Series 07 - General Publications - Natural History


Date Range1896 - 1982
Quantity40.1 cm, 23 files
ProvenanceLe Souëf Family
Description

This series consists of journals, bulletins, circulars, papers, reprints, pamphlets. Also includes: articles, papers and publications relating to areas in natural history; The Frankston Naturalist, a Journal of the Frankston Field Naturalist Club; circulars from the Fisheries and Games Department of Victoria; Zoo Life, an official publication for the Zoological Society of London; Zoological Society Bulletin, by the New York Zoological Society; various Government publications; Junior Science and Junior Naturalist Newsletters; Victorian Historical Journal; Oryx Journal of the Fauna Preservation Society; Sun Nature Books; and other general publications relating to Australian native animals and birds.


Inventory Listing

07-001 Natural History Series and Magazines; Book of Aborigines
Publications

This file contains publications including:
Charles Barrett, Australia's Wonder Animals, Sun Nature Book no. 6, The Sun News Pictorial Melbourne, 2 copies;
J.A. Hammerton, ed. Wonders of Animal Life: Part 11 Travelling without Legs or 8Wings, 1929;
Charles Barrett and A.S. Kenyon, Blackfellows of Australia, Melbourne, undated;
David Fleay, We breed the Platypus, Robertson and Mullens, Melbourne,1944;
J.R. Crossland and J.M. Parrish, eds. The Wonder World of Animal Life: Secrets of the Wild in Word and Picture, London, undated;
Noel Burnet, The Native Bear Book of Australia, W.A. Pepperday and Co. Ltd, 1934;
part of The Science of Life, 1929;
Charles Barrett, From Range to Sea, A Birds Lovers Ways, T.C. Lothian, Melbourne, 1907;
H.G. Cogger, The Frogs of New South Wales, Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney, 1960;
booklet on birds, no date or title.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1929 - 1960, most 1929-44    Quantity 3.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A086 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-002 Government Publications
Publications

This file contains publications including:
First Annual Report of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization for the year ended 30th June 1949, printed and published by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia;
The Department of Intelligence Special Bulletin: Protected Native Birds of South Australia, T. Duffield, 1910;
A Bill relating to National Parks, and for other purposes, brought in by Mr Fraser and Mr Bolte, 23 May 1956.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1910 - 1956    Quantity 1.7 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A087 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-003 Natural History - Education
Publications

This file consists of newsletters relating to issues of natural science, directed towards younger people, including: Junior Science, vol. 1, no. 3, August 1967; vol. 2, no. 2, May 1968; vol. 2. no. 3, July 1968; vol. 2, no. 4, September 1968; vol. 2, no. 5, November 1968; and a copy of the Junior Naturalist, vol. 1, no. 2, April/May 1971.

This file also contains copies of:
"What is Going on in Coober Pedy", newsletter no. 1, March/April 1969;
"Cairns City Council - Parks Department Seed List"; "Cairnes City Council Parks Department Catalogue of Plants - Flecker Botanic Gardens Orchidales Species and Natural Hybrids"; "Cairns City Council Parks Department List of birds sighted at Flecker Botanic Gardens" compiled by V. Winkel Superintendent of Parks and Gardens and J.. Crowhurst; "Cairns City Council Parks department List of bird sightings for the Esplanade and adjacent marine wetlands" compiled by J.Crowhurst; "Cairns City Council Parks Departrment Catalogue of Plants: Flecker Botanic Gardens, Orchid Hybrids"; "Cairns City Council Flecker Botanic Gardens List of Zingeberaceae"; "Fish, Wildlife and the Irrigated Farm", Fisheries and Wildlife Department of Victoria, miscellaneous paper no. 7; "Serendip Wildlife Research Station", Fisheries and Wildlife Department, Victoria, June 1967; and L.R. East, "Forests and Water Supply", Save the Forests Leaflet.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1945 - 1971, most late 1960s    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications and Ephemera
Inventory Identifier A090 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-004 Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Newsletter
Publications

This file contains newsletters from 1969 to 1981 from the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) which were issued quarterly each year, including:
November 1969 no. 1 to March 1979 no. 38; June 1979 no. 40 to March 1981 no. 47; December 1981 no. 50. From March 1977 (issue no. 30) a supplement newsletter titled "Atlas" was also included with each edition of the RAOU Newsletter. Included are issues no. 1 to no. 16.

