ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection

Call Number

HMSS 0134

Collection 

Canberra Bushwalking Club Records

Date Range

1951-2002

Quantity

1.66m (9 manuscript boxes)

Access Conditions

open

Copying Conditions

research only, no publication

BOX
NO.

DESCRIPTION

QTY

DATE RANGE

1

Minutes of General Meetings

5 files

15/11/1961-21/09/1966;
1967-1967;
16/10/1968-15/03/1972;
17/05/1972-17/12/1975;
18/02/1976-16/02/1983

1

Minutes of Annual General Meetings

1 file

1962-1982

1

Minutes of Committee Meetings

8 files

1961-1966;
1966;
1966-1967;
1967-1970;
1971-1975;
1976-1980;
1981-1983

2

Correspondence

9 files

18/11/1961-17/08/1964;
Sept 1964-Feb 1965;
March 1965-Sept 1965;
Sept 1965-Jan 1966;
1966;
1966-1967;
Sept 1967-Aug 1968;
1968-1970;
1970

3

Walks Reports

3

A-B

1 file

1964-1968

3

B-C

1 file

1964-1968

3

C-G

1 file

1964-1968

3

H-M

1 file

1964-1968

3

Mc-Q

1 file

1964-1968

3

R-T

1 file

1964-1968

3

U-Z

1 file

1964-1968

3

Constitution

1 file

1965

3

Report to the Resources Management Committee of the Kosciusko State Park Trust

1 file

July 1967

3

Report by Dr. D. Wright on the decline in membership and activities of the CBC

1 file

Oct 1983

3

Notes on designated natural and wilderness areas

1 file

3

Press Cuttings

1 file

1963-1969

4

Photographs – Bushwalking near Canberra

2 files

Ca 1973

4

View of CBC on the establishment of a National Park in Southern part of ACT

1 file

25/10/1968

4

“Emergencies in the Bush” by G. Sayce for the Search and Rescue Committee

1 file

4

Membership Lists
Canberra Walking and Touring Club 1962/1963;

Canberra Bushwalking Club 1967, 1969, 1970

1 file

1962-1970

4

Photographs of Club Members

1 file

1960-1971

4

Search and Rescue notes of a preliminary meeting in 1962, personal information forma nd papers realting to Federation deomstrations

1 file

1962-1966

4

Orienteering - record of meets

1 file

1962-1967

4

Correspondence re NSW Federation of Bushwalking Clubs

1 file

1967-1969

5

Author Catalogue of books

1 bundle

ca. 1977

5

Subject Catalogue periodicals – trip reports

1 bundle

ca. 1961-1979

5

Area Catalogue: periodicals – trip reports

2 bundles

ca. 1961-1979

5

Card Register of Current Members

7 bundles

1969-1975

5

Kosciusko National Park Report on the Proposed Park Zoning Plan by the Resources Management Committee

1 file

1968

5

Publications – largely of other Australian bushwalking clubs (requires appraisal)

2 files

1954-1974

5

Canberra Alpine Club Walks Data

1 file

1953-1955

5

Canberra Alpine Club Bushwalking Section Annual Reports, Constitution etc.

3 files

1951-1960

6

Canberra Alpine Club Walks Reports

1 file

1952-1961

6

Canberra Alpine Club Draft Press Statements

1 file

1953-1955

6

Canberra Alpine Club Press Cuttings – Canberra Times

1 file

1953-1955

6

Correspondence

6 files

Jan 1984-Nov 1986;
Sept 1986-Aug 1987;
Aug 1987-Dec 1988;
Jan 1989-Sept 1989

6

1 file

6

2 files

6

2 files

6

Trademark Registration of Club Emblem, The Corroboree Frog

1 file

1997

6

Committee Minutes

2 files

1983-1988

7

Committee Minutes

3 files

1988-1996

7

Conservation Correspondence

2 files

1986-1994

7

Correspondence

1 file

1995-1996

8

Canberra Alpine Club computer printout re decline in membership by Douglas Wright

1 bundle

1983

8

photograph of Brora ground on Mount Endrock

1

8

Documents relating to Mother Woila area; Australian Alpine Walking Track; Leadership Accreditation; Training; Risks Management; Policy Duty of Care; Notes for Leaders; Minimal Impact Policy; Insurance

1 bundle

1990s

8

Committee Records includes minutes and agenda of committee meetings, correspondence and reports

1 bundle

1995-1998

8

Documents relating to Tax Exemption status; Treasurer’s reports 1983-1995; copies of significant documents in the history fo the club 1962-1965 including membership lists; monthly circulars

1 bundle

1962-1995

9

Administrative Items
Original Constitution 1987; Application to Register Trademark 1986; Summation of Past and Present Members to 1998; reminiscence by Margot Cox 2004; Letter from AFP re search for missing hiker 1981.

1 file

1981-1994

9

Green Book
Dealings with property owners

1 file

1995-2000

9

Canberra Bushwalking Club Anniversary Books
Attendees and photographs of 30^th anniversary reunion 1991 and 40^th anniversary reunion 2001

1 volume

1991; 2001

9

Minutes of committee

1 bundle

September 1996-August 2002