastern Australia: I Throughfall measurement in a Eucalypt forest: Effect of method and speicies composition" by R.H. Crockford and D.P. Richardson. Reprinted from Hydrological Processes. 1990.

1x Publication "Partitioning of rainfall in a eucalypt forest and pine plantation in Southeastern Australia:II Stemflow and factors affecting stemflow in a dry sclerophyll Eucalypt forest and a Pinus dry sclerophyll Eucalypt forest and a Pinus radiata plantation" by R.H. Crockford and D.P. Richardson. Reprinted from Hydrological Processes. 1990.

1x Publication "Partitioning of rainfall in a eucalypt forest and pine plantation in Southeastern Australia: III Detemination of the canopy storage capacity of a dry sclerophyll Eucalypt forest" by R.H. Croakford and D.P. Richardson. Reprinted from Hydrological Processes. 1990.

1x Publication "NPA Bulletin". National Parks Association (ACT) Incorporated. Section torn from back cover; brown stains on front and back covers. September, 1992.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1990 - 2013    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Newsletters and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000480 Box Number 042 Series S004
Publications and other documents mainly relating to the ecology of high mountain areas in Australia

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The dynamics of heathland and grassland communities in the subalpine tract of the Bogong High Plains, Victoria" by R.J. Williams. 1987.

1x Handwritten reference on index card "Water use of catchment area vegetation" by H.C. Pereira. 1953.

1x Report "The ecological impacts of global warming: Potential effects of global warming on the biota of the Australian Alps" by Dr Catherine Pickering, Roger Good and Ken Green. Report for the Australian Greenhouse Office. 2003.

1x Draft "Duration and extent of snow cover in the Snowy Mountains and a comparison with Switzerland" by R.O. Slatyer et al. Photocopy with annotations. 5 April, 1984.

1x Publication "Australian Journal of Botany". Vol. 42, no. 6. Includes annnotations and article on cattle grazing in the Bogong High Plains. 1994.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1953 - 2003    Quantity 4 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Reports, Journals and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000483 Box Number 042 Series S004
Assorted documents (mainly publications) regarding conservation and resource management issues in Australia

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Draft nature tourism and recreation strategy" by New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). This publication is inserted with the remaining contents of this inventory item. 1997.

1x Publication "Science and Environment" Magazine. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Includes several articles on resolving land-use conflict in Australia. Summer, 1994/1995.

1x Bundle of assorted documents (flier, correspondence, newsletter, draft report) relating to conservation corridors and the Resource and Conservation Assessment Council. Includes annotations and yellow sticky note (with message from Graeme Worboys to Alec Costin). 1997.

1x Publication "Parks, people and the future" by New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. 1997.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1995 - 1997    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Drafts, Reports, Newsletters and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000484 Box Number 042 Series S004
Draft and manuscript with covering correspondence: "Progress meets Gondwana: The politics of soil erosion science & the Kosciuszko 'primitive area'"

This inventory item contains

1x Manuscript "Progress meets Gondwana: The politics of soil erosion science & the Kosciuszko 'primitive area'" by Graeme Byrne. Laser print copy [?]. 2003.

1x Annotated draft (with covering correspondence) "Progress meets Gondwana: The politics of soil erosion science & the Kosciuszko 'primitive area'" by Graeme Byrne. Laser print copy [?]. Includes covering letter (annotated) from Byrne to Alec Costin. 2003.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2003    Quantity 3 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Drafts
Inventory Identifier A00000486 Box Number 042 Series S004
Publications and unpublished articles with notes referring to the impact of afforestation and the use of chemicals among other topics.

This inventory item contains the following documents, originally enclosed in a blue Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization file labelled "Albedo & Evaporation" (see inventory item A00000487):

1x Journal article titled "Alpine and subalpine vegetation patterns in the White Mountains of California" by H. A. Mooney et al. reprinted from The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 68 No. 2, October 1962.

1x Proof pages titled "The effects of afforestation on rainfall and run-off" by A.J. Rutter. 1958.

1x Copy of article titled "The relationship between illumination and global radiation" by J.N. Black. 1960.

1x Copy slip, handwritten note and article, with slip from CSIRO library copying service and handwritten note requesting a copy of an article. The article is titled "Distribution and development of the world's peat deposits" from "Nature" journal, Vol. 20. 1 February 1964.

1x Copy slip, handwritten note and article, with slip from CSIRO library and handwritten note referring to pages required. The article is titled "Notes on progress in forest science" by unknown author from "Forestry Abstracts" journal, Vol. 25 No. 1. 1964.

1x Note with compliments and article extract, with note from Dr J.L. Monteith and article "Decreasing transpiration of field plants by chemical closure of stomata" by P.E.Waggoner et al from "Nature" journal, Vol. 201 No. 4914. 1964.

1x Article titled "Evaporative loss from soil, native vegetation, and snow as affected by hexadecanol" by Henry W. Anderson et al from the I.A.S.H. Committee for Evaporation, No. 62. Undated.

1x Set of bound hydrology papers titled "Evalution of solar beam irradiation as a climatic parameter of mountain watersheds" by Richard Lee. August 1963.

1x Article titled "Estimates of energy budgets for a Typha (Cattail) marsh" by J. Roger Bray from "Science" journal, Vol. 136 No. 3522. Article includes handwritten annotations and is pest damaged on spine. 1962.

1x Article titled "Spectral diffuse reflectance of desert surfaces" by Edwards V. Ashburn and Rodney G. Weldon from "Journal of the Optical Society of America", Vol. 46 No. 8. The following copying request, correspondence and one-page photocopy is enclosed with the article. 1956.

1x Set of papers, comprised of copying request, correspondence and one-page photocopy. Copying slip relates to U.S. Naval Ordnance. 5 February 1963. Letter from Department of Navy to the Office of the Naval Attche: Australian Embassy. 5 April 1963. Photocopy from Program of the fortieth annual meeting, October 1955.

1x Article "Reflection of visible and infrared radiation from leaves of different ecological groups" by W.D. Billings and Robert J. Morris from "American Journal of Botany", Vol. 38 No. 5. 1951.

1x Article titled "Some effects of metabolic inhibitors, temperature & anaerobic conditions on stomatal movement" by D.A. Walker and Isael Zelitch from "Plant Physiology" journal Vol. 38 No. 4. 1963.

1x Typescript aricle titled "The effect of several foliar sprays on transpiration and water use efficiency of cotton plants" by R.O. Slatyer and J.F. Bierhuizen. Undated.

1x Set of handwritten notes and graph labelled "Phenyl [.. .?] Acetate. Undated.

2x Pages of data labelled "from June[?] Strayed". 28 August 1963.

1x Article titled 'Radiation and convection in conifers" by E.C. Tibbals et al from "American Journal of Botany", Vol. 51 No. 5. 1964.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1955 - 1964    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Numeric Data, Ephemera, Loose Notes, Journals and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000488 Box Number 043 Series S004
Articles and file report relating to anti-transpirants

This inventory item contains the following documents, originally enclosed in a blue Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization file labelled "Albedo & Evaporation" (see inventory item A00000487):

1x Blue Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization file labelled "Anti-Transpirants". This file was originally inserted with the remaining contents of this inventory item. 1962.

