Series 9 - Newspaper Cuttings


Date Range1926 - 1960
Quantity
ProvenanceLucy Crosbie Morrison
Description

Loose newspaper cuttings, scrapbooks. This series offers a fine representation of PCM's printed journalism, including his early general reporting for The Argus, and his many popular science columns written for The Argus, The Herald, The Sun, The Australasian, and Your Garden. Series also includes some of PCM's book reviews for The Australasian (9-7), and some partly biographical articles about his career and his activities.


Inventory Listing

MORR00673 Newspaper Cutting Book 1

Oversize, 300 pp. Hand-compiled index (incomplete) attached to back cover. PCM's by-line can be assumed to appear on all items, unless otherwise indicated. Most items are probably from The Argus, but are not marked as such. Inscription: 'P. Crosbie Morrison, "The Argus" Literary Staff, 365 Elizabeth St. Melbourne C1, Phone FO411 / Or Maroona Rd, Brighton S5, Phone X3648'. Pages 12-26 contain articles and photographs form the Mackay Expedition to Central Australia.
Page numbers and contents:
1. 5 items, n.d., no by-lines, including: article on plan of new Hawthorn Bridge; photo of electric trams in Collins St, Melbourne; article on address to the Rotary Club by Professor W.A. Osborne on popular misconceptions in science;
2-3. The Argus, 13 August, 1927, 'Animal Associations: Strange Marine Communities: Wonders of the Great Barrier Reef' [duplicate in 9/14]; 'Science Notes' by 'Tellurian' [on Aboriginal stone tools]; 6 other items (no by-lines);
4. 'Human History in Bone' [on human skulls]; 'Modern Clocks' [on the collecting of clocks],n.d.;
5. 'An Artist in Wood' (24 November 1931) [on the work of Mr R. Prenzel, sculptor in wood]; 'Mending Cripples' n.d. [on infantile paralysis];
6. 'Myths and legends of the Polynesians' n.d.; 'Edible Railway Tickets' (26 October 1931); 4 other items, n.d., no by-lines);
7. 'Darwin and the Beagle' (9 November 1932); photograph with caption, n.d., no by-line;
8. 'Battle of the Mallee' n.d. [on farming in the Mallee]; 2 items on Jervois Skull, n.d., no by-line;
8A. [Loose sheets] 'History of Man in Bone and Stone' (9 September 1937); photograph of new director of the National Museum with Jervois Skull (n.d., no by-line); 2 other items (n.d., no by-line).;
9. 'Eclipses of the Sun and Moon' (5 March 1932); 2 other items (28 May 1932, n.d.; no by-lines);
10. 'Testing an Airman', n.d. [on aeronautics];
11. 'Yarra Yarra: Melbourne's Babbling Brook in History', (25 May 1929).;
12. May 1930, 5 items, 4 of them on the Mackay expedition to Central Australia. No by-lines, ;
13. The Adelaide Advertiser (25 June 1930), 2 items on the Mackay expedition to Central Australia. No by-lines;
14.July 1930, 2 items on the Mackay expedition to Central Australia. No by-lines.;
15. 3 items: continuation of item from page 14; 2 items on the Mackay expedition to Central Australia, May 1930. No by-lines.;
16-17. July-August 1930, 5 items on the Mackay expedition to Central Australia. Includes 6 photographs. 3 articles have PCM's by-line.;
18. 7 photographs from the Mackay expedition to Central Australia. (2 August 1930);
19. The Australasian, 8 photographs from the Mackay expedition to Central Australia (n.d.);
20. The Australasian, 8 photographs from the Mackay expedition to Central Australia (19 July 1930). Cover image (16 August 1930). The Australasian, (20 December 1930) 2 photographs of Canberra, near Mildura;
21. The Illustrated London News, (11 September 1930), 11 photographs of the Mackay Expedition to Central Australia.;
22. 4 photographs 23, 25, 28 January, no year. [Marked 'Paid'] Boy Scout camp at Anglesea patronised by the Governor, Lord Somers;
23. The Star (6 April 1935) 'Black Brother' by Starboard Watch [on Aborigines of Central Australia];
24. 4 news items on the Mackay expedition to Central Australia, May 1930, no by-lines;
25. 7 news items on the Mackay expedition to Central Australia, June 1930, no by-lines;
26. 5 news items, 4 on the Mackay expedition to Central Australia, June 1930, no by-lines;
27. 'Melbourne's First Electric Tram' (n.d.); 'Odds on the Weather: Polar Research and Long-Range Forecasts'. (n.d.);
28. 'Au-Au: How the Green Ant Got its Name' (24 February 1934); 'Carboys and Gallipots: Romance of the Chemists' Bottles' (n.d.);
29. 'Falling Stars' (n.d.) [on meteors and meteorites]; 'A Test for RLS' (n.d.) [on the work of Robert Louis Stevenson taught in and out of the classroom]; 'Turkish Baths' for Timber: A Remarkable Seasoning Process' by M.Crosby (n.d.);
30. 'An Australian Zoo'; 'The 1851' [Great Exhibition in London, 1851, and display of Australian achievements in physics] (n.d.);
31. 'What the Observatory Does' (n.d.); 'Hold on! She's Away Again' (n.d.) [on a series of earthquakes in New Zealand]; 'Pioneers of Canterbury [Victoria]: Farmhouses and Bush Tracks' (n.d.);
32. 'Good-bye to the 'Flower' Ships' [of the Royal Australian Navy]; 'An Appreciated Gift'; 'A Primitive Industry: The Aborigines' Quarry at Mount William' (n.d.);
33. 'Mice: Black, Brown and White'; 'Savoy Opera: Which is most Popular?' (n.d.);
34. 'Photographing Atoms' (24 February 1934); 'Blasting the Rip' (n.d.);
35. 'The Greatest Sport of All: Big Game Fishing in Australian Waters', by P.R. Rogers; 'Great Barrier Reef: 1,200 Miles of Coral - A Projected Inquiry', From a Melbourne Correspondent (n.d.);
36. The Star (31 August 1934) 'Ceaseless Watch on Coast' by Starboard Watch; 'The Traveller' [on turtles at the Great Barrier Reef] (8 May 1926);
37. 'The Naturalist - Birds of the Great Barrier' (12 June 1926); 'The Sketcher - Aborigines of the North' (30 September 1926).;
38. 17 photographs from Great Barrier Reef Expedition (n.d.);
39. The Australasian (3 January 1931) 10 photographs from Great Barrier Reef (4 by PCM);
40-42. December 1927, 5 news items on 'Scouts' Mountain Hike' [to Tarli Karng] by Our Special Reporter; 10 photographs of the Hike.;
43. 'Lifting Weights for Fun'; 'Wheatgrowers' Plight' by Our Special Reporter; 'Erosion at Ivanhoe' [Yarra River] (no by-line); (n.d.);
44. Series of 3 Articles on 'The University', May 1935, (no by-lines).;
45. Blank;
46-47. 'Poverty Line' Series of 5 Articles on the 'problems of the slums' (June 1935) (no by-lines); 6 letters responding to the series.;
48. 'John Masefield in Melbourne' (no by-line) (n.d.); 'South Africa's problems are also ours' (no by-line) 29 October, no year.;
