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Papers of Vincent Serventy, ca.1904-2003 [manuscript]
Bib ID 2611722
Format ManuscriptManuscript
Author Serventy, Vincent, 1916-2007
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Access Conditions Available for reference. Not for loan. 
Description ca.1904-2003. 
69.08 m. (422 boxes) + 3 fol. items. 
Summary

Other papers in the collection include letters to Serventy from fellow naturalists, academics, societies, government depts, editors, politicians & others, together with some copies of replies; family & personal correspondence, including a series from Dominic Serventy; writings by Serventy; files maintained as editor of Wildlife in Australia & Australia's Wildlife Heritage; subject files kept on a range of mainly conservation & natural history subjects; files relating to film and television documentaries; conference papers; newspaper cuttings & other papers.

The papers mainly comprise correspondence, periodicals, meeting papers & annual reports by various literary, conservation, ornithological, national parks, wildlife, tree preservation, limnology & other societies. They include the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, Nature Conservation Council of N.S.W., Royal Australian Ornithologists Union, the Australian Society of Authors, World Wildlife Fund (World Wide Fund for Nature), National Trust of Australia, Australian Heritage Commission, International Union for the Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources, & N.S.W. National Parks & Wildlife Service.

Biography/History Writer, film maker and lecturer on natural history and conservation. In 1955-1958 Seventy was a senior lecturer in science and mathematics at the Claremont Teachers' College, WA and in 1958-1964 a teacher with the WA Education Department. Serventy has published more than 40 books and numerous articles on Australian natural history and conservation and made more than 50 documentary films including 'Nature walkabout'. He edited Wildlife in Australia magazine from 1966-1982 and was the editor-in-chief of the five volumes of Australia's wildlife heritage, 1973-1974. Serventy has been active in numerous wildlife organisations. He led several natural history expeditions including an expedition into the Great Victoria Desert (1960), was a member of the first party to cross Lake Eyre by boat in 1975 and was zoologist to the Australian Geographic Society expedition to Recherche Archipelago in 1951. He was awarded the Australian Natural History medallion in 1974 and the Dutch Order of the Golden Ark in 1985. He was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1976 and an Emeritus Fellow of the Australia Council Literature Board in 1993. 
Notes

Additional material has been received.

Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 4655.

Cited In

Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; C519.

Index/Finding Aid Note Finding aid (55 p.) available in Manuscript Reading Room, and on the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms4655 
Subjects Serventy, Vincent, - 1916-2007 - Archives.  |  Conservationists - Australia - Archives.  |  Environmentalists - Australia - Archives.  |  Naturalists - Australia - Archives.
Occupation Conservationists.  |  Environmentalists.  |  Naturalists.
Other Authors Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia
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MS 4655 Manual Request only from Manuscript Reading Room, 2nd Floor
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MS Acc06/156
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