1x Annotated article titled "Water in the ecosystem" by W.B. Russell from Soil Science Society of America Proceedings, Vol. 25 No. 6. November - December 1961.

1x File report labeled "Hexadecanol effects of evapotranspiration" by Henry W. Anderson. 1 April 1962.

1x Annotated article titled "Reduction of Transpiration" by W.J. Roberts from "Journal of Geophysical Research", Vol. 66 No. 10. October 1961.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1961    Quantity 0.75 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000489 Box Number 043 Series S004
References and notes (mainly on index cards) referring to a range of vegetative and terrestrial studies

This inventory item contains the following documents, originally enclosed in a blue Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization file labelled "Albedo & Evaporation" (see inventory item A00000487):

1x Set of index cards, mostly referring to publications on a range of topics, including forestry, transpiration, light intensity, herbaceous plants, leaves and leaf structure, terrestrial surfaces and radiation. Circa 1963.

1x Reference list on Soil Conservation Authority, Victoria, letterhead. Circa 1961.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1961 - c. 1963    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Loose Notes and Lists
Inventory Identifier A00000490 Box Number 043 Series S004
Program and papers for the symposium on soil - plant - atmosphere water relationships, at the conference chamber of the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra

This inventory item contains the following documents, originally enclosed in a blue Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization file labelled "Albedo & Evaporation" (see inventory item A00000487):

1x Faded and stained green manilla document wallet with typed label "C.S.I.R.O. Division of Land Research and Regional Survey: Symposium on soil - plant - atmosphere water relationships". This file was originally inserted with the remaining contents of this inventory item. 23-24 August 1962.

2x Index cards, with the first referring to Dr. G. Stranhill[?] and the second containing an illegible note at top and referring to evaporation. Undated.

1x Paper titled "Agronomic aspects of water stress" by R.D. Asana. Undated.

1x Paper titled "Water transport throughplants from soil to atmosphere" by Sterling A. Taylor. Undated.

1x Paper titled "Pathways of water movement in the plant" by F.L. Milthorpe. Undated.

1x Paper titled "Water movement through soils towards an absorbing surface" by N. Collis-George. Undated.

1x Paper titled "Physiological and environmental factors affecting water absorption by plant roots" by Paul J. Kramer. Undated.

1x Paper titled "The effects of water stress on plant growth" by C.T. Gates. Undated.

2x Loose pages containing a program and general information for the symposium on soil - plant - atmophere water relationships, Canberra. 23 - 24 August 1962.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 23 August 1962 - 24 August 1962    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier A00000491 Box Number 043 Series S004
Australian publications relating to transpiration suppressants and ecological classification and nomenclature

This inventory item contains

1x Reprinted journal article titled "The influence of several transpiration suppressants on transpiration, photosynthesis and water-use efficiency of cotton leaves" by R.O. Slatyer and J.F. Bierhuizen. February 1964.

1x Paper titled "Ecological classification and nomenclature" by N.C.W Beadle and A.B. Costin from the proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 3 July 1952.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1952 - 1964    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000492 Box Number 043 Series S004
Publications mainly relating to northern American environments

This inventory item contains

1x Reprinted journal article titled "Vegetational pattern in relation to environments in the Medison Range, Montana" by D.T. Patten. 1963.

1x Reprinted journal article titled "Effects of environmental factors on standing crop and productivity of an Alpine tundra" by D. Scott and W.D. Billings. 1964.

1x Library request and copy of paper titled "The evaluation of Penman's evaporation formula by electronic computer" by G. Berry. 1964.

1x Reprinted journal article titled "Plan community and soil variation within a Northern Indiana prairie" by L.C. Bliss and George W. Cox. July 1964.

1x Journal article titled "The accomulation of energy in forest plantations in Britain" by J.D. Ovington and D. Heitkamp. October 1960.

1x Handwritten note, library request and copy of journal article titled "Wax emulsions for spraying nursery stock and other plant materials" by E.J. Miller et al. March 1937.

1x Series report with paper page markers. Titled "Ecosystems of the east slope of the Front Range in Colorado" by John W. Marr. 1961.

1x Reprinted journal article "Sulalpine vegetation of the Wasatch Plateau, Utah". April 1954.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1963 - 1964    Quantity 2.75 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000493 Box Number 043 Series S004
Assorted publications possibly related to Jounama and Shoalhaven research

This inventory item contains

1x Note marked "for Jounama work" on pest damaged Australian National University letterhead.

1x Copy of chapter and handwritten notes from "Effects of clearcutting on water discharge and nutrient loss, Butterroot National Forest, Montana" by Thomas Bateridge. 1974.

1x List of biomass studies from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations working party on the mensuration of the forest biomass in 1973. Document also includes letter from Harold E. Young, chair, to working party referring to the studies. 1973-1974. Handwritten annotation at top notes "ref for Jounama work".

1x Conference paper titled "Possible roles of vegetation and soil in controlling evapotranspiration" by O.T. Denmead. 1972.

1x Paper, with slight foxing and pest damage, titled "Changes in the water balance with land modification in Southern Australia" by F.X. Dunin. Paper open on page 7 with annotation referring to Jounama and Shoalhaven. Undated.

1x Journal article titled "Field investigations on the decomposition of leaves of Eucalpytus Delegatensis in relation to environmental factors" by T.G. Wood. Article annotated. 1974. The article is attached to the following inventory item:

1x Journal article titled "The distribution of earthworms (Megascolecidae) in relation to soils, vegetation and altitude on the slopes of Mt Kosciusko, Australia"by T.G. Wood. 1974.

1x Publication (with inserted paper) titled "Hydrologic relations on undisturbed and converted big sagebrush lands: The status of our knowledge" by David L. Sturges. March 1975. Annotated at top "for Jounama and Shoalhaven". Inserted paper titled "Water-yield improvement from alpine areas: The status of our knowledge" by M. Martinelli, Jr.

1x Paper titled "Soil water depletion by lodgepole pine on glacial till" by Robert S. Johnston. Handwritten annotation refers to Jounama and Shoalhaven. August 1975.

1x Publication titled "Field station record" with handwritten mark next to article "Growth of themeda australis grassland in response to firing and mowing" by R.H. Groves. Annotation on cover refers to Shoalhaven. 1974.

1x Journal article titled "The movement of water in swelling materials" by D.E. Smiles and Margaret J. Rosenthal". 1968. Annotation refers to Shoalhaven. The document is attached to the following two publications.

1x Journal article titled "The steady-state measurement of the relation between hydraulic conductivity and moisture content in soils" by D.E. Smiles and G.D. Towner, October 1968.

1x Journal article titled "Comparison of the effects of soil matric potential and isotropic effective stress on the germination of Lactuca Sativa" by N. Collis-George and J. Williams. 1968.

1x Publication titled "Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute reviews". Review open on page 19, titled "Water for the future" by John A. Hayward, with handwritten annotation referring to Shoalhaven. March 1969.

1x Quarterly publication titled "Rural research" by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, with handwritten mark next to "Land use and water tables". December 1972.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1968 - 1974    Quantity 4 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Loose Notes, Journals, Published Papers or Articles and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier A00000494 Box Number 043 Series S004
Publications: Journal of Hydrology and copies from meterological abstracts and bibliography - multiple copies

This inventory item contains

3x Journal titled "Journal of Hydrology". October 1972. Best copy, stamped "reprint no. 920" retained. Duplicate copies in plastic sleeve.

