Papers of Vincent Serventy, ca. 1904-2003. ca. 1904-2003.

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Papers of Vincent Serventy, ca. 1904-2003. ca. 1904-2003.

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The papers mainly comprise correspondence, periodicals, meeting papers & annual reports by various literary, conservation, ornithological, national parks, wildlife, tree preservation, limnology & other societies. They include the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W., Royal Australian Ornithologists Union, the Australian Society of Authors, World Wildlife Fund (World Wide Fund for Nature), National Trust of Australia, Australian Heritage Commission, International Union for the Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources, & N.S.W. National Parks & Wildlife Service. Other papers in the collection include letters to Serventy from fellow naturalists, academics, societies, government depts, editors, politicians & others, together with some copies of replies; family & personal correspondence, including a series from Dominic Serventy; writings by Serventy; files maintained as editor of Wildlife in Australia & Australia's Wildlife Heritage; subject files kept on a range of mainly conservation & natural history subjects; files relating to film and television documentaries; conference papers; newspaper cuttings & other papers.

69.08 m. (422 boxes) + 3 fol. items.

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Serventy, Vincent

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Serventy, Vincent, 1916-2007

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Writer, film maker and lecturer on natural history and conservation. In 1955-1958 Seventy was a senior lecturer in science and mathematics at the Claremont Teachers' College, WA and in 1958-1964 a teacher with the WA Education Department. Serventy has published more than 40 books and numerous articles on Australian natural history and conservation and made more than 50 documentary films including 'Nature walkabout'. He edited Wildlife in Australia magazine from 1966-1982 and was the editor-in-ch...

Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia

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