Papers of James Crossley, 1963-1972 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2562705
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Crossley, James, -1973
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
- [1963-1972]
- Summary:
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The collection relates entirely to Crossley's interests in fire protection and fire prevention. There are manuscript notes and articles, newspaper cuttings, published articles, lecture notes, status and constitutions governing fire authorities, radiolog books, and correspondence. There are letters covering the production of his fire danger chart and its adoption in West Australia; the question of radio communications by the Rural Brigades; and relations with Country Fire Authority brigades. Much of the correspondence documents the conflict between the brigades and the Authority (1964-1965) and includes correspondence from the Chief Secretary's Department, the Postmaster General's Department C.S.I.R.O., the Primary Producers Union, and from politicians including T. A. Darcy, C. P. Stoneham, L. H. S. Thompson and W. A. Borthwick, in addition to letters from the C.F.A. and the Pastoral Review, the Victorian Rural Fire Brigade's Association, and the Department of Forestry.
- Biography/History:
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James Crossley, a grazier, was, for 15 years, a member of the state council of the Victorian Country Fire Authority. He was Secretary of the Birregurra Rural Fire Brigade and Group Communications Officer for the Winchelsea Rural Fire Brigade. He designed a fire danger warning chart now used throughout Australia. He wrote articles for the Firefighter and had a column in The Pastoral Review.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no. : MS 3787.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; C804.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1963, 1972
- Occupation:
- Fire fighters
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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