3x Copies of publication titled "Part II. Selective annotated bibliography on frost and frost forecasting" by Nikolay T. Zikeev. Undated. Best copy retained. Duplicate copies in plastic sleeve.

1x Copy of publication "Part II. Annotated bibliography on evaporation" by Geza Thuronyi. Undated.

1x Copy of publication "Part II. A selective annotated bibliography on the micrometerology of snow cover" by Geza Thuronyu et al. Undated.

1x Copy of "Part II. Selective annotated bibliography on temperature inversions in the troposphere" by Roderick S. Quiroz. Undated.

1x Copy of "Part II. Annotated bibliography on evaporation measurement" by Robert Panara. Undated.

1x Copy of "Part II. Annotated bibliography of recent litertaure on soil moisutre" by Geza Thuronyi. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1960 - October 1972    Quantity 4.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000495 Box Number 043 Series S004
Paper on "The interaction between vegetation and snow accumulation in subalpine valleys of the Snowy Mountains, Australia" and related documents

This inventory item contains the following documents, enclosed in a white NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change envelope addressed to Alec Costin (from Ken Green) and labelled "Ken Green's 'Snow Hydrology'" (also annotated on reverse):

1x Paper "The interaction between vegetation and snow accumulation in subalpine valleys of the Snowy Mountains, Australia" by Ken Green and Clenn Sanecki. Includes attached figures. 2010.

1x Publication "Vegetation, microclimate and soils associated with the latest-lying snowpatches in Australia" by Ken Green and Catherine Pickering. Plant Ecology and Diversity (Journal). Printout downloaded by the Australian National University Library. Annotated with comments regarding article. 2009.

1x Publication "The decline of snopatches in the Snowy Mountains of Austalia: Importance of climate warming, variable snow, and wind" by Ken Green and Catherine Pickering. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Possibly printout from online database. 2009.

1x Covering letter from Ken Green to Alec Costin requesting comments on the paper. 2010.

1x Handwritten draft of letter to Ken Green from Alec Costin. 2010.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2009 - 2010    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence, Drafts and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000498 Box Number 044 Series S004
Report: "The international significance of the natural values of the Australian Alps"

This inventory item contains

1x Report "The international significance of the natural values of the Australian Alps: a report to the Australian Alps Liaison Committee" by J.B. Kirkpatrick. Photocopy. Includes annotations in pencil and blue felt pen. 1993.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1993    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000501 Box Number 044 Series S004
Assorted documents: Mainly on land use, hydrology, and measuring fire in rangelands

The inventory item contains the following:

1x Draft record of "Conference on land use and hydrology" by Australian Water Resources Council. 1972.

1x Correspondence J.W. Wanless to Mr D. Wimbush regarding paper on measuring fire. 1972.

1x Recommendations for publication of "Measuring fire in rangelands" by K.F. Wells and J. Hoare. Also includes 1x Report "Report on 'Measuring fire in rangelands', a paper by K.F. Wells and J. Hoare" by A. Malcolm Gill. Undated. Circa 1972.

1x Conference program "Conference on land use and hydrology" by Australian Water Resources Council. 21-22 February 1972.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1972    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Drafts
Inventory Identifier A00000510 Box Number 046 Series S004
Assorted international publications and loose pages regarding puckerbrush, Eppalock Catchment Project, nutrient cycles etc.

This inventory item contains the following documents, originally enclosed in a buff manilla folder labelled "Jounama: Webe's data, etc" (on front, see inventory item A00000531):

1x Publication "Eppalock catchment project" by the Soil Conservation Authority. Undated.

1x Publication "The commercial use of puckerbrush pulp" by Andrew J. Chase, Fay Hyland and Harold E. Young. Technical Bulletin 65. Life Sciences and Agriculture Experiment Station, University of Maine at Orono. December 1973.

1x Publication "Puckerbrush weight tables" by John H Ribe. Life Sciences and Agriculture Experiment Station. University of Maine, Orono. Misc. Report 152. December 1973.

1x Publication "Disposition of net radiation by a free water surface in Hawaii" by Paul C. Ekern. "Journal of Geophysical Research", vol. 70, no. 4, pp. 795-800. 15 February 1965.

1x Publication (photocopy) "The nutrient cycles of an ecosystem" by F. Herbert Bormann and Gene E. Likens. Annotated on front page "Scientific American, Oct. 1970".

1x Publication (2x photocopies) "The topography and isolation climate of a mountainous forest area" by Richard Lee and Albert Baumgartner. Reprinted from "Forest Science", Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 258-267. September 1966. Second photocopy has a loose page of notes attached regarding 'potential solar beam irradiation' and article is annotated.

1x Publication "Evaluation of solar beam irradiation as a climatic parameter of mountain watersheds" by Richard Lee. Hydrology Papers, Colorado University. August 1963.

1x Appendix (photocopy) "Kiandra rainfall statistics (Points)". Undated.

1x Draft paper "Nutrient cycling in forests" by P.J. Zinke and W.L. Collwell Jr. In process for the 1st Annual California Plant and Soil Conference, Sacramento, California. 1972.

1x Loose page "Soil water content beneath summer-dormant and summer-active swards in a seasonally semi-arid environment" by R.W. Snaydon. Undated.

1x Loose page (handwritten) regarding Jounama work. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1963 - 1973    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Drafts, Loose Notes, Journals, Photocopied Documents and Figures
Inventory Identifier A00000532 Box Number 048 Series S004
Reports: Michigan State University

This inventory item contains

1x Report "Proposal for development of a university course in management of complex biological resources". The University of Michigan. Undated.

1x Report (bound) "State-space models of educational institutions". Division of Engineering Research, Michigan State University. Prepared by M.G. Keeney, H.E. Koenig and R. Zemach. January 1967.

1x Report "A prototype planning and resource allocation program for higher education" by H.E. Koenig and M.G. Keeney. "A report on research" by H.E. Koenig, M.G. Keeney and R. Zemach. Systems Science Program, College of Engineering, Michigan State University. 1967.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1967    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Reports and Proposals and/or Submissions
Inventory Identifier A00000535 Box Number 048 Series S004
Publications possibly related to research at Jounama (primarily) and Shoalhaven

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Luminance and luminous intensity indicatrices of isobilateral leaves" by J.A. Howard. Reprinted from "Applied Optics", Vol. 10, pages 2354. October 1971.

2x Publications for the Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. "Relationship of different forest floor layers to herbage production" by Warren P. Clary, Peter F. Ffolliott and Donald A. Jameson. USDA Forest Service Research Note RM-123. 1968. "Litter production by oak-mountain mahogany chaparral in Central Arizona" by Charles P. Pase. USDA Forest Service Research Note RM-214. 1972.

1x Publication "The dry weight and calorific vale of litter fall in a New Zealand Nothofagus forest" by R.G. Bagnall. Department of Extension, Victoria University, Wellington. Reprinted from the "New Zealand Journal of Botany", Vol. 10 No. 1. March 1972.

