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The papers of MS 4655 mainly comprise correspondence, periodicals, meeting papers and annual reports by various literary, conservation, ornithological, national parks, wildlife, tree preservation, limnology and other societies. They include the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales, Royal Australian Ornithologists Union, 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 and Natural Resources, and the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Other papers in the collection include letters to Serventy from fellow naturalists, academics, societies, government departments, editors, politicians and others, together with some copies of replies; family and personal correspondence, including a series from Dominic Serventy; writings by Serventy; files maintained as editor of Wildlife in Australia and Australia's wildlife heritage; subject files kept on a range of mainly conservation and natural history subjects; files relating to film and television documentaries; conference papers; newspaper cuttings and other papers (422 boxes, 1 fol. box).
The Acc05.013 instalment consists of files on subjects such as Greening Australia, Australian Society of Authors, Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia, National Conservation Council of New South Wales, Australian Conservation Foundation, World Wide Fund for Nature, societies, personal, arts, Birds Australia, Liberal, Labor, Democrats, the Sydney morning herald, and also includes correspondence with Spike Milligan, David Williamson and Phillip Adams (10 boxes).
The Acc06.156 instalment comprises subject files of personal correspondence, publications and leaflets as well as files on environmental campaigns, environmental organisations, societies and individuals (8 boxes).
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