Papers, 1973-1994 [manuscript] 1973-1994.

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Papers, 1973-1994 [manuscript] 1973-1994.

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Newspaper cuttings, correspondence, typescripts, brochures and flyers collected by Keith Prohop in the course of his PhD research into the environmental preservation of Fraser Island. A large part of the collection relates to the formation of the Fraser Island Defence Organization. There is also general material on conservation, both in Queensland and internationally. Includes the manuscript of an autobiography by Rollo Petrie with an account of his childhood on Fraser Island.

18 boxes.

University of Queensland, UQ Library

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University of Queensland, UQ Library

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Fraser Island Defence Organization

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Prohop, Keith.

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The Fraser Island Defence Committee was formed by voluntary conservationists in January 1971 in response to applications for sand mining leases on the island. The name was soon changed to Fraser Island Defence Organization, giving the acronym and motto "FIDO, the watchdog of Fraser Island". The organization ran successful campaigns to stop sand mining and logging on the island, and now focuses on the conservation of the Great Sandy Region as a whole. From the description of Papers, 1...

Petrie, Rollo.

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Sinclair, John, 1939-

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Conservationist. President of the Fraser Island Defenders Organisation (FIDO), 1971-1983. Australian of the Year, 1976. From the description of Papers of John Sinclair, [1956-1996]. 1956-1996. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225829881 ...