1x Publication (photocopy) "Primary production and turnover of organic matter in different forest ecosystems of the Western Pacific" by Tatuo Kira and Tsunahide Shidei. "Japanese Journal of Ecology", Vol. 17 No. 2. April 1967.

1x Publication "Departments of plant ecology and forest soils" by the Royal College of Forestry. "List No 7" of publications produced by the departments, with abstracts in both Swedish and English. February 1976.

1x Publication "Chipping of tops and branches: A comparison of a drum - and a desk - chipper" by Harold E. Young. "Research in Life Sciences", Vol. 23 No. 8, September 1976.

1x Publication "Investigation of spectrum-matching sensing in agriculture: Semiannual report, 1 December 1965 through 30 September 1966, Volume 1" by Fabian C. Polcyn. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Handwritten notes on front read "to Mike Dale from Lee. D. Miller 12/4/67" and "Jounama".

1x Publication "Measurements of different components of trees for physiological investigations" by Arthur Riedacker. Undated.

1x Publications "Soils News" (open on page 21) by the Australian Society of Soil Science, No. 35. September 1973.

1x Publication "CSIRO Forestry Research Newsletter" no. 3, 1976. 2x loose pages inserted on pp. 26-27 and 28-29. One note reads "For Shoalhaven/Jounama 77".

1x Publication "Rates of carbon dioxide evolution from the forest floor" by Martin Witkamp. Reprinted from "Ecology", Vol. 47 No. 3. Late Spring 1966.

1x Publication "Research on both quantity and quality of the biomass of Iranian Eastern beech from high forests" by A. Asli and S.T. Nedialkov. Undated.

1x Publication (photocopy) "Accuracy of land-use interpretation from infrared imagery in the 4.5 to 5.5. micron band" by Charles E. Olson Jr. 1967.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1966 - 1977    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000536 Box Number 048 Series S004
Reports and papers from the University of Michigan on meteorology, ecology and hydrology

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The University of Michigan. School of Natural Resources. Department of Resource Planning and Conservation. Annual report". The focus of the report is the sponsored research project "Computer simulation of effects of land management and weather modification on watershed ecosystems". 1 October 1967 - 31 December 1968.

1x Publication "Effects of weather modifications on plant and animal communities" by Charles F. Cooper. Prepared for Symposium on Weather Modification. AAAS Committee on Arid Lands, New York, 30 December 1967.

1x Publication "Watersheds as ecosystems" by Charles F. Cooper. Prepared for session on the ecosystem concept in natural resource management at the annual meeting of American Society of Range Management. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 14 February 1968.

1x Publication "Report of the working session on grassland ecosystem: Design of research for the intensive study and plans for the comprehensive study". Fort Collins, Colorado. 5-8 October 1967. Includes covering page from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan. 30 November 1967.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1967 - 1968    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Papers or Articles and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000537 Box Number 048 Series S004
Publications: Mainly botany and ecology in various countries (not directly related to Australia)

This inventory item contains

1x Publication (photocopy?) "Methods of productivity studies in root systems and rhizosphere organisms". International Symposium: USSR. August 28-September 12 1968. Note attached to cover reads: "Returned with thanks by Richard Groves".

1x Publication "Special aspects of environment resulting from various kinds of nuclear wars. Part II Annex 111. Application of input-output analysis to a homeostatic ecosystem" by Robert U. Ayres. Hudson Institute, New York. 1964.

1x Publication "Computer-produced timber management plans: An evaluation of program TEVAP" by Bruce M. Edwards, Gary E. Metcalf and W.E. Frayer. USDA Forest Service Research Note RM - 251. December 1973.

1x Publication (annotated) "Composting ponderosa pine bark: Effects of nitrogen addition and aeration" by Vern P. Yerkes and Donald C. Markstrom. USDA Forest Service Research Note RM - 126. 1968.

1x Publication "Development of the heat budget concept" by David H. Miller. Reprinted from "Year book of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers", Vol. 30. Oregon State University Press. 1969.

1x Publication (opened on p. 57) "New Zealand Soil News", No. 2. New Zealand Society of Soil Science. 1966.

1x Page of publication (p. 13, annotated) "A water cost of runoff control" by A.R. Croft. CSIRO Stamp. Undated.

1x Publication "U.S. participation in the international biological program". Report No. 2 of the U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program. National Research Council, Washington D.C. January 1967.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1964 - 1973    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Journals and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000538 Box Number 048 Series S004
Drafts and reports: Ecology in various countries, including Australia

This inventory item contains

1x Paper "Prospectus - international synthesis of ecological productivity information: World limits on productivity" by U.S. Terrestrial Productivity Subcommittee. January 1967.

1x Report "Report of the meeting of systems analysis with IBP planning committee members of the Eastern deciduous forest biome" by H. Lieth, University of North Carolina. Presented at the "Triangle Universities, Haleigh - Chapel Hill - Durham, February 28-29, 1968".

1x Program "Systems ecology and the international biological program" by Jerry S. Olson and Frederick Smiths (eds.). "A report of the working conference at Ann Arbor, May 17-19, 1967, and resulting IBP research meetings."

1x Draft paper "Commentary on ecological models" by Michael Dale. Undated.

1x Report "Streamflow characteristics of forested catchments" by A.G. McArthur. "37th A.N.Z.A.A.S. Congress - Canberra, 1964."

1x Report "Mathematical models of natural systems: Analysis of stability and change in ecosystems 1." by Jerry S. Olson and Richard Williams (eds.). 1967?

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1964 - 1968    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Drafts and Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000539 Box Number 048 Series S004
Manuscript and map: Evaporation by pine plantation and Eucalypt forest (Jounama State Forest)

This inventory item contains the following documents, enclosed in a buff envelope labelled "Dane: 40 copies of each":

1x Hand-drawn map "Jounama State Forest: Plantation area" by unidentified author. Map drawn in coloured pencil and biro on reverse side of large sheet of graph paper. Undated.

3x Copies of paper "Evapotranspiration by pine plantation and Eucalypt forest" by D.J. Wimbush. Includes One copy of original typescript (with minor annotations in biro) with map, diagram, and graphs and Two photocopies. Circa 1965.

2x Copies of paper "Evapotranspiration by pine plantation and Eucalypt forest" (shorter version) by D.J. Wimbush. Gestetner copies. Circa 1965.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1965    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Drafts and Maps
Inventory Identifier A00000546 Box Number 049 Series S004
Publications and related documents: Neuron moisture meter

This inventory item contains the following documents, enclosed in a buff manilla folder labelled "Neutron Moisture Meter: Literature" on front:

1x Publication "Instrumental and soil moisture variance using the neutron-scattering method" by John D. Hewlett et al. Photocopy from Soil Science (Journal). 1964.

2x Pages of figures including "Fig 4 - Sample size with 2 inch I.D. polythene liner" and "Fig. 5 - Cover for top of polythene liner" by unidentified author. Undated.

1x Journal issue "New Zealand Society of Soil Science: Proceedings" Vol. 3. Journal is open at article "Measurement of soil moisture by neutron moderation" by P.F. Noble. 1958.

1x Publication "Neutron scattering technique for measuring water content of soils and other materials" by J.W. Holmes. Reprinted from Australian Atomic Energy Symposium. 1958.

