Series 13 - The Physiography of Victoria 1940-1986


Date Range1940 - 1986
ProvenanceEdwin Sherbon Hills
Description

Correspondence and notes relating to the preparation of The Physiography of Victoria, particularly the fifth edition. Includes copies of reviews, as well as many illustrations, photographs and dyelines, organized by chapter.


Inventory Listing

13-1 Agreement with publisher

Copy of 'Memorandum of Agreement' between ESH and Whitcombe and Tombs Pty Ltd for the publication of The Physiography of Victoria, dated 15 May 1946. Also includes correspondence with Whitcombe and Tombs Pty Ltd and Pitman Publishing Pty Ltd regarding Pitman's take-over of the stock of, and rights to, The Physiography of Victoria.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1946 and 1981-1982    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-1 Box Number 29 Series 13
13-2 Correspondence

Inward and outward correspondence, mostly with Whitcombe and Tombs Pty Ltd, on general matters relating to the publication of the third, fourth and fifth editions and reprints of The Physiography of Victoria. Correspondents include: J.K. Simpson; C. Stavely; H.W. King; David Lawson; A. Halbish; J. Smytheman.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1951 - 1971    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-2 Box Number 29 Series 13
13-3 Correspondence - Fifth Edition

Inward and outward correspondence, mostly with Whitcombe and Tombs Pty Ltd, relating to the preparation and publication of a fifth edition of The Physiography of Victoria. Correspondents include: John Smytheman; Bev Wood; John Pagan; Richard Hall.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1970 - 1979    Quantity 0.7 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-3 Box Number 29 Series 13
13-4 Permissions to publish - Fifth Edition

Inward and outward correspondence relating to ESH's efforts to obtain permission to publish various photographs, maps and diagrams in the fifth edition of The Physiography of Victoria. Correspondents include: A.G. Scholes; W.R. Browne; C.D. Ollier; H.E. Wilkinson; J.M. Bowler; Alan Finlayson; Don T. Curry; N.L. Falcon; Rex T. Prider; D.J. Sutton; Luna Leopold; The Age; City of Castlemaine; Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria; RAAF; E. Condon; Department of Crown Lands and Survey; Director of Military Survey; Charles G. Stephens; G. Blackburn; R.R. Garran; Ian W. Mackenzie; Kenneth A. Townley; H.A. Doyle; G.H. Knowles; M.P. Petrov; Bernie Joyce; M.L. Leamy; Herald & Weekly Times Ltd; George Baker; West Australian Newspapers Ltd; Barnum Brown; J.E. Cox.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1941 - 1975    Quantity 1.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-4 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-5 Notes and corrections - Fifth Edition

Assorted notes and correspondence relating to the fifth edition of The Physiography of Victoria, in particular some suggested corrections, and comments on review and complimentary copies. Also includes: memo on SI units; brief review from the Age, 29 May 1976; two aerial photographs of coastline near Cape Otway and Airey's Inlet. Correspondents include: M.P. Petrov; J. Smytheman; E.B. Joyce; C.D. Ollier; Gilbert H. Vasey; Michael R.P. Bowen; Cynthia Graham.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1976 - 1986    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-5 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-6 Sales and royalties

Annual statements of royalties on sales of The Phyiography of Victoria from the publisher, Whitcombe & Tombs Pty Ltd. Also includes some related correspondence.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1940 - 1971    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-6 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-7 Reviews of first edition

Some inward congratulatory correspondence, but mostly originals and copies of reviews of the first edition of The Physiography of Victoria. Also includes advertising leaflet. Copies of reviews include: undated clippings from the Age, the Argus, and the Melbourne Herald; clipping from Geographical Review, vol. 31, no. 3, 1941; entire edition of Australian Journal of Science, vol. 3, no. 1, 1940; entire edition of Wild Life, vol. 2, no. 8, August 1940; typescript copy from Journal of Geomorphology, vol. 4, no. 2, April 1941; typescript copy from Journal of Geology, vol. 48, no. 8, 1940; typescript copy from Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, vol. 27, no. 5, 1943; typescript copy from The Australian Geographer, vol. 3, no. 8, August 1940; typescript copy from The Teachers' Journal, vol. 23, no. 9, September 1940; extra typescript copies and some photocopies. Correspondents include: Charles Fenner; G.V. Marks; H.C. Richards; J.T. Jutson; E.de C. Clarke.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1940 - 1943    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-7 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-8 Duplicate copies of reviews

Extra typescript copies and photocopies of reviews, correspondence, advertising material, relating to the first edition of The Physiography of Victoria (duplicates material held in 13/7).

