Series 17 - Administrative


Date Range1864 - 1968
Quantity62.7 cm, 12 files
ProvenanceRoyal Melbourne Zoological Gardens
Description

This series consists of administrative records which relate to the animals and birds housed at the Zoological Gardens of Melbourne. This includes notebooks and registries documenting animal donations, permits issued for protected fauna, visitors book, and cash book recording publicity expenses. Also included are time and pay sheets for drivers/salesman for the Coca Cola Company (who J.C. Le Souëf briefly worked for as a driver/salesman), an address book listing zoological institutions and individuals, a notebook describing animal illness, an account book from the Society of Australian Scholars, and diaries documenting animals received and dead.


Inventory Listing

17-001 Time and Pay Sheets For Carters and Stablemen (Coca Cola Delivery)
Administration

J.C. Le Souëf's time and pay sheets while working for the Coca Cola Company as a driver/salesman from 20 November 1940 to 23 April 1942. Details include: employer's name and address, employee's name and address, time of starting work, finishing work and total hours worked for each day, total hours worked during the week, total amount received for wages and overtime during the week, and employee's signature.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1940 - 1942    Quantity 0.7 cm, 1 volume
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier A061 Box Number 47 Series 17
17-002 Zoological Board of Victoria - Permits Issued for Protected Fauna
Administration

Record of incoming native animals and birds to the Zoological Gardens and the permits issued for the protected fauna for the years 1948 to 1962. Lists the animals and birds received, from whom they were acquired, and when and when the permits were issued.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1949 - 1962    Quantity 2.2 cm, 1 volume
Formats Forms
Inventory Identifier A062 Box Number 47 Series 17
17-003 Address book - Individuals and Institutions
Administration

One bound vol. which lists the names and addresses of the various Zoological Parks (including the Directors and Secretaries of the Parks) and the Zoological Societies both Australia-wide and in Canada, United States of America, Asia, England, Europe, India, New Zealand, Scotland and New Guinea.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1950? - 1959?, not dated    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 volume
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier A063 Box Number 47 Series 17
17-004 Visitors Book
Administration

One bound vol. which contains 2 pages of signatures. Some of the guests include: members of the Board of Taronga Park Zoo; Mayor of Cairns Queensland, W.A. Crelins; Town Clerk, Town Hall, Auckland New Zealand, T.W.M. Ashby; A.M.K. Clarke, Committee of the Zoological Gardens Perth; K. Plith, Chicago Zoo Park, Brookfield, United States of America. The ownership of the visitors book is unclear (possibly for Le Souëf's Fauna Park).

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1946 - 1949    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 volume
Formats Notebooks and Lists
Inventory Identifier A064 Box Number 47 Series 17
17-005 Cash Book
Administration

One bound vol. which records the publicity expenses in the year 1950 - 1951, including advertisements in the Age, Argus, Herald, Sun; 3DB, 3AW, 3KZ; photographers and artists; maintenance to neon signs; publications; and various bands, for the Zoological Gardens.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1950 - 1951    Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 volume
Formats Register and Accounts
Inventory Identifier A065 Box Number 47 Series 17
17-006 Animal Illnesses
Administration

One bound volume which records the illnesses of various birds and animals including the symptoms, date of illness, who the keeper of the animal or bird was, overall outcome of the illness, and remarks made by the head keeper. It remains unclear who controlled this register or where the register was kept.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1949 - 1951    Quantity 1.8 cm, 1 volume
Formats Register
Inventory Identifier A066 Box Number 47 Series 17
17-007 Diaries - Daily Lists of Animals Received, Dispatched, Births
Administration, see also A268, A269

This item consists of 8 volumes of diaries which were maintained within the hospital of the Zoological Gardens. The diaries documented the deaths, arrivals and departures of the animals and birds which were treated or sent to the hospital.
Diaries / Years include: 1956 x 3 Diaries; 1957 x 3 Diaries; 1958 x 2 Diaries.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1956 - 1958    Quantity 15 cm, 16 volumes
Formats Diaries
Inventory Identifier A022 Box Number 48 Series 17
17-008 Diaries - Daily Lists of Animals Received, Dispatched, Births
Administration, see also A022, A268

This group of records contain 8 diaries which were maintained within the hospital of the Zoological Gardens. The diaries document the deaths, arrivals and departures of the animals and birds which were treated or sent to the hospital.
Diaries / Years include: 1959 x 3 Diaries; 1960 x 1 Diary; 1961 x 1 Diary; 1962 x 1 Diary; 1963 x 2 Diary.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1959 - 1963    Quantity 17 cm, 8 volumes
Formats Lists and Diaries
Inventory Identifier A269 Box Number 49 Series 17
17-009 Animal Donation Forms
Administration

This box consists of 3 volumes of animal or bird donation forms, which record the type of animal or bird being donated, date, and who the donor was. The forms declare unconditional donation to the Zoological Gardens under the provisions of the Quarantine (Animals) Regulations.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1965    Quantity 3 cm, 1 box
Formats Forms
Inventory Identifier A023 Box Number 50 Series 17
17-010 Notebook - Animals Received and Died
Administration

One bound vol. which documents the animals and birds received and dispatched, where they came from or went to, and the date of arrival or departure. It also records the birds and animals that died, when and where they died and what they died from. It remains unclear as to who controlled the notebook and where the notebook was located.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1864 - 1866    Quantity 2 cm, 1 volume
Formats Notebooks
Inventory Identifier A080 Box Number 50 Series 17
17-011 Diaries - Daily Lists of Animals Received, Dispatched, Births
Administration, see also A022, A269

This group of records contains 10 diaries which were maintained within the hospital of the Zoological Gardens. The diaries document the deaths, arrivals and departures of the animals and birds that were treated or sent to the hospital.
Diaries / Years include: 1964 x 3 Diaries; 1965 x 3 Diaries; 1966 x 3 Diaries; 1967 x 1 Diary.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1964 - 1967    Quantity 15 cm, 10 volumes
Formats Lists and Diaries
Inventory Identifier A268 Box Number 51 Series 17
17-012 Society of Australian Scholars - Account Book
Finance

One account book which lists the members and subscribers of the Society of Australian Scholars, including an account of the receipts received from the individuals. Also records various payments made, both incoming revenue and expenditure.

Creator Le Souëf Family
Date range 1927 - 1937    Quantity 2.5 cm, 1 file
Formats Accounts
Inventory Identifier A096 Box Number 51 Series 17

Published by the The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, January 2008
With support from Friends of the Zoos and Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens
Listed by Gavan McCarthy, Andrea Barnes and other Austehc staff
HTML edition Ailie Smith
Updated 27 November 2008
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/leso/17.htm

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