Also includes a List of Fellows and Members as at 31st July 1974; Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, May 1980; Council Report of December 1979 and December 1978; and correspondence to J.C. Le Souëf from the RAOU on various issues.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1969 - 1981    Quantity 2.7 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Ephemera, Reports, Minutes and Agendas, Newsletters and Lists
Inventory Identifier A110 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-005 Zoo and Natural History Publications
Publications

This file contains publications including:
The Melbourne Zoo Newsletter, Special Edition 110th Birthday, detailing the past history and present trends of the Zoological Gardens;
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria, "The Mornington Peninsula", no. 17, by R.A. Keble, Senior Field Geologist, Mines Department of Victoria, 1950;
"The Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens", published by The Zoological Board of Victoria, 1983.
"Zoo", Denmark Zoo;
"Zoo Frankfurt";
Report titled "The Keith Turnbull Research Station" from the Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board, Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Victoria, 9 March 1967;
Information sheets issued by Australian Fisheries detailing and illustrating the Commerical Fish of Australia.
Pamphlet for "Butterflies of Australia" by I.F.B. Common and D.F. Waterhouse, Angus and Robertson;
Newspaper clippings (3) of cartoons and a joke (Rabbi and Priest).

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1950 - 1984    Quantity 2.4 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, Ephemera, Reports and Published Reports
Inventory Identifier A112 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-006 Transcipts of Addresses and Broadcasts by Sir E. Fisk
Publications

This file includes 3 transcripts of broadcast addresses by Sir Ernest Fisk from Station 2FC and Station 2CH, Sydney Australia. Speeches include "Spiritual Force", 7 June 1942 and 3 May 1942; and "United Empire and the Fighting Service", 25 May 1942.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1942    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A129 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-007 Sgt J. Clayton - The Hand: The Signpost To Success (Book Draft)
Publications - Drafts

This item consists of a draft copy of the manuscript titled "The Hand: The Signpost to Success" by Sgt. John Clayton, 167 pages, undated. The manuscript looks at 'Cheirognomy' - the study of character and temperament from the hand itself, irrespective of the lines.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1900? - 1970?, not dated    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats Drafts
Inventory Identifier A147 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-008 J.C. Le Souëf - Correspondence and Memorabilia
Personal

This file contains publications including:
Paper titled "Aboriginal Culinary Methods and Kitchen Middens" by W.H.D. Le Souëf, the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, 25 Febuary 1916;
"Rotary Club of Rosebud Newsletter", vol. VI, no. 46, 13 June 1961 and vol. VI, no. 17, 11 November 1960;
A booklet "Develop Victoria Mornington Peninsula... Wonderful Playground of Coastal Victoria" published by the Develop Victoria Council, November 1962;
Jim Dixon, "The First Victorian Record of the Spotted Stingaree Urolophus gigas Scott", reprinted from The Victorian Naturalist, vol. 86, no. 6, June 1969;
"The Justice of the Peace", Probation and Parole issue, vol. 48, no. 3, March 1958;
Auction Sale of "Curios" catalogue, 1923;
An invitation to the Opening Ceremony of the Rosebud Aquarium and Museum on the 25th of June, 1960;
A photograph of Aline Le Souëf dated 13.11.11;
A map of the City of St Kilda published in January 1928 showing the area
covered by St. Kilda News;
An invitation to J.C. Le Souëf 's wedding at Wesley Church on Friday 6th June, 1941

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1905 - 1980    Quantity 1.9 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, Accounts, General Correspondence, Ephemera, Maps, News Clippings, Drawings and/or Plans, Published Papers or Articles, Sketches, Loose Photographic Prints and Mounted Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier A154 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-009 J.C. Le Souëf - Speaking - Rotary Club Newsletter
Publications

This file consists of "Tea Tree Whisper", the Weekly Bulletin of The Rotary Club of Seaford, vol. 1, no. 57, 3 May 1972; and "Channel Tidings", the Weekly Bulletin of The Rotary Club of Sorrento, vol. XI, no. 42, 15 September 1961. J.C. Le Souëf was a speaker at both meetings, subjects being "Wildlife" and "Museums and Aquariums".