49. 'Musical Feasts'; 'Yehudi Menuhin'; 'Mr Peter Dawson' (no by-lines) (n.d.);
50-53. 11 items concerning Victoria's Centenary and associated Royal Visit (no by-lines on 10 items) (n.d., approx 1934-5) ;
54. 'A Tidy Job' (n.d.) (no by-lines);
55. 'From Ur to the Friendly Islands: The Pride that is Tonga', by Amori Pa'eha [Pacific islands] (n.d.);
56. 'Across the Snow to Kosciusko', by T.W. Mitchell (n.d.);
57. 'A Rag and A Bone' [customs of the people of new Guinea], [(n.d.) (no by-line); 'Serums and Snakes' [work of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of medical research], (n.d.);
58-65. Articles related to the British Medical Association Congress, September 1935. (Articles from March onward, mostly undated) (no by-lines);
65. 'Dr Wu Looks Back' [Chinese medicine]; 'Vice-Chancellor Arrives' [Raymond Priestley]; 'Judging Day' [probably Royal Melbourne Agricultural Show] (n.d.) (no by-lines);
66. 'While Rain Fell: Diversion at the Show' [probably Royal Melbourne Agricultural Show]; ' 'Easy Money' from Chain Letters'; 'Cult of the Rose' [Alister Clark, rose grower] (n.d.) (no by-lines);
67. The Star (5 January 1935) 'Science on the Hearth' by Starboard Watch.;
68. The Argus (9 September 1935) 'Sidney Kidman and James Tyson' (no by-line);
69. 'Marabou's Melbourne Cup' (6 November 1935) (no by-line);
70. Series of three articles entitled 'Sea Power', about the naval defence of Australia (n.d.) (no by-lines);
71. 'Women in Methodism: Their Champion's Views' (n.d.); (5 April 1935) 'Decline of Botanic Gardens: Starved of Money and Men' (no by-lines);
72. 'Harbingers of Spring are Here'; 'Those Spartan Swimmers', (n.d.) (no by-lines); 'The Moon is Falling' by PCM (n.d.);
72A. 'The Friendly Gumtree: A Precipitant of Rain' (6 April, no year) [inserted loose between pp 72 and 73];
73. 'Shades of Abyssinia'; 'Highlights of the Moon: What Sir James Jeans Means' (n.d.);
74. 'Eclipse of the Moon: Spectacle Next Week' (n.d.) [Extra copy of article inserted between pp 74 and 75]; Photograph of Eclipse (21 January 1935) (no by-line);
75. 'Finding Stars in the Autumn Sky' [with chart] (n.d.) (no by-line);
76. The Argus Travel Supplement (15 November 1935) 'Australia's Grand Canal';
77. The Argus Travel Supplement (15 November 1935) 'North Express: Unconventional Glimpses of the 'Dead Heart'';
78. The Australasian (7 December 1935) 'The Decline of Dogma and Doggerel' [education policy];
79. 'Scouting in Victoria 1912 - 1931' (28 March 1931); 'Eclipses of the Sun and Moon' (5 March 1932);
80. The Argus (Monday August 26, 193?) 'House that Snapshots Built: New Home for Kodak Company' (no by-line);
81. 'Cancer Council to Co-Ordinate Campaign' (n.d.) (no by-line); 'Stars that Wink and Wobble', 'Comet that was a Planet' (n.d.);
82-83. Series of Articles on Astronomy: 'Highlights of the Moon: What Sir James Jeans Means' (n.d.) [Duplicate of p 73]; 'Orion in Stars and Story' (n.d.); 'The Heavenly Twins: Stories of Castor and Pollux' (n.d.); 'Around the South Pole' (n.d.);
84. 'Gallipoli Revisited', [book by John North, Gallipoli: the Fading Vision], (n.d.) (no by-line);
85-87. The Argus, December 1935. Special Series 'The Menace of Water: An Examination of the Consequences of Deforestation in Victoria' by PCM. [5 Articles, also reprinted booklet, inserted between pp 86 and 87];
87. 'The Cook Cottage: Presentation to State' (n.d.) (no by-lines);
88. The Argus, (27 April 1936). 'Nation Pays Tribute to War Dead' [Anzac Day events], (no by-line);
89. 'Happy Warriors' [men of the AIF], (n.d.), (no by-line);
90. The Australasian, (15 August 1936) 'How Kitchener Won the War'; Also 'A letter to the Editor' from R.C.C. Dunn [responding to review of book on Kitchener];
91. 'Weaving Wealth from Wool' (no by-line) (3 July 1937);
92. 'Millions Underfoot' [on shoe manufacturing] (10 July 1937) (no by-line);
93. 'There's Nothing Like It' [on Leather] (7 August 1937) (no by-line);
94. The Argus Weekend Magazine, (16 September 1937) 'Gathering of the Terns at the Great Barrier Reef'; 'Chesterton the Paradox' (n.d.) (no by-line) [labelled 'by PCM'];
95. 'Kitchen Chemistry: Some Mysteries of Soap' (17 July 1937) (no by-line) [labelled 'by PCM'];
96. Cooktown Independent, (13 September 1937) 'Flowing with Milk: Victoria's Promised Land' [travel article on Central Gippsland]
97. The Argus, (2 July 1937) 'Maelstrom at Sea' [on water spouts]; (3 July 1937) 'The Moon and the Pacific: Were they ever One?';
98. 'Shall we ever Draw Power from the Moon?' (5 September 1936); 'Four and Three: A Day for Youth: Golf and Gaiety in the Sunshine' (7 September 1936);
99. Argus Centenary 'Rise of Manufacture: Robert Hoddle looks down Collins Street' (n.d.)(no by-line); Argus Centenary 'On Wheels and Wings: Transport in Victoria' (n.d.);
100. Argus Centenary 'How Electricity came to Melbourne' (n.d.);
101. The Argus Camera Supplement, (31 August 1929) 'Through the Microscope';
102. The Argus Camera Supplement, (16 March 1929) 'Rainbow's End' [on ultra-violet light];
103. The Argus Camera Supplement, (12 January 1929) 'How we showed the Flag' by Sextant. [Loose sheet attached recording payment of 2-16-9 for story (227 lines) and 1-17-6 for 5 photographs];
104. 'The Widow of Wappan: Anne Fraser Bon, Pioneer' (n.d.);
105. 'Brave Guests Outdo Damocles' [on Wirth Bros.' Circus], (n.d.) (no by-line);
106. 'The Century at Sea: Ships within a Ship' [on maritime history], (n.d.);
107. The Argus Travel Supplement (15 November 1935) 'North Express:Unconventional Glimpses of the 'Dead Heart'' [Duplicate of p.77];
108-109.Blank;
108A. The Argus (4 May 1935) [Folded between pp 108 and 109] 'Twenty-five Years of Kingship' [twenty-fifth year of the reign of George V], (no by-line) [Signed PCM];
110-223.Blank;
224. [The Argus] 'Notes for Boys' (n.d.) by Donald Macdonald. [4 sections apparently by PCM, marked in ink];
225. 'Nature Notes and Queries' by Donald MacDonald [with sections by PCM, attachment indicating relative payments to DMcD and PCM] (28 December 1928 and n.d.) ;
226-262. The Argus 'Nature Notes and Queries' [by PCM], 11 September 1937 - 9 July 1938;
263. The Junior Argus (21 July 1938)'Notes for Boys and Girls' by Norman McCance;
264-299. The Junior Argus 'Notes for Boys and Girls' [by PCM], 9 July 1937 - 14 July 1938;
300. The Junior Argus, (1 March 1934) 'Notes for Boys' [Note that Mr Alec H Chisholm is absent on holidays, highlighted and marked PCM;