1x Publication "Techniques for using the neutron moisture meter" by J.W. Holmes and A.F. Jenkinson. Reprinted from Jouranl of Agricultural Engineering Research. 1959.

1x Paper "Instructions for an apparatus for measuring soil water content by neutron scattering" by unidentified author. Includes one figure. Undated.

1x Publication "An introduction to nuclear science" by D.J. Carswell et al. Australian Atomic Energy Commission. 1959.

1x Publication "Nuclear radiation detectors" by 20th Century Electronics Limited. Includes three leaflets for radiation detectors inserted loosely inside front cover. 1960 to 1962.

1x Publication "Nuclear probe compared with other soil moisture measurement methods" by Robert A. Merriam. Forest Research Notes. No. 146. January, 1959.

1x Publication "Use of a nuclear soil moisture meter in studies of evapo-transpiration on mountain soils" by Richard B. Marston. Photocpy possibly from Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters. 1958.

1x Bundle of assorted documents mainly from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization regarding safe use of neutron meters. Includes correpondence, "Use of film holders and badges", "Procedure to be followed with radioisotopes", "Radiation protection - soil moisture meters". 1962.

1x Small bundle of documents relating to Venner Accumulators. Includes note on slip of paper and letter from Soil Engineering Laboratories to Alec Costin. 1960.

1x Page of handwritten notes regarding neutron meters. Undated.

1x Publication "Effect of temperature on ground water levels" by Adolph F. Meyer. Photocopy from Journal of Geophysical Research. June, 1960.

1x Publication "Counting times required with neutron soil-moisture probes" by Robert A. Merriam and Knneth R. Knoerr. Reprinted from Soil Science. 1961.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1958 - 1964    Quantity 4 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Loose Notes, Journals, Published Papers or Articles and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A00000548 Box Number 049 Series S004
Books regarding soil conservation and soil erosion

This inventory item contains

2x Books "Soil Conservation" by Hugh Hammong Bennett. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1939 and "Soil Erosion" by Dusan Zachar. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, 1982.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1939 - 1982    Quantity 8 cm, 2 Books
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier A00000558 Box Number 051 Series S004
Publications mainly relating to ecology, forests and vegetation

This inventory item contains

2x Publications from the Journal of Ecology: "The Accumulation of Energy in Forest Plantations in Britain" by J.D. Ovington and D. Heitkamp. Vol. 48, pp. 639-646, October 1960; "Productivity of a Tropical Forest and its Relation to a World Pattern of Energy Storage" by Carl F. Jordan. Vol. 59, pp. 127-142, March 1971.

1x Publication "Estimating Branch Dry Weight and Leaf Area from Measurements of Branch Girth in Eucalyptus" by P.M. Attiwill. Reprinted from Forest Science, vol. 8, no. 2. June 1962.

3x Publications from OIKOS: Acta Oecologica Scandinavica Vol 7, no. 2, 1956: "Production Ecology I. Standing Crops of Natural Vegetation" by W.H. Pearsall and E. Gorham; "Production Ecology II. Estimates of Average Production by Trees" by J.D. Ovington and W.H. Pearsall; "Production Ecology III. Shoot Production in Phragmites in Relation to Habitat" by E. Gorham and W.H. Pearsall.

1x Publication "The Carbon Balance of Plants" by H.A. Mooney. Reprinted from Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, vol. 3, 1972.

1x Page (loose) numbered 47-48. Topics include coastal vegetation, nitrogen nutrient of eucalypts and catchment hydrology. Undated.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1956 - 1972    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000559 Box Number 051 Series S004
Publications mainly by J.D. Ovington, relating to forests, vegetation, soil etc.

This inventory item contains

1x Publication (photocopy) "Dry-Matter Production in Immature Balsam Fir Stands: Roots, Lesser Vegetation, and Total Stand" by G.L. Baskerville. Forest Science, vol. 12, no. 1, 1966.

1x Publication "The Composition of Tree Leaves" by J.D. Ovington". Reprinted from Forestry, vol. XXIX, no. 1, 1956.

1x Publication "The Ecosystem Concept as an Aid to Forest Classification" by J.D. Ovington. Reprint from Silva Fennica 105. 1960.

1x Publication "Afforestation and Soil Reaction" by J.D. Ovington and H.A.I. Madgwick. Offprint from The Journal of Soil Science, vol. 8, no. 1, March 1957.

2x Publications from "New Phytologist": "The Form, Weights and Productivity of Tree Species Grown in Close Stands" by J.D. Ovington. Vol. 55, October 1956; "The Volatile Matter, Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Contents of the Tree Species Grown in Close Stands" (with compliments note from the author) by J.D. Ovington. Vol. 56, March 1957.

1x Publication (with compliments note from "the author") "Some Biological Considerations of Forest Production" by J.D. Ovington. Reprinted from The Biological Productivity of Brain, published by the Institute off Biology. 1958.

1x Publication "The Nutrient Cycle and Its Modification Through Silvicultural Practice" by John Derrick Ovington. "Fifth World Forestry Congress Proceedings: Silviculture and Management". Includes with compliments note from Ovington. Undated.

6x Copies of publication (1 original, 5 reprints) "Studies of the Development of Woodland Conditions Under Different Trees" by J.D. Ovington. Reprinted from the Journal of Ecology, vol. 43, no. 1, January 1955.

3x Publications in "Offprint from Annals of Botany" by J.D. Ovington: "Dry-matter Production by Pinus sylvestris L." New Series, vol. 21, no. 82, April 1957; "Mineral Content of Plantations of Pinus sylvestris L." New Series, vol. 23, no. 89, 1959 (includes with compliments note); "The Circulation of Minerals in Plantations of Pinus sylvestris L." New Series, vol. 23, no. 90, April 1959.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1955 - 1966    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Journals and Photocopied Documents
Inventory Identifier A00000560 Box Number 051 Series S004
Publications, including Australian Forest Research and CSIRO Annual Report

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Australian Forest Research" by R.G. Miller (ed.) and Forest Research Institute. Department of National Development, Forestry and Timber Bureau. Commonwealth of Australia. Vol. 5, No. 2, 1971.

1x Publication "CSIRO Twenty-fourth Annual Report 1971/72". Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1971 - 1972    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000561 Box Number 051 Series S004
Publications, German and American: Forestry, water economy etc in Chile and other countries

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The Comparative Water Economy of Representative Evergreen Sclerophyll and Drought Deciduous Shrubs of Chile" by H.A. Mooney and J. Kummerow. Reprinted from Botanical Gazette, vol. 132, no. 3, September 1971.

1x Publication (cover primarily in German) "International Union Forestry Research Organization. 1967. XIV. IUFRO-Kongress, v. I, Sect. 01-02-11". Includes index card with details of article in publication by Robert H. Swanson.

1x Publication (German) "Die Stoffproduktion der Pflanzendecke: Vortrage und Diskussionsergebnisse des internationalen okologischen Symposiums in Stuttgart-Hohenhem vom 4. - 7. Mai 1960". Published by Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart. Also includes postcard/bookmark (in German language). 1962.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1962 - 1971    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Books and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000562 Box Number 051 Series S004
Stamps: National Wildlife Federation (Washington D.C.)

