Joan and Eileen Bradley - papers, 1960-1983

MLMSS 6248/Boxes 1-3
MLMSS 6248/Box 4X

fonds

1960-1983

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

140381

0.77 metres of textual material (3 boxes, 1 outsize box) includes photographs

Joan Bradley was born at Neutral Bay, Sydney in 1916. She graduated from Sydney University in 1938 with a science degree and worked as an industrial chemist. She and her sister Eileen (1911-1976) developed a keen interest in the natural environment. They walked regularly in Ashton park, Mosman and from their observations devised a unique method of bush regeneration (known as the Bradley Method) which involved the careful weeding of individual plants rather than general clearing. They published Weeds and their control (1967) and Joan also published Bush regeneration (1971). At the time of her death in 1982 she was working on bushfire prevention and control.

1. Material concerning bush fire control.
1962-1983; Proceedings of symposiums, booklets, articles and newscuttings. Include: Control burning in Eucalypt forests by M.R. Jacobs (1962); Application of aircraft in bushfire control (1969); Effects of fire on ecological processes by A.B. Costin (1969); The second fire ecology symposium (1970); Bushfire Bulletin (1965-1975); A survey of the literature concerning the effects of fire on the forests of Australia by V. Boughton (1971); Fire-bombing in Australia (1972); What happens to animals in a bushfire? (1976); Eco-fire (1976); Fire in natural systems by E.G Weir (1977). (Call No.: ML MSS 6248/1)
Undated; Manuscript, bibliography and research material for projected book provisionally titled Burn the bush - The fire control policy of the foresters of NSW (Call No.: ML MSS 6248/2)
2. Material on the general management of bushland.
1960-1980; Proceedings of symposiums, booklets, brochures, newscuttings and notes. Include: Catchment hydrology in the Australian Alps (1960-64); The master plan for Ashton Park (1965); Environments to Order? (1970); Symposium on the management of urban bushland (1980). Also includes card index of native plants. (Call No.: ML MSS 6248/3)
3. Photographs
1965-1981, undated; Black & white prints and negatives; colour slides and prints. Mainly of Ashton Park (Mosman), NSW. Also include Reid Park (Mosman), Ludovic Blackwood Memorial Sanctuary (Beecroft), Duffys Forest and Terrey Hills, NSW. (Call No.: ML MSS 6248/4X)