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1940 - 1943    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-8 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-9 List of illustrations

List of illustrations in 'Old Edition' of The Physiography of Victoria. Also includes: copies of line drawings titled 'Locality map for Permian rocks of Victoria' (annotated) and 'Structure and drainage map of the Riverine Plain'; large sketched-out draft of geological time-line.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 0.4 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-9 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-10 Illustrations - rivers, lakes and irrigation

Mainly photographs (some labelled) and diagrams of river and lake systems presumably used in the selection of illustrations for The Physiography of Victoria. Also includes: State Rivers and Water Supply Commission negative of a map of irrigation channels in the Wimmera-Mallee; letter and accompanying map from Audrey L. Walsh; drawing of profile sections of the Werribee River; copies of line drawings of the Murray River system. Photographed locations include: Lake Keilambete; Mitre Lake; Raak Plain; Sailors Falls, Daylesford; Sawtell's Creek, Tooradin; Goulburn River.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1939 - 1949, mostly undated    Quantity 0.8 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-10 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-11 Illustrations - labels

Labels cut from aerial photographs. Also descriptive caption for photograph.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1949 - 1972    Quantity 0.1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-11 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-12 Chapter I - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate the Frontispiece and Chapter I of Physiography of Victoria, most are numbered and include notes on their placement in the text, a few with captions. Also includes dyeline copies of most illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-12 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-13 Chapter II - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter II of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered with notes on their placement in the text. Also includes dyeline copies of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-13 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-14 Chapter III - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter III of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text, some are labelled. Also includes dyeline copies of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-14 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-15 Chapter IV - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter IV of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text, a few are labelled. Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-15 Box Number 30 Series 13
13-16 Chapter V - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter V of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text. Also include dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-16 Box Number 31 Series 13
13-17 Chapter VI - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter VI of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text. One photograph is credited to R.T. Prider. Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-17 Box Number 31 Series 13
13-18 Chapter VII - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter VII of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text, a few with captions. Credited photographers include: E.F. Pittman; F. Loewe. Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-18 Box Number 31 Series 13
13-19 Chapter VIII - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter VIII of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, many with notes on placement in text, a few are labelled. Includes photograph from the West Australian, dated 16/10/68. Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 1.2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-19 Box Number 31 Series 13
13-20 Chapter IX - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter IX of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text. Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-20 Box Number 31 Series 13
13-21 Chapter X - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered. Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-21 Box Number 31 Series 13
13-22 Chapter XI - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter XI of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text, a few are labelled. Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 1.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-22 Box Number 31 Series 13
13-23 Chapter XII - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter XII of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text. Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 1.3 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-23 Box Number 31 Series 13
13-24 Chapter XIII - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter XIII of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text, some are labelled. Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range no date    Quantity 2.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-24 Box Number 31 Series 13
13-25 Chapter XIV - artwork and dyelines

Photographs and artwork used to illustrate Chapter XIV of Physiography of Victoria, all are numbered, most with notes on placement in text, a few are labelled. Includes: photograph credited to E.W. Skeats; copy of reprint by George Baker, 'Sand drift at Portland, Victoria' Also includes dyelines of illustrations.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1956, reprint, otherwise no date    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-25 Box Number 32 Series 13
13-26 Illustrations - sources and references

Photocopies of diagrams, maps, reprints and other material used in the preparation of illustrations for Physiography of Victoria. Includes: copy of U.S. Program for the Geodynamics Project; dyeline of endpaper maps; geological map of Victoria; copy of Nature and Resources, vol. 9, no. 1, 1973; Forests Commission of Victoria 'Information Sheet 2'; copy of Rural Research, no. 81, September 1973; loose-leaf pages with handwritten notes and references; large piece of card with hand-sketched geological time-scale.

Creator Edwin Sherbon Hills
Date range 1962 - 1973    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 13-26 Box Number 32 Series 13

Published by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, June 2004
With support from Thomas Baker (Kodak), Alice Baker and Eleanor Shaw Benefactions and The University of Melbourne
Listed by Tim Sherratt and Gavan McCarthy
HTML edition Ailie Smith
Updated 8 November 2007
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/hill/HILS0013.htm

The template for this finding aid is part of the Heritage Documentation Management System

[ Top of Page | Home | Series | Provenance | Search | Index ]