This inventory item comprises the following records, originally contained in a "Box file" box labelled "UK: Europe: 1950's":

3x Coloured stamps depicting birds and flowers, by National Wildlife Federation, Washington D.C. Stamps stuck back-to-back. 1955.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1955    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000783 Box Number 057 Series S004
Publications and associated data mainly relating to vegetation changes and fire impacts in the Kosciuszko area and Australian alpine regions

This inventory item contains

1x Summary table of data showing "hits" for Wragge's Creek and The Piper from 1959 to 1978, with covering email from Pascal Scherrer to Genevieve Wright. 2004.

1x Annotated report "The assessment of pre and post 2003 wildfire data collected from subalipne transects in Kosciuszko National Park" by Pascal Scherrer. Includes photographs of landscapes and map showing permanent transects for Wragges Creek and The Piper. 2004.

1x Issue of "Australian Institute of Alpine Studies Newsletter" (No. 17) including articles on research relating to fire impacts; historical vegetation changes in Kosciuszko area (by Pascal Sherrer); glaciation; etc. Includes annotations possibly by Costin regarding glaciation and other issues. 17 August 2004.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2004    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Numeric Data, Reports, Journals and Tables of data
Inventory Identifier A00000813 Box Number 057 Series S004
Draft artwork for proposed signs on the Snowgums Boardwalk at Charlotte Pass

This inventory item contains

1x Large buff New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Service envelope (labelled on front as "KIP RGB600 x85008") which originally contained the remaining contents of this inventory item. 21 November 2003.

Approx 8x Pages of draft artwork (colour laser prints) for proposed signs on the Snowgum Boardwalk at Charlotte Pass, with covering correspondence (including quote from Carolyn Parsons (National Parks and Wildlife Service Snowy Mountains Region). Also includes annotated blue sticky note. 2003.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2003    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Drafts and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier A00000814 Box Number 057 Series S004
Publication and draft report: Natural area management, computer modelling and Namadgi National Park

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Computer modelling in natural area management" by S.R. Kessell, Roger B. Good, and M.W. Potter, Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service. 1982.

1x Preliminary draft report "A draft management plan for Namadgi National Park, ACT" by ACT Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Territories, Canberra. Includes fold-out map. 1985.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1982 - 1985    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Drafts, Reports and Books
Inventory Identifier A00000818 Box Number 052 Series S004
Draft manuscript with covering letter: Grassland study of the Monaro region

This inventory item contains

1x Annotated typed draft manuscript (photocopy, with covering letter) "The Monaro Region" by John Benson and Michal Wyse Jackson. Manuscript is a report of a World Wildlife Fund Grassland study which includes a map. Covering letter from John Benson to Alec Costin. August 1992.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1992    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Drafts
Inventory Identifier A00000820 Box Number 052 Series S004
Publication: "Nomination of Kakadu National Park for inclusion in the World Heritage List" by Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Nomination of Kakadu National Park for inclusion in the World Heritage List" by Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service. Also includes yellow sticky note annotated as "Format for W.H. Listing". 1980.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1980    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000821 Box Number 052 Series S004
Publication: "The plants of the Australian Capital Territory: A synoptic account of the flora with keys, to the generic level, for the mosses, ferns, and seed-bearing plants"

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The plants of the Australian Capital Territory: by N.T. Burbidge and M. Gray. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Division of Plant Industry Technical Paper No. 21. 1965.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1965    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000822 Box Number 052 Series S004
Publications: Ecology and Botany mainly relating to New South Wales and the Kosciuszko area

This inventory item contains

1x Large annoted buff Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Plant Industry) envelope addressed to Alec Costin. Includes notes on back of envelope. Envelope torn. The envelope originally enclosed the remaining contents of this inventory item along with other assorted documents (see inventory items A00000824 to A00000826). Undated.

5x Assorted publications (with annotations, loose notes and sticky notes) relating to peatlands, vegetation, historical ecology, pollen analysis, bogs and treelines in the Kosciuszko area, authored or co-authored by A.R.H. Martin. Includes one duplicate (photocopy). 1985 to 1999.

1x Journal article "New species and a new combination in Australian Celmisia (Asteraceae-Astereae)" by M. Gray an D.R. Given. Australian Systematic Botany. Reprinted by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. 1999.

1x Publication "Flora of New South Wales: National Herbarium of New South Wales: No. 181. Plantaginaceae". Published by New South Wales Department of Agriculture. 1977.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1977 - 1999    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books, Journals and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A00000823 Box Number 052 Series S004
Publications by J.S. Benson with covering correspondence: Grasslands and plant communities of the Monaro region

This inventory item contains the following documents, originally enclosed in a large buff annoted buff Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Plant Industry) envelope addressed to Alec Costin (see inventory item A00000823):

2x Publications with covering letter (in annotated envelope). Publications include "The native grasslands of the Monaro region: Southern Tablelands of NSW" by J.S. Benson and "Plant communities of Monaro lakes" by J.S. Benson and S.W.L. Jacobs. Letter from John S. Benson (Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney) to Alec Costin. 1994.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1994    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000825 Box Number 052 Series S004
Publications: Australian plants and the impacts of grazing on Australian alpine areas

This inventory item contains

1x Annotated publication "Miscellaneous notes on Australian plants: Eregeron, Uncinia, Poa and Erythranthera" by M. Gray. Note from "Max" on front and other annotations. Circa 1973.

1x Publication "The effects of alpine grazing on conservation values: The research behind the debate" by Jenny Barnett. Report pujblished by Victorian National Parks Association Inc. Labelled as "Costin" on front. Fair condition - fold marks and insect holes. June 1987.

1x Annotated publication "Impacts of trampling on alpine environments in central Tasmania" by J. Whinam and N. Chilcott. Journal article. Printout from web page. Annotated with note from "Jennie" (possibly J. Whinam). 1999.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range c. 1973    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000832 Box Number 052 Series S004
Publications regarding flora of the Australian alps mainly by Catherine Pickering. Also includes report compiled by Peter Coyne

This inventory item contains the following documents, originally held together (with bulldog clip) in a bundle:

1x Publication "Variation in flowering parameters within and among five species of Australian alpine Ranunculus" by Catherine Marina Pickering. Includes comment addressed to "Dane" on front. 1995.

1x Publication "Gender variation in hemaphrodite plants: Evidence from five species of alpine Ranunculus" by C.M. Pickering and J.E. Ash. 1993.

1x Publication "Reproductive strategies and constrainsts of alpine plants as illustrated by five species of Australian alpine Ranunclus" by C.M. Pickering. 1997.

1x Publication "Breeding systems of Australian Ranunculus in the alpine region" by C.M. Pickering. 1995.

1x Publication "Size-dependent reproduction in Australian alpine Rununculus" by C.M. Pickering. 1994.

1x Draft report of draft database contents with icovering letter and instruction sheet. Report titled "Natural treasures of the Australian alps" by Peter Coyne for the Australian Alps Liaison Committee" (Printout). Covering letter from Trish Macdonald to Dane [Wimbush?]. Instruction sheet shows participants how to use database. 2000.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1993 - 2000    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000834 Box Number 052 Series S004
Journal articles on feldmark and vegetation changes in Koscuszko National Park and the Bogong High Plains by Keith McDougall, with covering correspondence

This inventory item contains the folllowing documents, originally enclosed in a purple plastic folio labelled "CRES ID paper and Notes: Alec Costin":

1x Journal article "The impact of trampling on feldmark vegetation in Kosciuszko National Park, Australia". Reprint. Excellent condition. 2004.