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 192? - 193?    Quantity 9 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-1 Series 9
MORR00674 Loose newspaper cuttings

THIS FILE IS MISSING. Ann McCarthy 7 August 2008.

Oversize envelope containing cuttings loose from 9/1 Newspaper Cutting Book 1, and 9/3 Newspaper Cutting Book 2.
Cuttings loose from newspaper cutting book 1, 27 February 1937 - 6 March 1954:
The Argus, 27 February 1937 [Australian Motor Industry Section] (pp 29 - 40);
The Argus, 16 March 1937 [Special Home Furnishing Section] (pp 17 - 28);
The Argus 9 and 17 July 1937 [Nature Notes Column, retirement of Alec H. Chisholm and welcome to PCM.] (2 pp);
Smith's Weekly, 23 September, 1939, p. 7 [Appointment of PCM to position as District Censor for Victoria];
The Herald, 22 October, 1952, p.11 ['Drought tightens its grip on heart of Australia' by PCM];
The Sun Weekend Magazine, 6 March 1954, p.24 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison'. Lead story : 'I don't hate cats';
23 July 1937 [?The Argus] 'Pinto Tribe' [about Mackay Expedition];
Cuttings loose from Newspaper Cutting Book 2, 22 October 1952 - 19 June 1954:;
The Herald, Wednesday 22 October 1952 'Drought tightens its grip on the heart of Australia', by PCM [2 copies]
The Sun, Friday 15 January 1954, 'Some things we miss', by PCM [end of Wild Life and Outdoors, and replacement by column in The Sun Weekend Magazine - article contains good background on PCM's popular science journalism] [2 copies];
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 13 March, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Our only own bird' [on the helmeted honeyeater];
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 27 March, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'The bird that can't walk' [on injured birds];
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 10 April, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Atom Bomb Fuel: Atom Bomb Healer' [on the use of eucalyptus oil in treating radiation burns];
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 17 April, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Slippers of Death' [on aboriginal customs associated with punishment by];
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 1 May, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'When a Crow's a Raven' ;
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 8 May, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Our Floral Emblem' [on common heath (Epacris impressa)];
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 15 May, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Mushrooms and a Fungus that grows in a grub'; 'Eels: Slippery problem on the Snowy by David Burke. 'Breed in Pacific' by Crosbie Morrison.;
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 22 May, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Welcome little boarder' [on the fat tailed mouse];
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 29 May, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Wives tasted - and died' [aborigines and their food];
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 5 June, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Possums are pests';
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 12 June, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'What's Killing the Mutton Bird';
The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 19 June, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Look for Mars';
From elsewhere in the Collection:;
'Flora finds beyond Mallacoota' Naturalist's Diary by Norman Wakefield, BSc [n.d.]