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1961 - 1971    Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A156 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-010 Catalogues, Annuals
Publications

This file consists of The Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue, fourteenth edition, Orlo-Smith and Co., Melbourne, 1952.
The front cover of Phil Mays Illustrated Winter Annual, Neville Beeman, London, 1896.
5 pages of handwritten notes detailing an itinerary.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1896 - 1952    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier A167 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-011 Christopher Mudd - Tales and Trails of Austral Bush and Plain
Publication

This file includes a copy of Christopher Mudd's book Tales and Trails of Austral Bush and Plain, Spectator Publishing Co. Melbourne, undated; 5 loose black and white photographs, of trees and scrub, unidentified, undated.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1920? - 1929?    Quantity 1.2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, Books and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier A183 Box Number 26 Series 07
07-012 Natural History
Publications, also refer to A216

This file contains journal articles, general publications, reports and circulars relating to natural history with an emphasis on animals, birds and natural resources. These include:
Journals:
The Frankston Naturalist, The Journal of the Frankston Field Naturalists Club, vol. 1, no. 1, undated;
The Frankston Naturalist, The Journal of the Frankston Field Naturalists Club, vol. 1, no. 2, undated;
The Frankston Naturalist, The Journal of the Frankston Field Naturalists Club, vol. 1, no. 5, undated, 2 copies;
Victoria's Resources, vol. 8, no. 1, March - May 1966;
The North Queensland Naturalist, Journal of North Queensland Naturalists Club, vol. 37, no. 152, June 1970;

Circulars and Bulletins:
A.D. Butcher, "Deer in Victoria", Fisheries and Game Department of Victoria, Wildlife Circular no. 6, August 1957;
J.B. Cleland, J.H. Maiden, E.W. Ferguson and C.T. Musson, "The Food of Australian Birds. An Investigation into the Character of the Stomach and Crop Contents", Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, Science Bulletin, no. 15, July 1918;
M.C. Downes, "Living Space for Wildfowl", Fisheries and Game Department of Victoria, Wildlife Circular no.5, September 1957;
M.C. Downes,"Game Bird Research - The Future", Fisheries and Game Department of Victoria, Wildlife Circular no. 3, June 1947;
M.C. Downes, "Games Bird Research - 1957", Fisheries and Game Department of Victoria, Wildlife Circular no. 2, June 1957;
D.D. Lynch, "Fishing Industry in Victoria", Fisheries and Game Department of Victoria, Fisheries Circular no. 1, September 1957;
J. McNally, "The Water Rat in Victoria", Fisheries and Department of Victoria, Wildlife Circular no. 1, July 1956;
J. McNally,"Koala Management in Victoria", Fisheries and Game Department of Victoria, Wildlife Circular no. 4, September 1957.

Reprints (articles) and Papers:
C.B Ashby, "The London Bird Report for 1947", no. 12, published by The London Natural History Society, November 1948;
A.D. Butcher, "The American and Australian Approach to Conservation", paper no. 1, undated;
A.D. Butcher, "Nature's Growing Struggle", radio talk from the series "News from Nature", 29 October 1956;
W. Boardman, "On the Anatomy and Functional Adaptation of the Thorax and Pectoral Girdle in the Wallaroo (Macropus Robustus)", from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. LXVI, pts 5-6, 1941;
W. Chamberlain, "Zoos - More Humane Than You Think", taken from the Reader's Digest, May 1937;
J. Ford, "An Early Occurrence of the Kelp Gull in South-Western Australia", The Western Australian Naturalist, vol. 9, no. 7, March 1965;
F.C. Morse, "Birds of the Moree District", from The Emu, vol. XXII, July 1922;
E.V. Smith and H.S. Swingle, "Ponds for Improving Stream Fishing", Argriculture Experiment Station of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, leaflet no. 20, June 1944;
F.E. Wilson, "Facts About Egret Plumes", Birds Protection Court, undated, 2 copies;
F.E. Wilson, "The Economic Value of Our Birds", Bird Protection Court, undated, 2 copies;
F.E. Wilson, "An Ornithological Trip to the Nhill District", The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, September 1918, 2 copies;
Karl Von Eckartshausen, "The Cloud upon the Sanctuary", undated.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1918 - 1970    Quantity 3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, Ephemera, Journals and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A021 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-013 Australian National Insect Collection
Publication