1x Journal article "Aerial photographic interpretation of vegetation changes on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria, between 1936 and 1980. Reprint. Excellent condition. 2003.

1x Covering note (typescript, laser print) from Keith McDougall to A.B. Costin. Includes brief annotation. Circa 2004.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2003 - 2004    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000837 Box Number 058 Series S004
Publication: "The Journal of Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales"

This inventory item contains

1x Issue of "The Journal of Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales". One article (by N.H. Monteith) regarding run-off is marked with an "X" in the contents. January 1974.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1978    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000841 Box Number 058 Series S004
Publication: "Diet selection by European hares (Lepus europaueus) in the alpine zone of the Snowy Mountains, Australia" by K. Green, N.E. Davis, W.A. Robinson and R.B. Good

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Diet selection by European hares (Lepus europaueus) in the alpine zone of the Snowy Mountains, Australia" by K. Green, N.E. Davis, W.A. Robinson, R.B. Good. Reprint - author's (possibly R. Good) personal copy. Colour print - possibly inkjet printout. 2013.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2013    Quantity 0.2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000844 Box Number 058 Series S004
Assorted publications regarding grazing, hydrology, management of fire-prone vegetation, deserts and conservation of grasslands in various locations including Southeastern Australia and the Bogong High Plains

This inventory item contains

1x Annotated publication "Effects of disturbance and grazing by cattle on the dynamics of heathland and grassland communities on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria" by R.J. Williams and D.H. Ashton. Annotation comprises note to Alec Costin from Dick [Ashton?]. Reprint in good condition. 1987.

1x Publication "Influence of man on the hydrological cycle: guidelines to policies for the safe development of land and water resources" prepared by the Working Group on the Influence of Man on the Hydrological Cycle. Reprint in very good condition. 1972.

1x Publication "Management of fire-prone vegetation plant species conservation in Australia" by A.M. Gill. Reprint in fair condition. 1977.

1x Excerpt from publication "Conservation of Lowland Native Grasslands in South-eastern Australia" edited by Keith McDougall. Includes front cover [?] and contents. Photocopy in fair condition. 1992.

1x Isssue of "Historical Records of Australian Science: Desert Science". Includes minor annotations in introduction. December 2014.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1972 - 2014    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Books, Journals and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000847 Box Number 058 Series S004
Legislation: "National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974, No. 80" by New South Wales Government

This inventory item contains

1x Act of Parliament (legislation) "National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974, No. 80". New South Wales Government. Reprint. Good condition for age. Includes pen marks on front cover. 1980.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1980    Quantity 11 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Legal Documents
Inventory Identifier A00000848 Box Number 058 Series S004
Publication: "The Monaro-South Coast region: A preliminary survey of resources" by New South Wales Premier's Department Division of Reconstruction and Development

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The Monaro-South Coast region: A preliminary survey of resources" by New South Wales Premier's Department Division of Reconstruction and Development. Includes figures, graphs, maps and tables. Originally published 1949. 1952.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1952    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000849 Box Number 058 Series S004
Publications and correspondence: Optical dating of sediments at Blue Lake and implications for climate change

This inventory item contains

1x Machine-dated buff Australian National University envelope addressed to Alec Costin and labelled on front "Martin Worthy & Alan Wade: Quartz Grain Work - Blue Lake". Envelope encloses the remaining contents of this inventory item. 3 November 2004.

1x Annotated envelope addressed to Beryl Costin containing note to Alec Costin and postcard to "Beryl". Correspondence from Adam Wade. Annotations include numbering and measurements. 20 October 2004.

1x Publication "Optical dating of Holocene sediments from a variety of geomorphic settings using single grains of quartz" by J. Olley, T. Pietsch and R. Roberts. 2003.

1x Typed [laser print?] letter to Alec Costin from Martin Worhy regarding quartz grain research. Circa 2003.

1x Annotated publication "A Holocene record of allochthonous, aeolian mineral grains in an Australian alpine lake; implications for the history of climate change in southeastern Australia" Shawn Stanlye and Patrick De Deckker. Includes minor annotations. 2003.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2003 - 2004    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Correspondence and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000850 Box Number 058 Series S004
Publications (mainly) and correspondence regarding geomorphology, geoecology, biogeography, plant ecology and resource management relating to Lesotho, Australian alpine regions and other locations

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Geomorphological and geoecological controls and processes following gully development in alpine mires, Lesotho" by Grab and Deschamps. 2004.

1x Publication "Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research" journal "Instructions to contributors"; with attached contents page. February 2004.

1x Annotated publication "Third annual meeting of the Australian Institute of Alpine Studies". Program and abstracts for meeting held at The University of Tasmania School of Geography and Environmental Studies. Annotations include brief notes. 2001.

1x Annotated publication "Australian Institute of Alpine Studies Newsletter". Annotations include marks in biro and One brief note. 20 August 2007.

1x Annotated publication "A world-wide study of high altitude treeline temperatures" by Koner and Paulsen. Annotations include underlining and label "Ken Green". 2004.

1x Publication "Dieback of Nematolepis ovatifolia (Rutaceae), and endemic shrub in the alpine-subalpine heaths of the Snowy Mountains, is facilitated by climate change" by K. Green. 2016.

1x Empty machine-dated New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service envelope labelled "Ken Green"; "AIAR Bulletins etc"; and addressed to Alec Costin (Bodalla, New South Wales). 24 October 2005.

1x Letter with attached annotated draft article. Letter from Neville Glare to Alec Costin. Draft titled "Kosciuszko National Park - Where to from here?" by Neville Gare. Annotations include corrections and comments in biro and pencil. Circa January 2005.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2004 - 2016    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Drafts and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000855 Box Number 058 Series S004
Correspondence, publication and papers relating to summit area restoration works in the Kosciusko National Park

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Journal of soil conservation New South Wales" Vol 39 no. 2. Very good condition original. This publication was originally inserted with the remaining contents of this inventory item. July 1983.

4x Pages of correspondence regarding summit area restoration works in Kosciusko National Park. Correspondents include superintendent of Kosciusko National Park, J.H. Rogers and T.J. Swadling (Soil Conservation Service NSW), A.B. Costin. August to October 1983.

4x Pages of figures (colour and black-and-white photographs) from Soil Conservation Journal. Subjects include terrain near Mt Twynam. July 1973.

1x Manuscript "The condition and administration of the Murray-Snowy-Murrumbigee catchment area: An interim report". Possibly carbon copy of typescript by unidentified author. 1970s?

1x Scientific paper "Catchment conditions in the Snowy Mountains in relation to land use" by unidentified author. Possibly gestetner copy. 1970s?

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1970s - 1983    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000867 Box Number 059 Series S004
Maps: High Mountain areas in Australia, including topographic maps of Kosciusko

This inventory item contains

1x Large format photographic negative "Distribution of high mountain catchments". Map. Undated.

1x Mounted map "Distribution of high mountain catchments". Map. Undated.

1x Large topgraphic map. "Kosciusko: Sheet no 795 zone 7" by Royal Australian Survey Corps. Thick paper. 1952.