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 192? - 195?    Quantity 10 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-2 Series 9
MORR00675 Newspaper Cutting Book 2

THIS FILE IS MISSING. Ann McCarthy 7 August 2008.

Oversize, 248 pp. Pages 167-171 contain The Australian Producer, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', New Series, published posthumously. They are annotated by LCM: 'These articles published in The Producer are from UZ radio scripts. These were sold with first publication rights in Australia. The[y] first appeared towards the end of 1956[?9] and continued until about June 1960. At first every week, later as space was available. They were not published in order according to numbering of scripts. First to be published were from 164 - 151 - last were from 1 - 50. These pasted in are from the last batch sent. (See Prim Producers file.)
List of page numbers and contents:
1. The Argus, 21 June 1954 and 3 July 1954. 2 Articles reporting PCM's return to the Argus staff;
2. The Argus Weekend, 3 July 1954 [Lift-out section] 'What About Dogs', by PCM [First Nature page in a new series, calling for questions from readers.];
2A. The Sunday Mail, 10 July 1954 [Call for readers' questions for new PCM column. Loose sheet inserted between pp 2 and 3];
3-16. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', weekly from Saturday 10 July 1954 to Saturday 9 October 1954;
8. The Argus, 11 August 1954, 'Why would a pigeon just lose its way?' by PCM;
8A. The Argus, 19 July 1954 'Portland boy finds rare bird from Arctic'by PCM [Loose insert - article on the Kerguelen petrel having been found in Portland];
9. 'Portland boy finds rare bird from Arctic' by PCM (n.d.) [not The Argus];
10-22. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', daily on weekdays, 30 August 1954 - 12 November 1954;
12A. Sunday Mail, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild life' 11 September 1954 and 18 September 1954 [loose sheets inserted between pp 12 and 13];
14-21. Assorted small articles items in colour with pictures. Dated (Fridays) 30 July - 1 October [?1954];
17. The Argus, 12 October 1954, p.1 and 3. Koala Story with 5 photographs; 15 October 1954 'Frogs in the Making';
18-21. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', weekly from Saturday 16 October 1954 to Saturday 6 November 1954;
22-23. Friday items with photographs 22 October - 12 November 1954;
23-26. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', weekly from Saturday 13 November 1954 to Saturday 4 December 1954;
24-27. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', daily on weekdays, 15 November 1954 - 14 December 1954;
25. 'Victoria's bird men preening themselves' from PCM, Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union conference, Mallacoota. (n.d.);
27. 3 small items with photos, 3, 8, 26 December [1954?];
28. The Argus Weekender, Saturday 11 December 1954, 'Crosbie Morrison Advises Don't Risk Your Summer Holidays';
29. The Argus Weekender, Saturday 18 December 1954 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life';
30. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 15 December 1954 - 5 January 1955;
31. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 6 January 1955 - 13 January 1955; 3 short items, 16/17 December 1954;
32. The Argus Weekender, Friday 24 December 1954 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life';
33. The Argus Weekender, Saturday 1 January 1955 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life';
34. Bush Fires: An Argus Souvenir, 6 January 1955, 'Toll of the Fires' by PCM; [The Argus], 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary' 14-20 January 1955;
35. The Argus Weekender, Saturday 8 January 1955 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life';
36. The Argus Weekender, Saturday 15 January 1955 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life';
37. The Argus Weekender, Saturday 22 January 1955 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life';
38. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary' 21 January 1955 - 4 February 1955;
39. The Argus Weekender, Saturday 29 January 1955 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life';
40. The Argus Weekender, Saturday 5 February 1955 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life';
41. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary' 7 February 1955 - 17 February 1955;
42. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 12 February 1955;
43. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary' 18 February 1955 - 1 March 1955; 'Animal Kingdom has Two Groups' [vertebrates and invertebrates] (18 February 1955); 'Stomach Walking is Easy' [on snails] (25 February 1955);
44. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 19 February 1955;
45. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 26 February 1955;
46. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary' 2 March 1955 - 9 March 1955; 'War on the Ants' (3 March 1955); 'Easy to kill Ants' (n.d.); 'Mr Many legs is a Mighty Hunter' (4 March 1955);
47. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 10 March 1955 - 15 March 1955; 'The Argentine Ant Facing Doom in Box Hill' (5 March 1955); 'Argus man to explain "Ant War"' (n.d.); 'Arachne's Silken Wheel' (11 March 1955);
48. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 5 March 1955;
49. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 12 March 1955;
50. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 16 March 1955 - 24 March 1955; 'Puzzle - Find the Husband' [golden web spider](16 March 1955);
51. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 19 March 1955;
52. 25 March 1955, 'Ants could take us over: What Crosbie Morrison said'; 25 March 1955 'Autumn's Queen of the Night' by PCM;
53. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 26 March 1955;
54. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 25 March 1955 - 6 April 1955; 1 April 1955 'Spider with a Sentry Box' [curled leaf spider] by PCM;
55. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 2 April 1955; 15 April 1955 '... a Rare bird comes to town' [southern stone plover] by PCM [with photo of PCM];
56. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 7 April 1955 - 15 April 1955; 9 April 1955 and 15 April 1955 Short articles on spiders by PCM;
57. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 9 April 1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 18 April 1955 - 20 April 1955;
58. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 16 April 1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 21 April 1955 - 25 April 1955;
59. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 26 April 1955 - 3 April 1955; 22 April 1955 and 29 April 1955 Short articles on spiders by PCM;
60. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life' Saturday 23 April 1955; 6 May 1955 'Spiders carry brushes and combs' by PCM;
61. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 30 April 1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 4 May 1955[?] - 6 May 1955;
62. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 9 May 1955 - 19 May 1955; 13 May 1955 'Spider and Centipede do Battle' by PCM;
63. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 7 May 1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 20 May 1955 -24 May 1955;
64. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 14 May 1955;
65. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 25 May 1955 - 7/6/1955; 20 May 1955 'Tiger Worm' by PCM;
66. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 28 May 1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 8 June 1955 -10 June 1955;
67. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 4 June 1955 [?]; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 13 June 1955 - 15 June 1955;
68. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 11 June 1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 16 June 1955 - 23 June 1955;
69. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 18 June 1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 24 June 1955 - 1/7/1955;
70. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 25 June 1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 4/7/1955 - 6/7/1955;
71. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 2/7/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 7/7/1955 - 11/7/1955;
72. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 9/7/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 12/7/1955 -14/7/1955;
73. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 16/7/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 15/7/1955 - 19/7/1955;
74. 21/7/1955 'They cared for lost sea rovers' by Barney Potter with footnote by PCM [on storm petrels]; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary, 20/7/1955 - 28/7/1955;
75. 20/7/1955 - 27/7/1955 [Debate between Mr R.G. Casey, External Affairs Minister and PCM about damage done by wedge-tailed eagles to young lambs] 3 Articles (two by PCM), 2 letters, 1 cartoon;
76. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 23/7/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 29/7/1955 - 2/8/1955;
77. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 30/7/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 3/8/1955 - 8/8/1955;
78. The Argus Weekender, 'Not Easy to Choose Dogs' [Book Review] by PCM, Saturday 30/7/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 9/8/1955 - 15/8/1955;
79. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 6/8/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 11/8/1955 -15/8/1955;
80. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 15/8/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 16/8/1955 - 19/8/1955;
81. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 20/8/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 22/8/1955 - 25/8/1955;
82. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 27/8/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 26/8/1955 - 30/8/1955;
83. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 3/9/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 31/8/1955 - 2/9/1955;
84. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 10/9/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 5/9/1955 - 7/9/1955;
85. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 17/9/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 8/9/1955 - 12/9/1955;
86. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 24/9/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 13/9/1955 - 15/9/1955; 'Death to the Ants!' by PCM (n.d.);
87. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 16/9/1955 - 28/9/1955;
88. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 1/10/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 29/9/1955 - 3/10/1955;
89. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 8/10/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 4/10/1955 - 6/10/1955;
90. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 15/10/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 7/10/1955 - 11/10/1955;
91. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 12/10/1955 - 24/10/1955;
92. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 22/10/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 25/10/1955 - 27/10/1955;
93. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 29/10/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 28/10/1955 - 31/10/1955;
94. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 1/11/1955 - 16/11/1955;
95. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 5/11/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 17/11/1955 - 18/11/1955; 18/11/1955 'New deal soon for our parks' by PCM;
96. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 12/11/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 21/11/1955 - 24/11/1955;
97. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 19/11/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 25/11/1955 - 29/11/1955;
98. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 26/11/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 30/11/1955 - 2/12/1955;
99. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 3/12/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 5/12/1955 - 7/12/1955;
100. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 10/12/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 8/12/1955 - 13/12/1955;
101. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 17/12/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 14/12/1955 - 16/12/1955;
102. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 24/12/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 19/12/1955 - 22/12/1955;
103. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 31/12/1955; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 23/12/1955 - 28/12/1955; 'Monks put passion into this fruit', (no by-line) (n.d.);
104. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 7/1/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 29/12/1955 - 2/1/1956;
105. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 3/1/1956 - 18/1/1956;
106. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 14/1/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 19/1/1956 - 23/1/1956;
107. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 21/1/1956 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 24/1/1956- 26/1/1956;
108. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 28/1/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 27/1/1956 - 1/2/1956;
109. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 4/2/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 2/2/1956 - 6/2/1956;
110. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 11/2/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 7/2/1956 - 9/2/1956;
111. The Argus Weekender, 'Wild Life', by R.T.M Pescott [PCM on holidays] Saturday 18/2/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 10/2/1956 - 13/2/1956;
112. The Argus Weekender, 'Wild Life', by Norman Wakefield, Saturday 25/2/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 13/3/1956 - 14/3/1956;
113. The Argus Weekender, 'Wild Life', by C.E. Bryant and A. Dunbavin Butcher, Saturdays 3 and 10 March 1956, respectively.;
114. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 17/3/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 15/3/1956 - 20/3/1956;
115. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 24/3/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 21/3/1956 - 26/3/1956;
116. The Argus Weekender, 'Books: Crosbie Morrison reviews Beauty in Nature, by AJ Stanck', Saturday 24/3/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 27/3/1956 - 2/4/1956;
117. The Argus Weekender, 'Wild Life' [no by-line], Saturday 31/3/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 3/4/1956 - 6/4/1956;
118. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 7/4/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 9/4/1956 - 11/4/1956;
119. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 14/4/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 12/4/1956 - 17/4/1956;
120. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 21/4/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 18/4/1956 - 23/4/1956;
121. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 28/4/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 24/4/1956 - 27/4/1956;
122. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 5/195/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 30/4/1956 -1 May 1956;
123. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 3 May 1956 - 16 May 1956;
124. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life' Saturday 12 May 1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 17 May 1956 - 18 May 1956;
125. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 19 May 1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 21 May 1956 - 23 May 1956;
126. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 26 May 1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 24 May 1956 - 28 May 1956;
127. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 2 June 1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 29 May 1956 -4 June 1956;
128. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 9 June 1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 5 June 1956 - 7 June 1956;
129. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 16 June 1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 8 June 1956 -12 June 1956;
130. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 23 June 1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 13 June 1956 - 18 June 1956;
131. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 19 June 1956 - 4/7/1956;
132. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 30 June 1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 5/7/1956 -9/7/1956;
133. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 7/7/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 10/7/1956 -12/7/1956;
134. The Argus, 'Piracy in the Bush' by Crosbie Morrison 9/7/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 13/7/1956 - 20/7/1956;
135. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 14/7/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 23/7/1956 - 27/7/1956;
136. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 21/7/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 30/7/1956 - 1/8/1956;
137. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 28/7/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 2/8/1956 -7/8/1956;
138. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life' Saturday 4/8/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 8/8/1956 - 13/8/1956;
139. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 11/8/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 14/8/1956 - 16/8/1956; 15/8/1956 'Export ban on fauna "best news"' [PCM said yesterday];
140. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 18/8/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 17/8/1956 - 22/8/1956;
141. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 25/8/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 23/8/1956 - 28/8/1956;
142. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 1/9/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 29/8/1956 -5/9/1956;
143. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 8/9/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 6/9/1956 -11/9/1956;
144. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 15/9/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 12/9/1956 - 14/9/1956; 'Some birds mate for life' (no by-line) (n.d.);
145. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 17 June 1956 - 25/9/1956; 18/9/1956 'They talk today on Park Bill', by Crosbie Morrison, President Victorian National Parks Association.;
146. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 22/9/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 26/9/1956 - 28/9/1956;
147. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 29/9/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 1/10/1956 - 3/10/1956;
148. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 6/10/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 4/10/1956 - 9/10/1956;
149. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 13/10/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 10/10/1956 - 15/10/1956;
150. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 20/10/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 16/10/1956 - 19/10/1956;
151. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 27/10/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 22/10/1956 - 23/10/1956; 20/10/1956 'You're not bats - it's gnats!' (on crane flies) (no by-line);
152. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 24/10/1956 - 8/11/1956;
153. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 3/11/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 9/11/1956 - 14/11/1956;
154. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 10/11/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 15/11/1956 - 19/11/1956;
155. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 17/11/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 20/11/1956 - 23/11/1956;
156. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 24/11/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 26/11/1956 - 28/11/1956;
157. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 29/11/1956 - 6/12/1956;
158. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 1/12/1956;
159. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 8/12/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 7/12/1956;
160. 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 10/12/1956 - 17/12/1956;
161. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 15/12/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 18/12/1956 - 21/12/1956;
162. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 22/12/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 24/12/1956 - 28/12/1956;
163. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 29/12/1956; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 31/12/1956 - 4/1/1957;
164. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 5/1/1957; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', 7/1/1957 - 10/1/1957;
165. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 12/1/1957; 'Crosbie Morrison's Backyard Diary', (2) (n.d.); 'Crosbie Morrison on - Tragedy among our wild life' [on the ecological effect of bushfire] (n.d.);
166. The Argus Weekender, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', Saturday 19/1/1957;
167. The Australian Producer, 'Wild life back' (n.d.);
167-171. The Australian Producer, 'Crosbie Morrison on Wild Life', 26 February 1959 - 23 April 1959;
172-213. Blank;
248-214. Upside down, and in order starting from the back of the book];
214. The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 27 February, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Flies don't grow up';
215. The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 20 February, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Swarming Ants: Argentine Invasion';
216. The Sun, 20/2/1954, p.7 'No Bunyip' says Crosbie Morrison;
217. The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 13 February, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'The bird of poets';
218. The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 6 February, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Tortoises';
219. The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 30 January, 1954 'Wild Life with Crosbie Morrison' and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'That odd thing in the sea' [on the flapjack (Ibacus)];
220. The Sun Weekend Magazine, Saturday 23 January, 1954 'Wild Life and Outdoors' Conducted by Crosbie Morrison, MSc and 'Along the Track'. Lead story: 'Jack-in-the-box' [fungus];
221. The Sun, 15/1/1954, 'Some things we miss' [End of Wild Life and Outdoors, and replacement by column in The Sun Weekend Magazine - article contains good background on PCM's popular science journalism]; from ?Portland Observer, (28/1/1954) 'Vale Wild Life and Outdoors', by Noel F. Learmonth;
222. Your Garden, January 1957, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'The Tawny Frogmouth';
223. Your Garden, December 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Pigeons and Doves';
224. Your Garden, October 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'We should welcome the birds in spring';
225. Your Garden, September 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'This fellow can be a nuisance' [satin bower bird];
226. Your Garden, August 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'The pugnacious mudlark' ;
227. Your Garden, July 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Where have all the birds gone for winter?';
228. Your Garden, June 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'The Yellow Robin';
229. Your Garden, May 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Which bird is the Mopoke?' [on nocturnal birds];
230. Your Garden, March/ April 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': [March] 'The seagulls will help you - if you will let them'; [April] 'The Restless Flycatcher';
231. Your Garden, February 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Tall gums and goldfish attract the "Blue Crane"';
232. Your Garden, January 1956, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'You'll never hear a cuckoo call "cuckoo" here';
233. Your Garden, December 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike';
234. Your Garden, November 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Thrushes sing like flute and piccolo';
235. Your Garden, October 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Butcher birds';
236. Your Garden, September 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Start a bird table';
237. Your Garden, August 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Robin has lots of relations';
238. Your Garden, July 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'The Welcome Swallow';
239. Your Garden, May/ June 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': [May] 'Songbird is Jacky Winter'; [June] 'The Rosella Parrot';
240. Your Garden, April 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'The Elusive Sparrow';
241. Your Garden, March 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Kookaburras';
242. Your Garden, February 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Wood-swallows';
243. Your Garden, January 1955, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Starlings';
244. Your Garden, December 1954, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Give me the Willies';
245. Your Garden, November 1954, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Greenie - or White-plumed Honeyeater';
246. Your Garden, October 1954, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Blackbirds';
247. Your Garden, September 1954, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'Blue Wren mysteries';
248. Your Garden, August 1954, 'Meet the birds in your garden - conducted by Crosbie Morrison': 'The Silvereye' [Labelled No. 1]

