Robin King papers

MLMSS 8138/Box 1X

fonds

approximately 1969-1998

Textual Records, Oral Histories, Musical Sound Recordings, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Moving Images

131021

Digitised

0.75 metres of textual material (1 outsize box) - photocopies, manuscripts, printed
1 video tape
2 audiocassettes (1 hr., 9 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

Cecil Boase King (1908-1998), most commonly known as Robin King, was a farmer from Nimmitabel, Monaro, N.S.W. He was well known for his tree-planting schemes demonstrated from the 1930s on his ‘Sherwood’ property in the Cooma district, using an irrigation system known as Kingline, a variant of keyline. He was also a keen yachtsman having developed a winged keel long before Ben Lexcen’s design. He was a member of the Royal Australian Naval Sailing Sailing Association (RANSA).

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Photocopies and manuscript of letters to Robin King, 28 February 1988-25 May 1998, mainly responding to articles written by him in newspapers and various appearances in the media, and commending his tree-planting scheme for soil conservation and congratulating him on winning various land conservation awards, with photocopies of related news clippings, ca. 1969-1988

Photocopies of news cuttings from ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, ‘Town and Country Magazine and ‘the Land’ mainly relating to Robin King’s soil conservation and tree-planting schemes in Monaro, 28 September 1987-27 April 1996

Publications of sailing clubs and associations, August 1997-October, including ticket and commemorative programme for the Royal Australian Naval Sailing Association 50th Anniversary (RANSA) celebrations, 25 October 1997, programme for Sydney Amateur Sailing Club’s National Gaffers Regatta, 19 October 1997 and ‘Onshore’ newsletter of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, August 1997

VIDEOTAPE (Call No.: VT 2458):
File 01: Robin King and Paul Lockyer

SOUND CASSETTES (Call No.: MLOH 813):
File 02: Robin King and Robin Bell

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The description of this material has been supplied from the Oral History Digitisation Program, undertaken 2014 to 2017 of the Library's oral history collections.