1x Large topgraphic map. "Kosciusko: Sheet no 795 zone 7" by Royal Australian Survey Corps. Paper map mounted on canvas. Some tears in paper. 1952.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1950s    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Maps and Photographic Film Negatives
Inventory Identifier A00000877 Box Number 059 Series S004
Assorted documents relating to research project on "Evaluating soil erosion hazards of land being investigated for fuel-energy crops"

This inventory item contains the following documents, originally enclosed in a large buff internal mail envelope labelled "Pollen: ANU/CSIRO Soil Erosion Study" and addressed to Alec Costin:

1x Bundle (approx 7 pages) of assorted documents relating to a collaborative research project on "Evaluating soil erosion hazards of land being investigated for fuel-energy crops" involving The Australian National University Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Includes correspondence, circular letter from Registrar of the university and envelope addressed to A.B. Costin. 1982.

1x Research proposal "Evaluating soil erosion hazards of land being investigated for fuel-energy crops" by H. Nix and A. Costin. Includes completed grant application form and blank form. 1982.

1x Research proposal "Evaluating soil erosion hazards of land being investigated for fuel-energy crops" by H. Nix and A. Costin. Very good condition. Photocopy. 1982.

1x Original typescript with annotations (corrections) of draft project abstract "Pollen chararcterisation of plant species of 'Kosciusko Alpine Flora". Circa 1982.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1982    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000900 Box Number 060 Series S004
Publications on Soil Science and sub-alpine flora in Australia (including Kosciusko area)

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Soil Science in the driest continent" by E.G. Hallsworth. Includes annotated notes and marks in biro. 1977.

1x Publication Telopea (Journal) Vol 2, no 3. Includes Two articles on subalpine and alpine flora in the Kosciusko region by Joy Thompson and Max Gray, and inserted large colour map. Labelled "Costin: Kosciusko subalpine flora" on front. 1981.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1977 - 1981    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000908 Box Number 060 Series S004
Publication: "Australian Journal of Soil and Water Conservation". Special issue - Land use and declining water quality

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Australian Journal of Soil and Water Conservation". Special issue - Land use and declining water quality. Includes brief annotated notes in pencil on front page. 1991.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1991    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Inventory Identifier A00000909 Box Number 060 Series S004
Publications: Reports and journal article on occurrence and conservation status of the Corroboree Frog in the Snowy Mountains, Brindabella Range and Fiery Range

This inventory item contains

1x Report "A survey of the occurrence of the Corroboree Frog in Blue Cow area, Kosciuszko National Park, N.S.W." by J.G. Robertson et al. Report includes colour photographs and map (in pocket at back). 1982.

1x Report "Summary of results of a survey of the occurrence of the Corroboree Frog in Blue Cow area, Kosciuszko National Park" by J.G. Robertson et al. Report includes colour photographs and map (in pocket at back). 1982.

1x Publication "Distribution, relative abundance and conservation status of Corroboree Frogs, Pseudophryne corroboree Moore (Anura: Myobatrachiadae)" by W.S. Osborne. 1989.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1982 - 1989    Quantity 2 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Maps and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A00000911 Box Number 060 Series S004
Assorted publications relating to timber harvesting, timberline issues, denudation of high-mountain slopes, Aspen mortality, deglaciation and plant nomeclature in Australia, Rocky Mountains, Czechoslovakia and the Himalayas

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Debris flows and their occurrence in the Czechoslovak Carpathians" by Rudolf Midriak. 1984.

1x Publication "Esthetic evaluation of timber harvesting in the Northern Rockies: A progress report" by Dennis L. Schweitzer et al. Labelled on front as "Kosciusko: [Talk?]". Insect damage on front. 1976.

1x Publication "Zur notwendigkeit einer hebung der oberen waldgrenze im bereich der tschechoslowakischen karpaten" by Rudolf Midarak. Includes abstract in English. Publication refers to the biogeography of the timberline in Czechoslovak/Western/Carpathians. Annotated on front "with the compliments" [from author?]. 1976.

1x Publication "Denudation of high-mountain slopes by nivation in the Czechoslovak Carpathians" by Rodolf Midriak. Includes "with best wishes" greeting [possibly by author]. 1976.

1x Publication "Miscellaneous notes on Australian Plants. 2. Chrysanthenmoides (Compositae)" by M. Gray. 1976.

1x Publication "Aspen mortality in Rocky Mountain campgrounds" by T.E. Hinds. Includes photographs and map. 1976.

1x Radiocarbon evidence for deglaciation in North-western Himalya, India" by Gurdip Singh and D.P. Agrawal. Labelled "Costin" on front. 1976.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1976    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications and Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000912 Box Number 060 Series S004
Publication and map: Snowy river environmental flows and Snowy mountains region

This inventory item contains

1x Tourist map of the Snowy Mountains region, New South Wales. 1998.

1x Newspaper section "Panorama: Let the river run". Includes article by Acacia Rose on managing environmental flows of water into the snowy river. 2002.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1998 - 2002    Quantity 1 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Maps and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier A00000913 Box Number 060 Series S004
Assorted publications: Biogeography, vegetation, history, snow accumulation, hydrology and rabbit infestation in Australia, Kosciusko area, Australian Alps and MacQuarie Island

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "The distribution of C3 and C4 grasses in Australia in relation to climate" by P.W. Hattersley with covering note from Hattersley. 1983.

1x Set of publicity material for books related to the Australian Alps by Tabletop Press. Includes covering letter, flyer on "Kosciusko: The Mountain in history", and brochure containing book list. Letter from Klaus Hueneke. 1991.

1x Publication "The composition, structure and distribution of heathland and grassland communities in the subalpine tract of the Bogong High Plains, Victoria" by R.J. Williams and D.H. Ashton. Includes note on front addressed to A. Costin from author. 1987.

1x Publication "Patterns of air temperature and accumulation of snow in subalpine heathlands and grasslands on the Bogong High Plains, Victoria" by R.J. Williams. Includes note from author on front. 1987.

1x Publication "Growth of alpine shrubs and snowgrass following a rare occurrence of frost and drought in Southeastern Australia" by R.J. Williams. Includes note from author on front. 1990.

1x Manuscript "The critical problem of rabbits on Macquarie Island 1950/51" by B.W. (Bill) Taylor. Includes attached covering letter from Taylor to A.B. Costin. Letter labelled in biro on front. Manuscript submitted to Australian Natioinal Antarctic Research Expeditions Club magazine "Aurora". 2006.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 1983 - 2006    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats General Publications, Drafts, Books, Journals and Public Relations Material
Inventory Identifier A00000914 Box Number 060 Series S004
Publication: "Late Pleistocene glaciation of the Kosciuszko Massif, Snowy Mountains, Australia" by Timothy Barrows et al

This inventory item contains

1x Publication "Late Pleistocene glaciation of the Kosciuszko Massif, Snowy Mountains, Australia" by Timothy Barrows et al. Publication enclosed in dated and labelled large white New South Wales Snowy Mountains Region envelope. 2001.

Creator Alec Baillie Costin
Date range 2001    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 Folder
Formats Journals
Inventory Identifier A00000917 Box Number 060 Series S004

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