Series[UMA-SR-000000785] Pre-retirement Subject Files of John Stewart TurnerAccession[1991.0118] PAPERS OF JOHN STEWART TURNERIdentifierUMA-IT-000031264Extent1 fileScope and ContentFile containing second submissions and proposals to the Land Conservation Council on the North Eastern Study Area, District 1.
Item includes submissions and proposals from some of the following groups and organisations: Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium; Federation of Victorian Walking Clubs; Victorian National Parks Association; National Parks Service, Victoria; Shire of Upper Murray; Melbourne Amateur Walking and Touring Club; Fisheries and Wildlife Department; Forests Commission, Victoria; Victorian Sawmillers Association; State Electricity Commission of Victoria; Shire of Towong.
Item contains various newspaper articles and letters to the editor concerning the clearing of hardwood forests for pines in south-west Victoria, including some of the following: 'Hardwood Shortage at Mills', The Portland Observer, Wednesday, August 13, 1973; 'Borthwick visit "on"?', The Portland Observer, September 7, 1973; 'Field Naturalists: Dismiss the cobwebs of park mesmerism say the sawmillers', The Portland Observer, September 26, 1973; 'Look at forests', The Portland Observer, September 26, 1973; 'Timber Industry Vital Need Here Says Minister', The Portland Observer, Wednesday, September 5, 1973; 'Sawmillers in Bitter Attack on Land Policy', The Portland Observer, Monday, August 13, 1973; 'Mass meeting planned over pines future', The Portland Observer, September 7, 1973; 'Forest Planting May Increase - Minister', Casterton News, September 27 - October 4, 1973; 'Land Group "Qualified"', The Portland Observer; Item also contains: Land Conservation Council, "Stone" Production on Public Land, unpublished working paper, 1973; maps showing various details of the North Eastern Study Area, District 1.
Please Note: For conservation purposes, maps or plans originally included in this Item may have been removed and placed in map/plan storage cabinets held at the University of Melbourne Archives.Reports
Formats include: general correspondence, drafts, interim reports, maps, minutes and agendas, photocopied documents, lists, Proposals and/or SubmissionsAccess StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit1984.0016 Unit 0005
Turner, John S., LCC NE 1 (1973), [UMA-IT-000031264]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 02/05/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/495415
