Sub-item 1 - Cradle Mountain by R.E. Smith

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC M11-5-1

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Cradle Mountain by R.E. Smith

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  • 1937 (Creation)

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1 folder - (Typescript, bound)

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(1890-1951)

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Archibald Lawrence Meston (1890-1951), educationist, historian and anthropologist, was born on 5 June 1890 at Launceston, Tasmania. His most important anthropological work was the discovery and description of the rock carvings at Mount Cameron West in 1933. Another major addition to the study of Tasmanian prehistory was his initiation of large-scale excavation in the shell midden at the South Cave, Rocky Cape. Meston's collection of implements and other Aboriginal relics is now housed in the Museum of Victoria; his library is the property of the City of Launceston. For more information see entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meston-archibald-lawrence-7563

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(1881-1969)

Biographical history

Secretary of the Cradle Mountain Reserve Board Smith was born in Ulverstone, Tasmania the fifth child of James "Philosopher" Smith and Mary Jane (née Pleas) Love on 25 July 1881, the second son of their six children

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(1874-1932)

Biographical history

Austrian-born Weindorfer pioneer of conservation recognised Tasmania's potential for wilderness holidays and creating 'a national park for the people for all time', and became the catalyst for the formation of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.

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Deposited by Mrs. A.L. Meston

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Manuscript of "Cradle Mountain" by R.E. Smith, with notes on wild life and climate by Gustav Weindorfer. dated 7 August
1937.

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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence.  For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au
When reusing this material, please provide the following acknowledgement:
“Courtesy of the UTAS Library Special & Rare Collections, Meston Papers - M11”

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See: Jetson, T 2005 , 'Almost a walker's paradise: A history of the Cradle Mt-Lake St Clair Scenic Reserve to May 1922', PhD thesis, University of Tasmania. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17395/

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August 24, 2017 (BR)

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