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 192? - 195?    Quantity 75 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-3 Series 9
MORR00676 Newspaper Cutting Book 3

Four ring folder roughly A5 size, 82 pages. Includes six loose sheets comprising a non-alphabetical index. No source given for any cutting, but The Argus can be assumed. Philip Crosbie Morrison's authorship can be assumed. No dates except where indicated. Includes loose cutting from The Staff Journal - photograph captioned 'Meeting the Plane', includes Crosbie Morrison, along with T.W. Brown, K.G. Attiwill, J. Knowling, E.A. Doyle, N. Smith, and J. Balfe, July 1937.
Page number and contents:
1. 'Science v. Stunt: Professor Picard's Sacrifice' [on work of Belgian upper atmospheric physicist, Professor Picard] 'Are the Rays Cosmic?: American Scientists Doubt' [on work of Belgian upper atmospheric physicist, Professor Picard];
2. 'The Fight against Rabbits: will the latest theory work?' 'Round the World for Prawns: American Professor's Mission';
3. 'Turning the Corner: Mars and Astrology'; 'Meteorites and Coconuts: the Falls that Hurt No-one';
4. 'Equinoctial Gales, and Some Other Wind Myths' [duplicate in 9/9]; 'Lightning Stroke: Dangers and Precautions';
5. ' "Otherwise Fine": Weather Maps and Wet Week-ends' [duplicate in 9/9]; ;
'Atoms and Fleas: From Two Sentences to One Science';
6. 'P., S., and L.,: Recipe for an Earthquake'; 'Micro-Rays: New Marvel of Wireless';
7. 'F.R.S.: the Hierarchy of Science'; 'Sun Spots: What do they Portend' [duplicate on page 80];
8. '13,800,000 Stars: Fifty Years to Make a Map'; 'Jewels in the Sky: the Eye of the Scorpion';
9. ''25 bgs. Sharps': Pearls Flung Away' [on diet]; 'Astronomer's Duties: Not All Star-Gazing';
10. 'Spartan Birds: Why Telegraph Men Hate Magpies'; 'Odds on the Weather: "Why Man was Dry"';
11. 'The Not so Noble Kangaroo: Zoo Full of Pets go Wrong' [on kangaroos in the Melbourne Zoo; duplicate in 9/9]; 'A Seven-Bag Day: Jimmy Dresses for Winter' [on the Melbourne Zoo];
12. 'Ravenous Crabs: Fishing Grounds Raided'; 'Flu at the Zoo: Quinine by the Gallon' [duplicate in 9/9];
13. 'Leeches for London: a Stillborn Industry' [on the medicinal use of leeches; duplicate in 9/9]; 'Fashions in Furs: Seals Happy in Neglect' [duplicate in 9/9];
14. 'Indignities and Ants: a Collector's Trials' [on ants and the collection of John Clark]; 'Why Fish Leave Home: Melbourne's Supply Suffers' [duplicate in 9/9];
15. 'Zoo veterans: Keepers and a Rat Diviner'; 'Living Fossil: Primitive Ant, Discovered in Perth';
16. 'The Borer war: Artillery and Poison Gas' [on wood borers]; 'Atacus Atlas Awakes: Museum's Rip Van Winkle' [on the Atlas moth];
17. 'Cockatoo prodigy: Aquarium's New "star"'; 'Speed the Gnu!: Living Paradox Departs';
18. '"Off With His Head!": Snake facts and Fallacies'; 'Vocal Colour: Parrot for "Treasure Island"' [on talking parrots];
19. 'Through Prison Bars: Bird-Wife's Faithfulness' [on kookaburras]; 'Boys and Litter: a Picnic at the Zoo' [Melbourne zoo];
20. 'Jimmy Triumphant: Christmas Capacity Contest'; 'Monkey Murders: A Tragedy of the Zoo' [includes pencilled corrections];
21. 'Tiger's nails: Beauty and the Beast'; 'Zoo Epicures: the Public Provides the Peanuts';
22. 'Cockatoo Clubmen: the Zoo's West End'; 'Jimmy Avoids Chillblains: Zoo Exercises for Winter' [duplicate in 9/9];
23. 'Rats: the Rarest of Them All'; 'Zoo a la Mode: Capelets and Flag Colours';
24. 'When is a Locust...?: Harmless Cicada Libelled'; 'Insect Gourmands: Canberra's Carpets Attacked';
25. 'Does the Dog Ail: Watch for Distemper'; 'Fish Freaks: Rare Tropical Display' [duplicate in 9/9];
26. 'Cubs and Canaries; a Woman's Pets' [duplicate in 9/9]; 'The Oldest School: Interesting Thesis' [on Melbourne's private schools];
27. 'Before Cook: Quaint Old Maps'; 'Knights in the Crowd: Old Order's Jubilee' [on the Order of St John of Jerusalem and the work of the St John's Ambulance; duplicate in 9/9];
28. 'Bohemia Freed: the Toast of the Day' [on the evolving of the modern state of Czechoslovakia]; 'St Crispin's Day: Boys of Old Brigades' [on Victoria's war veterans];
29. 'Gold fever: a Notable Anniversary'; 'Miner's Rights: Some Curious Privileges';
30. 'The Kibbles: Building Through History' [on the history of the Kibble family]; 'Diary of the '40s': Five Days' Ride to St Arnaud' [on the diary of Lawrence Rostron, early settler in the Wimmera];
31. ''A State of War Exists': 1914-and After' [duplicate in 9/9];
32. 'An Island of Peace: City's Oldest Shrine' [on the Church of St Francis, Melbourne]; 'The Old School: 'Paddy' Whyte and the "Model"' [on the Melbourne Model School, later the Melbourne High School];
33. 'The Last Curtain: Faces in the Dust' [on the Theatre Royal, Bourke St, Melbourne]; 'Peter Kerr's Post-office: When Will It be Finished?' [on the General Post office, Melbourne];
34. 'The Mighty fallen: History in a Butcher's Block' [on Mountain Ash; duplicate in 9/9]; 'Retired Trees: Silviculture in Collins Street';
35. 'Victoria's Casey Jones: Heroes of the Footplate' [on a Melbourne railway disaster in 1887]; 'Echoes: Government House Then, Now, and Later' [duplicate in 9/9];
36. 'Dogs That Work: Guardians of the Bands'; 'Kermode's Cow: a 10-Horse Power Bellow' [duplicate in 9/9];
37. 'Setting for the Shrine: Gardening on a Giant Scale'; 'The Centenary Cup: a Veteran's Memories';
38. '"For the Benefit of Trout": Can You Cast a Fly'; 'The Night of February 14: Mud, "Mugs," and Mosquitoes' [on duck shooting];
39. 'Of Murray Cod: Large Catches and Tall Stories'; 'Three Fly-fishers: Ill-Luck at Eildon';
40. 'A Round of Golf: Michael Kelly, [golfing] Champion';
41. 'War and Golf: the A.I.F. Cup'; 'Some Strange Lies: True Golf Stories';
42. '"Crazy Pavements": the Road to Golf' [duplicate in 9/9]; '33 Henry VIII: When Cricket was a Crime' [on gaming laws; duplicate in 9/9];
43. 'Test Parties: the City's "Morning After"' [on radio broadcasting of cricket; duplicate in 9/9]; 'Money in the Test: What the Crowd Spent';
44. 'Davis Cup: Where Australia Stands'; 'The Marathon Juggler: Testing Tennis Balls';
45. 'Football Spends Money: How Trade Follows the Game'; 'Chasing Feathers: Badminton Becomes Popular';
46. 'Puppies in Clover: Halcyon Days at the Kennels' [hounds used in fox hunting; duplicate in 9/9]; 'Why Girls like to Hike: the Latest Fashion';
47. 'Chess by Telegraph: the Telegraphist's Part; 'Unwise Drinking: Menace of Sweet Wine';
48. 'Sore Eyes: Rain Washes Germs Away' [duplicate in 9/9]; 'Roads: a Board Comes of Age';
49. 'Boring Work: Watchmaker at Work and Play'; 'Fiddlin' Work' [on watchmaking];
50. '£10/10/- a Pound!: Chinese Value Mushrooms'; 'Thoughts Abroad: Geography in the Garden' [on exotic plants; duplicate in 9/9];
51. 'Alleys Are In! Who Determines the Season?' [on playing marbles]; 'Gymnastic Lamps: New Road Safety' [on street lighting];
52. 'Sampans and Trochus: Where East Meets West' [on the Great Barrier Reef; duplicate in 9/9]; 'Crayfish Islands: Heroes of the Fishing Fleet' [on fishing in Bass Strait];
53. 'Pedigreed Mushrooms: How to Grow Them'; 'Odds and Ends: a Captain's Hobbies' [on collection of Captain George Young; duplicate in 9/9];
54. 'Musical Changes: the Piano Comes Back'; 'Petrol for Nothing: Fortunes Lost and Won' [duplicate on page 80];
55. 'When Brokers Shudder: Women as Speculators' [women investing in the stock market]; 'Where are the Toppers? How Men's Hats Change';
56. 'General Balbo's Flight: Stupendous Plan' [on flying boats]; 'Snow Water: Melbourne's Longest Drink' [on Melbourne's water supply];
57. 'As War Might Have Been: the Hydro-Aero-Terraplane' [on scientific inventions during the first world war]; 'The New Pedlar: Resource and Ingenuity' [on itinerant salesmen and tradesmen - presumed to relate to the depression of the 1930s];
58. 'Sprechen Sie Deutsch?: the Koln's Little Joke'; 'Infra Dig?: Chances That Lurk Behind Counters' [on public (private) school boys working as sales assistants];
59. '"Tinker, Tailor-": English Public School Boys All' [on English public school old boys living in Melbourne]; 'Food Fads: "Fanaticism will out"';
60. 'Feeding to order: Shadow of the "Restrauratitian"' [on the work of dieticians]; 'Bat's Blood to Posies: the New Magic' [on magicians (entertainers)];
61. 'When the Bank Pays: Cooked and Tattered Notes' [on the accidental destruction of paper money]; 'Envelope History: Memorable Post-Office Slogans' [on postmarks];
62. 'Standard Stories: New School of Mendicants' [relates to depression of the 1930s]; 'Drinking to Prosperity: the Liquor Index' [on liquor consumption];
63. 'North Express: a Journey Through History' [on Central Australia; duplicate in 9/9]; 'Seven Smiles: Service for Tourists';
64. 'Red Dust: Patrick Whelan's Plight' [relates to Central Australia]; 'Human Curios' Last Link with a Lost Race' [on Tasmanian Aborigines; duplicate in 9/9];
65. '"Nigger Stones": Aboriginal History Book' [on Aboriginal stone tools]; 'Historic Dust: Where Old Buildings Go';
66. '£60,000 in a Match Box: Needled hunt in a Rubbish Tip' [on radium]; 'Tell-Tale Weevils: Botanic Gardens Relics' [on the museum of economic botany at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens];
67. 'Chung Wah: Two Strange Schools in Melbourne' [Chinese culture in Melbourne]; '"God Save the King": Vicissitudes of the National Anthem';
68. '"Vires Acquirit Eundo": Melbourne's Illegal Arms' [Coat of Arms of the City of Melbourne]; 'She of the Chaldees: Secrets of the Boudoir, B.C' [on archaeological relics];
69. 'Pop-Off Rifle: How Gallipoli was Evacuated'; '"On the Lot": Amateur Moving Picture Makers' [duplicate in 9/9];
70. '"Flying Blind": New Air Force Technique'; 'Tons of Chocolate: Nutriment for the Navy';
71. 'The Grand Parade: Seven Acres of Stock' [on the Royal Melbourne Show; duplicate in 9/9];
72. 'Two-story Shows: Future of the Royal' [on the Royal Melbourne Show], September 1933; '"Lead Kindly Light": Centenary of Great Hymn', 16 June 1933 [duplicate in 9/9];
73. 'A Tall Order: Measures a Forest Giant'; '"Red" Gums: the Eucalypt Abroad', (May-June?) 1934;
74. '"Look on this Picture...": Illusions of the Background' [on photography]; '"Doing" the Galleries: Rise of the One-Man Show';
75. 'Colds and Haircuts: Advice of Experts' [on the common cold]; '"Central One-Three": Unlucky Telephone Numbers';
76. 'Friday, 13th: Parsons, Finns and Corbie's Aunt' [on maritime superstitions]; 'Dark Cars: Hidden Until Motor Show';
77. 'One Lonely Boy: College All to Himself'; 'Hidden Talents: How Hobbies Help Teachers';
78. 'Eight Notches: Joeli Bulu's Club' [on Christian missionary work in Fiji and Tonga]; 'Boys and Litter: a Picnic at the Zoo';
79. 'Imperturbability: Horses and the State Carriage'; 'Taste in Tea: the Blender's Problems';
80. 'Petrol for Nothing!: Fortunes Lost and Won' [duplicate on page 54] 'Sun Spots: What do they Portend?' duplicate on page 7];
81. 'The Passing Show' by Oriel, 13 September 1937, 15 September 1937, 16 September 1937 [chatty general interest column]

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 192? - 193?    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-4 Series 9
MORR00677 'Astronomical and other' - miscellaneous

List of titles:
'Cash Order System: Not Favoured by Traders: Prohibitive Legislation Desired' [1930];
'Cash Orders', letter to the editor from 'Cash Order Collector', 30 June [1930];
'Cash Orders', two letters to the editor from 'Supporter' and 'Face the Facts', 1 July [1930];
'Cash Order System', two letters to the editor from 'Dinkum' and 'Onlooker', 1 July [1930], 2 July [1930];
'Cash Order System', letter to the editor from S. Greig Smith, Secretary, Charity Organisation Society, 4 July, [1930];
'Butter Factory Managers: Conference Begins: Export and Marketing', 24 May, 1927 [on conference on dairy produce];
'Compass Road: Plans for Beautification: National Park Proposed' [on town planning in Melbourne's northern suburbs], no date;
'Road to Encircle City: Town Planning Proposal: Creation of Park at Merri Creek' [on town planning in Melbourne's northern suburbs], no date;
'Kew Council Criticised: Shopping Centre Dispute: Alleged Filching of Land' [on town planning in Kew], no date;
'Gold Mining: Revival of Industry: Conference asks for Bounty', no date;
'Affluence to Poverty: Decay of Mining Towns: Maldon as a Tourist Resort', no date;
'Notes for Boys' by Donald MacDonald, no date;
'Notes for Boys' by Donald MacDonald, 26 July 1927

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1927 - c. 1930    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-5 Series 9
MORR00678 'Astronomical and other' - miscellaneous