This item consists of "Australian National Insect Collection" by the CSIRO Division of Entomology - Open Day June 27, 1982.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1982    Quantity 0.4 cm, 1 booklet
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A036 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-014 Field Service Pocket Book - General Staff War Office
Publications

This item consists of one pocket book, 17cm x 11cm, titled "Field Service Pocket Book - 1914", printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, London. The pocket book is a military handbook which was used as a reference source for instructional exercises and manoeuvres during active service. Ownership of pocket book remains unknown.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1914    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 volume
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A044 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-015 The Science of Life Part 7 - Evolution beyond Dispute
Publications

This item contains a copy of "The Science of Life Part 7 - Evolution Beyond Dispute", by Julian Huxley, H.G. Wells and G.P. Wells, printed and published by the proprietors, Amalgamated Press Ltd.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1929    Quantity 0.5 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A046 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-016 Transcript of Play - Vanity Fair
Publications

This file consists of 2 copies of typed script of Vanity Fair, 9 scenes.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1931?, not dated    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications and News Clippings
Inventory Identifier A056 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-017 Various Papers and Pamphlets
Publications

This file contains journals, papers and pamphlets including:
J.C. Le Souëf and N.B. Tindale, "A New Subspecies of Virachola Smilis (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Northern Australia", reprint from the Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, vol. 9, pp. 219-222, 31 December 1970;
James Buckland, The Plumage Bill. What it Means, T.H. Hopkins and Son Ltd;
"State Fish Hatchery Snob's Creek, a pamphlet for the Information and Guidance of Visitors", issued under the authority of A. Dunbavin Butcher, Director of Fisheries and Game, Information circular no. 2, 2 copies;
"Oryx", Journal of the Fauna Preservation Society, vol. 1, no. 2, March 1951;
Circular titled "House Flies and the Public Health", undated.

This file also includes: blank certificate for the Gould League of Bird Lovers of Victoria; 1 black and white photograph of a bird, probably a mutton bird or other sea bird, undated; a newspaper clipping of a tree-kangaroo; correspondence to Mary Le Souëf from the Deputy Director of Rationing, (Victoria) Commonwealth of Australia, regarding a special issue of clothing coupons, 9 January 1943; part of a will (unidentified), listing items and the beneficiaries who included Lilian Hazel Forth, Stewart Burder Backhouse (cousin), the National Trust, J.C. Le Souëf (cousin), Kingsley Wallace Grant (cousin), Richard Cotton and Nicolas Le Souëf; a No. 5 Remount Squadron 3rd Military District Programme of Parades (For Half-year Ending 31st December, 1939) with J.C. Le Souëf's name hand-written on the top left corner; and a Camp of Continuous Training, Seymour, Australian Corps of Signals, 4th Divisional Signals, Sergeants' Mess card with several hand-written signatures on the front of it and a typed menu on the back, dated March 13th-20th 1926.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1914 - 1957    Quantity 1.4 cm, 1 file
Formats General Correspondence, Illustrations, Ephemera, News Clippings, Published Papers or Articles and Loose Photographic Prints
Inventory Identifier A058 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-018 Zoological Journals and Bulletins
Publications, also A200