List of titles:
'Shipping Arrangements: Cost of Service' [on postal services (overseas mail)] 5 May 1927 ;
'Postal Congestion: Busy Weekend: Delays in Delivery' [on postal services (overseas mail)] 5 May 1927 ;
'Small Outbreak at Exhibition', no date;
'Spelling of "Tumultuous"', no date;
'Among the Exhibits: Electricity in the Home' [on the exhibits in an unspecified exhibition of building materials] 20 May 1927 ;
'Air Survey: Valuable Aid to Charting' [on aerial surveying and mapping]19 May 1927 ;
Five line fragment, reference to State politics, no date;
'Company Meeting: Phosphate Co-operative' [on the Phosphate Co-operative Company of Australia, manufacturers of super-phosphate] 19 May 1927 ;
'In the Suburbs: Loud Speakers in Town Halls', 10 May 1927 [incomplete];
'Public School Traditions: Old Melburnians' Dinner: "Responsibility and Service"', [on Melbourne Grammar School] 14 May 1927 ;
'Proposed Shop Area: Deepdene Residents Indignant', [on town planning in Kew] 17 May 1927;
'Motor Cars Collide: Three Passengers Injured', 16 May 1927 [cutting marked with pencilled asterisks];
'New Map of Victoria', 16 May 1927 [on a new edition of Broadbents map];
'Sensational Accident: Motorist Killed: Former Footballer: Six Persons Injured', 9 May 1927 [some specific points marked in ink];
'Archbishop Lees: Portrait Unveiled: Commemorating Church Progress', [on portrait of Anglican Archbishop Lees] 7 May 1927;
'Valuable Picture Damaged: Glass Thrown in Hotel: Offender Committed to Home' [on damage to the famous painting "Chloe", at Young and Jackson's Hotel in Swanston Street, Melbourne];
'Lord Mayor's Fund: £1,100 From A.N.A Charity Carnival', [on the charity work of the Australian Natives' Association] 18 May 1927;
'Bread Competition: State-wide Exhibits', 18 May 1927;
'Advice to New Members: Mr Watt Speaks from Experience', [on the "Model Parliament" at the Constitutional Club] 18 May 1927;
'Health Regulations: Breaches in Schools: Commission Seeks Co-operation', 18 May 1927;
'Czecho-Slovakia: Market for Australian products', 10 May 1927 ;
'Care of War Orphans: Work of Legacy Club: Extension of Activities', 11 May 1927;
'Board of Works: Dispute Over Tenders: Day and Contract Labour', 11 May 1927;
'Arrival in Melbourne: Duchess Names Flowers: Brief Stay at Spencer Street', [on the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York] 12 May 1927;
26 line fragment, reference to Flower Day, 12 May 1927;
'British Motor Industry: Great Expansion: Efficiency and Economy', 12 May 1927;
'Interesting Suggestion: Swiss Government as Model', 10 May 1927;
'Schools' Display Repeated: 12,000 Children Take Part', [repeat of display for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York] 9 May 1927;
33 line fragment, references to radio broadcasts, 10 May 1927;
'White Australia: Praised as Great Tradition: Indian Financier's Views', 8 June [1926?], marked with pencilled asterisks;
'Theatres Affected: Emergency Plants Used: Motor head Lamps Light Stage', 7 May 1927;
'Empire Day: Colonial Institute Report', 4 May 1927;
'Crossing the Atlantic: Previous Flights: Hawker's Sensational Escape', 23 May 1927;
'Kerb Patrol Pumps: Prohibition by Councils: Amending Legislation Sought', 26 May 1927, 'American Experience: Value of Education', [on butter manufacture] 25 May 1927;
'Motor-Ships: Development Since War: Advantages Over Steam', no date;
'Australian produce: Small Supplies in London Market', no date

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1926 - 1927    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-6 Series 9
MORR00679 'Astronomical and other' - 'General Book Reviews'

Crosbie Morrison's book reviews from The Australasian.
List of titles:
'Books of the Day: Gypsies in Spain: Folk-lore and Politics and Merry Tales', 22 August 1936, review of Don Gypsy by Walter Starkie, Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, [1936], a travel book on Spain ;
'Books of the Day: 'savage Squadrons': Birth and Death of a Tradition', 1 August 1936, review of Savage Squadrons by Sergei Kournakoff, London: George G. Harrap and Co Ltd, [1936], on Cossack experiences during the first world war;
'Books of the Day: "Can the Doctor Come?": an epic of Arctic Sweden', 8 August 1936, review of Can the Doctor Come by Einar Wallquist, London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, [1936], on a doctor's experiences in remote areas of Sweden;
'Books of the day: Jungles and Gods and Mescaline: the Ragged End of Asia', 18 July 1936, review of Bali and Angkor, or Looking at Life and Death by Geoffrey Gorer, London: Michael Joseph Ltd, [1936], a travel book on Java

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1936    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-7 Series 9
MORR00680 'Astronomical and other' - 'Nature Notes and Queries'

9 clippings.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 10 January 1935 - 23 December 1937    Quantity 1 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-8 Series 9
MORR00681 'Astronomical and other' - miscellaneous

No date unless otherwise stated.
List of titles:
Untitled. Possibly a fragment from 'Nature Notes and Queries', 20 August 1937;
'"On the Lot": Amateur Moving-Pictures' [duplicate in 9-4 page 69];
'"Otherwise Fine": Weather Maps and Wet-Weekends' [duplicate in 9-4 page 5];
'Walking Tours: Route for a Half-day Walk';
'Happy New Guinea: £20,000 Surplus and No Income Tax';
'Leeches for London: a Stillborn Industry' [on medicinal use of leeches; duplicate in 9-4 page 13];
'Puppies in Clover: Halcyon Days at the Kennels' [on hounds used in fox hunting; duplicate in 9-9 page 46];
'Flu at the Zoo: Quinine by the Gallon' [duplicate in 9-4 page 12];
'Fashions in Furs: Seals Happy in Neglect' [duplicate in 9-4 page 13];
'Echoes: Government House Then, Now, and Later' [duplicate in 9-4 page 35];
'Jimmy Avoids Chilblains: Zoo Exercises for Winter' [duplicate in 9-4 page 22];
''Equinoctial Gales': and Some Other Wind Myths' [duplicate in 9-4 page 4];
'Why Fish Leave Home: Melbourne's Supply Suffers' [duplicate in 9-4 page 14];
'Sore Eyes: Rain Washes Germs Away' [duplicate in 9-4 page 48];
'Occultation of Saturn';
'Test Parties: the City's "Morning After"' [duplicate in 9-4 page 43];
'Cubs and Canaries: a Woman's Pets' [duplicate in 9-4 page 26];
'Fish Freaks: Rare Tropical Display' [duplicate in 9-9 page 25];
'North Express: a Journey Through History' [on Central Australia; duplicate in 9-4 page 63];
'The Grand Parade: Seven Acres of Stock', [on the Royal Melbourne Show; duplicate in 9-4 page 71] 5 September 19??;
'Odds and Ends: a Captain's Hobbies' [two copies; on collection of Captain George Young; duplicate in 9-4 page 53];
'The Mighty Fallen: History in a Butcher's Block' [two copies; on Mountain Ash; duplicate in 9-4 page 34];
'Crazy Pavements: the Road to Golf' [duplicate in 9-4 page 34];
'Thoughts Abroad: Geography and the Garden' [on exotic plants; duplicate in 9-4 page 50];
'North Express: a Journey Through History' [on Central Australia; duplicate in 9-4 page 63];
'Sampans and Trochus: Where East Meets West' [two copies; on the Great Barrier Reef; duplicate in 9-4 page 52];
'"A State of war Exists": 1914 and After' [duplicate 9-4 page 31];
'"Lead Kindly Light": Centenary of a Great Hymn' [duplicate in 9-4 page 72];
'Human Curios: Lost race, Last Link with a' [on Tasmanian Aborigines; proof copy - published copy in 9-4 page 64];
'Thoughts Abroad: a Toast and War Memories' [on exotic plants; some corrections in ink; duplicate in 9-4 page 50];
'"33 Henry VIII": When Cricket was a Crime' [on gaming laws; duplicate in 9-4 page 42];
'Kermode's Cow: a 10 Horse Power Bellow' [duplicate in 9-4 page 36];
'Knights in the Crowd: Old Order's Jubilee' [on the Order of St John of Jerusalem and the work of the St John's Ambulance; 2 copies; duplicate in 9-4 page 27], 24 May 1933;
'The Not So Noble Kangaroo: Zoo Full of Pets Gone Wrong' [on kangaroos in the Melbourne Zoo; duplicate in 9-4 page 11]

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1933 - 1937    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-9 Series 9
MORR00682 'Astronomical and other' - newspaper proofs

List of titles:
'The Sun Eclipsed: Many Temporary Observations' by P. Crosbie Morrison, M.Sc;
'Finding the Stars: the Tale of the Heavenly Twins'

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1880? - 1994?, No date. The dates provided are those of the Philip Crosbie Morrison Records.    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-10 Series 9
MORR00683 'Astronomical and other' - 'Nature Notes and Queries'

7 clippings.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 10 January 1935 - 5 December 1935    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-11 Series 9
MORR00684 'Astronomical and other' - extracts from 'Nature and Science' from The Australasian

Crosbie Morrison's by-line, unless otherwise stated.
List of titles:
'Peltier's New Comet: the Crane Will Help to Find It', 15 August 1936;
'Naked Eye Astronomy: the Wonders of the Scorpion', 24 September 1932;
'What the Observatory Does: Many Intricate Tasks', 9 July 1932;
'The Sea Goat and the Water Man: Myths in the Heavens', 12 September 1936;
'Lucifer Becomes Hesperus: Why Some Planets Seem Shy', 26 September 1936;
'Now Jupiter reigns: the Scorpion and the Scales', 4 July 1936;
'Queen of the Harvest: the Constellation of Virgo', no date;
'Education and health: Function of Schools' [on public health; probably from The Argus; or by-line], no date;
'Hunting Season: Opening at Berwick: Record Attendance' [no source or by-line, not from 'Nature and Science'], no date;
'Why the Zodiac?: Stars and Merry-Go-Rounds', no date;
'Glories of Sagittarius: Clusters and Double Stars', 1 August 1936;
'Pan, the Sea-Goat: Mythology and the Tropics', 19 October 1935

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1932 - 1936    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-12 Series 9
MORR00685 'Astronomical and other' - miscellaneous

Envelope which originally contained all cuttings in 9/5-13; two unattached cuttings.
List of titles:
'Fiddlin' Work' probably form The Argus, no date [duplicate in 9/4 page 49];
7 line fragment, related to astronomy, no source, no date

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1880? - 1994?, No date. The dates provided are those of the Philip Crosbie Morrison Records.    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-13 Series 9
MORR00686 'Cuttings not pasted up'

File of cuttings and other material, various sources. PCM's authorship can be assumed where there is no by-line.
List of titles:
'Yarra Yarra: Melbourne's Babbling Brook in History' by P. Crosbie Morrison [newspaper proof, no source, pencilled corrections; published copy in 9/4 page 11] no date;
Fragment from The Educational Magazine pages 71-74, March 1951;
'Animal Associations: Strange Marine Communities: Wonders of the Great Barrier' by P.C. Morrison [no date, but duplicate dated 13 August 1927 in 9/1 page 2-3];
'Radio Naturalist's Visit: P Crosbie Morrison in Perth', 20 September 1947;
Typescript of talk by Crosbie Morrison. No title. Reflective piece on God and natural science. Includes some references to Crosbie Morrison's thoughts on this topic from childhood. 8 double spaced pages, with hand written additions and corrections, no date;
'Conference Interlude' - two captioned photographs from The Mercury [Hobart], showing Crosbie Morrison and others at a reception held during an adjournment of Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union conference held in Hobart, 4 November 1949;
'Congress for Bird Study', The Herald, 31 October 1949 [on Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union Congress in Hobart, November 1949];
'Wild Life Treat for Big Audience', The Examiner [Launceston], 2 August 1947 [on talk given in Launceston by PCM];
'Children Thrilled by Book Week Talk on Wild Life', The Examiner [Launceston], 1 August 1947 [on talk given in Launceston by PCM];
'Bird Lovers Dislike Feathers - in Hats', no source [on Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union Congress in Hobart, November 1949];
'Protection of Native Birds Urged', no source [on Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union Congress in Hobart, November 1949];
'Wild Life Authority Here' - captioned photograph from The Examiner [Launceston] [Crosbie Morrison and Lucy Crosbie Morrison taken on occasion of Crosbie Morrison's visit to Launceston for Book Week, 1 August 1947];
Captioned photograph, no source [Crosbie Morrison and Lucy Crosbie Morrison at social function held at Hobart during the conference of the Royal Australian Ornithologists Union, November 1949];
'Bird Lovers Dislike Feathers - in Hats' [duplicate in this file];
'Protection of Native Birds Urged' [duplicate in this file];
'Gardens', no source, no date [after Crosbie Morrison's death];
'Prominent Scientists: Party Visits Esperance', The Kalgoorlie Miner, 3 September 1947 [on Grimwade expedition - see series 13];
The Hamilton Spectator, pages 3-6, includes two articles about Crosbie Morrison's visit to Hamilton district: 'Large Crowd at Wannon Hears Stories of "Not So Dead Heart"', page 4; 'Crosbie Morrison Interested in Tour of the City Environs', page 6, 3 November 1955;
The Kerang New Times, pages 1-6, includes article on Crosbie Morrison's visit to Kerang: 'Nankivell Memorial Dinner on Monday: Mr Crosbie Morrison's Address Interests Big Crowds', page 1, 22 November 1940;
The Hamilton Spectator, pages 1-8, includes two articles about Crosbie Morrison's visit to the Hamilton district; 'Crosbie Morrison on National Parks', page 1; 'Hamilton Praised for Work in Preserving Natural Beauty', page 1;
'Mackay Expedition: Mt Olga and Ayer's Rock: Twin Wonders of Desert', by our special correspondent [initialled PCM], newspaper proof, no source, no date;
'Sherlock Holmes of the Great Outdoors: Crosbie Morrison, the Naturalist, is called upon to solve a number of lethal queries', People, pages 9-11, 1 July 1953

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1940 - 1955    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-14 Series 9
MORR00687 Newspaper cuttings from The Herald

Cuttings pasted on to A4 sheets and stapled together.
List of titles:
'DDT-Proof Fleas?', 16 January 1950;
'National parks needed in Australia' [from The Canberra Times, 31 January 1950];
'Ornithology isn't such a dull subject, after all', no date;
'Birds, Trees Help To Save Soil', no date;
'Soil Erosion Threat to Living Standards', no date;
'Soil Erosion Problems: Summer School Discussion', Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January 1950;
'Bird lovers on visit to Launceston' no date [November 1949 - see 9/14];
'Fears held for future of Cape Barren Geese' no date;
'Big Spiders on Bedroom Wall are so Friendly', 27 January 1950 ;
'Potatoes Grow Tomatoes', 20 January 1950;
'The Ant's Fifth Column Flies in Every Land', 3 February 1950;
'Puppy-Dogs barking in the Sky', [on banded stilts] no date;
'Its Very Like a Whale', no date;
'Rabbits Bites Closer', 13 February 1950;
'None Had a Father' [on aphis] 15 February 1950;
'Frog Stowaway was a DF', no date;
'Stars You Can Seldom See', no date;
'Phillip Is. Penguins Doomed by Fire' no date;
'Seagulls Land Birds', no date;
'Penguins Will Be Safe', 22 March 1950;
'Ostriches are not so Silly', no date;
'Any Mussels from Kermode's Cow?', 3 July 1950;
'Our Wild Animals in a New Book' [review of The Mammals of Victoria by C.W. Brazenor] 3 October 1950;
'Hungry Foxes Threaten Rare Native Birds', no date;
'Professor Stole Museum', [on the National Museum of Victoria and Frederick McCoy no date]

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1950    Quantity 0.5 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-15 Series 9
MORR00688 'The Schools 1936'

Newspaper cutting book, largely contains articles from a column on educational matters, entitled 'The Schools', probably from The Argus. PCM's authorship can be assumed. Also includes several pages of miscellaneous articles.

Creator Lucy Crosbie Morrison
Date range 1926 - 1936    Quantity 2 cm,
Inventory Identifier 9-16 Series 9

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With support from R.E. Ross Trust, Lucy Crosbie Morrison and The University of Melbourne
Listed by Stuart Brash, Anne-Marie Condé, Libby Robin, Ann McCarthy, Michael Jones, Gavan McCarthy and Tim Sherratt.
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