This file contains publications including:
J.A. Kershaw, "Migration of Eels in Victoria" reprint from the Victorian Naturalist, vol. XXVII, no. 10, February 1911;
The Victorian Historical Journal, 207th Issue, February 1982, vol. 53, no. 1;
Reports of the Council and Auditors of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1948 prepared for the Annual General Meeting, 29 April 1949;
Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, Guide to Whipsnade Zoological Park, 1st Edition May 1931;
Zoological Society Bulletin, The New York Zoological Society, vol. XXI no. 5, September 1918;
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria: No. 17 The Mornington Peninsula, by R.A. Keble, 1950.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1918 - 1982    Quantity 3.7 cm, 1 file
Formats Journals and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A085 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-019 Scientific Societies - Reports; Le Souëf Family Correspondence
Publications

This file contains the Royal Society of Victoria Newsletters - 24 August 1978, 26 October 1976, 24 April 1980, 23 November 1979, 27 March 1980, 25 February 1980, 26 June 1980, 25 February 1981, 24 November 1980, 28 August 1980, 26 September 1980, 29 May 1980, 26 February 1982, 24 September 1981, 30 April 1981, 25 May 1981, 29 June 1981, 29 July 1981, 30 October 1980, 29 October 1981, 20 November 1981, 22 March 1979, 22 February 1979;
The Royal Society of Victoria yearly programs for 1969 - 1978, 1980;
The Royal Society of Victoria Reports of the Council for 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977;
List of Members and Associates of the Royal Society of Victoria, 1976;
Laws of the Royal Society of Victoria;

Also includes membership card of J.C. Le Souëf for the Royal Historical Society of Victoria;
Victorian Historical Conference Programme held by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria;
Royal Historical Society of Victoria 60th Annual Report and Financial Statement of the Council, 30 June 1969; 64th Annual Report, 30 June 1973; 66th Annual Report, 30th June 1975; 67th Annual Report, 30 June 1976;

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1878? - 1978, mostly 1960s-70s    Quantity 2.9 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, General Correspondence, Ephemera, Reports, Maps, Published Reports and Display Material
Inventory Identifier A162 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-020 Zoological Journals and Bulletins
Publications, part of A085

This file contains publications including:
Oryx, Journal of the Fauna Preservation Society, vol. 1, no. 1, October 1950;
Zoo Life, An Offical Publication for the Zoological Society of London, book number 1, Spring 1946;
Zoo Life, An Offical Publication for the Zoological Society of London, book number 4, Winter 1946;
Museum Work, Including the Proceedings of the American Association of Museums, April 1920;
Zoologcial Society Bulletin, The New York Zoological Society, vol. XXV, no. 4, July 1922;
Zoological Society Bulletin, The New York Zoological Society, vol. XXI, no. 4, July 1918.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1918 - 1950    Quantity 2 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, Books and Journals
Inventory Identifier A200 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-021 Natural History - Publications
Part of A021

This file contains general publications, relating to natural history, in particular animals, birds and natural resources, including:

Publications:
C. Barrett, "Australia's Wonder Animals", Sun Nature Book no. 6, Melbourne, undated;
C. Barrett, "Australia's Zoological Gardens", The Sun Zoo Book, undated;
G.H. Chisholm and N.W. Cayley, "Feathered Minstrels of Australia", 1st Series, Sydney, 1926;
A.F.B. Hull, "A List of the Birds of Australia", Sydney, 1909;
"The Offical Centenary Guide and Souvenir", issued with the Authority of the Victorian and Melbourne Centenary Celebrations Council, undated;

Other:
The Star News Style and Guide for Staff, October 1933;
Brighton District Local Association Year Book 1940, Boy Scouts Association (Victorian Branch);
Calendar of Australian Birds and Animals, 1964 given to J.C. Le Souëf by Aline Le Souëf;
The Argus and the Australasian, "Useful Hints for Home and Workshop", September 1931;
A. Smith, "Practical Jobs for the Handyman", issued by The Australian Home Beautiful, undated;
"Here's How for Householders", Shell Publication, undated.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1909 - 1964    Quantity 3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications, Ephemera and Published Papers or Articles
Inventory Identifier A216 Box Number 27 Series 07
07-022 Mid-Week Pictorial - Illustrated Weekly
Publications

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Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1918    Quantity 0.3 cm, 1 file
Formats General Publications
Inventory Identifier A150 Box Number 27 Series 07

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With support from Friends of the Zoos and Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens
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